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

Just what will happen in the event
Of the arrest Of Portland Ned by the
United States authorities. we do not
know; but we are inclined to think
that legally at least, he is still within
the jurisdiction Of Governor Blease. If
the prisoner had BEEN the recipient of
an unconditional pardon, it would have
been different. He would have gone
into the world with a clean slate so far
as South Carolina is concerned, and
there would have been no question Of
Uncle Sans right to arrest him on a
proper warrant But the present status
of the man Is very little different from
what it was when he was in the peni-
tentiary. He is supposed to be at lib
erty only on the pleasure Of the gov
ernor and during good behavior, and
so long as the governor is pleased to
have him at liberty without a pardon,
1t seems to us that the United States
has no more right to take him than 1t
would have had to go into the peniten-
tiary after him. The mans relation to
the law is very much the same as that
of a trusty convict who might be al
lowed to leave the stockade without a
guard. We are inclined to think that
II this prisoner should be re-arrested,
these questions will come up.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-29

AS we understand 1t, about the only
logical reason why the United States
should have made treaty with Great
Britain in connection with the digging
of the Panama canal, was a belief that
Great Britain might undertake to make
trouble in case the treaty was not en-
tered into. If there was involved any
principle Of international law or inter-
national justice, we have never been
able to understand 1t that way. We
have never seen anything in the prop
osition other than the elements OF
force. To be perfectly plain, our icea
was that the United States consulted
England because she recognized Eng
land as cock of the walk" the fore
most power Of the world, who would
feel offended If she was not consulted.
Even If this be the reason, or whether
it be the reason or not, the United
States is morally bound to live up to her
contracts. We do not understand, how
ever, that there has been any serious
suggestion of going back on the con-
tract. There is nothing in the treaties
with England that calls upon the Unit
ed States to yield anything in connec-
ton with her coastwise trade-noth-
ing that calls upon this country to al
low England domestic privileges in
this matter, and as we see it the Pana-
ma canal involves a coastwise propo-
sition. We do not understand that
there is anything else in dispute than
that American vessels shall continue
in complete monopoly OF the coastwise
trade, and that the present difference
has grown out of the fact that the
coastwise trade has been extended
from and to the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts. We can see no reason why un-
der the circumstances, this country
should be expected to apply a rule as
to trade between Galveston and San
Francisco that it would not apply to
trade between New York and Calves
ton. If British vessels are Disseminated
against with right and justice in the
second case, the same discrimination
would be no less right and no less just
in the first case. But then there is an
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-29
ABOUT PEOPLE

Misses Lena and Lila Howell Of
Bethany, visited friends in Yorkville
last week.
Mrs. ]. M. Riddle of Lancaster. is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. r. ]. Mack
orell in Yorkville.
Miss Emily Wright Of Clover, is
spending this week with friends In
Charleston.
Mrs. H. w. Cummings Of Columbia,
spent several days last week with the
family of Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. c. Dick
son, on Yorkville No. 1. -,
Mr.. Oscar Plexico Of the Presbyteri-
an college, Clinton, spent Saturday and
Sunday with his parents in Yorkville.
Mr.. and Mrs John Gable and chill
dren, after spending two weeks with
friends in Yorkville, left Friday for
their home in Chewsville, Md.
Mr.. Andral Ferguson Of st. Mat
thews, spent Sunday in Yorkville with
his brothers, Messrs. T. M. and H. e.
Ferguson. 20 st.
Miss Mamie Mcconnell Of Yorkville,
left yesterday morning for Charleston,
to attend the annual session Of the state
association Of trained nurses, in ses-
sion today and tomorrow.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-29

During the past few months some
thirty thousand head Of cattle have
been shipped from Florida to Oklaho.
ma, where they are to be fattened and
afterward re-sold in the east, for three
or four times the original price. This
would seem to suggest the practica-
bility Of raising first class beef cattle
in this section and not selling them un-
til they are worth full market value.
The oat crop of the county which a
few weeks ago, was looked upon as CIV
ing promise Of record yields, Is now a
subject of general concern. That Is the
situation in the immediate vicinity of
Yorkville, and so far as information
has been obtainable the local condi-
tions are general. The oats show signs
of rust and appear to be dying out.
About the only plausible explanation
we have had as to the trouble, Is that
there was too much rain earlier in the
spring.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-29

