Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-12
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last Saturday and hanged from mill
shed on the principal street Of Angus
IA. Dean started on his rampage
early yesterday. Gaining entrance TO
the home of Tom Ligon, a negro far-
mer, he drove LigOn'S children from
the. building and attacked an aged
relative of the farmer Next ne mace
his way to the dwelling OF Dennis
Clark and firing from the roadway
killed Clark who was seated at a WIN
dow. At the home Of ]. T. Bosleman'
n farmer. he encountered Mrs. Waugh
an, and when she resisted his attack
drew a razor across her throat. Mrs.
Vaughan died several hours later. The
negro then made for the woods, but
was CAPTURED this morning near Bald
Knob, and returned to Augusta. A
mob was in waiting and the lynchlng
followed.
THE diplomatic controversy be-
tween Germany and France has been
giving considerable concern OF late. al.
though as yet no definite knowledge OF
the real questions that have been rails
ed has been given to the public. AS a
matter of fact both sides have agreed
not to let the newspapers have any
official information, on the theory that
this policy would more surely lead to
satisfactory settlement. During last
week the situation was somewhat
panicky both in France and Germany,
the masses having become inspired
with a conviction that war is pracu-
cally certain. The cables of yesterday
brought a significant story to the Ell
feet that France being much stronger
than Germany financially, has been
making Germany feel the weight of that
superiority in an unmistakable way.
Millions of dollars worth of German
commercial paper held in France mas
been sent back to Germany for the
cash. with the result that the Germans
are facing a financial stringency that
approaches a panic, and the German
commercial interests are bringing
pressure to bear on the German gov
ernment to go slow.
Portland, Me-, September II: I'm
affirmed and only partly revised re-
turns from 499 out Of 521 cities
towns and plantations in Maine today
gave a majority of 904 for repeal OF
the prohibitory constitutional amend
ment. The missing twenty-five towns
cast less than 3S5 votes at the state
election three years ago. Some l2O,-
600 voters cast their votes on the ques-
ton. With twenty-five towns missing,
the vote was 60,S7S for repeal ana
5s.563 against a change in the constl-
tuition. AS had been predicted, the
cities were the chief strongholds OF
the repeal faction. but the majority or
$4,000 in the total city vote was pare
" sufficient, according to the latest
available returns, to onset the vote Oh
the rural communities. Although to-
davis vote did not equal that of year
ago when the Democrats swept the
state which for years had been Re-
publican stronghold, the election was
without question, one of the most in
teresting contests the state has ever
known. There was not home In any
section of the state which had not
been flooded with literature sent out
by both sides. while the voters were
waited upon by personal workers anu
harangued at public gatherings, 10
cast their ballots for or against repeal
as the case might be. The result was
that hundreds of voters who haa noe iS
visited the polls for years, with the
possible exception of last year, were
recorded today
Says the New Orleans Times
Democrat: According to the provero,
tits an i'll wind that blows no man
good" Certainly, the fierce heat
which shrank Europe's sugar crop
will mean millions to Louisiana. The
European markets have been in tur-
moil for some weeks and 1t would
seem that the advance can be checked
only when the price shall have become
high enough TO curtail consumption.
II is hardly necessary to say that the
--erasperity of New Orleans is closely
bound up with the prosperity OF the
sugar interests. Taking the state S
crop at 350,000 tons, each rise OF
cent per pound is equivalent to $7,-
themselves felt in a hundred ways.
The value of lands will be increased
and so will be the inducements we
can offer to immigrants The pros
perity of the sugar industry is all the
more fortunate, because the boil Wee
vii continues to make the culture OF
cotton precarious. Sugar, like cotton,
is a cash crop and the deposits OF our
banks will soon reflect the profitable
price of this staple. In such circum-
stances New Orleans ought to nave
one Of the most satisfactory winters
ever known. Taking everything into
the account, we have overcome the
difficulties of the last four years Won
derfully we'll. AS If the panic of 1907
were not enough to strain the re-
sources and crush the spirit of our
people, the boil weevil reduced the
value of the louisiana Mississippi
cotton crop by hundred millions per
annum. But the prolonged trial sim
ply served to show the courage ana
solvency of the town. Let US hope
that the altered conditions will not De
the signal for a boom" Steady ana
sane progress is what we want.
Beverly, Mass, September 3:
President Taft is going west to edu-
cate the country. His 13,OOO-mile
swing around the circle that begins
next Friday and winds up forty-siX
days later, is to be favored as little as
possible with politics and is to be as
broadly instructive on vital questions
Of government as he can make II.
The president intends to deliver a
personal message to thousands VINO
will hear him speak, a message IKE
those he sends to congress from time
TO time. He will take the government
machinery apart and tell those VINO
hear him and those who read what
he says just how things are run IN
Washington and what is needed there.
To the set speeches of the trip the
president today added more than
dozen general subjects and this list
NAV be increased. Two of the sub
iects the president discussed with
callers. were those of uniform dl-
vorce law, and trusts particularly
with reference to the supreme courts
Standard Oil company and American
Tobacco case decisions. On the ques-
ton Of marriage and divorce. the
president has very decided convictions
which have been strengthened by the
numerous recent separations between
we'll known people. The president
believes that a person who has been
divorced in one state should not be
allowed to remarry in another state.
He regards re-marriageS in such cases
as bigamy and is of the opinion that
through like legislation in all the
states they can be prevented. The
presidents position with regard to
the Standard Oil and Tobacco deci-
sions was explained by him in a
speech at the Yale commencement
exercises in June and he probably Will
expand upon the ideas there express
ed He thinks the decisions are good
and remarked then that business
should find in them a clear road to
steer by.
- Chicasso, Italy, Sept. 8: Savage
excesses have been committed as the
result of the cholera epidemic in Gil