Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-16
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS

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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS
A barn belonging to a. w. Jofiey Of
the Grassy Pond section OF Cherokee
county was destroyed by, fire last Fri
day night. The loss which includes
building. machinery. live stock and
proverder. is estimated at $4,000.
= Greenyille special OF September IA.
to the Charlotte Observer: Suspected
of being implicated in the Parr Shoals
robbery which occurred September s,
James e. Upton, a freight conductor
on the Southern, whose home Is In
Greenville, was arrested Friday after
noon by Detective Stevens Of Columbia
and Detective w. R. Adams Of the
Atlanta branch of. the bureau agency.
Upton is man OF, family. having q
wife and four children. he has re-
sided in Greenville for four years,
Apparently he Is about IS, years Of
age. When seen by, a newspaper man
the prisoner denied all connection
with the robbery and gave an account
of himself on the day Of the holdup.
In the morning, according to his
statement, he, left Spartanburg on q
run to Columbia, reaching the latter
city shortly before 1 o'clock. He then
went to his boarding house. and
claims that his first knowledge Of the
robbery was when he read an account
in. the afternoon paper in Columbia.
Friday. night he left Columbia for
Greenville, coming by way Of Spar
tanburg. Local officials did not know
that he was suspected Of any con-
.nection with the robbery, their. first
intimation of his alleged connection
being his arrest by the two detectives.
who came here with a warrant for
him. The prisoner was turned over
to Sheriff Rector and kept In the
county jail until this afternoon, when
an officer. Of Columbia and other Of
ficials took him to Columbia. At the
request of the officials, the newspapers
have withheld publication of the ar
rest until today. Upton was very
calm while In the local Jail, and from
first to last stated unequivocaliy that
none of his movements were hidden
during the day paymaster Of the J..
IG. White Construction company was
robbed Of $4,000. This, Is the first
time, he says. that he has ever looked
out from behind the bars, He Is
Originally from Greenville. Tenn, At
the time of HIS arrest he was arrang-
ing to take his family TO Columbia.
where he intended making his home.
~ Following Is the written opinion
OF the state board of canvassers In
the case Of the Sumter dispensary
ION hearing the appeal
herein from the county board Of can
yassers of Sumter county. we are un-
able to find that q majority Of the
votes cast at said election were either
for or against the sale OF alcoholic
liquors and beverages. Said election
was so close that existing irregularities
are sufficient to effect the result, or
make IL doubtful and difficult to de-
.termine. In fact, II Is impossible TO
do so as We can not positively say on
which side each and every Illegal
vote was cast: And when such ir-
Irregularities or illegalities are Of such
a character. and extcnt as 10 leave. IL
doubtful whether the result has not
been affected, and especially when 1t
appears that Illegal votes have been
cast, sufficient in number to affect the
result, and the polls can not be purged
Of them, II would be traversity on
popular government to sustain the
election said Judge Hydrick In decid-
ing the Wright case, which opinion
was confirmed by the supreme court
This within itself is sufficient to justi-
fy us in declaring that there had
been no legal election expressing the
will Of the qualified voters. We find
that there were no ballots cast at
said election which conformed to the
statutory requirement, section 236,
volume /, code Of 1912. all, the. bal
lots cast being two and one-half
inches wide by three inches long, In
stead of two and one-half inches
wide by five inches long. This was
admitted by all parties and some of
the ballots were exhibited to the board
during the hearing which plainly
showed this fact II the general law
is applicable to this election. and we
believe 1t is, the decision OF the su-
preme court in the case OF ex parte
Riggs, So 8. c., Reports, page 296.
would effectively dispose of this mat
ter. See act Of 1912, providing for
this election, page 745, g. and
such election shall be held and con-
Quoted by the same officers and un-
der the same rules and regulations
provided by law for general elections
See also Wright VS.. Board Of Canvass
ers, 76 s. c., page 582, holding that
the general election law Is applicable
to special elections upon question
or questions. We are therefore Of
the opinion and so hold and declare
that there has been no legal election
and that the election held on, the 19th
day Of August, 1913. In Sumter coun-
ty was illegal, null and void"