Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-07
Straps aud facts.

"Of course, a party may do educational
work without dominating the govern
ment and all parties, however small, do
educational work, but the great ma
jority of the voters prefer to see re-
suits rather than to do pioneer work.
Mr.. Hearst complains that the Demo-
cratic party is not harmonious. That
is true. But unfortunately, there Is
no chance of securing absolute har-
mony in any party Of any size. II a
party has as many as two members,
the conservative and radical elements
will appear. In the meantime, DEM
ocratic papers should treat Mr.. Hearst
and the new party as an ally rather
than as an enemy. We are going in
the same direction, even though we
march under different banners, and
there ought to be no quarrels so long
as we are trying to cast out devils
although we invoke the name of De-
mocracy, while Mr.. Hearst and his as
sociates invoke the name of indepen-
dence league"
THE post office department" says
a Washington dispatch has indicated
to county officials and road supervisors
throughout the country that 1t is alb
solutely necessary for them to keep
their roads in good condition. If they
do not, the rural mail service Will De
discontinued The department has
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tenance Of good roads, but If the peo-
pie themselves will not lend a hand
they will have to go without rural de-
livery Of mail. The pressure on the de-
partment for the establishment Of new
rural mail routes is so great that the
government now Is in position to dc
tate terms on which they shall be es-
tablished. In every part of the coun-
try, more particularly in the south ana
east, every effort is being made by the
county and municipal officers to meet
the requirements of the postoftice de-
partment. The local officials show
disposition to improve their roadsand
In some instances where the county
officials have been derelict Of their
duty in this regard, the farmers In
the vicinity voluntarily have devoted
time and money to the improvement
Of the roads in order to insure the con-
tinuance of the delivery of their
mall
The body of Horace Marvin, Jr.,
the little boy who disappeared from
his fathers home at Kits Hammock
Del, on March 4th, last, was found
Saturday afternoon within few hun
dred yards of DR.. Marvin's home. The
hunt for the Marvin boy was carried
on with increasing Wgor for nearly
two months. Scores Of detectives
have been engaged on the case as 1t
was believed that the child had been
kidnapped and was being held for a
ransom. DR.. Marvin received thou
sands of letters from all parts of the
United States stating that the child
would be returned for a given sum or
had been seen at given places or
would be found at given point. Many
of these clues were followed without
avail. The body of the child dressed
as was the boy when he disappeared
lust two months before, was found IN
a marsh a half mile from his fathers
home. The marsh was frozen over
at the time the child disappeared.
Four weeks ago the grass OF this
marsh, having become dry, was burn
ed off, followed by careful search
for the child's bedy, but such efforts
were fruitless. The child's body was
found by a duck hunter Saturday al
ternoon partly concealed by dry grass
and it is the belief Of some Of the
searchers that the child had been muir
dered and placed in the position In
which it was found in an effort to hide
the crime Of the kidnappers, who had
found that it was a hard matter to
turn the possession of the child to II
nancial profit.
New York, May 5: In a letter
read today before the Central Fedora
ton union, President Roosevelt states
that II evidence is submitted to him
showing that there has been miscar-
riage Of justice for or against Meyer
and Haywood, awaiting trial at Boise,
Idaho, charged with the murder OF
former Governor Steunenburg, he will
bring such evidence to the attention
of the attorney general for such ac-
ton, If any, as it may be in the pow
er of the federal authorities to take.
The communication was the formal
reply of the president to the commit
tee of the union which recently called
upon the president in Washington ana
requested him to set forth in general
his attitude toward the accused men
and specify why he had referred
to Meyer and Haywood as "undesir-
able citizens" In making his report
today the chairman John S. Henry
said that the committee had spent
more than an hour with the president,
at which time the matter in hand was
thoroughly discussed. The president
signified his intention Of formally re-
plying in the letter which the chair
man then read. Following the read
ing there was an animated discussion
during which the chairman and Will
liam Coakley, another member of the
committee, stoutly championed the at
titude of the chief executive. 1t was
finally voted to send copy of the let
ter to counsel for Meyer and Hay
wood. In his reply the president
quotes at length from a letter writ
ten by him more than year ago to
the attorney general, in which he said
"our duty is (if it should ever happen
that we had any power in the matter)
to see that exact justice is done these
men,"
Trouble of a serious nature is eX-
pected at Boise, lowe, next Saturday
when VIM. Haywood is put on trial
for alleged completely in the murder
Of Ex-Governor Steunenburg. 1t is not
expected that the persons themselves
will panSp