Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-03-27
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- Abbeville, March 20: Bunnie
Brock, a young white man Of Calhoun
Falls, shot and killed Conductor Swink,
Of the c. G. w. C. railway, at that
place Tuesday afternoon. After being
shot three times through the body, the
conductor shot his assailant once, and
Brock died after being brought here.
| 1t appears that Brock boarded the
train at Lowndesville and had a dis
pute with the conductor about paying
| his fare, telling him he would see him
later. The shooting took place just
after the train reached Calhoun Falls.
Conductor Swink is from Augusta, Ga,
Brock was said to be drinking.
- An Atlanta dispatch Of yesterday
says: At a conference here today be-
tween attorneys representing the COM
plainants in the suit against the South
| Carolina dispensary commission and
Attorney General Lyon Of South Car
olina, 1t was decided to ask Judge
Pritchard of the United States court,
for a revocation of his order enjoining
the Sou h Carolina dispensary COM
mission from - posing Of the 100000
in its poss" ssion an6 appointing re-
ceivers for the dis : ,ary. The petit
ton for Avocation Of Judge Pritch-
ards order mill result from the recent
decision Of the supreme court Of South
ating the commission constituted that
body agents Of the state. The peti-
tiOn will he filed tomorrow at Ashe-
vile.
- Columbia, March 25: James S.
Farnum, for whose arrest the dispen-
sary commission last January issued a
warrant charging him, along with sew
eral Others with conspiracy to cheat
the state in dealing nth tl2 dispensary
affairs, arrived here today from Wash
ington and gave himself up. He gave
bond in the sum Of ten thousand dol
lars through the American Bonding
comparr of Baltimore. He was ac-
compared by his attorney, T. Moul-
trie B1rdetai. Later Mr.. Farnum
went - the attorney generals office
and in ormed him that II he wanted
any j.. = in the future to communicate
with him to do Sc at Charleston and
that he would come to Columbia any
time he was wanted. He expects to be
at home in Charleston Saturday.
- Chairman e. H. Deas has issued a
call for the Republican state conven-
ton to be held in Columbia on April
%. The call says: '"The state conven-
ton will be composed of 125 delegates
lapportioned among the several coun-
ties OF the state as follows: Abbeville
3, Aiken 4, Anderson 5, Bamberg 2,
Barnwell 3, Beaufort 8, Berkeley 3,
Calhoun 2, Charleston 8, Cherokee 2,
Chester 3, Chesterfield 2, Colleton 3,
Darlington 8, Dorchester 1, Edgefield
2, Fairfield 3, Florence 3, Georgetown
2, Greenville 5, Greenwood 8, Hamp-
ton 2, Horny 2, Kershaw 8, Lancaster
II, Laurens 3, Lee 2, Lexington 3,
Marion 8, Marlboro 8, Newberry 8,
Oconee 2, Orangeburg 3, Pickens 2,
Richland A. Saluda 2, Spartanburg 6,
Sumter 8, Union 2, Williamsburg 3,
and York 4,
- Columbia special of March 26: DR..
]. w. Babcock of this city, who is Sen
ator Tillman's closest medical adviser,
returned from the senator's home at 8
o'clock tonight. Just before leaving,
DR.. Babcock said that Senator Tillman
dictated the following statement: Il
am improving, but improving slowly.
While / do not recognize any indica-
tions of organic trouble, 1 feel that /
will not be strong enough to resume
work in Washington this session" DR..
Babcock thinks that Senator Tillman
Is getting along as we'll as could be
expected. When he reached there to-
day the senator had been out on the
piazza, and he did not seem at all ex-
hausted from his exertion. He had no
fever and his pulse Is absolutely nor
NAL in every respect being seventy
two to the minute, soft and regular
The nausea and vomiting have entirely
disappeared. His appetite is return
ing and the numbness has disappear
ed from his face and hands. He Is
much less depressed than he has been
and is taking a hopeful view Of his
condition. His family physicians have
been urging him to take long need
ed rest, and he is reluctantly coming
around to their way Of thinking. This
afternoon he received letter from a
colleague in congress begging him to
take rest Of six months at least.