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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22

after the call to arms was sounded,
Senator Warner tried to cross-exam-
inc the witness. and was asking him
about the sound of galloping horses,
when the witness suddenly interrupt
ed the senator by saying: "Jes' yo
wait right there one minute, senator
ontiI | ak you a question, will you"
We'll. go ahead then. I'll SUBMIT
said Senator Warner. ood-naturedly.
Now jes' you sposin' case he
went on. "sposin' youse hear man
chopin wood bout three, 70 blocK
from hyar an ober hyar hears a dawg
a barkin', don't you 'spose you kin tell
de diffunce between de man a'choppin
wood and dat dwag a-barkin'." The
dignity of the committee was upset
and the senators shouted. Senator
Warner admitted his ability to distin-
guish between such sounds, but the
cross examination after that did not
not amount to much. The committee
was in no mood to be serious.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22
HELD FOR ARSON.

Jim Bryan, one of the negroes
charged with the burning of the barn
of Mr.. ]. Luther Whitesides. near
Sharon recently. but who managed to
evade arrest at the time, was taken
into custody in Gaffney last Monday,
and after preliminary hearing before
Magistrate r. l.. A. Smith, in York.
vile Wednesday night was committed
to Jail to await trial at the approach
ing term of the court of general ses-
siOnS.
Jack Good and Mary Ellen Smarr
have been in Jail since the burning.
They were arrested Ostensibly as wit
nesses: but now there Is no secret OF
the fact that they had more serious
connection with the affair than mere
knowledge pointing in the direction of
the probable culprit.
Bryan disappeared the morning OF
the fire and although Mr.. Whitesides
and friends. led by Mr.. Jeff d.
WhitesideS and Constable Robert L.
Scoggins followed as best they could,
they were able to get but little trace
of him. But the search was never
abandoned for a moment. Last week
through q letter from one negro to an
other. it was learned that Bryan was
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22

Paptist church and the superintend-
ent of the Sunday school, as well as
the treasurer Of the Baptist associa-
ton. He was the one man who was
above suspicion from any quarter.
Walker had been making frequent
trips to New York city for several
years past. No one knew the reason
for these visits and no one cared for
a reason. 1t must be all right be-
cause it was Mr. Walker. About q
week before the shortage in the treas
urer's accounts were discovered ne
disappeared. and his whereabouts be-
ing unknown a superficial examination
of his books was begun, not with sus-
picion of wrong doing, but just as a
matter Of form. The examination be-
gan to uncover shortages and the fur
ther It went the greater the shortages,
until peculations Of more than half
million dollars were uncovered, in
cluding some $4,000 belonging to the
BAPTIST association. Since these facts
have come to light it has developed
that Walker had been speculating In
Wall street. There has been reward
Of $4,000 offered for the fugitive's ar
rest, but there is no clue to his where
abouts, although the police believe he
is hiding in New York city.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22
A AMENDAcloUs DEFENCE.
Sensible Analysis of the Thaw Trial
Proceedings.

