Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-30
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- Spartanburg, March q: Col. s. T.
Pointer, postmaster at this place, died
tonight at o'clock, at the age Of 73
years. His death was not unexpected,
for he had been unconscious for three
days as a result Of q second stroke OF
paralysis. He was Spartanburg's first
postmaster after the civil war and had
served during the various Republican
administrations. He was postmaster
continuously for the past twelve years:
Col. Pointer was a good citizen ana
loyal to his friends For many years
he was a member Of the vestry Of the
Church Of the Advent. He came to this
city from Canton, O., and 1t is said that
he was schoolmate Of the late Pres
ident Mckinley.
- Columbia special of March 26, to
Charlotte Observer: Insurance Com
missioner McMaster last night issued
a rather severe letter to the Southern
Life Insurance company OF Fayette-
Vile, N. c., revoking its license to do
business in this state on account Of its
deal with the Seminole concern. Re-
Gently Attorney Shaw and Manager
Cooper Of the company wrote that the
company was about to undergo a re-
organization and asked that action on
the ruling to show cause be postponed
till April /, the time for renewing the
license, but Mr.. McMaster has be-
come satisfied that 1t will not do to
allow the company to transact busi-
ness in this state. In his letter to the
company, Mr.. McMaster says that "the
dealings between Messrs. Cooper and
Lacey on the one side and Hebert and
the Seminole people on the other,
whereby enormous commissions were
to be paid and stock to be sold to the
public at enormous prices, indicate an
utter disregard Of the principles Of fair
dealings and were so far permeated
with the essentials Of stock jobbing
and disreputable high finance, as to ut
terly condemn c.. ]. Cooper and B. w.
Lacey as men unworthy Of being en-
trusted with the management OF an
institution Of such sacred and conser-
vative a character as a life insurance
company. This department Is Of the
opinion that an institution in the hands
of two such men is unsafe and unrelia-
ble."
Anderson Dolly Mail: Senator
Smith and Representative Ellerbe are
said to be at odds over the appointment
of postmaster at Florence. That fine
little city Is Senator Smiths residence
town, but it is in Mr.. Ellerbe's con-
gressional district, so both the South
Carolina statesmen claim the right to
say something as to the appointment
of a postmaster, under the policy Of
President Taft to get the views Of
Democrats as well as Republicans upon
such matters. 1t seems that Senator
Smith. and Representative Ellerbe are
agreed in opposition to the candidate
nearest selection, but that each will
present his opposition from a differ
ent point Of view. In the meantime, 1t
Is said, the old negro Wilson, who has
held the office for four years and is so
to the people Of Flor
ence, sees in the row between Senator
Smith and Representative Ellerbe a
chance for him to hold on, and he has
gone to Washington to consult Presi- |
dent Taft about 1t. A special from
under date of Friday says: |
Rev. Joshua E. Wilson, the negro
postmaster at Florence, s. c.. about
which so much has recently been said,
has come to Washington to make a
fight for the retention Of his office. He
will put the question Of the non-recog- |
milton Of the negro at southern points |
right up to the administration. He
comes here backed by a number Of ne !