Columbia Record, Saturday: After
being incarcerated in the state peni-
tentiary for eighteen years, E. D. Green
and John l. Pace were paroled this af-
ternoon by Governor Blease during
good behavior and on condition that
they do not drink any more intoxicat-
ing liquors except on the prescription
of a reputable physician. They were
convicted in Spartanburg Of murder
ing Van Carson under the most revolt
ing circumstances. Carson's wife, Fan
ME Carson, was convicted Of compiled
ty in the murder, and was sentenced to
the penitentiary. She was pardoned by
Governor Ansel several years ago. A
mammoth petition was presented to
Governor Blease requesting the pardon
of Green and Pace. 1t was signed by
1,215 Of the citizens Of Spartanhurg
county, 234 of which were women. For
the reason that 1t was signed by many
of the jurors, practically all Of the
county officials and men Of the highest
walk of life, the chief executive decid-
ed to extend clemency.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-29

From Lancaster to Spartanburg.-
Spartanburg is being considered In the
broadened activities Of Col. Leroy
Springs, president Of the Lancaster &
Chester Railway company. Recently
the secretary of state authorized the
railway company to increase its capi-
tai stock from $4,000 to $500, 900.
The company now operates between
the points named In the title and Is
said to be a money-making PROPOSE
ton. Mr.. Springs states that the great
er amount Of this increased capital
will be used, in extending the line OF
the company either to Spartanburg or
Gaffney.
It has been suggested that the line
would be profitable to connect with
this city via points at present not
touched by the s. U. & c. division and
the Charlotte and Atlanta division OF
the Southern railway.
It is certain that Spartanburg will
make a bid for the consideration Of
the promoter and the chamber Of COM
merce will quickly establish her claims
the efforts Of John Wood
Spartanburg Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-29

The Democratic tariff makers have
not submitted to great many hear
ings on the tariff bill. 1t has been the
custom Of the Protection Republicans
to allow everybody who had anything
to protect, to come to the ways and
means committee and tell about it. The
Democratic ways and means commit
tee has assumed that 1t is the country
as a whole instead Of g. few manufac-
turers that is most entitled to protec-
ton.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-29
HAD JOB IN SPARTANBURG
Portland Ned Was to Have Been En-
ployed by Liveryman.

Ployeo py liveTymaHs
James Johnson, alias Portland Ned,
would probably have been a resident Of
Spartanburg today had 1t not been for
the new development in his case which
occasioned his getaway. 1t is report
ed that B. G. Landrum, liveryman, felt
kindly toward the much prosecuted
man and had offered him livelihood
in doing chores at his livery stable on
Broad street. These arrangements
were mutual, it is said, and Johnson
had intended to come to Spartanburg
at once to take up his duties and to
live "a new life and strive to forget
the past and look to the future" In his
pleadings for liberty and new chance,
1t will be recalled that Johnson used
the columns Of the Journal. The two
letters, one a month, were gladly pub
lished, with the result that strong
sentiment was created for the yegg-
man. Many letters were sent to the
governor in behalf of the prisoner, and
it is probably due to the good people Of
this city that this attention was turned
toward Johnson and his desire to live
in this city.
That Johnson was unaware that an
other warrant was in readiness to be
served upon him the minute he was
one familiar with all the transactions
leading up to the parole. The first in
timation Of immediate arrest was when
he was in the governors Office, and
then the timely escape.
1t Is said that when the penitentiary
guards heard that Johnson would be
re-arrested a sum Of money was made
up among them and Attorney Wyche
had been retained to assist the yegg-
man to his liberty.
Attorneys c. c. Wyche and Gwynn,
of the local bar, and Boyce r. Pollard
Of this county, were in the governors
office when Johnson was brought in I
receive his parole and had withdrawn
but few minutes when it was herald
ed over the capital city that Johnson
had escaped. There was no frame up
in the escape on the part Of any one,
said a gentleman who knew, this morn
ing, and the success Of the getaway
was due to the yeggman's cunning.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-29

