Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-11-17
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sent out that this section of the coun-
try would be rid of negroes. Ed Will
liams was warned to leave about a
month ago and did so. Several nights
ago a band visited the former home of
Williams and burned his house and
stable. Many shots were fired about
the place All Of the tenants on the
farm of Ed Custom have moved away
on account OF threats. Henry Evans
colored, is said to have been called up
on by band of fifty, men and to have
lost no time in getting away.
- Nashville, November 13: This af-
ternoon the grand jury Of Davidson
county rendered a true bill in which
Col. Duncan 3. Cooper his son, Robin
j. Cooper and exSheriff John D.
Sharpe are jointly charged with the
murder of Senator E. w. Carmack, in
which Sharpe is indicted on the charge
Of. being an accessory before the fact
The names of six witnesses appear on
the back of the indictment, among
whom is that of Mrs. CODY ID. Car
mack, widow of the dead senator. The
name of S. D. Carmack, brother Of the
slain man, appears on the indictment
as prosecutor. Physicians attending
young Cooper, who was wounded in the
duel, said tonight their patient was
doing as well as could be expected
1t is believed he will be able to be re-
moved to Jail in few days.
Boston Transcript: Taft's popu-
lar plurality over Bryan will approx
mate 1,200,444 votes, which is so per
cent greater than McKinley's over Bry-
an in 1900, making this the severest OF
Bryan's three defeats. Roosevelt's plu-
radty over Parker, however reached
$500, 900, or slightly double the pop
ular plurality this time. The difer-
ence came in the west. Only three
states gave Taft a greater plurality
than they did Roosevelt four years
ago, and these were Connecticut,
Massachusetts and New York.
Throughout the west a considerable re-
turn TO normal party divisions was
manifested. Kansas, for example, gives
Taft $4,000 plurality, where 1t gave
Roosevelt 126,000. Iowa gives him a
$4,000 plurality, while 1t gave Roose-
welt one three times as great. Never
theless, Tafts lead, both in popular
vote and the electoral college, will
stand as among the largest ever at
tanned in American presidential elec-
tions.
Nashville. Tenn, November 10: At
ter burning in effigy late last night at
Camp Memo, Col. Harvey Alexander,
assistant adjutant general of Tennes-
90 Of
Tennessee regiment on duty in the
Reelfoot Lake region during the recent
night rider troubles, declar that they
will resign If they do not receive reg
ular army pay instead OF state pay
for the services rendered. Frank pre-
diction that the regiment will be dis
banded is already heard. Col. Tatom'
commanding, is said to be one OF the
most determined that army pay shall
be allowed. He refused angrily' 1t IS
said, the state pay rendered him at I'm
ion City last night. The eftigy Of Col.
Alexander at Camp Memo last night
swung from a tree as it blazed. The
military force at Camp Memo has been
largely reduced, and the soldiers, re-
lieved from duty, including Col. Tatom,
proceeded to Union City, where they
were to be paid, and today number
of them returned to Nash'il II Is
said that some Of the officers, after re-
fusing the pay rendered, accepted II
later under protest. Gov. patterson
said tonight that the story Of the af-
fair would be investigated and that his
course would be governed by develop
ments.
-rrancis ]. Heney, the leading hg-
ure in the prosecution of the San
francisco grafters, was seriously shot
in Judge Lawlor's court room in that
city Friday afternoon, by Morris Haas,
a saloonkeeper, during the progress or
the trial of Abraham Ruef, who is on
trial for the third time. Haas had been
accepted as a juror in previous trial
Of Abraham Ruef and afterward re-
moved, it having been shown In court
by Heney that Haas was an eX-conVlct
a fact not brought out in his examina-
ton as a Venireman. Haas took ad-
vantage of some confusion in the court
room, occasioned by consultation
between the Judge and lawyers for the
defense, to get close to Heney, and pc
fore the bodyguard Of Mr.. Heney could
prevent him. had fired the shot which
entered the right cheek and lodged un-
der the left ear. Two hours later Mr.
Heney regained consciousness ana
said: Il will live to prosecute Haas
and Ruef." His physicians are of
opinion that he will recover. After be-
ing removed to the jail, Haas commit
ted suicide by shooting himself in the
forehead with a 41-calibre derringer
that he had concealed in his shoe.
Haas undertook to justify the shoot
ing with the claim that Heney had no
right to expose him after he had es-
tablished himself as a respectable cit
izen.
New Orleans, November 13: With
a stirring appeal to every interest in
the soutn-agricultural, financial and
commercial-to cooperate in holding
cotton for higher prices, the joint con-
ference committee of the Natlonal
Farmers UniCn and financial interests
Of New Orleans adjourned tonight.
The appeal Is addressed to the people
of the cotton belt and is as follows:
We, the Joint committee Of the Ma
tional Farmers Union and OF the H.
nancial and commercial interests Of
New Orleans, realizing that confidence
in cotton market conditions has been
impaired and the apprehension thereby
engendered has caused more rapid
marketing Of cotton than has ever been
known. and believing that the holding
Of cotton at the present time will per-
NIT the healthy assimilation Of tenn
porary superabundance and restore
normal conditions under which remun-
erative prices may be obtained, hereby
earnestly appeal to ever farmer, mer-
chant and banker and other holders
and owners of cotton, to hold back, SO
far as they can, their present holdings
and not sell unless absolutely compell-
ed to do so until the price has reached
a substantially increased figure. We
especially request all the merchants
and bankers of the cotton belt to eX-
tend the obligation of the cotton grow
er, when called upon to do so, for a
reasonable period, and to do all other
things in their power to aid and en-
courage such growers and holders of
cotton, believing, as we do, that all
the business conditions OF the worio
and especially Of the cotton world
steadily point toward better brices than
now obtain. We believe that such
concerted and determined action will
logically and in all probability increase
the present inadequate price paid Tor
cotton" Committees were named to in
vestigate the public warehouse plan
which calls for quasi-public commits
sion, appointed by the state Of Louis