Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-24
sou1H CAROLINA NEWS.

- Carlisle, May ZZ: AIter peihs oi
rested at the baseball park this az
ternoon by Clarence c. Gist, brother
of President William H. Gist Of the
Bank of Carlisle, for, disorderly con-
duct, Arthur Davis, Pullman porter,
waylaid, shot and instantly killed
the former, near the Seaboard Air
Line depot about $50 o'clock tonight:
Excitement ran high for q time, ana
race trouble was threatened, but the
counsel Of cooler heads prevailed, ana
at o'clock the situation is reported
as quieting down.
Columbia special Of Wednesday,
to the News and Courier: Young Her
bert Ruff, who was arrested at the Co
lumbia Inn last night by an officer OF
the Columbia police force, was turned
over to Sheriff Coleman today and
taken to Jail. His father, Mr.. w. n.
Ruff, Sr, came to Columbia this
morning with his attorney, and tney
will endeayor to Strengthened out the
affair. Ruff was arrested on warrant
sworn out by c.. 8. Lamb, formerly In
the brokerage business at RidgeWay,
the warrant charging embezzlement. IL
will be recalled that year ago Rum
after resigning his position as teller
of the Bank of Ridgeway, was found
to be short about $4,000, and that the
money was made good by his father,
president of the bank, and other direc-
tors. 1t was supposed that the case
had been dropped until the warrant
was taken out yesterday and placed In
the hands Of the sheriff. Ruiz and
Lamb have both been in the city sew
eral days.
Anderson special Of May %, to
Greenville News: District Attorney
Cothran received a telegram from his
office in Charleston this afternoon
stating that Judge w. H. Brawley OF
the United States circuit court, nao
rendered a decision in the contract Ia
Dor case in which he held that the
South Carolina labor law Is unconsti-
tional. The telegram stated that Judge
Brawley issued an order that the pris-
oners at the Charleston jail, who had
been committed on the charge of vio-
lating a. labor contract, be released.
The decision Of Judge Brawley Is an
important one as 1t applies to the con-
tract labor law, throughout the entire
state. It will be remembered that some
time ago two negro men were arrested
in Charleston county on the charge OF
violation Of q labor contract. They
were committed to jail. Attorney Lo-
gan and Attorney Grace were employ
ed and they carried the case 10 the
United States circuit court claiming
that the law Is unconstitutional as the
law was class legislation and amount
ed to peonage.
Aiken. special of May 21, to News
and Courier: The all absorbing topic
lust now in Aiken, and indeed all over
the county, Is the whisky question:
Two Of the registration board reported
to Supervisor Edison that In their
opinion the number Of qualified voters
whose names were attached TO tne
petitions asking for an election were
one-fourth of the number on the reg
istration books The other member,
however. does not think so, and now
the question before the supervisor Is
to ascertain whether or not ne mas
fourth on the petition. In order
to find this out definitely he requested
the registration board yesterday 10
meet and revise or examine the DOCKS
as there are about 5000 or 1000 names
upon them. The board met and before
ANYTHING was done motion was made
by Mr.. Alderman, one OF the board,
that thew be guaranteed $4.25 per day
wages before they touch the books.
Mr. Moseley thought they were not en-
titled to extra pay, but the other men,
ber, Mr. Sosgu, agreed with Mr.. Alder
man and the motion was carried, and
the board adjourned until somebody
guaranteed them the stipulated sti-
pend. This was the way in which af-
fairs were left Yesterday. Nothing
new has developed today.
Columbia, May 81: An interesting
suit for punitive damages brought by
a negro woman named Anna Taylor
against an installment furniture con-
Germ operated under the significant
name Of the Eagle Furniture Co., by a
Hebrew ex-subject Of the cZar named
N. Lifchez pronounced in good Irish
by Chief Of Police owen DAILY, Lift