The Spartanburg bar has endorsed
Judge Sease as worthy successor to
Associate Justice Wood, and in addi-
ton to Judge Memminger, Judge Gage
and Governor John c. Sheppard
have also been mentioned. The outlook
is now that there will be large num-
Der of candidates for the position to be
made vacant.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-29

other thing. No matter what may have
been the reason for the original treaty.
it is not to be denied that either party
to a treaty has the right to abrogate
the same at pleasure, and as we see
this proposition, If there can be no
agreement otherwise as to what Is the
right thing to do, let the treaty be alb
rogated
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-29

But even If the tariff bill passes as II
stands, there need follow no demoral-
ization unless the protected interests
sulk as they have sulked before when
things did not go to suit them. If all
the business interests Of the country go
in from the beginning to make the new
tariff a success it cannot be otherwise,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-29
WITHIN THE TOWN

The court house matter continues
at standstill and nothing will be done
until the sale Of the bonds.
Because Of the failure Of the Amer
lean Seating company to get man to
Yorkville last week, the work Of in
stalling the seats in the new Associate
Reformed church was not accomplish
ed .. 3
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-29
CHE itorkpille Gnqliirer.
Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville
as Mail Matter Of the Second Glass.
YoRKvILLE, 9. O.,
TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1918

German socialists claim that Euro
pean war scares are gotten up princi-
pally for the purpose Of stimulating
business in army and navy contracts.
The practice is not unknown in this
country
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-29

Governor Blease has given out an
opinion to the effect that in the
event of the resignation Of a justice Of
the supreme court, the governor has no
power or authority to appoint a sue
cessor to such a Justice.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-29

ra Gibson.
March 27-Lonzie Dunlap and Hat
tie Siegle, (colored.)
March 27-Ellie Robinson and jamie
Witherspoon, (colored.)
March 2s-Jeff M. Moore and Bessie
Ross, (colored.)
March 2s-Wm. Morgan and Leila
Ramsey.
March 29-Robt. Bailey and Daisy
Ware, (colored.)
March 2s-Walter Mills and Azelie
Ellis, (colored.)
March 29-Jim Steele and Louise
Dunn, (colored.)
March 31-Jeff Simms and Cora
Robinson, (colored.)
April willie Johnson and Bessie
Robinson, (colored.)
April JAS. H. Witherspoon and
Cora Steele.
April 2-Jno. A. Raven and Sunnie
Dill. ,
April 2-Hugh Wallace and Ethel
Harris.
April 3--Jas. G. Mckee and Alma
Wright.
April Al. Patrick Bracket and
Belle Pursley.
April 5-Allen Nichols and Eliza
April 5-Johnny BurrIs and Lola
Davis, (colored.)
April 6-Eugene s. Mills and Lula
Craig.
April IS. Dewitt Morgan and Eth
Ell CASTOR.
April Robert Ward and Sophie
Thomas, (colored.)
April 9-Mose Hope and Lucy Nash,
(colored.)
April 9-Robt. P. Gordon and Sadie
Steadman.
April 9-wm. Guy Davis and Sarah
Atwood Harper
April 1O-Turner Brown and Lessie
Shoemaker.
April 12-Samuel T. Shillinglaw and
Essie Whitesides.
April 12-Frank Conner and Grace
Wooten.
April 12-Lewis e. Johnson and
Margaret J. Childers.
April 14-Mack Harrison Spry and
Mamie Gwinn.
April 14-John F. Lindsay and Sue
J. McCleave.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-29


