Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-30
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS


The city Of Anderson is to hold an
election on October 81. to decide wheth-
er or not there shall be a $4,000 bond
issue for street improvement.
A Kershaw dispatch of Sunday to
the Charlotte, Observer says that 5o1
bales of cotton were sold in that mar
ket on last Saturday, the prevailing
price being 1906. 80 ~ 8
- Cotton sold at 14a cents pound In
Springfield. y orangeburg county last
Friday and Saturday, according to DIS
patches. The reason for this spurt
above the market has not been fully
explained. z a eA "
= Officials Of the J. G. White En-
cheering company believe, according
to a Columbia dispatch. that they
have captured the guilty parties In
connection with the robbery Of s1s,-
900 at Parr Shoals. They make the
claim that seven persons have identi-s
fed Bissell Bigham and John Frazer,
Jr. who were arrested at Chester sew
eral days ago. The young men have
been released under bond Of $2,500
each. The citizens Of Chester express
belief In the innocence Of the young
men. ]. T. McLella, superintendent
Of the work at Parr Shoals deciar-
ed yesterday that the arrests were
not made upon the evidence Of Burns
detectives The preliminary hearing
has been set for October 9. at Winns-
boro. h,'G 4fsiE fH..tH 20 sS'tfg
AFTER listening to evidence and ar
gument during q period of three days,
Coleman, charged with the murder of
his father, on last Thursday night
agreed upon a verdict of guilty with
Recommendation to the mercy of the
court, and on Friday morning Judge
DeVore sentenced the prisoner to life
imprisonment In the penitentiary.
Coleman is about 28 years of age. His
father was 65 years old and was q wid-
over. The old man was murdered on
the night Of January 81. last. While he
was sitting in his house reading
newspaper, O charge Of slugs was fred
Into his head from the concealment Of
some evergreen vines on the outside.
Suspicion fell on the son from the be-
ginning. but the final conviction comes
only after there had been two mistrials.
Young Coleman has been presenting
stolid demeanor from the beginning,
and has held out In his denial to the
end. He received the sentence of the
! court without the least emotion. i !, ,,..
ii, M. King was shot and killed and
Sheriff d. p. Douglass and Deputy ].
r. Abbott were painfully wounded
while trying to capture Jonas Davis, a
desperate. negro near Middendorf In
Clarendon county last Sunday. Lester
Burr, who collects the gfnner's reports,
had made complaint against the negro
for firing on him, and the sheriff and
posse went out to arrest the negro.
opened fire, wounding Sheriff Douglass
In the right leg and Deputy Abbott in
the left hand. The sheriff returned the
fire. The negro fed to his cabin near
by and barricaded himself inside with
his wife. The sheriff left the situation
In charge OF members Of the posse and
went to McBee for assistance. When
the sheriff returned, ]. M. King, con-
stable for the district, went to the
house and stopped to look through the
crack. He received "A bullet between
the eyes and was instantly killed. The
posse surrounded the house and set Il
on fire to drive the negro out. Davis
ran out OF, the house; but when q vol
II Soy was nkCu dt llliii nc Idl Ud'Ch. ~ -
supposed he was burned to death.
Nothing was seen OF the wife, who had
assisted him and It was believed that
she had made her escape while the
sheriff was gone after additional help
Columbia, September "a: George
w. Bryant, a barber OF Anderson.
convicted Of carrying concealed. weap-
ons before Magistrate Brodwell, on
September 3, and given q sentence Of
30 days or q fine Of 800, was grant
ed full pardon by Governor Biease
on the request Of Recorder Frierson,i
Of that city. The recorder stated in
a letter to the governor that Bryant,
offering to pawn q razor for SO cents,
found him not guilty. Then. says the
recorder. they" the police, In order
to spite me. swore out q warrant be-
fore local magistrate and had him
railroaded to the changing where
he Is now serving time. Referring to
the re-arrest and conviction Of Bryant
he scored the police, saying: S"I
reported the matter to the police
commission, but nothing has come Of
It.. ! want you to pardon this man,
not because he Is going to have q
long sentence, but in the interest OF
Justice and as an act Of righteous
ness. 1t would also be a rebuke to
| the extravagant abuse Of power" The
recorder speaks Of the mayor as q
'kind and polite sort Of man." He
says the chief put at" of on one OF
the sergeants and the latter told him
/ the chief ordered him to do IL. He