Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-14
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

3 SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
1t is reported THAI a $2,000.o0O
syndicate has been organized to con-
struct power plant on the Wate-ee
river. seven miles from Camden.
- Columbia Record: There Is a, va
cancy as Indian agent for the Cataw-
ba Indians. Some time ago Mr.. ]. NJ
Simpson was appointed to this POSI-
ton, but 1t was afterwards ascertain
ed that he was rural letter carrier
and under the laws Of this state could
not hold down the two jobs. Another
appointment will be made under the
re ecommendation of the delegation
from York county.
- Columbia Record: The recent suit
brought by F. NJ. Nixon for commits
sion on the sales of whisky at the dis-
pensary. has been settled. This was q
suit for about 1865 for salary for one
month and commission on. sales at
the dispensary, against J. W. Kelly. O
liquor concern at Chattanooga, Tenn,
The suit was settled through the
plaintiffs attorneys, Messrs. Bellinger
and Townsend, and the suit will be
withdrawn from the courts .,..g. [.
- Both of the safe blowers who were
shot near Wadesboro, N. c., last week
have been identified, one as Con Shor-
ty, and the other as Charles O'Day.
Shorty had given his name as John
Fisher, and O'Day had given his as
Bun Robinson. r. r. Ray OF Nc
Adenville, N. c., has Identified Fisher,
or Shorty, as one of the men sEho, was
seen proving around .NcAdenyille on
the day previous to the recent blowing
of the mill safe. Postofice Inspector
Bulla has identified both Of the men
positively. He knows them Of old
Shorty especially Is notorious and Is
wanted in many places, 1t. Is not
thought that ODay can recover
Fisher, however, Is getting along nice
ly, and will be taken to Lancaster for
trial as soon as he can lie moved.
The attorney general rendered four
important opinions last Tuesday,
three Of them In answer to queries
from the railroad commission. In
one Of these three he. declares that
the railroads may not be compelled
to run Sunday trains, several towns
desiring additional Sunday train ac-
commodations. In the other he de-
cides that holding trains. an ,unreass
enable length of time, as the COM
mission claimed was the case fol-
lowing the wreck at Baydham, was o
matter to be determined by q jury,
intimating that this question would
be best solved In q suit by the pas
sengers damaged. In tho third he de-
phone company, which acquired the
South Carolina long distance concern,
has a clear right to make charges
for messages from HarGsville to So
ciety Hill, Florence and Bennettsville.
although the defunct concern never
made any charges for this. The
fourth opinion deals with the right
of school trustees to expend school
money In hauling school children to
school where q number Of the schools
have been combined under the much
talked Of cooperative scheme.
Spartanburg Journal, Wednesday:
The beer dispensary question was be-
fore the state board In Columbia yes
terday. The matter was presented TO
the board first by Mr.. Evans, In addi-.
ton to other irregularities which he
mentioned, he declared that he had
been told that there is place In Co
lumbia where beer Is sold, q pool
room conducted, and gambling per-
mitted-all under the management or
one man, and this Is forbidden In
section 6 of the law. Mr.. Evans
stated that the friends OF the dis.
pensary law had at first advocated
the beer dispensary as a means Of
curtailing the sale Of more fiery
liquors, but his observation Is that
the sale Of beer increa ses the sale
of whisky also. Mr.. Bellinger last
night stated that the state board,
should, in constituting the law literal
ly, require that beer dispensers order
and receive all supplies from the
that. they pay all
money received just as other dis
pensers do; that they be put on
salary instead of paying the state q
royalty, and that they be ordered not
to permit the drinking Of beer on the
premises. In regard to this latter
point he stated before the state board
yesterday that ION the premises
means the place of sale, and 1t Is
obviously violation of law for one
to sit at a table and drink bottle
Of beer and pay the attendant at the
very place where he was sitting. The
place of sale is the place where the
stuff must not be consumed. II. II.
Evans, chairman Of the board, thank
ed the visitors for the information
which they had given, but declared
that In matter or sucn grave Hi
port as this, where the whole con-
duct Of a system Is to be revised, he
would be unwilling to proceed on ex
parte statements without hearing
from both sides and he would not
care to act in the matter right away.
He declared that the state board as
now constituted found this system
in operation, has not granted a privi-
lege for bottling beer, and has not
taken the old permits away pending
the receipt of evidence to show that
such action would be right, proper,
and In the interests Of the system.