FTOCccOlHSo.
While the testimony Of the Thaw wo-
man may naturally arouse sympathy
for her husband and inspire the wish
that he may escape the penalty for
murder. the character of the defence,
stripped of it's tawdry sensationalism
and impudent insincerity, will justly
excite the contempt Of thinking men
who take no pleasure in the complete
discrediting of the system Of criminal
law designated for the protection of life
and liberty. Briefly, this defence sets
up that Thaw was insane when he shot
White, that emotional insanity was
caused by the sight of White, and that
the act of shooting White was in It
self the beginning Of the cure OF the
temporary insanity from which Thaw
suffered because 1t removed the ex-
citant. Since the homicide, Thaw has
been convalescent from his mental dis
ease Such was the substance or the
testimony of the alienist, Evans, sworn
for the defence.
In other words, the object Of Thaw
and his lawyers is to impress the jury
that Thaw was hunatic enough to shoot
and kill White, but not insane enough
to be confined in a mad-house. Evans
was careful to testify that Thaw Is
not suffering from paranoia, or incur
fear confinement in a lunatic asylum
scarcely less than the electric chair.
So would any sane man. The young
man must not only be eXonerated, put
turned loose to enjoy his millions while
the public, possibly other Stanford
Whites may still live in New York,
must assume the risk of his being over
come again by fits Of emotional IN
sanity.
The hol.. wness, the mendacity and
hypocrisy of the defence has been lalo
bare. The real defence, which Is no
defence in law, is that Thaw ought TO
have killed White, and the temporary
insanity plea is resorted to for It's
surreptitious introduction. Were the
lawyers defending Thaw to say, This
man is a lunatic, a diseased and irres-
ponsible person who should be in
padded CELL" their client would de-
serve sympathy and they would be en-
titled to respect as lawyers who 90
not seek to make travesty OF the law
which they profess to practice py
magnifying it's technicalities at the
cost of prostituting its principles.
Perhaps Thaw ought to have killed
White. We do not know. There are
problems in human life too complex for
any human mind to solve, and records
which cannot be complete until the
Judgment Day: but it is pitiful that
Thaw, If he does not deserve death or
the deprivation of liberty, can only es-
cape through the degradation of the
law. Besides. with life end honor at
stake, the prisoner and the lawyers
present spectacle for derision IN their
childish terror at the thought OF prov
ing a good defence, but one when
would entail the inconvenience or the
prisoners being confined for treatment.
News and Courier.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22
MERE.MENTiON.

A Southern Pacific locomotive ex-
ploded near Houston, Tex, Tuesday,
while taking water at a tank, killing
the engineer and seriously injuring the
fireman. E. . .Mississippi's railroad COM
mission has ordered the railroads OF
that state to put a two cents a mile
rate in effect in that state within
thirty days. Speaker Cannon has
at last agreed to let the ship subsidy
bill come before the house Of represen-
tatives. .... The Hudson and Manhat-
tan Railroad company has filed mort
gage with the registrar Of New York
county for 100000, 900 on its property
in New York and New Jersey. The
state and county tax on the mortgage
Is 1922, ,104.. 49,. There were more than
800 personal applicants for $3,5OO ex-
pert accountants job in the office or
Comptroller Metz Of New York last
Monday. . AT the suggestion Of Pres
ident Roosevelt the design Of United
States gold coins will be changed this
year to something more artistic. .....
The first test of the Georgia anti
bucket shop law occurred in Atlanta
last Tuesday. After a deliberation or
Is minutes the jury returned ver-
dict Of guilty in the case OF c. N. An
derson, charged with running bucket
shop and the court imposed a fine OF
$1,000. The case was appealed. :. Rich
deposits of tin have recently been
discovered in New Foundland. Mr..
Peley Pritchard, a farmer living near
Elizabeth City, N. c., on last Tuesday
killed two bald eagles at one shot.
The two eagles were on the ground en-
gagged in mortal combat. ..... Nearly
100000 tons of iron ore were imported
from foreign countries into the United
States during January. There Is such
a large demand for iron in the United
States that American mines are unable
to supply the trade. John Sharp
Williams in a letter to Governor Guild
of Massachusetts, says: you might
Just as well look to a baldheaded bar
ber for an effective hair restorer as to
look to the Republican party for any
revision of the tariff in the direction
of free trade with the world. The
troops of General Bonilla, president Of
Honduras, attacked the forces Of Gen
eral Zeelaya, president Of Nicaragua,
last Monday afternoon on the Nicara-
guam frontier and after many hours
fighting the Honduras army was de-
feated. 80. AT Dallas, Texas Wednes-
day, General w. l.. Cabell, commander
of the trans Mississippi department OF
United Confederate veterans, was
placed under bond of five thousand
dollars in connection with the Hondu-
ras lottery matter. The case will be
heard by the Federal commissioner on
March End. 80. 1t is said that the
Japanese are very much wrought up
over the presidents message to con-
gress on the Japanese exclusion ques-
tion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22

THE people of Charlotte have been
very much stirred up during the past
few days over the trial of DR.. w. s.
Davidson, charged with writing illegal
whisky prescriptions. DR.. Davidson is
quite a notorious character in Char
lotte and vicinity, more especially be-
cause of his willingness to do things
that doctors who are more careful
about their regulations refuse to do.
The testimony indicated that DR.. Da-
wilson had been giving prescriptions
right and left; but public sentiment
being very much divided on the mat
ter, it is not surprising that the jury
failed to agree. A mistrial was en-
tered
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

