Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-12
Tuesday, June IL, 1906

been announced as favoring the Nor
gan bill and the evidences are that
there will be more such candidates,
and the pity will be IL such fair ana
square fight is not made in every coun-
ty in the state. The legislative, candi-
dates ought to come out fairly and
squarely on this issue and there ought
to be quite enough candidates In each
county to represent both sides of the
dispensary situation to give the voters
the chance of voting for candidates
representing their views.
- Charleston, June s: An important
opinion was rendered In the United
States district court today by which
liquor drummers will be compelled to
take out the license of a retailer. The
case came up in the trial Of M. Man
helm of Marion, who represented a
| Wilmington liquor house. Mannheim
solicited orders at and about Marion
Ind was arrested for selling liquor
without having paid the tax. The facts
OF the case were admitted, to the effect
that the orders were solicited and for
warded to the house and shipped di-
rect by the firm to the consignee. Ar
guments were made by the counsel,
and then Judge Brawley charged the
jury to return verdict of guilty, with
a recommendation Of mercy. The de-
cision will have much effect In the
conduct of the business, and IL Is eX-
pected that an appeal will be taken as
the liquor dealers will probably not be
content to let the decision stand. The
custom has been for the drummers to
operate without a license, the payment
OF the tax by their firm being suf-
fcient. The decision may put a stop
to liquor drumming in certain COM
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justify the cost Of the retailers tax
which each drummer will have to pay.
Mannheim was dispenser at Marion be-
| fore the dispensary there was closed
by vote of the people.
= Columbia special to the News and
Courier: President E. D. Smith Is In
the city recuperating from his recent
severe attack of illness. Mr.. Smiths
physicians insist that he must take ex-
ira care of himself. Mr.. Smith Is very
much interested In the fight that Con-
gresham Ellerbe Is making to have a
showdown made of the figures In the
possession of the Federal government
on the cotton crop. Mr.. Smith says
that the purpose is simply to make a
comparison OF the data. The South
Carolina association, he said, has had
men like McIver Williamson and J. e.
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Mr.. h. l.. Archer make up the crop
estimates in the various counties.
These estimates have been made in
this state by counties and in many In
stances as many as thousand cor
respondents have given the data for
a single county, and what the Southern
Cotton association wants TO do Is to
compare, county by county, the figures
of the government with those of the
cotton association and at the same
time compare the source of informa-
ton. Mr.. Smith thinks that the cot
ton association has correct figures for
this state, for instance, and that 1t Is
nearer correct To have given out the
report for this state that was announc-
ed by the association than was given
out by the department of agriculture.
He thinks that the crop area in this
state Is about the same as Ii was last
year and that 1t Is not per cent larger
than IL was last year, as reported by
the government.
- There was quite a snarl in the dis
lpensary investigating committee pro-
ceedings last Friday as the result Of
an incident that had not been regular
ly included in the programme. 1t seems
that during the evening before, Ste
nographer A M. Deal had invited De-
tective Klingenberg to the residence of
Mayor Earle to play whist. There
was some talk that night about the
dispensary, the subject having come
up In casual conversation as Ii Is LA
BILE to do in any home In the state just
at this time. Friday morning Mayor
Earle was on hand as a witness, hav-
ing been summoned in the meantime
to testify to certain rumors he had re-
feEred to as having heard. Mr.. Deal,
as soon as he realized the situation,
got mad through and through. He
denounced Mr.. Klingenberg as a sneak
and a spy, and dirty puppy, taking
advantage of social invitation to re-
port things that occurred in the pri-
vacy of a home, and which had no le-
gitimate relation to the investigation.
Mr.. Deal was called down by different
members OF the committee; but he
broke out again and again until he had
his say. Mr., Klingenberg sat smiling
through it all, not in the least worried
at what had occurred. Mr. Deal an
nounced that he preferred to call the
detective to account outside of the
committee room. Mr.. Lyon called Mr..
Deals attention to the fact that he,
Mr.. Deal, knew Mr.. Klingenbergs busi-
ness at the time the invitation was ex-
tended. The committee at length
grew tired OF the wrangle and decided
that there should be no more Of 1t.
The incident was then dropped so far
as the committee was concerned.
Says a GreenvilIe special to the
Columbia State: The Rev. Matthews
Fortner, formerly a Furman student, is
in trouble. Yesterday Chief Of Police
Becknell arrested him On the charge
of having deserted from the United
States navy. Fortner says he enlisted
in the navy with a view of making
some money to complete his education.
He found that naval service was diff
ferent from what he expected, and he
deserted from the old ship Lancaster,
where he had been assigned just three
months after his assignment. That
was in 1902. Since deserting, Fortner
returned to South Carolina and mar
ried Miss Eva James. Her home was
was in Gainesville at the time the
great cyclone destroyed the mill there,
and that his escape from injury at the
| hands Of the cyclone Influenced him to
become a Baptist preacher. The Bap-
tist church at Pleasant Grove, In upper
Pickens county, gave him his license
about a year ago. During the college
year just ended Mr.. Former has been
preaching to the operatives of the Nc
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ular charge, supplying two Sundays in
each month. Mr.. and Mrs. Fortner
and one child have been making their
home in the Monaghan mill village.
Il know had given my word to stay
in the navy" said Fortner, but / felt
that finding conditions as l did In the
service there was nothing better for
me than to leave 1t all. At one time
thought of writing to Governor Hey
ward and asking him to get me a dis
charge, If he could, but finally 1 de-
cided to keep on with my work and let
the Lords will be done. Here l am.
1t Is His will" Fortner will be taken,
probably, to Hampton Roads and there
turned over to. the ship Lancaster from
which he deserted. Mr.. ]. ]. Nc
Swain Of this city has been employed
to take Mr.. Fortners case, and Mr..
McSwain has secured very strong
statements from the faculty of Furman
university, and some of Mr.. Fortner's
college mates in regard to Mr.. Fort
ners character and worth. 1t Is Mr..
McSwain's wish that all Furman stu
dents who were in the university with
Mr.. Fortner send to Mr.. McSwain at
once any letter or statement they may
wish to make in Mr. Fortners behalf,
and that he will carry these letters and
statements with those he had already
secured to the naval department at
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