Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-30
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
From $50 to 200 voters met In
Greenwood last Saturday and formed
a Blease club. Charleston had pre-
viously organized Blease club.
According to the Lexington Dis
patch, the recent campaign meeting
there was the largest since the early
nineties If not in the history of the
county.
AT a meeting of the Charleston
county Democratic executive commit
tee last week, the committee on club
rolls reported 5000 duplicates or other
Irregularities out of 10000 names.
john Gary Evans, chairman Of the
Democratic party in South Carolina,
has called for contributions to the
Wilson campaign fund. All such con-
tributions should be sent to Col. Willie
Jones, treasurer of the Democratic
Chester. July 20: At 12 o'clock to-
day County Chairman John M. Hemp
hill closed his books for the campaign
year 1912: No other candidate can
file his pledge or pay his assessment
Several new entries were made today
and the list Of candidates for Chester
county Offices now stand as follows:
Auditor. A. C. FisheL Walter Simpson
and l. Med Hood; treasurer, 8. e.
Wylie; sheriff, D. Earle Colvin, B. e.
Wright William II. Caldwell and John
D. Sanders; coroner. A. Ehrlich and ].
Henry GLADDEN.: superintendent Of
education, w. D. Knox and j. T. Big
ham; supervisor, w. C. Brown. J. o.
Darby and j. d. Glass; clerk of court,
John e. Cornwell. and house Of repre-
sentatives, A. g. Brice. r. o. Atkinson.
8. M. Porter, w. w. Stokes and 8. A.
Rodman. The Chester county CAM
the largest crowd Is expected there Of
recent years.
= Edgeield, July 20: It appears
now that the matter Of electing the
members Of the general assembly
from this county the lines will be
drawn between the supporters Of
Judge Jones and the followers Of Gov
Blease. At the first county campaign
which was held at Republican
church Saturday the candidates were
asked to state their preference among
the candidates for governor and for
whom they would vote in the primary
In response to the direct question, p.
B. Mayson. candidate for the senate,
stated that he would cast his ballot
for Gov. Blease, and B. z. Nicholson.
for the senate, ]. II. Court
ney, N. G. Evans and ]. p. DeLaugil-
ter. candidates for the house, stated
unequivocally, that they would sup
port Judge Jones. s. T. Williams and
M. p. Wells, candidates for the house,
declined to express their preference
or to state for whom they would
vote.
-Newberry special of July % to the
Greenville News: Twelve to fifteen
hundred people gathered at Pomaria,
In the lower section Of Newberry coun-
ty to hear Governor Blease this after
noon in the second public address the
governor he's made In his home county
since he was inaugurated. Governor
Blease received an ovation and loud
and prolonged cheering frequently in
terrupted his speech. He said that he
would not fight q man behind his back
and would not therefore discuss Judge
Jones' record In his absence but would
attend to that at the campaign meet
ing In Newberry as he had done at the
various campaign meetings throughout
the state. He devoted himself largely
to discussion Of his record. He was
introduced by Rev. DR.. ]. A. Sligh.
board Of trustees, who has been the
governors lifelong friend and sup
porter. DR.. Sligh paid Governor Blease
a magnificent tribute. The governor
was at Pomaria only an hour, return
ing to Columbia this afternoon. John
T. Duncan addressed the crowd at the
conclusion Of Governor Blease's speech.
Spartanburg, July q: Claiming
that she was enticed to the home Of a
married woman at Cowpens, locked In
q room and given q severe beating, q
young single woman Of Cowpens ap-
peared before Magistrate A. HI Kirby
and asked that warrant be issued for
the arrest Of the matron who chastised
her. Magistrate Kirby referred the
to Magistrate Porter. who
lives at Cowpens. 1t could not be learn
ed today whether Magistrate Porter
granted the warrant or not. The Cow
pens case, II true, is In many respects
like the whipping OF Essie Carter at
Dawson, Ga, the only difference being
that the Georgia woman was whipped
at her own home by a white man,
while the Cowpens woman was whip
ped by q woman at the home OF the
woman who Is charged with having ad-
the fiogging. According to
the story told by the woman VINO ap-
pealed to Magistrate Kirby for war
rant, jealousy Is said to have been the
cause of the fiogging. The accuser said
the young married woman became In
tensely jealous of her and enticed her
TO her home, and, after locking all the
doors, beat her up. She also charged
that the young matron seized bottle
Of turpentine and threatened TO pour
the fluid on her. 1t Is said that the
towp authorities took notice Of the af-
fair by making out a charge Of disor-
ierly conduct against the married wo-
man and imposed fine on her.
July 81: Mistaking that
part of the initiation where firearms
are fiourished and blank cartridges
IRE exploded as meaning to do him
bodily harm, Furman Bagwell, aged
II, a candidate being initiated into
he mysteries of the Woodmen or
World, rushed from the lodge room
Ind snatched his pistol from his coat
hanging in the ante-room. He then
hurried back into the lodge room and
ired three shots in quick succession at
Nation Taylor, aged 26, who was lead
ng the degree team in the initiation,
he first shot hit Taylor in the abdo-
nen, fearfully tearing the bowels. The
,ullet hid itself in the spinal column.
Che second bullet hit Taylor on the
light hip and buried itself in the hip
bone. The last shot struck Taylor on
he back of the neck and glanced on.
This occurred in the Friendship lodge
'oom, three miles northeast OF Honea
Path, last night. Today Taylor was
brought to the Anderson hospital, and
Dr.. Sanders, the attending physician.
Iays tonight that his condition Is ex-
remely critical and that he fears
,eritonitis will set in. Taylor was
lble to tell Of the shooting today.
Lfter he came out from under the in
luence Of an anesthetic. He says
hat he and Bagwell were warm
riends; that Bagwell became excited
md in the heat Of excitement lost his
lead and rushed for his pistol, EVIL
lently thinking that he, Taylor, meant
o do him serious bodily harm. Bag
veil is a clerk in a store at Honea
Path and was at his post today. He
vas married about two months ago.
raylors father said today that prose-
ution of Bagwell depended on
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