]. l.. McGill, r. F. D. Has forty
stands of bees for sale.
L. r. Williams, Probate Judge-Gives
notice that ]. w. Smarr has applied
to him for letters of administration
on estate of r. c. Moss, deceased.
Richard w. Hutson, Clerk-Publishes
order and notice In the matter Of
w. r. Burgess & Son, bankrupts. in
bankruptcy.
]. Q. Wray, The Leaders, showing
a part of his spring white goods
stock. Mems clothing at y. Y. cost.
See him for groceries.
]. c. Wilborn-Offers an engine, gin,
condenser. press, corn mill, etc.. for
M. w. White-Draws a parallel from
a quotation of the Bard of Avon
and applies the rule to every day
business transactions.
Strauss Smith Co.-Talk about the
new line of spring goods now in, in
Guiding white and light weight col
ored goods for spring wear. Reed
shoes and Walk-Overs.
Virginia Carolina Chemical Co.-Says
results are what count. See fourth
page.
First National Bank-Insists that to
build up a bank account 1t Is neces-
sary to keep at 1t early and late.
j. L. Williams & Co.-Are showing
new spring goods, including barred
muslins, mercerized waistings, en-
broideries. insertions, etc.
Yorkville Hardware Co.-Prints a list
Of hardware and says 1t Is to your
interest to see them and get prices
before buying anything in hardware.
York Drug Store-Invites you to see
it's new display of post cards. Call
on 1t for garden and field seeds.
Wants your prescription work.
Carroll Bros.-Are prepared to supply
you with seed oats. distributors,
harrows, oliver plows, lime, cement,
roofing, Rock Hill buggies, grocer
les, etc.
Yorkville B. & M. Co.'s showing a
new line Of Douglas shoes and OK
fords. Has large stocks Of trunks,
bags, etc. Umbrellas soc to $3.50.
Everything in groceries.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22
TO BE FOUGHT IN COURT.

Following is the section Of the new
dispensary law, the constitutionality OF
which is to be fought in the courts:
Section 6. The members Of the said
county dispensary board are hereby
declared to be county officers. and are
hereby authorized and empowered un.
der the authority and in the name OF
this state to buy in any market and
retail within the state liquors and beV-
erages as provided herein: Provided,
that the state shall not be liable upon
any contract for the purchase thereon
beyond the actual assets Of the dispen-
sary for which the purchase is made.
The members Of the county dispensary
board and all dispensers shall be per-
sons of known moral character and not
directly or indirectly applicants for
appointment"
The constitution provides that only
the state can sell whisky, and hence
county dispensers are made state off,
cials to comply with that provision.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22

The new dispensary law provides
that liquors seized In counties where
there are no dispensaries must be pub
licly destroyed by the sheriff.
Among the new acts Of the general
assembly is one to forbid the sale of
cocaine except by prescription and un-
der the general supervision Of a ply
sician.
II seems to US that all this infor-
nation that has been published about
food adulteration ought to furnish
some inducement to farmers and 9TH
ers to raise their own food supplies.
There can be no reasonable suspicion
against stuff produced at home.
Miss Maggie Moore, postmaster at
Yorkville, is gratified to learn that the
people on routes Nos. 4 and out OF
Yorkville are responding to her warn
ing that unless there Is substantial
increase in the patronage and especial
ly in the number of boxes, the sched-
ules will be changed from daily to
three times a week. 1t Is fact that
the particular territory through which
these routes pass Is not as thickly
populated as Is the case with the other
routes leading out of Yorkville; but,
at the same time the people interested
are easily able to see that they can
afford very considerable inconvenience
and maybe some expense rather than
have any change from the daily SER
vice. AS a matter of fact there Is no
calculating the advantage Of the rural
delivery routes to the people who have
the benefit of the same, and people
generally can very well afford to COM
ply with any reasonable requirement
the department may see fit to make as
a condition of. their continued mainte-
nance.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22

