Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-07-10
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Mr.. w. P. Pollock, a member Of
the legislature, and who is well known
throughout the state, has been ex-
| tremely i'll at his home in Cheraw for
some time. 1t was reported today
that he is very much worse and was
thought to be in a dying condition
this morning. He is young man but
has had considerable prominence in
| the politics of the state.
- Columbia. July 9: Senator B. r.
Tillman addressed an enormous au-
dience here tonight from the steps Of
| the state house. The crowd was one
of the largest that has ever gathered
in this city. The crowd was represen-
| tative, there being also many ladies
present. Senator Tillman made a
| characteristic speech denouncing ev-
erything. He paid his respects to the
Spartanburg situation and roasted the
Spartanburg county delegation which
had recommended the appointment
of board Of control which afterwards
proved corrupt. The senator said the
delegation then declared the whole
dispensary was rotten and came down
to the legislature and voted against
the institution. Senator Tillman, after
cussing out things in general, concen-
trated his attention on Mr.. j. Fraser
Lyon, candidate for attorney general.
Tillman denounced Lyon in oppro-
brious terms and called him about
everything that he could in a public
speech. He referred to the piano in
cident which occurred in the spring
and said that Lyon was a liar, a cur
and malicious slanderer." He said
that Lyons letter in regard to that in
cident with "his dirty name signed"
was a lie. In the course Of his re-
marks he said that the reason that
Lyon misrepresented Abbeville county
was because that county had treated
him as a gentleman. Mr.. Lyon was
not present in the audience tonight.
= Hardeeville special of July 6, to
the Columbia State: The negro who
killed Mr.. Schlegelmilch is here guard
ed by Sheriff McTeer and Deputy
White and will be taken to Beaufort
this morning. A posse headed by Hon.
W. n. Hayward has been out since
Yesterday morning. The negro was A.
nally caught this afternoon in the
marshes twelve miles from Bluffton by
a party composed of Messrs. AL Mar
tin. Hal Hayward and Senator Christen-
sen. He was carried back six miles to
the scene Of the killing and turned over
to the deputy sheriff. The murdered
Tan's father and brother were present
and urged their neighbors. a large num-
DeT VI WHOHl were present, u dlIOW
aw to take it's course. There has been
no serious talk of lynching. though the
county has been much stirred up over
the whole affair. The prisoner was
brought at once seventeen miles to
Hardeeville. Mr.. Al Martin, who as
sisted i'm the capture. is a brother-in-
law of Mr.. Schlegelmi!ch and an uncle
of the Mr.. James Martin who was kill
ed by negro in Bluffton last fall. He
with his two companions. was rowed
to a small island surrounded by many
miles of marsh and creeks. The negro
was seen crawling through the marshes
and tracked to a creek which he was
swimming when he was brought to bay.
He confessed the shooting but said 1t
was accidental. The Messrs. Hayward
and their companions have been inde-
fatigable and cool under trying cir
Cumstances and deserve much credit In
locating the prisoner and assisting In
bringing him here unharmed. The
negro hoy who shot Charley Harrison
has not been caught 1t Is now thought
that the shooting was accidental.