Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-05
SOUTH. CAROLINA NEWS.

The senate on yesterday refused
TO confirm the appointment Of Joshua
Wilson, colored, as postmaster at
Florence. -
There are now nearly seven hum
dred Farmers Union locals In the
state. The organization work is being
pushed rapidly in every quarter
In the magistrates bill adopted at
the recent session Of the general as
sembly, there Is provision that all
magistrates should file with the clerk
Of courts a statement Of all cases and
their disposition, a statement OF all
costs and fines collected, a detailed
statement Of all cases compromised
must be sworn to and the oath must
further state that all money received
and fines and costs have been paid the
county. Unless this sworn statement
Is filed the treasurer Is prohibited
from paying the salary for the month.
Columbia, March 4: AS a result
of the work Of Prof. Ira w. Williams
and Commissioner Watson In field
work and demonstration farm methods
last wear, every county in the state is
taking an active interest in the plans.
There is now in this state twenty-six
field agents working under Prof. Will
liams and since the first Of the year
ARRANGEMENTS have been made In the
counties Of York, Lancaster, Lee. Sum-
ter, Darlington, Clarendon and later
Florence, for the work. this in addition
to the counties already operated. Be-
fore the end Of the year Commissioner
Watson hopes to have the work going
ahead in every county in the state with
the exception Of about seven, that are
not actively interested in agriculture.
Lancaster special Of March 8, to
the Columbia State: A difficulty oc-
Cured here this afternoon between
two young white men, Claude Small,
son Of Leonard Small, a well known
farmer Of this vicinity. and ]. w.
Gregory of Yorkville, in which the
latter fired four shots with a revolver
at the former. Small, however, was
struck by only one bullet, which lodged
in the shoulder The wound is not
considered fatal Gregory was ar
rested and lodged in Jail. He came
here to do some work for the Yorkville
Monument Works and Is said to be
originally from Virginia. The shoot
ing. which took place in a wagon on
Main street in which there was also
another young man, Hovt Hinson. Is
said to have had a trivial origin. The
wind blew off one mans hat and
the other fellows hat.
The State: The governor signed
yesterday the act which places at
tempts to ravish upon the same basis
as actual commission of the crime.
When the bill to this effect came up
in the senate there was considerable
discussion, but there were strong and
convincing arguments made in favor
of the bill and it passed both houses.
Gov Ansel has notified all the circuit
judges Of the new law. The bill pro-
vides that attempts to assault shall be
punishable by death; it Is left to the
discretion Of the court to commute the
sentence to life imprisonment; the
victim shall be allowed to testify be-
fore the court stenographer and attor-
neys, the same to be read in open
court: upon recommendation Of the
jury the minimum punishment shall
be one year in these cases. 1t was felt
that something should be done to aid
in decreasing lynch law, and it is be-
lieved that this measure will bring
about a better condition. That the ac-
tual crime is not committed usually
has no weight with a mob; in fact, 1t
makes them all the more eager to lynch
the brute because they feel that when
the case comes to court the prisoner
An amendment to the bill was adopted
making the crime a penitentiary Of
fense and not one which, II term OF
years Is given, might be worked out
on the public roads.
Anderson Daily Mail: The legisla-
ture at the session just closed passed
an act which reads as follows: That
the sum Of seven thousand five hun
dred dollars be appropriated, to be
used in connection with an equal sum
to be raised by voluntary contributions
from the male inhabitants Of South
Carolina, and to become available
only when such equal sum has been
so raised and deposited with the COM
mission hereinafter provided for, for
the erection on the state house
grounds of monument with at least
a base of South Carolina granite or
design similar to that of the monu-
ment erected by the women Of South
Carolina to the Confederate soldiers
of South Carolina, to the heroism, A.
deity and fortitude of the women Of
South Carolina, during the war be-
tween the Confederate States and the
United States" A commission Of five
will be appointed by the governor to
receive contributions and carry out
the provisions of the act. 1t will be
observed that the appropriation Of
$500 does not become available until
a like sum has been subscribed by the
men Of the state. The money ought
to be raised within a few weeks. The
Columbia State has started a sub
scription list and has headed 1t with
Sl00 The responses ought to be lib
eral and prompt and ought to come