Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-15
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

\-.x.,.,d Returns to Georgetown.
= Er.President Cleveland will have MS
onn',ol dick hunt at Georgetown this
year. He expects to leave his hoii'e o.
Princeton on January "a.
MIR. James Hemphill Dead.
<Mr. James Hemphill died at his home
IN Chester last Sunday night, IN tue
Goth year Of his age. He was the Iaen-
er of Hon. John ]. Hemphlli, heV; n
r, Hemphill and Mr.. Paul Hempni.l'
Mrs Jackson Guy, OF Richmono; MIS:
Arnold Borden. Of Goldsboro, N. ~
ond Mrs, 7 ]. Stringfellow, Of Chester,
are his surviving daughters.
Talberts Ambition.
washington special, to Augusta
Chronicle: T met on the train CON
eressman Talbert, of South Caronna'
who is one of the prominent ana Ve.e
ran members Of the house. he WIN hoe
offer for congress next time pecduse
he expects to be nominated TOT Cover
nor and, Of course, eiecteo. ne nS
heen in congress for ten years ana
leaves the field voluntarily, because ne
homes to crown a uniformly successiui
noIitical career with the CHIEF magls-
tracy of his state, and then spend the
balance of his life in peaceful ENJOY
ment as a private citizen, who has no
more ambition for public honor.
Redistricting Bills.
August Kohn in News and Courier:
Several redistricting bills are penolng
and the general impression IS tnar
something will be done relative 70
REIMBURSEMENT Of the districts. Ine
disposition is to let this subject alone,
but the feeling Of dissatisfaction Is so
great in some Of the districts that
something will have to be done II II DC
no more than to put counties as
whole in one district or announcer.
Richland county, Colleton, W1iians-
burg and other counties are so padly
divided that they do not know exactly
s:where they are at" 1t is urged that
Richland county would much prefer an
alliance with Orangeburg, Sumter,
Lexington and Clarendon counties, than
with Greenville, Spartanburg and Un-
ion counties. It is also stated that the
effort will be made to have Charleston
and Beaufort put in separate congress
ional districts. There will NOT De
much trouble to settle the whole mat
ter If the members only agree tnat
redistricting bill should be adopted.
Pension LeGislation.
August Kohn, in The News. and
Courier: The general assembly, at It's
last session, was liberal and public
spirited. This good feeling and gene
rosity was shown in many ways and In
numerous bills. It was the unmlstaka-
BILE intention of the general assembly
that the annual appropriation for Con,
federate pensions should be increased
to $l50,O0O. The supreme court OF the
state held that the lawmakers did not
carry into effect what was meant, and
so this year the pensioners received on
ly S1OO, 900. It Is likely that this defect
will be cured at this session. There
Is a we'll defined purpose to have Con-
federate Home established. The gen.
eral assembly is disposed to grant
whatever Is asked by the brave SOL
diers Of the Confederacy, and as the re-
quest will come through the United
Confederate Veterans, the measure Is
likely to be adopted. There is. how
ever, decided opposition to the plan, not
because Of any desire to deny the old
soldiers anything in the world, but be-
cause it is urged that more good can be
accomplished by letting the old soldiers
have their money and spend it at home
with their friends and kinsfolk.
Have We Any Senatorss
August Kohn, in The News and
Courier: The Tillman-McLaurin con-
tention Is certain to come up at this
session, and it will occasion more or
less amusement and may lead to Sc
rious complications. There will be a
resolution looking into the legal phase
OF the question. and the judiciary COM
mittee will be asked to settle whether
or not the state has any United States
senators. both Of them having resign
ed 1t will be remembered that Sena-
tor Tillman, Senator Hoar and others
take the position that Governor Nc
Sweeney had no legal right to refuse
to accept the designations, and that all
precedents are that where reSigna-
tion Is once sent to a governor it cam
not be recalled. The judiciary commit
tees, it is said, will be asked to look in
to this matter, and if they report in
line with the Tillman view then the
Joint assembly will be asked to elect
two United States senators to fill the
vacancies held to exist. If the thing
gees that far and the joint assembly
elects two United States senators, they
will then be given their credentials and
sent to Washington, and it will be for
the senate to pass upon the question as
to who should occupy the seats, and
whether those who sent their reSigna-
tions to the governor or those elected
by the general assembly are entitled
TO the seats. Inc general preSumptloN
is that Senator Tillman would have nc
difficulty in being reelected, and. OF
course. the idea is that the fight would
be made on Senator McLaurin. It may
all result in a fiasco. or it may bring
about a serious national issue.
Growing Columbia.
Colonel James T. Bacon, in the Edge.
field Chronicle: Columbia. our beauti-
full capital, Is full Of star points ir
these early days of the twentieth cen.
tury. Indeed, the evidences ant
achievements Of progress in Columbia
today are nothing less than phenome-
nal. Columbia's star points are many
and great. We mean such edifice:
as the reha bilitated state house, the
Olympia mill. the new city hall ant
opera house, the new union depot. the
new Stewards hall of the South Caro-
lima college. and many other lesser
points but bright ones still. We are
fond Of architecture, and we delight tt
detect architectural progress in oul
capital city. We do detect it there II
rich measure. Our two star points are
private palaces-yes. palaces is the
right word-the new residence Of
Mr.. Edwin w. Robertson, on Arse
nal hill. and that of MIR. George l.. Ba