Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-08
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1911.

tailed himself as captain In lieu OF
Maj r. r. Hyde, inspector of small
arms practice, who has hitherto head
ed the Sea Girt and Camp Perry
| teams.
- Newberry, August 4: That A.
Jenkins CAN'T got up from the kitchen
| table where he was eating supper,
walked through his Uncle Mark L.
Gantt's room, where the uncle was ly-
ing on the bed, with his face turned
| towards the wall, and thought by one
of the witnesses to be asleep, looked
at his uncle then went across the hall
I in another room, secured a single bar
relied shotgun, saw that II was loaded,
and came back to his uncle's room and
poured the whole load into the back
| of his uncle's head, was the testimony
| developed at the coroner's inquest,
which was concluded late last night,
and which charged young CAN'T with
the killing. The testimony was to the
effect that both parties had been
drinking, and that on Wednesday
Mark L. CAN'T had ordered his nephew
to leave home because the nephew had
taken off his horse and driven 1t with
out his consent. The uncle had re-
turned home on Wednesday after a
search for the horse, and shortly af-
| terwards young CAN'T had driven In
with the horse. The testimony was
that young CAN'T put the gun down
after the shobting and went across the
| street to j. j. Porter's house, where he
was found by the sheriff. The two
witnesses who gave the main facts at
the inquest were both negroes-the
old cook and negro boy. Following
his arrest young CAN'T emphatically
| denied any knowledge Of the killing.
The deceased owned a valuable farm
near the city and was in prosperous
| circumstances.
-Spartanburg Journal Anna Drum
mond who was convicted Of killing
her husband and sentenced to a life
| term In the state penitentiary will not
begin her term until sometime In the
future. Gov. Blease has ordered that
the woman be kept In the Spartan
burg jail for the reason that she has a
nursing baby which requires her care.
The order to keep the woman In jail
here was issued by the governor upon
the recommendation Of Judge Watts.
1t will be recalled that last week Anna
Drummond and her son John Henry,
aged IL years, were convicted Of mur-
dering Annals husband, while he lay
asleep on pallet on the floor of his
home near Whitney. Judge Watts
sentenced both the woman and boy to
a life term In the penitentiary. He
also recommended that the boys sem
tence be commuted to ten years,
which the governor did. Judge Watts
wrote Governor Blease on July 21st
with reference to the Drummond case
as follows: Anna Drummond and
John Henry Drummond were convict
ed before me today OF murder with a
| recommendation to mercy. They were
charged with the killing of the hus-
band of Anna Drummond. Anna
Drummond has a nursing infant In
her arms, about two months old, and
/ think II would be In the interest Of
humanity that she be allowed to stay
In Jail here until the child Is several
months older. John Henry Drummond
Is only about IL years old and what
ever he did in the homicide case was
evidently under the influence and d.
rection Of his mother. l think that
his sentence should Immediately be
commuted to ten years. I think 1t
would be better to let him stay in the
penitentiary until that time Is up; at
the expiration of that time he should
be freed. / desire you to act on this
matter at once, by reason Of the fact
that In ten years time from now there
Is no telling whether / will be living
or not, and no telling what the gov
ernor at that time would do, have
already sentenced him to the peniten-
tiary for life. With kind regards and
best Wishes" etc.
-C Columbia Record: Gov. Blease
made SATURDAY statement as to his
attitude in regard to the action OF the
Doards or county commissioners In
Greenville, Darlington, Edgefield,
barnwell and Union counties, In re-
tusing to pay lhe salaries OF special
constables or detectives, detailed by
MN for service In those dry coun-
ties, to ala the local peace authorities
IN enforcing the liquor laws. Govern
or blease said: "rhe county commits
sioners IN Greenville, Darlington,
Edgetield, Barnwell and Union coun-
ties have refused to pay the constables
or detectives detailed by me to help
enforce the liquor laws Detective
kitchins Of Union wrote me about the
first of the month that the county at
| torney, MIR. p. ID. Barron, had been
retained to defend the persons arrest
ed there for selling near-beer' and
had also advised the county commits
sioners to refuse to pay Detective
Kitchins any salary. The detective
asked me what he should do. / told
him he had been doing good work
and l would be glad to see him con-
tinue, but If the commissioners would
not pay his salary / saw nothing for
him to do but quit. Sheriff Creech OF
Earnwell asked me to appoint a de-
lective to help him enforce the liquor
Jaws, but the county commissioners,
whom directed him to consult, in re-
gard to his compensation, refused to
pay the officers salary, so Detective
Nunnamaker, who had started to work
there, had to quit. In Edgefield coun-
ty Judge DeVore, who Is a resident Of
that county, ruled that the county
board did not have to pay the detec-
| tive l had sent there, so am inform
ed; and IL he decided so In his home
county he would be likely to decide
| likewise In other counties. / regret
that this condition exists in the state
and that the county supervisors and
county commissioners are taking the
position that they are I'm reference to
the pay of these officers, for II ties
my hands and / can go no further,
except to appeal to the regular officers
and beg them to do their duty. Their
| position is forever running prohibition
and damning the political prohibi-
tionists, yet it seems and they think
their fight is to injure me. However,
/ am not a prohibitionlst; have
fought prohibition all my life and my
lpTtulCliOHS lOF the past twenty years,
on the stump, in Newberry county and
| throughout the state, that II would
prove a farce, are being strongly veri-
fed every day, and / believe the posi-
tion these county officers are taking,
namely, that of trying to keep me
from enforcing the law, will give the
people just what / want and have
wanted and what have been fighting
for, to wit, dispensaries In every coun-
~ in South Carolina. And IL the peo-
pie will look at the deplorable flnan-
cial condition Of many Of the so-call-
ed prohibition counties and then look
| at the financial balance sheets of the
counties which have dispensaries, they
| will see that those counties which
have dispensaries are out Of debt,
prosperous, with money in their treas
uries and having less crime committed
| within their borders than the so-call-
ed prohibition counties, which are
poor, in debt, tax burdened, with blind
| tigers all over them and crime on the
increase. And when I as governor re-
ceive these complaints and try to en-
force the law, other officials refuse to
obey the Carey-Cothran act and leave
the tiger to roam at will. However, /