Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-02-18


You can very well imagine that our
nerves were pretty: we'll OverwrouSht
anyway, and we had stood as much
as we could. II had been suggested
somewhere that those rifles must be
taken away from Williams, and the
suggestion had met with unanimous
approval: but as yet no definite action
had been decided upon. One day there
came = established report that
Williams had said that if the ku klhX
ever came after his guns they would
lever get away again. That report
went like wildfirc, and with it went
an order to gather at the "Brier Patch"
and other places that night. / was
along with the others. ana Il short dis
tancc before entering the McConnclls-
willie country, l. rode Il little ahead, got
down from my horse and counted the
crowd. There were S4 of us in all.
"Bcing familiar with the country, 7
was placed in charge of detail to
nuke Il search for guns. We did it
pretty thoroughly But few Of the
militiamCn were at home: but in most
cases their women handed the guns
out the doors, and we had no trouble.
1.-THE object; OF the raid were to get
the guns. hang Jim Williams and whip
ELL Mcdonnell. I'll! Mcconnell was
not at home and could not he found.
When we went to the house of Jim
Williams we found only his wife there.
On heing asked abont Jim. she said
she had not seen him that night; that
he had gone away without telling
where he was going. Some one suG-
gcSted that they look under the floor.
The suggestion was acted upon immc-
diately and after two or three pank3
had been torn up we found the mill
tia captain. 4 rope was put around
his necl; as he lay there under the
fluD:' and he was led into the nearby
woods. Here one Of the ku kluX
climbed the tree with the end OF the
rope in his hand and Williams was
made 10 climb the tree after him.
Then the IN EluX after tieing the rope
to the limb told Jim TO jump off. Jim
would not jump and the ku kluX
pushed him off.
81 have often heard" remarked
Views and Interviews. that one OF the
IN EluX grabbed the Body Of VIII
liams AMI swnn% on to it with the idea
of more quickly breaking his neck. is
tha. trlc?"
mo that is not true" said Mr.. Car
roll. "There was nothing OF the kind.
After. the hanging" continued Mi.
Carroll I'VE got together. again and
proceeded over toward 'Rrartonsrill".
where W" found :!n abundant lunch
w"i:inw. But just before we got off
our horses somchudy asked how many
guns VIC had captured, and somebody
suggested that the captured guns br
held ,lp Every man who had Il cap
turned gun he'd it up. and the count
showed that we had twenty three of
Ihcln.
Little Songs of Safety First.
I.ic:; slumbcring here
One William Lake;
He heard the bell
lsui had no brake.
Detroit News.
At fifty miles
Drove OH" pidh,
tie thought lie wouldn't
Skid. but did.
home, (N. " Times.
| At ninety miles
Drove r.dward Shawn;
The motor stopped.
But Ed kept on.
Little Falls. tN. ~ Times.
! Under thr sod
Lies Deacon Ilale;
! He winkrl and drank
Some Ginger ale"
--Uttica tN. " Press
t'lIcrn he sleeps.
t One .iuhnny Fuunker:
| lie rounded II turn
Without Il hnn!;cr.
johnson City Record.
'rhiS Monuments
t'u" jackson Drllck;
His Lizzie WAS lighter
Than the truck.
-Scrantonian.
Dnwn in The creek
Sleeps Jerry BASS:
rh" bridge was narrow.
lie tried tu pass.
Wilkes Barre Times Leader.
Tin Lizzie l'uld
bn Charlotte Road
ilunkrd ly Dodge Brothers
With iwO tires bl0wrd. --..
"iirp. Lizzie. said they.
To- A# they worked away, .~.-.
We're in Il lIclluvi fix .-r.
i'ut Lizzie :;;,id'"%ix." e.