Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-23
Straps and facts.

committee, The bill would place the
telegraph systems under the superVi-
sion of the postoffice, in charge OF a
commissioner OF telegraph, to be ap-
pointed in the same manner as assistant
postmasters general. The bill provides
that the interstate commerce commls-
sion appraise at their bona fide value
all the telegraph properties engaged
in interstate commerce, the attorney
general then to begin condemnation
proceedings against the companies
The measure would stipulate that
wages should be increased more than
Is per cent over those paid the year
preceding government acquisition ano
would bar any immediate decrease oi
telegraph tolls.
Houston, Texas, January 81: Be-
cause the honor of the prison system
was aspersed when two convicts escap-
ed after the governor of the state mao
proposed putting all convicts on tnelI
honor not to escape If allowed TO worR
on the roads, convicts at the state
penitentiary have subscribed sum ol
1921 as a reward for the apprehension
of the escaped men. Recently, Gov
ernor Colauitt proposed a plan where-
by convicts would be placed upon their
honor not to escape and put to work
building roads. No guards would be
provided, and the prisoners virtually
would be free, with the exception that
they would be compelled to WORK
where directed by the state and DUR
ing their sentence. The plan was ac-
cepted by the convicts, all eager 70
pledge their honor not to escape. The
recent escape of two convicts mas
aroused Indignation among the other
convicts and thirty Of them ralseo
1921 in amounts of from 81 to $40 and
forwarded it to the governor as a
reward for the apprehension and re.
turn of the fugitives who violated
their own honor and aspersed that oil
the convict body.
Chester special of January 20 to
Columbia State: Jim Carter, par
oiled negro convict from Chester coun-
ty, who was arrested Thursday after
noon during a raid in Chester. was IN
police court this morning, found guilty
of carrying concealed weapons ano
paid a fine of 500. The court imposed
the minimum fine. Carter having been
guilty of no breach of the peace, and
no weapon having been found on MIN
when captured after three-quarter
mile chase, but one Of the officers tes-
tifying that he saw the butt of a pis-
tol In Carter's pocket, while running
Mr.. Sanders, chief Of police, immedl-
ately notified Gov. Blease OF the ar
rest, and in response to a request TOT
instructions was advised to CONFER
with ]. Lyles Glenn of Chester, whose
efforts had secured the parole, and In
whose family Carter's father had been
a slave. The negro was convicted July
s, 1905, of assault upon negro girl.
In passing the minimum sentence OF
life Imprisonment, Judge Gage stated
that, in view of the prisoners youth,
and other circumstances Of the case,
he considered the sentence unduly Sc
we're, and in the event of a good prison
record. would endorse a petition for
pardon. Governor Blease refused a
pardon, but on May 81. 1911. paro' ed
Carter during good behavior, the
Judge, solicitor and jurymen signing
the petition. The negro Is at work on
a farm in Chester county, and there
seems no disposition on the part OF
the people here to take any further
steps in the matter.
Charlotte Observer, January 23:
After an illness which had confined
him to the Charlotte sanatorium since
November, Mr.. Paul Hemphill, prom
inent lawyer of Chester, S. c., died
yesterday afternoon at 12.45 O'Clock,
at the sanatorium. He was about 80
years Of age. Surviving are his moth
err, Mrs. Rachel Hemphill Of Chester,
a brother, Mr.. John Hemphill, for
years a member of congress from South
Carolina, and another brother, Rev.
DR.. Charles R. Hemphill, who Is pres
ident of the Union Theological semi
nary at Louisville, KY. There are also
three children surviving, the eldest
a son, living in Chester. The second
son Is a student At the South caro-
lima Military academy: the youngest
child, little girl, is living with her
grandmother Mr.. Hemphilrs wife,
who was formerly Miss Bessie Mcclure,
died several years ago. His father
Mr.. James Hemphill. also died a num-
ber of years ago. Mr.. Paul Hemphlll
was a first cousin of Major j. c.
Hemphill, editor of the Observer. He
was a graduate of Princeton, lawyer
of distinguished ability and wide rep
utation. He was for a number OF terms
one of the most influential members
of the South Carolina legislature. Mr..
Hemphill's death came as a distinct
shock to his relatives, despite his Ill
health. His sister, Mrs. Arnold Ror-
den, of Goldsboro, spent some tlme
with him last week, and 1t was thougnt
then by his physicians that his condi,
tion was improved. The remains VIII
be taken to Chester today and the fu-
neral will occur tomorrow morning
1t Is unlikely, says a Pekin dis
patch. that the foreign powers Will
permit the latest demands Of the re-
publicans, which include the abdl-
cation of the throne and surrender oil
it's sovereign powers. exclusion OF the
Manchus from participation In the
provisional government, and premier
Yuan Shi Kars elimination from the
provisional government without pro-
test. It is even possible there will be
Intervention. Should the throne COM
ply with the republican ultimatum and
abdicate without delegating any au-
thority over the northern provinces
the foreign legations here fear chaos
will ensue, and that foreign lives VIII
be endangered in the interim between
abdication and the extension Of the
republican administration to the north
supported by a sufficient army to sup
press the Manchu troops and people
The Chinese soldiers who hitherto nave
remained loyal to the imperial govern
ment might change their allegiance
but the Manchu soldiers, forming a
majority OI TIE IIlpSlioL GA IA -
and near Peking, may be expected tc
use their arms. Indeed, it Is ques-
tion whether Yuan Shi Kai will be able
to restrain them in the event of the
abdication of the throne. The foreign
legations have no desire to transgress
neutrality. They seek only to prevent
the northern provinces being left tc
the mercy of the lawless soldiers. The
republican ultimatum promises tina,
President Sun Vat Sen will retire from
his position and that Yuan Shi Kai
although he will not be permitted to
have control of the provisional govern
ment, shall be nominated for perma-
nent president of the republic.
Vienna, January 20: The net re-
suit of the British and Russian action
in Persia renders a nation which was
making progress toward peace and or
der and was building up its finances
for the establishment of a constltu'
tional government, a land of chaos
and anarchy, without prestige among
its own people, and, in addition, has
meant the sacrifice of hundreds Of in
nocent lives" This statement was
made today by w. Morgan Shuster
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