Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-16
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

OF cotton, were destroyed by fire on
Tuesday night.
Will Foster the Spartanburg ne
gro who has been twice convicted Of
murder, has been denied a new trial,
and will be sentenced to death by
Judge Klugh today
- Diana Legare, colored, was found
guilty Of manslaughter in the Charles
ton circuit court Tuesday, and sem
tenced to five years in the penitenti-
ary. She stabbed her paramour to
death on September 20, last.
Up. Wright, a merchant Of Ben
l.nettsville. who Is connected with
prominent family, was arrested Tues
day on a charge Of having attempted
to burn the building in which his store
was located, the night before.
- Spartanburg, October 10: Certain
members Of the mob that attempted to
take John Irby, an alleged would-be
rapist, from Jail last Saturday, are cir
culating a petition to be presented to
the coroner asking that Sheriff Nichols
be arrested and tried on a charge OF
assault with intent to kill. In protect
ing the jail the sheriff fired on the mob,
wounding three men.
- Samuel X Williams, a Charleston
burglar with half a dozen aliases,
was convicted before Judge Prince
Wednesday of carrying burglar tools.
and when Judge Prince sentenced
him to ten years in the penitentiary,
the fellow impudently asked why the
the judge did not give him the limit.
Williams was on his way to his seat
when he gave expression to his i'm
pudence. Judge Prince called him
ho L.
tence, making 1t fifteen years in all.
- Greenville, October 15: Fred Ruby,
an employe Of the Johnny Jones Car
nival shows, was shot and almost in
stantly killed tonight. 1t Is thought
that the fatal shot was fired by Jesse
Harrison, a motorman Of the Green
Vile Traction company. Harrison was
crazed with drink and according to
witnesses, no words were said before
the shot was fired. Ruby Is spoken
Of in the highest terms by his employ
ers as being a quiet, inoffensive man.
His home Is in London, England, and
he has no relatives in this country.
The killing occurred about 11.30 p. m.
Harrison was arrested and lodged In
Jail.
- Columbia special Of October IL, to
News and Courier: There Is now no
longer any doubt but that determin-
ed assault, conducted by we'll organ
lied forces, will be made in the coming
legislature against the present county
dispensary local option law, in an ef-
fort to replace. it with straight and
statewide prohibition Of the strictest
sort, which will not tolerate even near
beer, near to or resembling any alco-
holic drink And from this distance 1t
looks as If the prohibitionists have a.
fine opportunity to win out the best
chance they have yet had. They will
have the advantage, not only OF the
steady growth Of the prohibition SEN
timent, but the political advantage Of
the fact that many Of the old state dis
penSary advocates are lining up In the
prohibition column. Governor Ansel,
whose natural bent Is toward prohi-
bition, will not recommend straight
prohibition in his message. He will
carry out his pre- election pledge, his
promise to c. C. Featherstone, prospec-
tive candidate for governor on the
prohibition platform, and recommend
that state Of prohibition be declared
throughout the state with the right
Of counties afterward to vote in coun-
ty dispensaries If they see fit. But the
governors message Is not apt to in
fluence any votes in the legislature, al
though there will doubtless be num-
Der of new members who will take his
point of view. The county campaigns
were remarkably free from the issue
being drawn this summer, more so
than they have been for a number OF
years. and it would be proftless un-
dertaking to attempt to analyze the
new body on the question, but the
battle lines are already being drawn
and an interesting clash Is as
sured and will likely be precipitated
early in the session. Among the
members of the new legislature show
ing special activity is ex-Speaker OF
the House Mendel L. Smith OF Cam
den, a hard and effective fighter and
a man Of ability and large experience
is legislative work. Mr.. Smith Isl
gathering statistics as 20 the opera
ton Of the present county system and
the. effect prohibition has had on the
police records in the several counties
that have voted out their dispensaries.
He will likely find 1t easy to demon
state that more whisky is being sold
now with nearly half the state dry"
than was dispensed under the old
state dispensary system when only
two or three counties were dry, and
that the dry counties show decided
diminution Of city court crimes. An
other former state dispensary advo- |
cate who Is gathering statistics along
the same line Is Senator Earle VINO
is also a hard and stubborn fighter.
Still another state dispensary leader
who may be counted upon for pro.
hibition is ]. G.. Richards. Jr, one or
the floor leaders of the house. Yet
another ex-state dispensary advocate
Of force and ability who will be IN
the house this coming session and
whose services will be enlisted for
prohibition is C. w. Garris. ex-chair-
man of the railroad commission. The
is that Mr.. Smith Is
grooming for the gubernatorial race
two years hence, which makes his
anxiety about prohibition the more
if it is a bit humorous.
But the state dispensary people insist
there is nothing inconsistent about
their advocating prohibition. They
say the state dispensary never claim
ed to be anything but a step toward
prohibition, while many prohibition
lists insist that the state dispensary
was nothing but step in front OF
cheat and fraud