Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-15
Tuesday, May Is, 1905
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

The city of spartanburg has voted
$4,000 to be expended in granolithic
sidewalks.
Mr.. Joel E. Brunson of Sumter.
has announced himself as a prohibi-
ton candidate for governor.
What has heretofore been known
as the Savannah division of the South
ern railway. Is hereafter to be known
as the Columbia division.
Col John c. Haskell has announced
himself as a candidate for the senate
in Richland county. He will oppose
Mr.. F. H. Weston, and it is expected
that the race will be quite lively one.
- The plant and properties Of the
defunct Independent Oil company of
Darlington, of which Robert Keith
Dargan was president, were sold last
Thursday for 100000. Henry Buist
of Charleston, was the purchaser.
- The Columbia correspondent of
the News and Courier says: There
was an interesting sight near the un-
ion depot this morning, when, upon
the arrival of the Charleston train,
several wagons, arranged as picnic
wagons, were loaded with Germans,
Austrians, Scotch and French people,
the youngest being a baby in its moth
ers' arms and started Off to their new
home at Killians, in this county,
where they are to work in the plant Of
the Killian Fire Brick company.
The power house of the Anderson
Water, Light and Power company at
Portman Shoals. on Seneca river, In
Anderson county, was destroyed by
fire last Friday morning. The fire
originated under the switch board
and was caused by electricity. All of
the upper portion of the building,
which was of wood. was burned, and
the loss Is very heavy. Different An
derson plants that are operated by
electric power and which have no du-
plicate plants, are at standstill.
The sixth annual session of the
South Carolina Bankers association
met in Greenville last week, and after
carrying out quite an interesting pro-
gramme, including the reading Of a
number Of valuable papers on vari-
Gus subjects OF interest adjourned to
hold it's next meeting at some place
hereafter to be selected by the execu-
tive committe. The annual election
of officers resulted in the choice OF
w. j. Roddey of Rock Hill, president;
z. P. Grice OF Charleston, vice pres
ident and Giles L. Wilson Of Spartan
burg, secretary-treasurer.
Spartanburg, May IL: The case
against DR.. 1. E. Grimm. who was
charged with practicing medicine
without having license, was dismiss
ed this morning in Magistrate Kirby's
court warrant was sworn out some
time ago against DR.. Grimm, who Is
an optician in this city, by DIR. r. M.
Dorsey, acting for the Spartanburg
County Medical association. 1t was
charged that DR.. Grimm was violating
the state statutes in that he was doing
the business Of an oculist. The med
ical association pushed the case with
some vigor and offered several wit
nesses to prove that Dr. Grimm had
been engaged in the practice of medi-
cine without a license. After a short
argument by the attorneys In the case
Magistrate A. n. Kirby decided that
case had not been made out and the
case was dismissed.
- Columbia Record: The governor |
today decided to sign the firemen's aid
act. his action being predicated upon a
decision rendered today by the attor-
ney general to the effect that the uncon-
stitutionality OF the act was not so
striking as to warrant the governor
Withholding his signature. 1t is likely |
that the act will be fought in the
courts by the insurance companies with
great vigor. The opinion of the attor-
ney general intimates that the act
might be decided unconstitutional. The |
opinion says: 1T Is worthy to remark |
that the returns to the comptroller
general mentioned in section l of the |
act are not required to be made until
sixty days after December 3lst next, |
thus ample time viii be allowed for
such resort to the courts as persons
aggrieved by any alleged unconstitu-
tionality of the act may see fit to
make" The act requires insurance
companies to pay over 2 per cent of
their gross premiums to firemen's aid
fund in each of the towns maintaining
a we'll equipped fire department. The
act does not go into effect until Decem-
Der 31st. The act has been fought
with great vigor by the insurance in
terests, and there have been frequent
conferences and hearings about 1t be-
fore the governor The insurance peo-
pie say that If II cannot be knocked
out in the courts the rate will have to
be raised to meet its requirements.
Governor Glenn of North Carolina, has
written Governor Hayward in the in
terest of the act. saying 1t is mis- in
tention to urge the passage of SINH
lar law in North Carolina. So other
southern states are interested in the
outcome of the fight
Columbia special Of May IL, to the
News and Courier: There are evil
dences that the advocates of the dis
pensary will use every effort to have
but one candidate in the field for gov
ernor. Negotiations towards that end
are already in progress and the symp-
toms are that something will be done
along that line at the time of the state
convention, which is to be held here
next Wednesday. Senator Tillman
does not want division along the fir
ing line and hopes that the friends of
the dispensary will be able to centre
on one candidate. The best way, of
course. would be for but one such can
didate to come out, but whether this
can be done or not remains to be seen.
Senator Tillman makes it point not
to discriminate between friends and
those on the same platform. and will
not likely do so In the race this sum-