Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-12
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the rebellion become that it is assert
ed that Governor Hoke Smith intends
10 send state troops to enforce the law.
Governor Smith yesterday summoned
States Attorney Hartridge of Savan-
nah, to Atlanta for a conference. 1t is
stated that the governor will warn
Hartridge that unless he and other Of
ncials of Savannah begin to prosecute
the men who are openly selling whisky
and beer, the governor himself will take
control of the situation and will use
the state troops to raid the drinking
joints Savannah has treated the pro-
hibition law with contempt from the
very first.
After having made him the target
all day for criticism with here and
there words of commendation, the
house of representatives last Friday
night by vote of PIP to 35 rebuked the
president by tabling so much Of his
message as reflected on members OF
congress in connection with his rec
concentrations regarding the secret
service detectives, and also declaring
it to be the sense of the house that
they shall decline to consider any com
munications from any source which are
not in its own judgment respectful. To-
ward the close of the debate Mr.. Gard
ner of Massachusetts, vainly endeaV-
ored to secure, first the adoption of
substitute for the resolution in the
shape of an amendment expressing con-
fidence in the committee on approprla-
tions, and then the postponement or
the whole matter until Monday, but
he was overwhelmingly outvoted.
Washington, January 9: AS experts
to establish the nine official grades of
cotton which congress directed to be
prepared, Secretary Of Agriculture Will
son today announced the appointment
of half a dozen business men to act as
a committee to meet in Washington on
February 1st. The committee, still in
complete, follows: J. A. Airey, New
Orleans; Jos. Ayers, Atlanta; F. W..
Crump, Memphis; Jno. Martin, Paris,
Texas: Geo. w. Neville, New York
city; Lewis w. Parker, Greenville, S.
c. Nearly all the important cotton eX-
changes Of this country and Europe
have contributed their standards free
of cost, for the use of these experts in
establishing the grades. The growers,
manufacturers and exchanges have all
cordially assisted in many ways. The
cotton exchanges Of the following cities
have contributed copies Of their stand
ards Augusta and Macon, Georgia;
Bremen, Germany; Charleston, S. c.;
Charlotte, n. c.; Galveston and Waco,
Texas; Little Rock, Ark; Liverpool
and Manchester England; Memphis,
Tenn; Mobile, Ala; New Orleans La;
New York city; Vicksburg, Miss.
j. Frank Hanley, who retired from
the governorship of Indiana yesterday
in favor Of Thos. r. Marshall, Demo-
crat, sent the following to the legisla-
ture on Friday: Il am aware there
are some who have already celebrated
the county option laws repeal, but
beg to remind all those who contem-
plate its repeal that it is the livest wire
in the political machinery Of this COM
monwealth and is charged with enough
electricity to electrocute the party that
repeals ii. Alcohol must be held res
ponsible for about four-fifths of the
anti-social propensities that make nee
essary the huge paraphernalia of police
systems, criminal courts, Jail, prisons
and reformatories that constitute so
serious a blot upon present-day ciVlll-
zation. The general relation between
alcohol and pauperism is everywhere
recognized. 1t is fairly demonstrate
that as a minimum, one-fourth OF the
seekers of charity, outside Of aims
houses and almost one-half Of the de-
pendent children in America, owe their
deplorable condition to alcohol The
same cause is responsible for the
mental overthrow Of fully one-fourth
of all the unfortunates who are sent to
the asylum for the insane; for the mis-
fortune Of tWo-fifths of the abandoned
children and for the moral delinquency
of at least one+half Of the convicts In
our prisons and not less than four
ffths of the inmates of our jails and
almshouses."
Union City, Tenn, January 8: Judge
Jones today imposed the death pen
atty on Garrett Johnson, It'd Burton,
Bob Ransom, Fred Pincon, Arthur
Cloar and Sam Applewhite, the night
riders who were found guilty Of the
murder of Captain Quentin Rankin,
and sentenced Bud Morris and Bob
Hoffman, the two other defendants, to
life Imprisonment. The attorneys for
the defense Immediately gave notice OF
an appeal to the state supreme court.
first named six men will be hanged the
18th of February. In appealing to
Judge Jones today for a new trial the
defense attacked the competency OF
Jurors Mchlnney and DahnKe, assert
ing tnaI they mad expressed opinions
as to the guIIt or the parueS On trlal
ana tnat DdunKe was a resident or The
stale Ot hentuCky. II was diSO clalln-
ed tnat Juror ROSSon, VINO was Ill, was
thus incompetent 10 pass upon the guilt
or innocence or the accused. <AlSL
having heard the testimony of three
witnesses introduced by the defense In
an enurt to prove tnat Juror Mckinney
had expressed an opinion as to the
guilt OF the convicted men, the state
proved by the members OF the jury
tnat he insisted on mitigating circum-
stances beng included IN the Verdlct.
The contentious in regard TO Jurors
RossOn and Dahnke were later With
drawn and the motion for new trlal
was quickly overruled. Perfect silence
prevailed in the court room during the
pronouncing Of the sentences. The de-
PENDANTS, each in turn arose, pale ana
worn, and received the words of Judge
Jones. The court then directed the
sheriff to see that the defendants be
carefully looked after and proper
guard be supplied. Court then ad-
journed.
-Messina, January 10: Balmy
weather prevailed for the pas, two or
three Gays at this place making 1t
possible TOR the troops and survivors to
live in the open. occasionally there
are earth shocks, but the people have
become accustomed 10 them. Two Sc
we're shocks on Friday brought down
many broken walls in Messlna. Gen.
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