A STORY sent out from Charleston to
the effect that the tigers Of the city
are doing a big business since the
closing of the dispensaries is amusing.
The tigers down in Charleston have all
along been doing all the business they
wanted to. 1t is easy to understand
how the closing of the dispensaries
may have hampered some Of the small
er dealers in the matter Of securing
supplies, and it is quite possible that
trade may have been curtailed for the
time being: but so far as any increase
in the sales is concerned, the idea is
absurd.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22

THE defense in the Thaw case seems
to have made it quite clear that Thaw'
before killing Stanford White, had ex-
hausted every effort to bring Whites
crimes to the attention of the law and
had failed only because Of the position,
power and influence Of the infamous
monster. Even Jerome was afraid to
tackle White. The belief that the
murder grew out of jealousy is rapid
ly being dissipated, and many thought
full people are now coming to the con-
clusion that Thaw was all along ac-
tuated by higher motives than he has
generally been getting credit for.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22

The Year Book of the Southern
Presbyterian church for 1907 has re-
Gently appeared. 1t shows that the
church was organized in Augusta, Ga,
Dec. 4. 1861 The denomination has 80
presbyteries. 1877 ministers, 3.136
churches, 252.SS2 communicates and
l9l.4S2 Sabbath school scholars. It's
total contributions last year amounted
to $2.97S.6S3: of which the sum or
$245.63l was for foreign missions,
$2O7.526 for home missions and $685.
$50 for education. The Southern
Presbyterian church has 326 candi-
dates for the ministry and forty licen-
tiates in addition to 1917 ministers.
1t has 9,466 ruling elders and S.S4S
deacons; 25.3O3 members were added
to the rolls of communicates last
year. The general assembly's home
mission committee is located in At
lanta; foreign mission committee in
Nashville; publication committee in
Richmond: ministerial education and
relief committee in Louisville. and
colored evangelistic committee in
Tuscaloosa. Ala. The church has a
home and school at Fredericksburg,
Va. and theological seminaries at
Louisville, KY, Columbia. S. c.,
Clarksville. Tenn. Richmond, Va,
and Austin, Texas. The Year Book
contains much other valuable infor-
nation in brief compass. The church
is making steady and decided prog
resS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22
: Leslie's Weekly: Out of the thre

-Leslies Weekly: Out of the three
companies of negro troops-B. c.
and D. First battalion, twenty-fifth
United States infantry-dismissed by
President Roosevelt, without honor.
for the riot last August at Fort Brown
Tex. known as the Brownsville af-
fair" only one man remains In active
service, where he enjoys the conf
dence of his superior officers. This
soldier is William Turner, first SER
geant Of Company C. now at the gar
rison at Fort Reno, Okla. Turner Is
a crack rifieman, and was absent at
target practice at Fort Sill, Okla,
when the riot took place. Had he
unluckily been at Fort Brown ne
would have met the same misfortune
that befell his panions-in-arm
Notwithstanding his record OF seven
teen years of honorable service.
Sergt. Turner is a mulatto, thirty
seven years old, and was born at
Nashville, Tenn, where he received
common school education. He Is
man of more than ordinary intelli-
gence. and his face bears the stamp
Of much honesty. He fought with his
company at FL Caney and San Juan
Cuba, in the Spanish American war,
and took part in the capture OF San
tiago. Later, he saw service In the
Philippines. where he displayed
commendable devotion to duty.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22

WISE GUYs."-In the lower house
of the general assembly recently there
was a little pleasantly between Mr..
Gary and Mr.. Nichols Of Spartanburg.
Mr.. Nichols made a speech against the
dispensary and spoke OF the wise
Guys" on the other side. Mr.. Gary In
replying, spoke Of his youth and sug-
gested that he should "tarry at Phil
ippi until his beard grew" Mr.. Mich
oils made an apt reply, but the point
of the joke was that neither one OF
the speakers saw the error In the quo
tation. According to report the speak
er. members, clerks, doorkeepers and
pages knew no better. They supposed
that Mr.. Gary was right. Now IL
these wise legislators will borrow an
old volume somewhat out Of date with
legislators they may set themselves
straight. OF course 1t Is not expected
that they will carry reference books
around with them, but they might find
the old book called the Bible In q
Columbia library. They could ask the
librarian to hunt for II kings, chapter
x and there they would learn more
about tarrying than they seem to know
Spartan.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22

