Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-18
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
VIII Hold Appropriations.

The trustees of Winthrop college met
Tuesday in the governors office at Co.
lumbia. The meeting Of the board was
called to consider the reported proba.
| bility of the diverting Of the Peabody
fund, heretofore given to Winthrop col
| lege, to some other educational enter
prise. 1t developed that the report was
based, on a misunderstanding of the in
tention of the Peabody board and that
ever Of losing this appropriation.
4 Laurens Long Beard.
Charleston Post: Jacks Township,
Laurens county, can loudly boast OF
having the longest bearded man in
South Carolina. James Lewis Simp-
son, one Of the best men, by the way
that lives and moves and has his being,
possesses a beard which the most de-
vout Dunkard might we'll envy. Mr..
Simpsons beard, combed out to its full
length, measures by the regulation
yard stick, II inches. He IS rather
tall man and standing erect at his full
height his beard trails in the dust at
his feet. He appeared on the streets of
Clinton a few days ago and was the
center Of marked attention to the many
who saw him. When his beard is tuck
ed up it has the appearance of only an
ordinarily heavy set Of whiskers, but
when allowed to run at large" out
tails the average horses tail by seve-
al inches. Mr.. Simpson ought to visit
the Charleston exposition and eclipse
the midway curios.
Repeal Oh Free Pass Law Vetoed.
Governor McSweeney has vetoed the
bill providing for the repeal of the law
public officers. He returned the bill to
the general assembly without his sig
nature on the first day of the session,
and gave his reasons as follow: This
act was passed at your last session,
but was not ratified and turned over to
us until the last day of the session and,
therefore, could receive no considera-
ton until after your adjournment. The
act which the one under consideration
ourports to repeal. was passed in re-
SponSe to popular demand to remove
the legislator and the official, as far
as possible, from corporate power and
influence. 1t was not entirely fac
tional measure. though enacted during
the time when factional feeling ran
high. 1t had the support Of members
Of all factions at that time and was
enacted for the public veal. 7 do not
know Of any demand or any good rea
son why it should be repealed. and have
therefore withheld my approval from
the act repeating it. The system Of dis
tributing free passes by railroads
among the members of the legislature
and other officials before this act was
passed prohibiting 1t was pernicious.
and while would not for moment be
understood as saying or intimating that
any legislator or other official, state or
county. could be unduly Influenced by
receiving free pass, yet it should be
remembered that we are all human and
must feel kindly to that man or corpor-
alton. the recipient Of whose favors we
are. These corporations are already
very powerful and WELD great influence
on legislation. Why should frank or
free pass be given to a man as state
official or legislator when it would not
be thought of so long as he remained
private citizen? Legislation Is fire.
quently had affecting these corpora
them, have to be executed. It Is best
and the legislator be entirely free to
act with entire impartialitv in making
and executing the laws. He should be
able at all times to hold the scales Of
Justice with an even hand. remember
ing always the rights Of the corpora
tions as well as the RIGHTS Of the peo-
ple. Believing this can be better done
by not accepting favors from the cor
norations. and therefore not being un-
der obligat tions. I beg to return to you
the repeating act without my approx
ri and signature"