Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-11-10
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

of Spartanburg county by an over
whelming majority. Up to Wednesday
at noon for;y-four of the seventy-two
boxes in the. county had been heard
from and they showed only 305 votes
for the dispensary with 1,777 against
it. Only two boxes in the county gave
majorities for the dispensary. At least
fourteen cast their entire vote against
II. There was no demonstration on
the part of the anti-dispensary people
on account Of their victory. The un-
derstanding is that there will be an ef-
fort to restrain the closing Of the dis
pensary; but 1t Is not thought that the
effort will amount to anything.
= Spartanburg special of Tuesday to
the News and Courier: The sales Of
land yesterday indicated that the peo-
pie put a high value on real estate.
Only farm lands were sold. They are
some distance from any of the towns
and no chance Of using them for any
thing except for farming. Forty-f1ve
acres, about four miles from the city,
brought 1886 an acre, and 1t was
bought by a farmer who had been a.
renter. An adjoining tract. 9S acres,
was sold for about S4S.50 an acre.
This also went to one who had been
a renter. tract in Glenn Springs
Township, 49 acres, was sold for
$3.50 an acre. A citizen said yes
terday that he had been offered
$50 an acre for a small tract of land
four miles from the city, which paid
him two bales of cotton rent. There
was about so acres of 1t and about
half not very good real estate, for 1t
had a tendency to run of in gullies.
t, xtAlyt I'm oh
investment. The sales are made to
farmers who want to cultivate them.
Columbia State, Wednesday: Gov.
Heyward is in receipt Of a letter
from the mayor of a town in a county
which has voted out the dispensary
which states a peculiar occurrence.
This county has no dispensary con-
stables and the mayor writes that he
will need nope-for the public senti-
ment of the people is such that they
will enforce the law through the reg
ular law officers. Recently the lead
ing merchantile firm in the town re-
ceiYed a consignment Of whiskey. AS
it was marked in the name OF the fFm
and did not have on the receptacle
card indicating that the stuff was for
personal use, the shipment was seized
on the spot. The mayor now writes
to the governor to inquire what to do,
Gov Hayward replied that he cannot
be the Judge Of the facts in the case
in a county from which he has re-
moved the constabulary. While the
package wss not marked for per 'on-
al use" it was clearly so intended end
it is probable that the owner will re-
ceive his liquor. The shipment was
ordered on the letter head Of the frm,
the letter having been written by a
bookkeeper and signed by the book
keeper, but without any intent to vto-
late the law, evidently. The ship
ment having come In the name Of the
firm instead of the president OF the
firm or the bookkeeper, the town au-
thorities felt that 1t was their duty to
make the seizure.
Columbia Record! 1t Ia thought that
the special committee appointed taI
look into the biennial session matter,
postponed from last session by the
legislature, will meet in few days.
So far as car be learned no meetings
have been held yet, unless they were
In the towns in which the special
members preside and the whole mat
ter has been gone over through COZ
respondence 1t will be recalled that
at the last session several legal OBJ
jCctions were raised on the proposition
to at once confirm the vote Of the people
On the constitutional amendment
and II was finally agreed to postpone
all action until the coming season and
let a special committee draw up q
plan for providing the necessary acts
and amendments that will have to be
introduced. The situation will be
rather peculiar should the committee
not be ready when the legislature
meets and majority in favor Of bien-
nial sessions idea will then be more
strongly developed. 1t is hardly
thought, however, that many OF the
members will fight the idea with
political year on as the majority in
favor of. biennial sessions was SO
strong that it would mean defeat at
the polls for those who opposed 1t.
The other legislative committees an.
nointed are preparing for one tlnat
session before the legislature meets,
Columbia special of Monday TO the
News and Courier The dispensary
investiga ing committee Is not lost.
1t is waiting. 1t is waiting for decls-
ion in the Farnum case and for Mr., j,
Fraser Lyon to get better. 1t was IN
tended and expected that there should
have been a conference here during
fair week at which a date was To nave
been agreed upon for the investigating
committee to resume its work. MI.
Iyon was sick. and the conference was
not held. The committee may not be
able to meet until some time in ne-
cember as the present prospect Is that
the Farnum and other dispensary cases
will not be heard until the latter part
of November. The committee wants
to know Before it reassembles exactly
what rights it has, and whether 1t can
compel the production of papers ana
the attendance of witnesses, in a nut
shell whether it has the right to pun
ish for contempt. Mr., Mordecat con-
tended that the committee has no Legal
right to send for papers or TO compel
witnesses to attend OF to TESTIFY as me
resolution was merely concurrent
resolution and did not have the force
and effect of a law not having been
read in both houses three times ana
such other things. The supreme court
was to have decided the question
month ago, but presumably on account
of the illness Of the chief justice there
was no special term Of the supreme
court, as had been promised IN the
early hearings before the chief Justice
1t is on this account that the lnVestl-
eating committee has sat by ana Kept
it's hands folded. 1t does not want 10
be caught in the predicament OF INSIST
ing that witness attend, ana theh
have the witness tell 1t to go TO the
other place as II Is conlelueu "t'iNSS
would have the right to do under a
concurrent resolution. 1t Is now the
i-tention of the committee to go ahead
with its investigation. and the inquiry
when 1t reopens will likely continue
for several weeks, and should there De
no further Inquiry because or the pos
sible adverse decision Of the supreme
court as to the rights Of the invesu-
eating committee, then the committee
will take some time to prepare its
report for the printers and to summar-
ize is suggestions and recommenda-
tions.
GAME LAW IN Observation-Disclosures
Warden Garrison is in the county
looking for violators Of the Mecklen-
burg bird law. To an observer re-
porter several days ago he stated that
he would exert himself 10 the utmost
to detect those who are shooting quail
out of season and would prosecute