CONGRESSMAN Legare did fine piece
of work the other day in securing a
favorable report from the house COM
mittee on immigration for his bill pro-
viding for the establishment of an i'm
migrations. station at Charleston; but
he ran upon a snag in the speaker
MIR. Cannon refused to allow the bill
to come before the house. Mr. Legare
is still pegging: but the probability is
that Spearer Cannon will remain OBJ
durate.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22

New Britain. Conn. is greatly
stirred and excited over the disap-
pearance of William F. Walker. for
many years treasurer of the New
Britain Savings Bank. who disappear
ed few days ago with his accounts
showing shortage of something
more than 100000. Walker was
the model citizen of New Britain. His
life and character was held up as a
model to the young men of that city
His virtues were constantly being ex-
tolled. He was q deacon i'm a leading
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22
THREATENED BY FIREBUG.
Bethel People Stirred UP BY Acts OF
An Incendiary.

Correspondence OF the lorKVllle Enquirer.
BETHEL. February 21.-The people
living in the neighborhood of Ieno
have been considerably stirred up
during the past week over num-
Der of incendiary attempts that have
been made against the property Of Mr..
]. B. Brown, who lives about mile
and half from Riddles mill, and from
last account the excitement has not
entirely subsided.
On the night of February Is, at about
9 o'clock, Mr.. Brown happened to see
fire at the back Of his barn. under cir
cumstances that seemed to indicate
that an incendiary was at large, and
procuring his gun he went out TO
make an investigation. He was aple
to make out the form Of man re-
treating toward a nearby thicket and
fired twice but without result.
A suspicious prowler was seen about
the premises again on Sunday after
noon; but whoever 1t was, was fright
ened away before he could make any
attempt to do damage. After that MT.
Brown called upon his neighbors, and
Messrs. ]. n. Moore, James Currence
and j. ]. Stewart helped him to guard
his property during Monday night.
While they were watching the barn,
Mr.. Browns son, Claude, saw some
body trying 10 set IRE 10 d lulipei
house near the dwelling: but when ne
gave the alarm the prowler ran away:
While plowing in field Tuesday al,
ternoon, Mr. Claude Brown was fired
at by a negro from the edge Of the
woods. after having set fire to the
weeds and straw adjoining the school
house. The bullet fired at Mr.. Brown
struck the plow beam he was using.
After firing the negro ran. and Mr..
Brown put out the fire. before any
damage was done to the school house.
BY this time the entire neighborhood
was pretty thoroughly aroused, and
everybody has since been on the look
out for the incendiary; but up to yes
terday there was no satisfactory light
on the situation.
Mr. J. B. Brown is brother or MT
l.. b. Brown. who lost his barn by fire
recently He has never employed ne
groes at any time and has no suspicion
as To the possible identity Of the would
be incendiary or his motive. AS to
whether the attempts against Mr.. j. b..
Brown have any connection with the
recent successful attempt against Mr..
L. B. Brown. assuming that Mr.. L. b.
Browns loss was the work Of an in
cendiary. is merely a matter OF spec
ulatiOn.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Rev. and Mrs. w. C. Ewart. who
have been quite sick are better.
Mr.. Geo. S. Williams of r. F. d. No.
Yorkville, has been quite sick.
Mrs. M. A. Bland Of Charlotte. Is
guest of her sister, Mrs. Thos. F. NC
Dow
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22
The 4lorkrille enqlirfr.
YORKVILLE, s. c.:
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY %, 1907.

Now that it is dead. everybody Won
ders how anybody even themselves
could have stood for such a corrupt
and corrupting institution as the state
dispensary.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22

OLD Brother Crafford was smooth
enough on the stump, so smooth in
fact that many people honestly be-
lieved that he was all sorts of man.
But now that he is in the governors
chair everybody is beginning to real
ise that he is nothing but the real stun.
Go It, Brother Crafford!