Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-30
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS


SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS
George D. Brown, state superin-
tendent Of mill schools, reports that
"a high schools have been organized In
Spartanburg county.
- Federal Judge Smith on last Sat-
urday appointed Jacob Phinizy of Au-
gusta and R. G. Rhett of Charleston,
receivers for the Graniteville Manu-
featuring company, Of Aiken county,
and empowered them to begin the op-
Grafton Of the firms three cotton mills.
Creditors, represented at the hearing,
presented claims aggregating $780,
900.
Sam Lee, a we'll known white man
Of Olanta, Florence county, was killed,
his son, Olin Lee, probably fatally
wounded and Policemen George Ham
and Charlie McElveen were more or
less seriously wounded in an affray
which took place in Olanta, Saturday
afternoon, following the arrest Of DR..
H. e. Lee. a kinsman of the dead
man, on the charge Of adultery. Car
son Lee, another son Of Sam Lee, was
uninjured in the fracas. The two po-
licemen have given bond to answer.
the charge Of killing Lee.
The ten big, gray battleships Of
the Atlantic fleet which will come to
Charleston within the next few days
as a feature Of the Southern Com
mercial congress, lifted anchor in the
North river, New York, yesterday
morning, where they have been an
chored during the Thanksgiving sea-
son. A brief stop will be made at
Hampton Roads in making the jour-
ney south. From Charleston the fleet
will advance to Guantanamo Bay, Gu
ba, where target practice and man
dered. Vice Admiral Mayo is in
command. The vessels are the Vir-
ginia, Rear Admiral Coffin's flagship;
New Jersey, Rhode Island, Georgia,
Louisiana, Texas, Minnesota, New
York, South Carolina and the Arkan-
sas, Admiral Mayo's flagship.
-Greenville Piedmont: The latest
and most unique manner in which to
peddle liquor in prohibition territory
was brought to light early this morn
ing by the police department. Officers
Alexander and Patterson, while re-
turning from a call to the edge Of the
city about 1.30 this morning, noticed
two negroes walking up Laurens
street near College street, and small
hand satchel carried by one Of the
men aroused the suspicious Of the Of
ficers They investigated and found
that the satchel contained a gallon jug
of whisky, the mouth of the bottle
protruding slightly from the end Of
the hand bag so that the liquor could
be poured out without opening the
satchel. When asked by one Of the
officers to account for himself, Thad
Johnson, the negro carrying the grip
said, II amt got nothing an I amt
goin' nowhere" He was, however, Ia
boring under a misapprehension, for
he went at once to the police station.
-Greenville News, Sunday: AS a
result Of a melee at Judson mills Sat-
urday morning. in which several men
participated, and knives were used as
weapons, Dave Freeze, a striker was
seriously cut. and is now in a critical
condition at the city hospital, while
J. M. Humphries and Gordon Brown,
employees of the mill. received lesser
knife wounds. D. G. Higgins, another
employee Of the mill narrowly escap-
ed injury. His clothes were slashed,
but the knife did not go deep enough
to injure him. Sheriff Rector was
called to the scene, and arrested four
men-Gordon Brown, j. M. Humphries,
D. G. Huggins and T. A. Harvey. These
men were lodged in the city police sta
ton, pending developments. Deputy
Justice. Of Judson mills, was on the
scene and attempted to stop the
trouble at the outset, but the situation
soon got beyond him. The fight oc-
cured a few minutes past six o'clock,
while it was yet dark, so 1t is next to
impossible to get a coherent and ac-
curate account as to detail. State
ments concerning the trouble vary
widely. the strikers alleging they were
attacked, while the same statement is
made by the employees. How many
men took part in the soruggle Is moo
known, though there. were not more
than ten or twelve, If that many, ac-
cording to reports. Deputy Justice
could not distinguish all those in the
miX-up. The fight started about the
time for the mill to open. Many OF
the operatives were on the inside Of
the building, and others were coming
in. Several strikers and some Of the
operatives, for one reason or another,
became engaged in an alteration,
which developed into the fight. The
men were between the mill office and
the main entrance to the plant. Freeze
emboweled and having several ribs
severed. Injuries to others were not
sufficient to warrant confining them
to the hospital. Sheriff Rector stated
Saturday night that he had no idea
there would be further trouble and
that he hoped for an early settlement
Of all the trouble growing out Of the
strike. Magistrates Stradley and Bal
linger have ruled that the strikers no
titled to leave their houses, must do
So There were twenty-five cases OF
this nature in the magistrates courts,
the strikers being summoned to show
cause why they should not remove
from the mills houses. 1t is not the
intention of the mill management to-
work a hardship upon any Of these
men by causing them to leave precip-
itately and before they have plans for
residence elsewhere. The surgeon who
is attending Mr.. Freeze stated Satur-
day night that the wounded man had
possibly one chance in ten to recover.
and infection are feared.
Later: Freeze died after the above