to go anywhere. Sem notified the Co.
lumbia police and sounded general
alarm; but Portland Ned was not to be
located anywhere. .'n 20
Chester Lantern, Thursday: A
shocking murder was committed with.
in the boundaries Of Chester county
about eleven o'clock last night when
John Lewis, a prosperous and respect
ed farmer, was shot down in cold
blood in his own home, farm house
three miles west of Cornwell The
crime being first discovered this morn
ing when James Dove, a tenant on
the Lewis place, went to the house, as
usual, to awaken Mr.. Lewis and start
the days work. Dove, after feeding
the stock in the barn, got an armful
of wood for the house. On reaching
the house he found the end door
open, and four or five PAGES inside lay
the lifeless body Of the murdered man,
stretched out face upward, the body
and floor literally drenched with gore
from two frightful shot gun wounds,
one in the back and one in the breast
and both ranging downward, and evi-
IDENTIFY received at distance of only
three or four feet from the muzzle
Of the weapon, the shot entered in a
lump, but the clothing Of the dead
man not showing any sign Of powder
burn, from which fact 1t Is thought
that the distance was about three or
possibly four feet. The body lay with
feet toward the door, both arms rails
ed to the height Of the shoulders and
hands clenched as II in agony. 1t Is
evident that the victim received every
shot in both deadly loads, as close
inspection. Of the walls Of the room
in which the frightful deed was COM
mitted, fails to locate any marks OF
shot. For this reason 1t Is impossible
to know positively the position OF the
murdered man at the time he met his
death, or to state beyond doubt the d.
rection from which the shots were
fired. When found. the body was at
tired in shirt, trousers and under
clothing. The dead man had on his
shoes, but no socks, this together with
the bed having been used, showing
that he had retired before being called
to the door. The fatal shots were
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-29

country.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-14
NO POLITICAL DIZZINESS.

All things come to him who wait.
The democratic party in Hammond
has itself to blame for it's trouble, if
it has any and it looks to a man u1
a tree that it has
With a wide-growing split now hsg
enough to drive an ox-cart through
the two wings of the party are get
ting wider and wider apart.
The opponents of the democratic
party can just sit on their launches
and wait. The democrats have been
let severely along in Hammond for
the past four years They have had
their own way. Perhaps it would
have been better for them had they
had a little more opposition. People
who had become imbued with the
idea that politics is dead in Ham
mond can come out of the trance
There is today seething little temp
est in one party you can put youl
finger on, and all the old clayhangers
battleaxes and harpoons have beer
brought out to be sharpened ready
for the tilt and joust.
It isn't going to be dull summei
politically In Hammond.
! Just wait.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-14
A DESERVED REBUKE.

George w Miles minions of the
law have done a piece of valiant
work for the game law 1t is such
"valiancy" that makes an honest man
''cuss loud and long" man in
Logansport had a pet squirrel. to-
gether with a number of other ami
mails and birds, in cages in his back
yard, simply because he was a lover
|of animal and bird life and made
them a study. One of Miles fiunkies
who draws a big salary and expenses
from the state, hearing about this
pet squirrel, went all the way from
Indianapolis and arrested this mar
for violating the law in keeping the
lsquirrel in captivity. He pleaded
guilty and was fined $4,000 of which
this deputy warden received $4,000
the prosecutor $500 and the stat,
1900 We only wish that Miles
would try such tactics In Scott coun
ty We would just like to see what ;
Scott county jury would do to Mile
and his deputies who would try sucl
a measly trick on some OF our citl
lzens.-Scott County Journal.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-14
GREAT DAY FOR GERMANS.

Elaborate preparations have been
completed to honor Kaiser Wilhelm
tomorrow on the occasion of the COM
pIetion of the. twenty-fifth year of his
reign. It will be one of the greatest
festive events since the creation of
the empire All Geramny will en-
deavor to show appreciation of the
Kaiser, who, during the quarter of a
century has placed the nation in the
front rank of the industrial CONNER
cial and naval, as well as the mill
tary powers of the world.
According to the local press, the
other twenty-five rulers of German
states, including the Kings OF
Saxony, Bavaria and Wurtemburg
are coming to Berlin personally t.
congratulate the Kaiser and to par
| ticipate in the celebration. The
United States and all European coun
tries have sent congratulations. Thu
Arch-duke Francis Ferdinand, o
Austria, will represent .Empero
Francis Joseph.
The Kaiser will signalize the oc
casion by committing the sentences o
many prisoners and pardoning Others
He will also grant titles of nobility.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-14

