Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-12-11
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

james MOrrlSOn q logger dt 81"
mill near Dillon. was instantly killed
last Saturday by the bursting Of a
saw. His hand was cut off and his
chest was laid open. ...... ...... .
A negro named Joe Webster was
shot and killed in Gaffney last Sat
urday by the wife of another negro
name Pinck Estes. The shooting was
done with a single barrel shot gun.
Washington special to News and
Courier: According to the report OF
Assistant Postmaster General DeGraw,
who has charge of the rural free de-
livery mail service. at the close Of the
fiscal year, June 80. 1906, there were
in operation in South Carolina $50
routes and SO cases pending for the
Of this service through
out the state OF the existing routes
only four had a three times a week
service, and no routes were discontin-
ued during the fiscal year. There
were 81 new routes established during
this period and 121 cases were refer
red to agents for investigation as to
the desirability Of and necessity for
Being established.
Columbia special of Saturday, to
Augusta Chronicle: An interesting
civil suit involving a clash between
two local financial cliques, the one
headed by President w. A. Clark Of
the Carolina bank, and the other led
by President f. w. Robertson Of the
National Lean and Exchange bank.
came to a pause today after being on
trial over a week and after the jury
had been out all night and half Of to-
day. The plaintiffs were Messrs. W.
A. Clark. w. II. Lyles and w. G..
Childs, part of a syndicate which con-
trolls a large block Of preferred stock
In the street car company at the time
II was sold to the Robertson coterie
and the defendant was the Columbia
Trust company, controlled by the Rob-
ertson crowd and through which the
street car outfit was purchased. The
plaintiffs sued for $4,000, which they
claimed was promised them as guar
antee of deferred dividends on an is
sue of 500, 900, $4,000 OF which the
syndicate controlled. The trust COM
pany gained a majority in another
way, and afterward bought the syn
dicate stock at the price then being
paid for such stock. There was lots
Of talk about secret agreement about
the $4,000, and much bitterness en-
gendered, the lawyers taking turns at
roasting" each others clients. The
jury brought in verdict today Of $2,-
1851. The fight Is to be kept up.
Columbia Record, Saturday: Comp
troller General Jones has received a
letter from Auditor Burriss Of Ander-
son county, saying that Senator Lati-
mer, in spite of repeated invitations.
refuses to pay any income tax. Audi
tor Burriss Incloses a letter that he
received from Senator Latimer. Mr..
Latimer takes the position that the
state cannot tax his salary as United
States senator and says that he and
Senator Tillman have consulted law
yers, who have advised them to this
effect Mr.. Latimer also says that his
income, exclusive Of his salary as SEN
ator. does not amount to $4,000 year.
So far the only South Carolina con-
gressmen who had made returns for
the income tax are: Messrs. Aiken and
Johnstone, though both may have
considerable incomes outside Of their
salaries. The late Attorney General
Youmans decided, in the case Of Dis
trict Attorney Capers, that Federal
office holders are not liable to the
state income taxon their salaries from
the Federal government. Assistant
Attorney General Ray has also made a
similar decision in regard to the con-
gressmen. The idea seems to be that
the state cannot tax the incomes paid
by the Federal government to Its office
holders, and on the other hand the
Federal government cannot tax the
incomes of state offices, though each
may tax the incomes Of Its own Of
ficials. There are other good lawyers,
however, who hold to different opin-
ion, and say that the state can tax the
incomes of all citizens Of the state,
regardless of the source Of the In
comes. It is likely that a test case
will be made to settle the matter,
probably with the case Of Senator
Latimer. .
- Columbia correspondence Of the
News and Courier: When Governor
Heyward returns from his visit to his
Colleton plantation this week an ap-
pointment of the successor to Attor-
ney General Youmans will likely be
announced. The position as assistant
attorney general is not an office under
the. law, and there Is now no attorney
general Mr.. j. Fraser Lyon, who has
been in the west for some weeks, but
was expected to return to his home In
Abbeville yesterday. The term for
which Attorney General Gunter was
elected, which Mr.. Youmans was fill
ing; does not expire until next month,
and 1t will be necessary for an attor-
ney general to be appointed by the
governor to fill out that unexpired
term. The annual report Of the office
Is yet to be written and sent to the
legislature, and Mr.. Lyon had request
ed Mr.. Youmans to make the appoint
ments for the engrossing department,
for which there are any number Of ap-
plications. These applications are
doubtless most Of all interested In the
selection of the attorney general. 1t
is presumed that Mr.. Lyon has been
west on business connected with the
work of the investigating committee,
but he left without telling the public
his plans, and it is not at all impos-
sible that he was on personal business.
1t was understood that the commit
tee would hold another and final meet
ing this month to wind up its work