Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-16
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- Columbia, August 12: Plans for
the increase of membership of the
State Farmers Union were perfected
at a meeting of the executive COM
mittee held here today. There were
present A. ]. A. Perritt. Il. d. Hud
son, Douglas Mcintyre and L. G.. Pad
gett. The constitution of the union
will be printed as revised. j. B. o.
O'Neal Holloway of Newberry, was ap-
pointed to do some summer work in
the interest of the union in Pickens,
Anderson, Abbeville and Oconee coun-
ties. j. P. Quinn was appointed on
the recommendation of the county
president to do some organizing work
in Bamberg county. OOther organizers
will be appointed in few days.
Columbia special of August IL to
the News and Courier: Around a ne
gro in Aiken county there centres an
other military investigation in South
Carolina. AS announced in Thursdays
correspondence. Col. w. w. Lewis has
ordered an investigation Of the alleged
striking of a mill hand with a rock
thrown by one of the soldiers of the
First regiment on the return trip from
Aiken. Information regarding the
outrage was furnished here today.
That the negro-Fred Turner-has
been unable TO open his eye since the
missile struck him, that he has been
laid up since the day he was hit that
his eye is swollen abnormally. are the
pitiful details of the thoughtless act
of soldier of the National Guard of
South Carolina. ]. NJ. Hawley, of the
BlythewOod section of Aiken county
came up To see Governor AnSel today
with regard to the injury TO one of his
men Monday by a rock alleged to have
been thrown from the window of the
soldiers special by a member Of the
LIST regiment. Governor AnSel, being
at GreenVille, the matter was taken
up with Secretary Bethea, who OBJ
tained complete details from Mr.. Haw-
ley as to the act of the soldier. Mr..
Hawley says that several of his men
We're working near the depot at Sal
ley, loading railroad piling on some
flat cars According to information
furnished Mr.. Hawley, when the train
bearing the troops slowed down and
was rolling through the Salley yards,
one of the men called out of the win
dow to Fred Turner, colored, and an
other negro, who both were standing
on q fiat car to get off of the car, or
they would knock him off. One of
the negroes obeyed and quickly got
off of the car, but Fred Turner did not.
At this point a rock was thrown from
L
ner was struck in the right eye with
il. The negro was taken, bleeding. TO
the station at Salley. about 100 yards
away. At the time those who were
with him say that his eye was swollen
larger than an egg. There was a cut
just above the eye. 1t was not known
whether the missile was a rock or a
piece of coal. but Mr.. Hawley says it
was something hard" The train did
not stop at Salley. but only slowed up
as it passed through the station. The
fiat cars on which the piling was being
loaded were just a few feet from the
train as ii passed through the station.
The exact distance would be hardly
more than half way across the aver
age good sized room. 1t is possibly
for this reason that the blow from the
thrown rock resulted so seriously.
When Secretary Bethea first heard
from Mr.. Hawley he thought that, per-
hapS, the wound was not so serious.
but Governor AnSel ordered an inveSti-
CATION anyhow. The matter was taken
up by Col. w. w. Lewis, colonel of the
regiment. who ordered searching in
veStigation Thursday. Mr.. Hawley re-
ports, however, that the injury is very
serious. AS far as he has been in
formed. the man has not been able to
open his eye yet. so great is the swell
ing. As Mr.. Hawley described the in
jury. it is likened to the placing of
half an egg, representing the extent
of the swelling Mr.. Hawley states
that the negro who is injured is %
years of age and a good hand. Mr..
Hawley is i'm the lumber business.
The men working on the flat cars state
that they will be able 10 recognize the
man who threw the rock. Secretary
Bethea has written Col. Lewis the in
formation furnished by Mr.. Hawley.
Mr.. Hawley states that he was inform
ed that some one at Springfield was
also hit with a rock. This was only
hcarsay with him. though. and he
would not state as positive fact
He also heard that at other stations
there was firing of guns and like signs
"f iuhilancc on the part of tn" soldiers
The method of arriving at the punish
ing of the guilty one connected with
the Salley matter will be. according
I" col. Lewis order. lay the questions
ing Of each and every member of the
several cOmpanieS