Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-05
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER S, 1911.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Spartanburg, September 1: John
Webb, the 18-year-old boy who has
been a prisoner in the county jail for
several days, charged with the murder
Of Archie Brown, was released this
morning when 1t became known that
Thursday night Brown Unexpectedly
turned up at his home alive. Brown
said that on August %, when he dis
appeared, he was suddenly seized with
wanderlust and without notifying his
family went off on a pleasure trip.
He said that since then he had visited
Columbia, Savannah and Athens, Ga.
When last seen before his disappear
ance Brown was walking along the
Pacolet river with Webb during the
dinner period. Both were employed at
the Pacolet mill, where Browns dinner
pail was found. Webb Is. said to have
been somewhat of a tramp and little
was known about him at Pacolet. It
was reported that he had conflded to
a companion that he intended to rob
Brown. The rumor was started that
he killed and robbed Brown and had
thrown his body into the river. A war
rant was sworn out against Webb.
charging him with murder, and he was
committed to jail. For several days
fifty men dragged the Pacolet river for
Browns body. If he had not turned
drawn today in the search for his
body.
Columbia, September q: An inter-
esting question, that has never been
passed on in this state, has arisen In
connection with the municipal primary
in Charleston. The question Is wheth-
er voter in the Democratic primary
must be a Citizen" In Charleston
1t Is claimed that a number of foreign
residents who have never been natur-
allied have been enrolled on the DEM
ocratic club lists, and in the purging Of
the lists protests have been filed
against permitting these unnaturaliZed
residents to vote. Unfortunately the
rules Of the Democratic party are not
clear on the point raised, as the word
Citizen" Is not used, but the word
resident" is used where the qualiflca-
tions for voting are referred to. Rule
No. of the Democratic party says:
mo person shall be permitted to vote
unless he has been enrolled on club
list at least five days before the said
primary election and has been a resi-
dent Of the state one year and Of the
county in which he seeks enrolment
sixty days preceding the next general
election: Provided, That in Charleston
county the voter must have his name
on the club list at least sixty days be-
fore the said primary election: Pro-
vided further, That in the county Of
Charleston the club rolls shall be filed
with the county auditor at least sixty
days before the primary election"
General Willie Jones, state chairman Of
the Democratic party, said today that
never been presented to the state COM
mittee, so far as he knew. The News
and Courier, in publishing the protests
already filed with the city Democratic
committee, In the 'purging" Of the club
rolls, publishes the names Of the resi-
DENTS" enrolled in some Of the wards
who are not Citizens" These lists re-
semble the roll call Of Greek phalanx
or a Roman legion. If the foreigners
are permitted to vote, 1t means, OF
course, that by residing in South Car
olina one year foreigners may have as
much part in the selecting officials as
any bona fide citizen Of the state.
The Importance Of the question cannot
be overestimated.
= Columbia State, Monday: II re-
gret that previous appointments make
1t impossible for me to attend this
convention. l am In sympathy with
any legitimate means Of the obtaining
to the farmers of the south full price
for their commodity, and furthermore
I am in thorough sympathy with
policy of putting the product on the
market gradually rather than during
the short period Of the fall" These
statements are contained in letter
that has been received at the state de-
partment of agriculture from Lewis
w. Parker Of Greenville, president Of
the Parker cotton mills and one Of
the best known cotton manufacturers
of the south. President Parker had
been invited by Commissioner Watson
to attend the conference at Montgom-
cry on September IL. It Is thought
that there will be large attendance
Of business men and farmers and
bankers at the Montgomery meeting.
The meeting was to have been held on
September s, but was postponed until
September IL, because of the annual
convention Of the National Farmers
union to be held this week in Oklaho-
ma Well known cotton manufacture
ers of South Carolina will this week
confer with the state entomologist
relative to the quarantine against
cotton from the boil weevil territory
which goes into effect on September
10. Concerning the cotton quaran-
tine, Mr.. Parker has the following to
say: II beg to acknowledge receipt
Of yours of August 81 with regard to
the quarantine against cotton orig
mating in certain states on account Of
boil weevil danger. 1t would be far
from my desire to do anything which
would expose the planters of South
Carolina to undue risks. At the same
time I do believe that the danger as
to cotton in the upper part Of South
Carolina Is greatly exaggerated, and
that, Furthermore, the possibilities Of
the propagation Of the weevil through
the introduction Of cotton from the
infected states into this territory is
also exaggerated. 1 note that these
matters do not come within your con-
troll, and we are in correspondence
with the state board Of entomology,
hoping to make an appointment with
them at an early date. In the pres
ent case 1t seems to be that the rules
Of the board have gone beyond the
provisions Of the statute. for they
have undertaken to quarantine against
the whole state Of Mississippi, for in
stance, whereas there are certain in
fected sections of Mississippi, such as
West Point, from which we drew con-
siderable cotton, which Is $50 miles
am told. from any section of infec-
tion."
- Ernest Seeman of Durham, N. c.,
and E S. Mcintosh Of Richmond, Va,
the two young men who recently un-
dertook to go down the Catawba to the
sea in small boat, came to grief near
Camden on Monday Of last week on ac-
count of the West Indian hurricane.
The boat was overturned and smashed
and all the contents were scattered, the
young men barely escaping with their
lives. They had to walk about thirty
miles to Camden, barefooted and hun
cry, and almost naked. One of the
young men told the Camden Messen-
ger this story: I'VE had just passed
Great Falls Sunday afternoon when
high wind sprung up directly from
the coast, but we thought nothing Of
a storm, and presently when 1t began
to rain we camped just below the dam
of the Rocky creek station Of the
Southern Power company. At day
break, Monday, we struck camp, the
wind being somewhat abated and en-
barked. Within an hour the wind be-
gan to rise again, but we stuck to the
river, thinking it would die down later.