Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-05-07
Straps aud faets.


one-fourth of the registered voters o.
the county, If all Of the names are
those of registered voters However
there are likely to be many duplicate:
on the list, and the opponents or the
dispensary, while hardly hoping tina
the election will not be called, Zee
that the sentiment in favor OF the dis
pensary is not nearly so strong as wa!
at first believed.
Wytheville, Va, May 5: The Aller
Jury went to church today and on re-
turning to it's room in the court house
held a song service. The hearty voice!
of the twelve stalwart countrymel
blended in the harmony of an Ole
hymn, Are You Ready for the Judg
ment Day." Across the court house
green Floyd Allen, the prisoner OF
trial-the first of the gang who sho
up the Carroll county court In MarcI
heard the song. Tomorrow his tria
continues with the prospect that Il
may not be ended before two weeks
Eighteen witnesses have been examln'
ed and the prosecution still has forty
seven to swear. The defense has a.
many more. Aliens mental strain
and the physical agony he has endur'
ed from his broken leg, which was
improperly set, give him pitiaole
appearance. He is now little like the
rugged mountaineer who once spreao
fear over a countryside.
-Wytheville, Va, May 6: 1T don't
take but mighty little of the right
stuff to turn bullets" was one ol
Floyd Aliens first remarks to MS
guard after his capture at the HIS
Vile court house shooting March IA;
Witnesses at his trial today testified
k,f xnyh q -
pressed surprise that the old noun.
taineer had not been wounded until
after he had left the court room
where a Judge, prosecutor, sheriff,
Juror and bystander had been killed
In the prosecutions attempt to show
that Allen came prepared for the
shooting and wore a steel or iron
breastplate, witnesses testified that
at least a dozen shots were fired al
Allen by men only a few feet away
and that none took effect. Others
testified that Allen had shot In the
direction of Commonwealth Attor-
ney Foster, who was killed. and one
witness said he saw Aliens revolver
leveled at Betty Ayers a few seconds
after she had been struck. All OF TO-
days witnesses agreed that the
shooting was started by the Aliens
and not by Sheriff Webb, who also
was killed.
Halifax, N. s., May 8: Fifty-nine
bodies of the unidentified Of the IT.
tanic's victims were committed TO
their last resting place today. Four
bodies, identified as having been Ro-
man Catholics, were buried with the
rites of their church in Mt. Olivet GEM
etery, and nine Hebrews, in the He
brew cemetery, with customary cere-
monies. The remaining 46 were In
tered in Fairview cemetery. A large
plot of ground had been purchased py
the White Star representatives and 1t
is understood that the graves will be
marked with a suitable monument.
The scene at the latter cemetery was
sad and solemn. One hundred blue
Jackets with barred heads formed a
square around the graves while the
bodies were being lowered. Protes-
tant clergymen delivered brief ora
tions. and the Royal Canadian Regt-
ment band played the Dead March
from Saul and Nearer My God to
Thee" Floral offerings contributed
by the White Star company and un-
known donors were placed upon each
grave The Canadian army and navy
were represented by officers OF rank
at each cemetery and many prominent
spect to the dead.
The promise Of the women suf-
frage leaders Of New York to eclipse
all previous demonstrations for their
cause was fulfilled last Saturday after
noon, when more than 5000 women
and 900 men paraded for three miles
up Fifth avenue under suffrage BAN
ners. Hundreds Of thousands of per-
sons looked on from windows and bal
comics of hotels and business places
along the avenue and the sidewalks
were so crowded for the entire length
of the route that the mounted police
were unable to keep the spectators
within bounds. There was no dis
order, however. There were women
men and children in the ranks. Almost
every profession and industry in which
women are engaged, from education
leadership to laundry work, was rep
resented by a delegation under ap-
propriate banners. A squad Of mount
ed police led the parade, but vying
with this equestrian show there fol-
lowed nearly a hundred women on
horseback, most OF them riding
astride. The parade was under COM
mand of Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch.
president of the Women's Political
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wore "39 cent" hats Of yellow straw
and some effort was made to preserve
uniformity in simple dress Of white
and black. The parade concluded
with a meeting at Carnegie hall at
which Mrs. Blatch presided and the
Rev. DR.. Anna Howard Shaw, nation
al president of the Woman's Suffrage
party and the Rev. Anna Garlan
Spencer were speakers.
New York, May 4: Senator Will
liam Alden Smith, chairman of the
senate committee investigating the
Titanic disaster, concluded the exami-
nation of witnesses here today and
left tonight for Washington. Mr..
Smith said he did not think 1t would
be necessary to take much further
testimony and that he would immedi-
ately begin the preparation Of his re-
port. I'm the general scope Of the
recommendations by the committee
will be the special suggestions for more
complete provisions for American in
spection of transatlantic steam
Ships" the senator said, adoption OF
rules of regulation to protect life at
sea, and make ocean travel as safe as
human effort can make it, based on
international regulations, probably"
One point in the inquiry which Mr..
Smith attempted but failed to clear
up today was that of the identity OF
the author of the message signed
white Star Line" sent to Represen-
tative Hughes Monday evening, April
Is, saying that the Titanic was pro-
ceeding to Halifax and that all pas
sengers were safe. Both telegraph
companies promised to aid the COM
mittee in further investigation of the
matter. The statement of George A
Harder, of Brooklyn, yesterday. con-
cerning the failure of the mechanism
of one of the Titanic's water tight
compartments to work was substan-
tiated today. Senator Smith said, by
a mechanical engineer who testified
that the men who were trying to ope-
rate it did not seem to have requisite
knowledge.
- Washington governmental SER
vice, says the correspondent OF the
Columbia State, is stirred as it has
probably never been stirred before by
the efforts of the house committee on
appropriations, through a report
made a day or two ago by Congress
man Johnson of South Carolina, to
fix the age limit of employees and 9TH
erwise to look into the business end
nf the administration That there is