|carmine and then on-on the BOOK,
of course. After that the procedure
differs according to individual In
clinations. Sometimes the book ends
the performance; sometimes 1t
doesn't.
The weak point about this newest
collecting mania seems to lie here
Just think of the many ways one can,
and does, kiss.
What could be wider apart than
the pecks which a girl distribute
among her family and the clinging
ecstasy of her greeting to her young
man?
| Men have a good many ways Of
kissing. An imprint taken during
the honeymoon and one taken after,
say, six months of marriage would be
easily distinguishable. There would
EaIso be a clear distinction between
the "Goo'by, dear" salute of the
morning and the contented luxury OF
1.-THE after-dinner kiss, mainly inspired
by gratitude for comfort and cheer.
But it Is women whose kisses run
lup and down the whole gamut OF
emotion, from freezing to the boiling
Ipoint They have separate kind o.
, kiss for every imaginable occasion
: 1t might also be said that they never
: kiss the same way twice
II The difficulty will be, then, TO
. 1.-The owner of the kissograph album
Ito know which kind of kiss thu
G kisser put in 1t. The only way to b.
e sure will be to say: Put such kis
in my book as you would give me, i
= Yet that ''if'' may easily lea'
to misconception. 1t might even b
held to be an example of the .'if'' pro
Ivocative.
4 Still, in the pursuit of science
9 risks must be taken There is no rea
/, son to doubt that young men an
women will be found to face Their
o heroically.
/, 1t is easy to see a great future TO
this new and improved method c
"kissing the book
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-14
IN NOVEMBER.

Tom Knots, the mayor of Gary. on
democratic primary" day gave a
sample of what he will doubtless pull
off in November when the city cleo
ton will be held. Tom, backed up by
his sixty revolver and club-armed
policemen. ran all of the other can
didates off the board and conducted
the voting much in the manner that
old Clip Castro used to do when he
was dictator of his dinky little South
American republic.
What's to prevent Tom from pull
ing off the rough work in November
as he did in 1909 and 1910? There'll
be no stopping it in this county un'
less the republican-progressives get
out court injunctions to curb police
Interference.
About the only way to insure ar
honest and peaceful election in Gary
| is for the democrats, who want clear
elections. the republicans and pro
gressives to petition Governor Rails
ton to send the militia to the city t.
iguard the polls. Otherwise tn
November election is going to be a
crooked, rotten. and disgraceful a
were the primaries of Thursday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-14
[ oEM FOG 1p { AY
CoUR RAGE.

IT'S not because of muscIed meat
We place men In the masters seat;
We do not reckon toughened thew,
Nor breed, nor creed. nor bulk. nor hue.
The force with which the anvil rings,
Nor care how hard the hammer swings,
The might in Drawn, the strength I'm
bone,
Can never serve success, alone:
Think You twas Spartan steel and skill
That saved Greece from the Persian
will.
Think you Horatius won the day
And held the bridge through nimbIc
play
OF sword. Or when all Europe lay
Cringing beneath Napoleon's sway.
Twas better gums and cann0n-balls
That swept the fields and crumbIed
walls.
All that was splendid In every age
Wns written by valor histOry's
page.
Giants In pfEmy Euise,
Prophets with cropping eyes,
What matter sight or size
when men build to the skies:
What matter numbers. years.
III we disdain our fears:
! BY Herbert Kaufman.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-14
BLOOD ON THEIR HEADS.

That poor. deluded. insane Eng
lish suffraget, Emily Wilding
Dawson. is dead as the result of
her injuries. received last week
wheen she threw herself in front
of the racing horses at the derby
and was trampied. The jockey
riding the horse which struck her
was seriously injured. Miss Dav-
ison was suicide. Nevertheless
her blood rests on the heads of the
English women of stronger minds
who have encouraged such demon
STATIONS among thei rweak brain
ed followers. The leaders of the
militant suffragets. who have
preached violence, are the murder
ers of Emily Davisou.-Washing
ton (Ind) Herald.
And what of such writers as F..
T. in the Chicago Tribune who laut
ed her as a heroine? 1t is such re
that will probably induce some othe
half-baked person to commit a dee
that will shock humanity. Whi
good did Miss Dawson do the caus
of suffragettism by hurting herself /;
a race horse?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-14
GOTHAM DANCE-MAD.

New York has simply gone stark
mad on the dancing question and
the new dances have proved a
bonanza to the dancing schools, ac-
cording to those who pass along up
per Broadway, where every few
blocks one finds dancing
academy and the teachers who
usually have closed their schools
early in April are keeping them open
this year until the last of June.
I'VE haven't hours enough to take
care of all the people who come in fol
lessons, explained a dancing teacher
who has five assistants. Every hour