Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-01
so,Iru CAROLINA NEWS.


SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Mr.. Thomas Price, a prominent
farmer of Fairfield county was killed
at Ridgeway last Friday by light
ming.
A plan has about been perfected
whereby Bethel, Enoree and South
Carolina presbyteries are to assume
responsibility for Chicora college.
The South Carolina Pharmaceu-
tical association is to hold its next
annual convention in Greenville on
August and 9.
A double tragedy arose out or
whisky arrest in Greenville county last
Saturday Deputy Sheriff Eli Pittman
sought to arrest Ben Wells a notorious
tiger. Wells shot Pittman and wound
ed him mortally. Before he fell, Pitt
man returned the fire and killed wells
on the spot Pittman died Monday
morning. Wells was engaged in ped
ding liquor at the time of the tragedy
a two gallon jug being found by the
side of his dead body.
Columbia special of Friday to the
News and Courier: Judge Hydrick, In
the civil court, again got after the law
yers for not being ready with cases.
thereby causing delay. With over lOO
cases on the docket, the roster for the
day was exhausted on account or con-
tinuances and the court was again lert
with no business on hand. The
roster is arranged before court con-
yenes to suit the convenience OF law
yers, a certain number of cases pelng
set Tor each day. II no cases can DC
reached on the roster II has peen tne
custom to adjourn the court for that
day. and frequently in this way half
the time OF the court is wasted from
week to week by recesses. Judge by
drick today told the bar that the court
must be kept busy, that the public mao
rights which should be respected ana
that Ii was wrong to keep an expen-
siVe court running without business
He would, therefore, ignore the roster
whenever II did not produce business
and would sound the docket, contlhuiIs
what cases were not ready for trial.
He would not adjourn the court from
day to day again. He gave warning
that further delay would not be toler-
ated. He would go through the docket
i'm this way, adjourning court sine ole
whenever no business was to be had'
Columbia State, Tuesday: Govern
or Heyward has written to the sherln
of Saluda county that Clarence Thrail-
kill should be sent to the state penl-
tentiary unless he Is to be put TO work
with the chaingang of Saluda county.
The contention over this matter mas
been on for some time. Gov. HeyWard
referred all the correspondence to AT
torney General Youmans VINO states III
a letter received by Gov. Hayward yes
terday: II am in receipt of yours OF
April 23rd, enclosing letters from r. A:
Cooper. solicitor Eighth circuit, and
Mr.. ID. w. Padgett, supervisor Saluda
county herein. You say the question
at issue Is whether or not work upon
a county farm, (such as l understand
the one in question to be), can be con-
strued as hard labor upon the pubic
works of the county? I concur with
Solicitor Cooper that work upon
county farm cannot be construed as
hard labor upon the public WORKS OF
the county, and / am OF the opinion
that such work, which / understand is
usually performed by the inmates or
the poorhouse, Is not carrying out the
sentence of the court In this case.
Upon receiving this opinion from MT:
Youmans, Gov. Hayward wrote Sher1n
B. F. Sample: "Some time ago l re-
ferred to the attorney generals once
letters Of Solicitor Cooper and Super
visor Padgett, in regard to the way In
which the sentence of one Clarence
Thrailkill was being carried out In
your county The claim was made by
the supervisor that in being assigned
to work upon the county farm Thrall-
kill was carrying out the sentence OF
the court. You will notice that the at
torney general gives the opinion, a
copy of which enclose you, this work
upon the county farm cannot be con-
strued as hard labor upon the puDnc
works of the county as required by the
sentence. My direction to you there
fore Is to see that the sentence or the
court Is fully carried out in this case
and l would refer you to this sentence
as recorded in the office of the clerk of
court for Saluda county,
Columbia, April 2S: DR.. F. w. S.
Dean, a young Greenvillian who has
a commission i'm the army and who
has seen a deal of fighting In the
Philippines the past few years. Is
here today on his way home from
the islands. DR.. Dean talked in an
Interesting way to the representa-
tive of the Daily Mail concerning the
much talked of battle of the crater
Of the Jolo. where some 600 native
men and women were surrounded by
Uncle Sans men and shot to death
by direction of RooseVelts pet. Gen.
Wood. IT had just left Jolo at the
time of the battle" said DR.. Dean,
but 1 know something about the So
called outrage. Yes the women We're
killed along with the men, as they
should have been killed. Those peo-
ple we're a band of thieves and rob-
bers. who collected themselves In
that crater and sent word to Gov
ernor Scott defying him and telling
him that If he wanted them that he
knew where they We're. 1t was
case Of killing them or OF having our
men killed. These people are Mo-
hammedans and fight to the death.
There Is no conquering them, and
the women fight the same as the
men. A native will not hesitate
when he is pushed to it to throw him
self on a bunch of American soldiers
with the certainty of death before
him. He does not hope to get out
alive, but he thinks If he kills one
Christian he will go straight to glory.
Those people don't surrender. The
only way to pacify the islanders is to
exterminate the malcOntents thor
oughly. Things will never be
straightened out down here unless
there Is a decided change in the at
titude of the people Of the states. 1t
is as with the negro in this country.
one section of the country pulling
one way and the other the other way.
There is too much politics in this
Filipino business. And the StrangeSt
thing to me is to see the southern
pe0ple taking sides with the natives.
The Philippines should be sold or ta-
ken out OF politics some way Our
sentries are shot from ambush when
ever there is an opportunity present
ed to these wild fools. 1t has been
difficult to get guns to them here OF
late. but even now they come I'm and
are bought up promptly. A rifle is
worth 5000 in gold in that section
now. but even at this price the ma
tives get hold of them"