Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-18
FRIDAY, JUNE 1s, 1915.
souTH CAROLINA NEWS

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS
- Since June /, license certificates
have been issued to 74O wash women
in Spartanburg.
The Bamberg Herald reports that
two cotton blooms have already reach
ed it's editorial office from different
sections of Bamberg county.
The next meeting Of the Southern
Commercial congress Is to be heio In
Charleston. The Charleston city coun-
Gil has appropriated $4,000 for the
expenses Of the congress-
- Columbia negroes have organized
state Colored Prohibition associa-
tion, the purpose Of which Is to urge
all negroes to vote for prohibition In
the election to be held September IA.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bishop was cut and
probably fatally wounded by her hus-
band, James Bishop, Wednesday night
at their home in Spartanburg. Bishop
is supposed to have been insane.
- Sheriff Cannon G. Blease Of New
berry, has sent out a circular letter
to the sheriffs Of the state proposing
that they take up the matter Of erect
ing a monument to Sheriff A. ID.
Hood Of Fairfield.
Jesse Morrison, Ernest Isenhower
and James Rawls. who have been in
dicted on the charge Of murder In
connection with the tragedy at Winns-
boro Monday, and who have been in
the Winnsboro jail, were on Wednes-
day removed to the state penitentiary.
by order Of Governor Manning.
- Henry Gardner, daring steeple-
Jack, who has been scaling buildings
in towns in North and South Carolina
during the past few weeks by way OF
advertising a new drink, fell from the
dome Of the state house in Columbia,
Wednesday afternoon, breaking four
Of his ribs and sustaining other in1u-
ries. Gardner, who Is known by the
sobriquet Of "Satanet," declares that
he will be climbing again within a
week.
Columbia State, June II: II want
to commend Sheriff Hoods devotion
to duty and also the deputies" said
Governor Manning yesterday, after
reading carefully all OF the reports on
the Winnsboro affair upon his return
to Columbia from Charlottesville. Va,
where he Tuesday delivered an ad-
dress to the alumni of the University
| of Virginia. Gov. Manning said that
he felt deep sorrow over the affair and
| that q great loss had come, not only
to Fairfield county, but to the state Of
South Carolina. Gov. Manning said
that Sheriff Hood was a man Of the
highest conception Of duty and had
the stalwart courage to meet 1t. The
governor said that he had long ago
/ "A l.. ~ tho danaQ aad nf-
ficer. Gov. Manning, accompanied by
A. ]. Bethea, lieutenant governor, left
| Columbia yesterday at noon for
| Winnsboro, where they attended the
funeral services at o'clock. Last
night the governor said that he was
| impressed by the deep feeling shown
by the people Of Fairfield and that he
felt assured that the matter Of justice
to all could be left in their hands. II
am exceedingly pleased with the idea
proposed at Winnsboro to erect mon
ument to the brave sheriff." said Gov.
Manning last night after his return to
the city. Last night Governor Man
ming called at the Columbia hospital
1 to inquire as to the condition Of Dep
4 uties Beckham and Boulware, who
were wounded in the fight Monday.
THE blood-stained portals Of this
leIHplt VI JubliSC Siy oAodo ASA SAO
vindication Of the majesty OF the law"
said Judge John g. Wilson in his
vigorous charge to the Fairfield grand
Jury last Monday afternoon, in which
he denounced the shooting Of Sheriff
Hood and his deputies as "assassina-
tion" and called on the jury to make
la thorough and sweeping investiga-
ton and to bring everyone connected
with the horrible affair to justice.
1T is your duty" said Judge Wilson,
ito act and act in such manner aB to
vindicate the law which has been 80
greatly outraged this day" Calling
attention to the fact that he first pre-
sided as Judge in Winnsboro in Sep
tember, 1907, Judge Wilson recalled the
glorious history Of Fairfield county,
"a county known for the manhood
of its men and the purity OF Its wo-
men, a county where law and order
lreigned, but which this day has been
loutraged. Did this happen on the bor-
ders Of Arizona? Did 1t happen In
Mexico? No. 1t happened In old his
toric Winnsboro," continued the judge.
l"What man Is there whose blood does
not boil when he hears Of the crime
of which this poor wretch stood ac-
cused?" Judge Wilson asked, adding
that he had been informed that the
negro had confessed and that every
i thing was in readiness to give him a.
fair and impartial trial, and that the
law would have been vindicated and
i Justice done. He said that men should
control themselves in such circum-
stances, but this morning men gave
vent to their passions, and took the
law into their own hands, and with
what result? Your sheriff lies hover
| ing between. life and death. The ne
gro is dead. Several deputies are
badly wounded. Talk about Mexico!
Here at the door Of this courthouse
lawlessness reigns It ought to shake
the state Of South Carolina from
center to circumference" emphati-
cally declared Judge Wilson. The
Judge paid a glowing tribute to the
brave sheriff who risked his life In
the performance Of his duty. "A man
without a drop Of towards blood In
his veins and a man whom delight
to honor; wish every sheriff in South
Carolina was like him, and that we
had thousands Of such citizens" said
the Judge, who praised the bravery.
the devotion to duty and the action
of Sheriff Hood, and called on the
grand jury to bring the ones guilty
Of this horrible crime" to justica So
licitor j. K. Henry was equally en-
phatic in his denunciation Of the oc-
Icurrence, and took immediate steps
to begin a vigorous prosecution Of the
guilty parties. The matter was taken
In hand by the grand jury and an
immediate investigation was begun.
| - Wipnsboro dispatch Of Tuesday to
Spartanburg Journal: The coroners
jury was assembled in the town hall
at 8 o'clock, when Coroner r. T.
Smith opened the inquest with ]. E.
Coan, a cotton buyer Of Winnsboro, as
foreman Of the jury. The bulk Of the
| testimony was offered by the special
officers who assisted the sheriff In de-
Tending the prisoner. These included
rural policemen. constables and civil
ians sworn in for the work at hand.
Among the officers heard were w. j.
Haynes. ]. A. Scott, Jr., Walter T. Nc
Kinstry, A. P. Irby, ]. W. Stevenson,
T. o. Boulware, Jesse Joyner, Otis
Cauthen and w. s. Blair. The testi-
mony Of these men varied little. Some
had made the trip to Columbia with
the sheriff to secure the prisoner.
while others joined the party on the
arrival Of the automobiles il the Jail
yard. All agreed that the first shot
was fired as the officers were begin