Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-22

tor Money and a cousin OF Governor
Vardeman. is on trial at Greenwood.
Miss, this week for murder.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
=. The one hundredth anniversary OF
the birth Of Robert E. Lee was gen.
eiaily observed throughout the state,
- st. George special of Sunday 20
the Columbia State: The much talked
of William ]. Harley Of Harleyville,
this county, was killed by C. c. Pa.
Ter last night at Harleyville. Harley
went to Parler's house and was going
into the front door threatening to XIII
and drag Parler out OF the house.
Parler saw and heard him coming,
and asked Harley several times not to
come into the house, But Harley walk
ed up the steps toward the front door
with a double-barrel shot gun In MS
hand, and when he had reached the
top of the steps and was crossing the
porch In the direction of the front
door Parler saw that there was moth
ing else to be done for his safety and
for the protection OF his home. He
fired at Harley, hitting him In the
right side, and Harley turned slightly
and fell down the steps and died In
stantly. This Is the same w. j. Har-
ley who has been terrorizing this COM
munity and especially the vicinity OF
Harleyville, for the past several years.
He was tried about a year ago at the
sessions court of this county for stab
bing Richard Weeks, a young white
man, on the court house grounds here
while court was in session. He was
arrested for this, but escaped and
tried In his absence and found guilty
and at the time of his death a sealed
sentence awaited him In the clerk of
courts Office here.
= The State, Monday: The first meet
ing of the new dispensary investigat-
ing committee will be held tonight at
8 o'clock and several Of the witnesses
summoned will be examined. The
sessions will take place behind closed
doors and no attorneys will be admit
ted, the object being to conclude the
session as soon as possible and make
report to the general assembly with
in the ten days required by the reso-
luton. There will be no delay In CIV
ing the testimony in printed form to
the members Of the general assembly
as 1t has been decided to send the
typewriter copy taken to the printer
at the end Of each day and have the
entire pamphlet ready when the time
is up. Senator Christensen Is the
chairman of the committee and Sena-
| tor Graydon is the examining attor-
ney. The house members are Messrs.
Rucker, Carey and Richards. The In
quiry will be along the line Of the
charges, made by Senator Christensen
In his resolution and the letter writ
ten by Commissioner Tatum that the
| board had exceeded their legal rights
In overstocking the dispensary with
unstable whiskys. The members of
the old investigating committee met
last week to prepare a financial state
ment to the general assembly. All OF
the members were present except
Senator Hay, deceased. This COM
| mittee will probably make no report
other than its financial statement.
The city of Beaufort was swept by
disastrous fire last Saturday. The
| fire broke out at about IL O'clock In
the morning and famed by a fierce
wind could not be controlled. The loss
is estimated at between 100000 and
| $500, 900. The Christensens, Crofuts and
Talbirds are among the heaviest los
ers. The Columbia State of Sunday had
this statement: Senator Neils Chris
tensen, Jr., who heard Of the fire last
night, estimated the loss Of his firm at
about $4,000. There was no insur-
ance on the paint store because the
rate on that class Of goods in town
the size of Beaufort Is almost prohi-
bitive. Senator Christensen was more
concerned about the loss Of his neigh
bors' homes than he was about his
own loss. The following dispatch OF
Sunday relates to troubles that sue
ceeded the fire: "Murmuring OF ne
groes today caused apprehension OF
an uprising, and the authorities at
once sought to secure military protec-
ton for the city. The intendant tele-
graphed Col r. w. Patterson. in
command at Fort Screven, Ga, asking
for q company OF regular troops to De
dispatched here for the preservation
Of order. In response. at S.35 O'Clock
tonight, forty-five. fully armed and
for. nn6ar
command of Captain JOS. Wheeler.
The detachment came on the tug Glib
bons, and Immediately guards were
esta blished and patrols formed. The
discomfort among the negroes which
II was feared might be famed into
fury. was caused by the killing Of Will
lam Bennett, colored, by a guard at
o'clock this morning. The negro was
discovered hanging about the ruins or
the Peoples Bank, one or the DuiId-
ings destroyed by the disastrous fire
of yesterday. To the challenge OF the
guard on duty there, no satisfactory
response was made. 1t seems, and the
guard fired. An inquest was held this
morning over the body Of the negro.
There was doubt as to which OF the
guards had shot the man. The YER
dict rendered was that he had come to
his death at the hands Of parties un-
known to the jury. The arrival OF the
United States troops relieved the appre-
hension Of the citizens. The negroes,
impressed by the presence Of the reg
ulars. have ceased their hostile dem
onstrations. and the military appar-
emily have the situation well in hand.
Their arrival was welcomed by the
citizens. who had been standing guard
over valuables saved from the flames.
and who had been prepared to resist
as they might have been able any