Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-16
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- The dispensary was voted out or
Chesterfield county last Tuesday about
2 to /. Only about 900 votes were cast.
- Saluda special of August to Co
lumbia State: Judge Watts In COM
menting upon the grand Jury present.
ment took occasion to say that while he
always thought the dispensary law
(meaning the state dispensary) was
the best solution Of the whisky ques-
ton, yet when he contrasted conditions
in Saluda today with what he saw
when here last (the dispensary was
here them he was obliged to confess
that IL the change was as great every
where as he found 1t to be here, then
the people Of Saluda had found the
best solution.
Columbia State: Petitions are be-
ing circulated by friends Of Mr.. Geo.
H. Higgins, deputy collector OF inter-
nal revenue, for his appointment as
postmaster for Columbia, to succeed
the late DR.. j. F. Ensor. There are
also petitions for the appointment OF
Miss Annie Ensor, the assistant post
master, and Mr.. E. w. Screven, but 1t
Is thought that the department at
Washington will not take any action
for several days. In the meantime the
recommendation of the bondsmen for
DR.. Ensor, that his daughter, Miss An
ME Ensor, be given charge Of the office
as their representative, has gone into
effect and the affairs of the office are
running as smoothly as usual.
- Columbia special of August IA to
the Charlotte Observer: A monument
erected to the memory Of Gen. Thomas
Sumter, the. Revolutionary hero, was
unveiled at Stateburg, Sumter county,
today About 1900 persons from all
sections Of the state, gathered to par
ticipate in the exercises. Former Gov
ernor A. ]. Montague Of Virginia, and
Hon. H. A. M. Smith Of Charleston,
were the principal speakers. Governor
M. F. Ansel read a message from Pres
ident Roosevelt appropriate to the oc-
casion. The First Artillery band and
about 800 regulars from Sullivan's Is
land and several companies Of state
militia took part In the exercises. The
monument was erected by the state OF
South Carolina at q cost OF $1,000.
General Sumter, besides being q great
warrior, represented South Carolina
for a number Of years In both branches
Of congress. He was born In Virginia,
but spent the greater part or his life In
this state.
Greensboro special Of August IA to
Chester Lantern: Admitting that he is
guilty Of numbering two women In
Chester, s. c., last September, Lawson
Addison, negro, alias Oliver Walker,
was arrested by Deputy Sheriff W. ].
Weatherly at the Southern railway
double tracking camp, one mile south
of the city, yesterday afternoon. There
is a reward Of 500 for Addison's ar
rest. The prisoner does not deny
shooting the women but says that un-
I'll yesterday he did not know they
were dead. When the trouble occurred
he ran away and never learned the re-
suits Of the shots. Eluding the officers
he drifted to North Carolina and for
some time has been working with the
double tracking force. 1t was after
coming to this state that he took the
name Of Walker. He Is man OF pow
erful build, weighs nearly zoo pounds
and Is five feet eleven inches tall. Dep
uty Sheriff Weatherly learned few
days ago that the man was here and
went to work to earn the reward.
Columbia special Of August IL to
News and Courier: Considerable In
terest has been taken here in the trial
recently at Edgefeld Of young /. Pra-
ger, on the charge Of adultery. He was
convicted last week. Prayer, about ten
years ago, married the talented second
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. William Rob-
inson, who formerly lived In Columbia
and Greenville, having been engaged In
the mercantile business In both places
and still having property here. The
marriage was a runaway AFFAIR, ana
the ceremony was performed at his
residence in Greenville by the Rev. DR..
John C. Wilson Of the Methodist
church, to whom 1t was represented
that a marriage by rabbi would later
be performed. Mr.. and Mrs. Prager
lived together for five years, their
home for the greater portion OF TINS
time being in Augusta, and three chill
dren were born to them. Prayer, II Is
charged, left his wife and went to Al
ALBANIA, where, 1t Is asserted, he con-
tracted a second marriage. With the
second wife he recently returned to
Edgefeld and established himself In
business. An indictment was brought
against him on the charge Of adultery,
instead Of bigamy, for the reason that
1t would have been difficult to prove
the second marriage in another state.
while the proof Of the other charge was
not so difficult The first marriage was
proved conclusively by the testimony
of DR.. Wilson who performed the cer-
rmony. Much sympathy is felt for the
innocent woman in the case and for
her family, who have a number OF
friends in Columbia, Greenville and
other parts Of this state, where they
are all highly esteemed.