Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-28
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

philosophy in the South Carolina col
lege has rendered his resignation to
take effect at the close Of the present
session. @4 j
= Ex-Sepator John L. McLaurin has
sent out an emphatic denial OF q story
to the effect that he Is seeking q posi-
ton OIL the cotton commission, 1t Is
proposed to get congress to create, and
says he will not accept an appointment
on the commission. even IL 1t should
be offered to him.
Mr. E. d. Smith, president Of the
South Carolina Cotton association
made an address in Columbia last FRI
day night and secured pledges of con-
siderably more than $1,000 for the ben
eft Of the association. These promises
Of money came principally from fer
tilizer and cotton seed oil companies.
The Columbia Chamber OF Commerce
promised to try to raise at least $1,000.
Treasurer Hyatt says he wants not
less than $4,000 Immediately. a
= Columbia special to the News and
Courier: There was some talk of sew
eral counties holding special elections
under the present provision Of the
Brice bill, which allows an option be-
tween the dispensary and prohibition.
SHcIOAcc 10 lHuS IdT Lu6 Oflly
county that has voted out the dispen-
saries under the provisions of the
Brice bill, but 1t Is suggested that 9TH
er counties have such an election IN
view with or without the tax penalty.
Governor Hayward has not had the
occasion or the disposition to impose
the tax on Cherokee county, and this
may he q sufficient inducement to 9TH
er counties to go ahead with their
elections, having faith in the neces-
sary legislation being adopted In time.
Col. James Lawrence Orr died at
his home In Greenville last Sunday
night of erysipelas, after an illness Of
In Abbeville county in 1852, and was
graduated from the old Kings Noun
tain Military school at Yorkville. he
movement and won fame by the cour-
age and strength he put forth I'm
breaking open the doors Of the Mackey
house and leading the way for the
Democrats who afterward constituted
the Wallace house. He campaigned the
state for lieutenant governor against
Tillman, and after the election Of TILL
man returned to his cotton mill busi-
ness. He was an able, patriotic, broad
minded citizen, and leaves a record Of
which the state has right to be
proud.
- Columbia special of Feb. %: Al
though there remains but few days
longer In which to pay the franchise
tax provided for at the session Of the
legislature Of 1904, the comptroller
general Is receiving hundreds Of in
quiries on various points OF the law
and every mail contains letters from
correspondents and companies asking
for information as to the payment of
the tax. But few protests have been
made and practically all Of the rail-
roads and cotton mills and most Of the
banks have paid UP the tax, but there
are hundreds Of smaller companies
that have not made a return yet, and
on many Of these the penalty will fall.
1t was decided today that companies
organized this month were liable for
the tax. This will apply to the very
last day Of the month, but II Is hardly
probable that the penalty will be en-
forced on cases Of this kind.
- Edgefield has adopted this: "That
1t Is the sense Of the Edgefield Cotton
Growers association that In order to
insure absolute fairness and to facil-
itate and promote the furtherance OF
our pans to bring about a general re-
duction in the cotton area this year.
we recommend that all landowners
should allow their tenants who rent
land the option Of paying one-fourth
Of their rental In corn and fodder and
other crops, in lieu Of requiring an all
lint cotton rental, as has been the pre-
vailing rule heretofore In the county"
- Columbia special Of Feb. 25: The
South Carolina Cotton Growers asso-
citation will open an Office In the Ma
tional Loan and Exchange Bank build
ing next Wednesday. It Is planned by
the officers Of the association to have
a stenographer In the office during the
day and the officers will always be
either within call or in the office. The
office will be used as a distributing
point for literature Of interest to the
farmers and It Is expected that as soon
as the township chairmen communi-
cate with the state officers, giving the
names Of all who have signed the re-
duction pledge, a weekly bulletin will
be issued.
Lancaster special Of Feb. %. to the
Greenville News: Col Leroy Springs
of Lancaster, who was a member OF
the New Orleans convention commit
tee that called on President Roosevelt
this week to enlist his aid In the ef-
fort making to extend the cotton goods
trade Of the United States to foreign
countries, Is very hopeful Of good re-
suits from the committees visit to
Washington. Col. Springs says that
the president manifested much inter-
est In the plans Of the convention as
submitted to him by the committee,
and he Is confident that Mr.. Roosevelt
intends to do all In his power to help
advance the present movement to hnd
larger and better fields for the prod
ucts Of the cotton mills Of this country.
The colonel was also most favorably
impressed with Mr.. Roosevelt himself.
He has no doubt that the president Ia
sincere in his declarations Of friend
ship and good will toward the south.
He believes that Mr.. Roosevelt Is hon
estly endeavoring to promote the in
teresGs Of this section as well as all
others He says the chief trouble with
the president Is his views on the negro
question, but he thinks that In time he
will realize the error of his position on
that subject. Evidence Of such reali-
zation is already apparent, Colonel
Springs remarked, as shown by Mr..
Roosevelt's Lincoln speech. He Is con-
vinced that the president Is really at
heart a friend Of the southern people,
and before the end of his present ad-
ministration the fact will be fully dem
onstrated to the satisfaction Of even
the most sceptical.
-Gaffney special of Feb. "a, to the
News and Courier: Nick Dawkins OF
Asbury, was arrested last Saturday by
Deputy Marshal Hallman and carried
before Commissioner Bell, who bound
him over for selling whisky. Talley.
the negro barber, was arrested and
tried before his honor, Mayor CARNEY,
yesterday morning for selling whisky
and was fined $25. He was also bound
over to the United States court. This
Is Talley's second offence. He paid
the city $25 a few weeks ago. He Will
soon learn that he can't sell booze here
as he did before the dispensaTy was
voted out. Then there were consta-
bles TO hunt him up. Now he has TO
deal with the police authorities. who
can give the constabulary cards and
spades and beat them. There Is not
the evidence Of blind tiger now that the
dispensary Is gone that there was be-
fore the dispensary was voted out. Con-
ditions are very different now from
what they were before the state 8 great
moral institution was voted out. When
1t was here the streets were full or
drunken and staggering men, and the
highways leading from Carney were
actually dangerous to travel on pub
lie day. Now citizens come TO the
city, do their shopping In a decent Or
derly manner, and go home sober.