Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-12
TUESDAY, MAY IL, 1908.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.


$l25,OO0.
- Chester special of May 10. TO News
and Courier: A Saturday night fracaS
over a woman led to killing last night
in this city, the tragedy occurred at a
point about hundred and fifty yards
above the Southern depot. John ChiS-
holm was shot through the body and
died almost instantly. The man VINO
did the shooting, Guy Atkinson, es-
capped, but it is very probable that ne
will soon be placed under arrest, as
the officers think that they have locat-
ed him. All parties concerned are
Colured.
- Chester. May 10: There was a
small wreck on the Catawba Valley
railway at a point about mile and
one-half below Fort Lawn Friday af-
ternoon. The tender jumped the track
derailing the entire train and tearing
up the roadbed for distance of about
twenty yards. There were a number
of passengers on BOARD, and all were
shaken up more or less severely, though
none of them was seriously hurt. Mr..
w T. jackson was badly bruised about
the face Mr.. T. A. Shaw had one knee
badly wrenched and Mr.. H. G. GLADDEN.
received an ugly cut below the left ear.
Most of those injured were members
of the party on their way to Chester
to be initiated as Knights of Pythias.
Columbia Record: Adjutant Cen
eral Boyd is now shipping out from
the state armOTy to the Second ana
Third regiments the new arms supplied
by the government, in place OF the
obsolete Krag- -Jorgensens. The new
rifle, the repeating Springfield, is Sald
to have a number of advantages over
the Krag 1t is claimed for 1t that II
has a flatter trajectory greater pene.
tration. greater initial velocity and
greater range; that 1t Is lighter ana
as it is loaded with clips OF hVe car
tridges at a time, that it can be Loaded
and discharged more rapidly. The
First regiment will be supplied with
the new arms later. The Second and
Third regiments are being supplied
now, so that the men may become
familiar with the rifles before they go
into encampment at Sullivan's Island,
June 18th. The First regiment Will
not encamp before July.
Aiken, May 8: Henry Leopard
white, was arrested this morning
about o'clock at his home in Lang
lev and carried to Augusta and then
to the state penitentiary in ColumDia,
charged with committing an assault
upon little Lula May Leopard, his first
cousin. Indignation was high, but by
q strategem Sheriff Raborn evaded
the mob and safely got the prisoner
10 Augusta. The victim OF the cruel
assault identified him positively as be-
ing her assailant. The child, the daugh-
ter of Doll Leopard, was thought last
night to be fatally injured, but TINS
morning hopes are expressed LOT re-
coyery. 1t was rumored that the prls-
oner would be taken from the Char
lesion & Western Carolina train, sup
posed by the mob to be the route to
be taken to the penitentiary. Leop-
ard diSaVowS any connection with the
crime. Sheriff Raborn is being con-
graduated upon the manner In
which he protected his prisoner.
State Chairman Willie Jones has
received notice that reduced rates
will be granted for the state Demo-
cratic convention to be held in Column
bia on May 20. Delegates and alter
mates will therefore travel cheaper.
All over the state there are two mat
ters being discussed by these delegates
the adoption of a resolution endors-
ing Bryan and instructing the dele
gates to vote for him as the nominee
OF the party and the other is the adop-
ton of a resolution placing in the prl-
mary the question OF prohlpltlon'
There will probably be hard hight on
both of these propositions although
will almost certainly pass. From a
poll taken a few days ago it was
shown that the majority of the dele
gates favor the proposition. On the
prohibition resolution the chances are
not so favorable. At the last session
of the general assembly after the de-
feat of all prohibition measures a
similar resolution failed and even
should the committee on resolutions
III n~t W
fought on the floor A vote in 1aVor
of statewide prohibition in the DEM
ocratic primaries would OF course
have no legal effect, but the prohibi-
tionists think that the moral erect
would be such that the general assem-
bly, next year might pass such law.
Columbia special to News and
Courier: The new Farmers Union
Sun" the new South Carolina agrlcul-
tural weekly, which has the backing
of the state Farmers Union, whose
official organ 1t has Just become
made its first appearance, under CO.
lumbia date-line today. The new re-
cruit TO South Carolina journalism ap-
parently has brilliant future and an
important work to perform in an ag-
ricultural state which has tour
worlds records to its credit. 1t is a
neat looking four column, sixteen page
paper full of entertaining ana IN
formative reading matter, though II IS
not yet anything near what the man
agement says it will Immediately
make II A department of importance
and interest, which has been provided
for since this issue went TO press, is a
questions and answers department 10
be conducted by Clemson experts,
who have gladly consented TO leno
this assistance to the farmers through
their paper. Another feature whlch
is also to be started at once is nome
department, to be conducted and edit
ed by a clever woman Of some eXper-
ience in such matters. This Will De
appropriately illustrated. Other de-
partments will be added from time to
time. The new paper, strictly speak
ing, is not in it's infancy. 1t is a sort
of founding that was established hVe
wears ago and which had circulation
of 1000 to begin with under the new
management, which hopes TO push
this TO the 10000 mark before the end
of twelve months. 1t is the intention
of the management (the executive
officers Of the State UniOn) to put up
a we'll equipped plant in Columbia as
soon as this can be done, but for the
present the paper is being printed by
contract The permanent success OF
the paper is assured by the fact that
il has both means and ability and eX-
perience behind it, and because the
farmers are aroused to the necessity
of better methods and more education
as never before The editor is Mr.. :,
Frank Parrott, of the Cherokee News.
Columbia special Of May 9 to The
News and Courier: The supreme
court today handed down decision
of unusual interest, in this justly cele-
brated nO-divorce state, which from
time to time has also manifested
superstitious fear of even a marriage
license law. The formal entry on the
supreme court docket today was, "eX-
p.rta Iohn = MesSeryY in re. Mes