Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-29
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

TO purchasing atheh Ior INC SSdtc, III
order to manufacture cheaper fertil-
izer and sell to the farmers at cost.
The local lime deposits are the largest
In the state and the Carney lime
works Is the foremost industry Of the
kind I'm the state. II terms can be
reached, the local holdings will be sold
In accordance with the wishes Of the
general assembly for the purpose
specified.
= Columbia Record, Monday: At the
Of the hearing before the
supreme court Of the case Of the state
against Barnard B. Evans, a Columbia
attorney, accused Of protest. onal con-
age, George c. Wheeler, w. ]. Padgett
and Thomas c. Bush all testified that
they did not tell Evans that, Able and
Crouch OF Saluda were fncendiaries.
Evans testified last Monday that Ram
age had said Able set fire to the law
libraries In Saluda and that Bush told
him that Able set fire to his (Able's)
house. Evans told Of a conversation
in which George c. Williams told of
Crouch attempting to set fire to
Wheeler's stables. On motion Of b.
B. Evans counsel, the supreme court
adjourned the hearing until next FRI
day morning at 10 o'clock in order to
allow him to secure material witnesses
to rebut the testimony Of the state
today. t9, .ii'
- Columbia special Of April 2S to
Spartanburg Journal: Attorney Gener-
al Peoples will not run for governor in
1914, but instead will stand for re-
to his present office. This an
was authorized by Mr..
Peoples today. He gave as one reason
for withdrawing from the race for
governor, the number Of suits which
are now pending and which he feels
1t his duty to push to completion. Mr..
Peoples authorized the announcement
Of his candidacy for governor during
the session Of the legislature, being
the first Of a half dozen to do so. The
retirement Of General Peoples from
the gubernatorial race may strengthen
the chance Of Representative George
r. Rembert to obtain the Blease votes,
say leaders. Mr.. Rembert, who has
served Richland county in the lower
house for several terms and Is known
as the leader of the Blease forces, Is
an avowed candidate to succeed the
governor. He was present when At
torney General Peoples announced his
withdrawal from the race, and while
Mr.. Rembert has not commented, 1t is
certain that he views the withdrawal
Of the attorney general as strengthen
ing his chances for success. The 9TH
er announced candidates for governor
in the next campaign are Lieut.. Gov.
C. A. Smith Of Timmonsville; Speaker
Of the House M. L. Smith Of Camden;
Railroad Commissioner John G. Rich
ards Of Liberty Hill; former Senator
Richard I. Manning Of Columbia; So
licttor r. A. Cooper Of Laurens,. and
Prof John G.. Clinkscales Of Wofford
college. All Of these are said to be
strong men and will make the race
next summer an interesting one. An
interesting political announcement is
the candidacy of Assistant Attorney
General Fred II. Dominick for con-
gresham from the Third district next
year. Mr.. Dominick was campaign
manager for Governor Blease last
summer and is at present assistant at
torney general. He will run against
Wyatt Aiken, the present congress
man. i
Governor Blease on last Friday pa
rolled James Johnson, alias Portland
Ned" the man who figured in the ef-
forts Of the Burns detective agency last
summer to prove that the governor
was selling pardons to whoever would
buy. The story Of that incident Is fresh
in the public mind and does not need
to be retold. After having made up his
mind that Portland Ned should be pa
rolled, Governor Blease notified u. 8.
District Judge Smith, District Attor-
ney Cochran and U. s. Marshal Adams
OF his intention, asking each Of them
IL there were any further charges
against the convict, and whether they
desired him detailed. Judge Smith said
there were no charges on the calendar
in this state, so did District Attorney
Cochran; but Cochran went on to say
that the man might be wanted In
some other district, and he would try
to find out. Marshal Adams said he
had nothing against Portland Ned, and
thought the man had been punished
enough and should be released. The
parole was based on an extensively
signed petition from Spartanburg and
statements setting forth that Portland
Ned had already served seven years in
Atlanta for the same offense for which
he had afterward been sentenced to
tentiary-robbing the office and store
Of the Ennoree Manufacturing COM
pany. After the parole had been is
sued on Friday, Governor Blease sent
for Portland Ned to come to his Office
on Saturday morning, and the paro.ed
man showed up in citizens clothes. A
little later, according to the published
stories, Robert s. Hipp, rural police
man for Rich!and county, showed up
at the governors office with a Federal
warrant for the arrest Of Portland Ned
on the charge Of having robbed the
postoffice at Plymouth, N. G. Govern
or Blease asked Hipp If 1t would not
be better for him to attend to his own
business, rather than to be attending
to the business of the Federal govern
ment, or something to that effect, and
Hipp, deciding that maybe 1t would,
left the office. There was in the gov
ernors inner Office at this time, Gov
ernor Blease, Portland Ned and lady.
Hipp had turned his warrant over to
U. S. Deputy Marshal Charles s. Sem,
who was waiting In the outer office.
Presently Governor Blease came to the
outer office and seeing Sem, asked
him what he would have. Sem ex-
planned his business and the governor
went back with him to the inner Office;
but there was no one there but the
lady. She said that as soon as the gov
ernor had passed to the outer Office,
the other man whose identity she did
not know, had unlatched the door lead
Ing into the corridor and stepped out.
Sem looked about in every
but his man was gone. The
explained that he knew Of the
presence Of Portland Ned In the gov
ernor's private office, but did not think
he had right to go in. Governor
Blease advised Marshal Sem that with
q United States warrant, he had right
to go anywhere. Sem notified the Co.
lumbia police and sounded a general
alarm; but Portland Ned was not to be
located anywhere. -
Chester Lantern, Thursday: A
shocking murder was committed with.
IN the boundaries Of Chester county
about eleven o'clock last night when
John Lewis, prosperous and respect
ed farmer, was shot down in cold
blood in his own home, a farm house
three miles west of CornwelL The
crime being first discovered this morn
ing when James Dove, tenant on
the Lewis place, went to the house, as
usual, to awaken Mr.. Lewis and start
The days work. Dove, after feeding
he stock in the barn, got an armful
Of wood for the house. On reaching
The house he found the end door
oDen and four or five Daces ineida Low