Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-01-31
TUESDAY, JANUARY 81, 1911.


remnants to be found in the waste and
forwarded the package by express to
the treasury department at Washing
ton with affidavits and properly certi-
fed account of the circumstances. At
ter waiting several months the farmer
was yesterday overjoyed to get gov
ernment check for $114 with the ex-
planation that the shreds had been
pieced together to an extent represent
ing this amount.
-Laurens, January 30: The Office
safe of the Charleston and Western
Carolina freight depot was dynamited
this morning about o'clock by a sup
posedly lone yeggman, but no money
was gotten out on account Of an inter-
ruption of operations by D. w. Seig-
ler, Jr, billing clerk at the depot. Mr..
Seigler went down to the Office to open
up this morning and noticed when he
reached the door that it was already
open. Supposing that the negro man
had come in to make fire, he thought
nothing of 1t but went in. When he
got a few feet within the door and
was ready to turn on the light, the
man working at the safe turned his
flash light on Mr.. Seigler and told him
to git out" Mr.. Seigler says that he
got out at once. He didn't stop to ar
que but walked quietly off the plat
form and went for help. However
when he returned the yeggman had
collected all of his tools and left. The
police were at once notified and
search began, but nothing has been
learned as to his whereabouts. A num-
ber Of safes have been cracked in this
vicinity recently and 1t Is thought that
this man Is the same one who has done
the other jobs. From the appearances
Of the job, the man could hardly be
| Judged a professional. He first made
an attempt to blow hole In the COM
bnation lock, but finding it too hard
he bored through the casing. By means
of dynamite he blew one side Of the
safe open but this happily had no
money in it. The other side contained
about $40. Two years ago M. II. Stone,
member Of the Laurens police force
at that time, was killed by a yeggman
about 100 yards from this spot and the
yeggman himself died from a bullet
fired by Policeman Walker. While Mr..
Seigler could not see the mans face,
he judged from his voice that he was
AEr ole 10 tho
part of this state and at one time was
in the employ Of the railroad at Au-
gusta.
Anderson, January 20: Quite
good deal Of interest has been taken
here during the last few days in the
Earle Remington case. Remington
is white lad of eighteen and a half
years Of age. He pleaded guilty to
the charge of housebreaking, and was
given a conditional sentence by Judge
Gage The Judge said in his opinion
the proper place for the young man
was the state reformatory. but the age.
limit there is sixteen years. He i'm
posed a sentence that Remington be
required to work on the public high
ways for certain length Of time, pro-
vided the trustees Of the reformatory
refused to accept him. In the mean
time Remington was kept in the coun-
ty Jail, and the matter was taken up
with the reformatory officials. A day
or two ago Sheriff King was notified
that Remington would be admitted to
the reformatory. Thereupon Judge
Gage issued an order on the county
supervisor, B. ]. Pearman, requiring
him to turn Remington over to the
sheriff to be taken to the reformatory
at Florence, the county Of Anderson
to bear the expense. Sheriff King
advised Supervisor Pearman that he
would pay the expense Of taking Ken
nington to the reformatory, provided
The county commissioners would pay
the expense claim when they met
without fighting 1t. The county attor-
neys, it is said, advised the supervisor
not to agree to the proposition. Sher-
if King then notified Judge Gage, who
is holding court at Greenville, and the
Judge ordered Sheriff King to hold
Remington, until he comes here to
preside over the civil court. In the
meantime. however, the county at
torneys and the supervisor held con-
ference, and Friday night they noti-
fed Sheriff King that the claim for
expenses of carrying Remington to
the reformatory at Florence would
not be fought, but would be paid at
the proper time. Judge Gage was
again notified by the sheriff, and he
issued an order Friday night for the
Remington boy to be carried to
Florence Immediately. This was done
yesterday afternoon. The case or
Remington was called during the
general sessions court here early In
December.
-Defying Governor Blease to turn on
the light and referring in tart Ian
guage to his special message, urging
investigation Of the affairs Of the state
dispensary commission, Attorney Cen
eral j. Fraser Lyon and Messrs, w. ].
Murray, ]. S. Brice, A. n. Wood, John
McSween and Avery Patton, compos-
ing the dispensary commission, sent to
the SeIeTdl dSScIluiy odlui udy oisS'
noon communications calling for
prompt compliance with the governors
suggestion. The attorney general joins
in the request Of the governor that his
conduct be inquired into and thor
oughly investigated" and the commits
sion by resolution earnestly requests
IAN immediate and searching investl-
CATION into all the acts and doings"
of the commission since its creation
until this date" The communication
from the commission is in the form of
a resolution. signed by all the members
of the board: Whereas, the governor
of this state has seen fit to address a
special message to the general assem-
bly, seriously criticising the manner In
which this commission has performed
it's duties and suggesting an investiga-
ton of it's actions; Be it, therefore, re-
solved, That the general assembly or
this state be and is hereby, earnestly
requested by this commission, by the
appointment of a committee or other
appropriate measure, to make an I'M
mediate and searching investigation
into all the acts and doings Of the dis
pensary winding-up commission since
it's creation under this date"
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