Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-23
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

The stockholders Of Pacolet mill
met at Spartanburg last Monday and
agreed to increase the capital stock
of the mill from $2,000,000 to $3,-
100000 by issuing $1,000,000 addi-
tional preferred stock. The additional
stock will be offered pro rata to the
present stock, and IL the stockholders
the directors have the right to sell the
stock at par. The meeting yesterday
afternoon was representative Of The
stockholders, as more than two-thirds
Of them were present. Among the
out-of-town mill men present were s.
M. Miliken and Harold Hatch, Of New
York, and Mr.. Warning, Of Baltimore.
Columbia Record: An important
and interesting decision handed down
in the supreme court today was that
in the case Of Lizzie Croft, as admin
istratrix Of the estate Of her illegiti-
mate son, Arthur Altee, against the
Southern Cotton OIL company, suit
for $4,000 for the killing Of the boy
while at work for the company. In
the circuit court Judge Gage abrupt
ly threw the case out of court on the
ground that the act Of 1906, ito pro-
vide for an illegitimate child to In
herit from its mother and the mother
from her illegitimate child" was un-
constitutional because part Of 1t did
not conform to the title as required
by the constitution. The supreme
court in a unanimous decision declares
the act constitutional, finding that
the body Of the act does conform to
the title, and reversing Judge Gage,
remands the case to the lower court
for trial. Under previous cases the
court had been holding that an illegtt-
innate child's parent or parents could
not recover for his death even when
caused by the negligence Of a corpor-
alton. The plaintiff is negro.
- Washington, July 20: E. ]. Wat
son, commissioner Of agriculture and
industry of South Carolina, present
ed to President Taft today a copy Of
the resolutions adopted by the State
Farmers Union Of South Care lima
and later by the National Farilrrs'
Union in session at Atlanta, asking
for the appointment by the govern
ment Of a special agent, thoroughly
versed in the cotton industry from
beginning to end, to go abroad and
secure ali the data possible that will
be Of interest and benefit to the cotton
industry in this country. The presf-
dent was told that in the last meeting,
special missions have been directed to
securing information abroad, more for
the benefit Of the manufacturers than
the producers. The special man now
asked for Is to report largely with the
view Of the producers in mind. The
resolutions state that the producers
are trying to better the present crude
system of marketing cotton and that
skilled man travelling abroad can
secure valuable information. The
president will give the matter his
prompt attention. Commissioner Wat
son is also working upon the depart
ment of agriculture in order to secure
a live stock expert to be stationed In
South Carolina r." the bureau of ami
NAL industry and to ask for the es-
tablishment of a tobacco experiment
station in the Peedee country Of South
Carolina.
Columbia State, Thursday: The
farmers of the state are looking for
ward to very successful meeting
here next week Of the State Farmers
Union. The meeting will begin on the
2Sth and will continue for three days.
Several prominent speakers have been
secured for the occasion. One OF the
matters to be taken up is that OF H.
nancing the cotton crop. This matter
was discussed at the last meeting or
the Union and is one Of vital import,
ance to the farmers Of this state. and
the south generally. In South Carolina
the Mississippi plan of warehousing
has been adopted. An address to the
Union will be delivered Thursday night,
July 29, by President Hightower OF
the Mississippi division on "Co-opera.
tive Warehousing and Financing or
Cotton" Mr. Hightower is well up
on this subject, having mad considera-
BILE experience. Those who nave
heard him speak say that he makes
fne talk-an address from a farmer to
farmers. The first session Of the Un-
| IN will be held in the hall OF the mousse
of representatives on the night or the