Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-21
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company, of Sumter, publishers Of the
Sumter Daily Item, was destroyed by
fire last Saturday night. The fire was
discovered at about 11.30 o'clock, in the
room Of the paper; but the
cause of it is unknown. The afternoon
edition Of the paper had been mailed
at about o'clock, and a compositor
who remained until o'clock to do
some linotype composition, was the
last man to leave the building. The
firemen fought the flames from 11.30
Saturday night to about 3 o'clock Sun,
day morning: The building was COM
pletely' destroyed The loss Is estin1at-
ed at 100000; partly covered by tnsur-
ance. Until further arrangements can
be made the Item Twill be published
from an Orangeburg office =
= Charleston, June IS: In, Federal
court today, Judge H. A. M: Smith
sentenced Dr. NJ. a. Woods dentist of
Columbia, convicted Of violating the
narcotic act, to $1,000 fine, With costs,
and 18 months in the Federal prison in
Atlanta. Counsel for the defendant
gave notice of appeal, and Dr.. Woods
was released = under bond of $4,000,
pending the outcome Of the appeal.
DR.. Woods was found guilty several
days ago, and a motion for a new trial
was refused by Judge Smith, who an
nounced he would impose sentence to-
day. The defendant was charged-With
selling cocaine to two addicts under
four-.counts. Judge Smith has ad-
journed the June term.
3 Columbia State, Sunday: Maj. E.
G.. Won Tresckow Of Camden is the
new lieutenant colonel Of the First
regiment South Carolina National
Guard, his election to this office being
announced yesterday by Maj. Rufus
w. Grant, assistant adjutant general.
Major Won Tresckow defeated Nal.
Lindsay c.. McFadden of Rock Hill by
only four votes. and was elected by q
majority Of lone ballot. The election
was conducted Tuesday and the result
as announced yesterday was as fol-
lows: Major vonTresckow, 81 votes;
Major McFadden II votes and Capt,
J. B. Keith three votes. Major von-
Tresckow is an experienced National
Guard officer and, has seen extended
service in the state, and: In the world
war He is popular and has the ex-
perience to make a fine lieutenant col
onel. T. E. Marchant of Columbia,
was elected colonel Of the regiment
Tuesday. - ~
Herbert Quarles, as"negro was
llynched at Plum Branch, in McCor:
mick county Sunday afternoon, be.
cause of a criminal assault committed
the day before. The victim was q
highly respectable young married
woman Of about thirty years Of age
whose husband was away from home
at the time. After his attack on the
woman, Quarles put his best clothes
! in a suit case and wearing his over.
alls ran away. The alarm was spread
at. once and thousands Of people TOOK
up the search, securing the country
over several counties and even into
Georgia. The negro was finally cap
tured at a point. about fifteen miles
from the scene of the crime. He was
hidden under a brush pile but. as the
searchers approached he got out ano
threw up his 'hands-to save himSel,
from being-shot. Ee was taken to the
scene of the crime and after he hac
confessed. his guilt he was made tc
climb. a cedar tree to which he was
tied with a rope and a chain. Ther
several thousand shots were fired into
his body and he was left in the tree
Many negroes joined in the search: ,fol
the negro, and not a few Of them were
present at the lynching. There is nc
race feeling on account of the affair."
= Greenwood index Journal. alumni
and friends Of ,Erskine college are
much interested in the selection of a
successor to DR.. ]. S.. Moffatt, who was
elected president emeritus at the meet
ing Of the board Of trustees at COM
mencement. DR.. Moffatt has since dc.
clined to accept the office Of president
emeritus. According to the following
from the. Charlotte. Observer, Cnar-
lotte man is being mentioned for the
position: Rev. Dr.. Ernest Orr, native
Of Mecklenburg county and son or J)rt
and Mrs. w. w. Orr, Of this city, is
being mentioned asa likely nominee
for the presidency Of Erskine college
Successor of Rev j. S. Mofatt Will ne
made through the nomination or the
executive committee and the ballotlng
of the board of trustees. DR.. Orr IS
graduate of Erskine college, and ror-
mer pastor Of one Of the most inhuen-
tial United Presbyterian churches IN
Denver, Col, and later pastor or a
church in st. Louis, Mo. He. was aiso
field secretary in North Carolina OF the
interchurch world movement before
the abandonment Of that enterprise.
He afterwards accepted the pastorate
of a church in New Albany, Miss. In
addition to DR.. Orr, mention is also be-
ing made Of Rev. R. c. Grier, Of CO.
lunbia, S. c.; Rev. D. G. Phillips, OF
Chester, S. c.; Rev. DR.. Oliver John-
son, of Winnsboro; Rev. r., A. .Lum;5
mus, of Edgmoor, S. c.; and Dr. w.
w. Orr of Charlotte. The executive
committee is expected to meet ABOUT
the first of July at which time the
nomination for the presidency Will be
made, =. ,,- -. :;..i+- -
Columbia State, Sunday: White
men in the state penitentiary outnum-
ber negro men nearly four to one,
there being ISL white men and only Al
negro men. The majority Of these
white men are also young men. Last
year about this time there were 81
white men and LAG negro men, making
an addition OF 81 more white men to
the population in only one year.
These figures are according to Secre-
tary G.. Croft Williams of the state
board of unofficial visit to the state
peniteptiary this week. There are
also five white women and 43 negro
women in the state penitentiary at
the present time. Last year there
were Is negro women and three white
women. Negro men are shifted from
the penitentiary to the state farms
when crop conditions demand 1t, Dut
the white men are kept at the peni-
tentiary. Mr.. Williams says that he
was particularly struck with the num-
bcr or young men in the prison.
Those Young men are healthy and ap-
-. a.. =. of normal .inte11fpence Mr.,