Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-27
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Camden experienced the heaviest
rainfall Monday and Monday night that
has been seen there In many years, and
as result thousands Of dollars worth
Of damage has been sustained by the
Pine Creek cotton mills, farmers, rail-
roads and the country roads. The dam
Of an old factory pond broke at a. m.
Tuesday and washed away the grist
mill and cotton gin of the Pine Creek
cotton mill. One hundred and fifty feet
of the dam was torn away by the
rushing waters. This will necessitate
the closing. down of the cotton mill
for week or ten days, until tempo
rary dam can be constructed. It is one
Of the Parker mills.
| Columbia, September .25: Comp
troller General A w. Jones has refus-
ed to approve for payment bill sent
by the Record Publishing company to
the governor for advertising In the
columns of the Columbia Record, the
comptroller general stating that the
advertising was purely personal and
not authorized at the public expense,
whereas the governor wanted 1t paid
out Of his contingent fund In the treas
ury for records/and other. purposes"
During the recent campaign and in
L
ernor put an advertisement in the
Record in which ne gave a discussion
] Of his veto Of the appropriation Of a
deficit for the purchase Of anti-toxin
for free distribution. The bill for the
advertisement was sent to the govern
or and was approved by him for pay
ment, but the comptroller general re-
fuses to issue warrant, stating that
the bill appears to be "a personal
charge against Hon. Cole L. Blease."
-Spartanburg Journal, Tuesday:
Governor Blease, soon after his arri-
val In Spartanburg yesterday after
noon on the Carolina Special, stated:
Vaughn was turned out Of the Green
Vile jail once, and I don't propose to
let him be turned out again. For that
reason ! will have him taken to the
state penitentiary at Columbia for safe
keeping until court is held at Green
vile. While am opposed to special
terms Of court as rule there are so
many people interested in this case,
the charge Is SO serious, and, inasmuch
as a term Of court was only recently
held In Greenville 1t being 80 long be-
that consider this one case for which
Solicitor Bonham ought to call for a
special term Of court at once. II Vaughn
Is guilty he ought to be electrocuted
within twenty -four hours after he is
convicted.
= Chester special of September "a
to the Columbia State: The arrest by
| the city police this morning of seven
teen citizens Of Chester, including two
negroes, came like q thunderbolt out Of
a clear sky, and revealed the startling
fact that for the past two months de-
tective agency Of Charlotte has, at the
L .nka - An n
number Of men working In Chester to
detect such violations Of law as liquor
selling, gambling and the Sunday sale
Of soft drinks. Many have been caught
/ in the net. At police court this morn
ing fourteen or fifteen men well known
in Chester were arraigned In the pres
ence Of five detectives and large
crowd Of spectators. Excitement has
been intense all day and late this af-
ternoon 2. A. Lowden, detective, was
arrested on four warrants charging
liquor selling. but was released by Judge
Mcclure on his own recognizance. The
defendants, several charged with three
or four different offenses, are all held
under bonds ranging from $3.50 to $500
for their appearance October 8. The ac-
| ton Of Mayor Wise in bringing the de-
| tectives to Chester was kept secret
even from the council and the city po-
lice until this morning, when the mine
was sprung. There was good deal Of
excitement over the matter. The affair
will greatly intensity the feeling In the
coming mayoralty race, which will be
one of the warmest In the history Of the
city.
-Spartanburg, September 20: That
Detective e. 8. Reed, aided by six Of
his men, has been investigating the al
legged election fraud In Greenville
county there seems to be no doubt, as
the detective himself gave out state
ment to a reporter, which appeared In
the Greenville News. The interview
says: when seen last night by re-
porter for the News, Mr.. Reed stated
that the premature meeting Of the
committee broke up the scheme which
had been set on foot AS regards his
work in Greenville county he gave out
no particulars. but spoke Of 1t in gen.
eral terms. The purpose for which he
is working is dual. One Of the OBJ
jects is to bring to light the loop
holes for fraud In our primary sys-
tenn and thus show the necessity for
revising the primary rules. Another
purpose Is to aid the subcommittee
Of the state executive committee In
gathering evidence Of fraud In the re-
cent primary. Mr.. Reed did not state
whether or not he would attend the
meeting Of the subcommittee in
Spartanburg today. He has not made
investigations In all the counties Of
the state. Greenville county, accord
ing to the detective, Is the only coun-
ty which he has knowledge Of that has
taken UP the matter Of exposing fraud
In systematic way. Contrary to the
fgeneral belief, Mr.. Reed is not associ-
ated with Detective William J. Burns,
He has an agency Of his own, but In
some cases works in conjunction with
Mr.. Burns. This was the case when
he was working on Attorney Nichols
He has been working independently
for seven years except in such instan-
ces as the one quoted above where he
has aided other agencies. Mr.. Reed
spoke Of several Of his past expert
ences as a detective, his latest being
In Atlantic City, where municipal
scandals have been uncovered. From
Atlantic City he came to South Car
olina and began the investigation of
the primary" Reed, 1t is known, is
the same detective who dictagraphed
Samuel ]. Nichols, Of this city, once
at the hotel Finch and again at the
New Willard hotel. Washington. There
is great interest In Spartanburg over
| his appearance in this city
SoiuHlUld, september 20. SnerlI
]. Perry Poole, Of Greenville and his
prisoner, T. U. Vaughn, the erstwhile
superintendent Of the Odd Fellows
Orphanage in Greenville, who is want
ed on serious charges Of immoral con-
duct while in charge Of the orphanage,
arrived at this city this morning at
8 o'clock from Baltimore. They went
Immediately to the penitentiary, where
Vaughn was locked in a cell. The sher-
III will likely remain here several days.
Sheriff Poole stated that Vaughn made
a good prisoner on the way south and
gave no trouble. He wanted to talk al
ways Of his case, but the sheriff said
he avoided conversation on the sub
ject with his prisoner. He said Vaughn
bitterly denied the guilt OF the charges
against him. Officials Of the peniten-
tiary would not let newspaper men see
Vaughn, 1t being stated that "he was
somewhat nervous after the trip" A
Baltimore dispatch of Wednesday has
the following: II am guilty Of the
charges against me. I must have been
tempted by the devil II ever a man has
repented for his sins that man is me.
Every night since resigned as super
intendent Of the orphan asylum have
prayed to my Maker to forgive me. My