Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-14
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

News: Although the voting by various
counties on prohibition Is some months
distant, there is considerable specula-
tion on the result Of the ballot. AS Is
generally known, the legislature, at lts
last session, passed what Is known as
the compromise prohibition measure
that Is, 1t was provided that on the
first Tuesday in August the dispense
ries shall be closed for two weeks, the
election being held on the third Tues
day in August. In those counties
where II Is decided to retain the dis
pensaries they shall be reopened as
soon as the county election commits
sioners declare the result Of the vote.
Under the law only the qualified elec-
tors are allowed to vote, that being the
same provision as in the original Brtce
law. which resulted in one-half OF the
counties of the state voting out the dis
pensaries. In the twenty-one counties
now retaining the dispensary there Is
now active work on both sides, and In
a number of these the voting Will be
very close. In others 1t Is conceded that
there will be no change, and In others
1t Is generally believed that the dispen-
saries will be voted out by large ma
iority. Until the result Of this election
is known it is hardly probable that
there will be any announcement Tor
governor.
Columbia, May IL: Active prepara-
tions are being made by the South Car
olina division United Confederate vet
erans for the annual reunion to be held
in Chester June 1924. A very large
attendance is expected and the hospi-
table people Of Chester expect to turn
over the city to the visitors for two
days. The division this year Will have
to elect a commander to succeed the
late General Thos. w. Carwile, who
died very suddenly few months ago.
At present Brigadier General Zimmer-
man Davis of Charleston, Is acting
commander, and 1t Is probable that ne
will be elected to that position. Col
onel U. R. Brooks Of this city, Is acting
commander Of the first brigade, and
should General Davis be made the COM
mander Of the South Carolina division,
Colonel Brooks will succeed him In the
position he is now temporarily filling.
General Davis has appointed as divis-
ion sponsor Miss Mary Patterson OF
Chester, and she has appointed as her
maids of honor Misses Margaret Childs
of Columbia, and Nan Walker Of Barn
well. Colonel Brooks has appointed as
sponsor for the brigade, Miss Grace
Lumpkin Of Columbia, and she has
named as her maid Of honor Miss
Nell Brooks, also Of this city. The va
rious camps are at present selecting
their official delegates, but in addition
to these, there will be a large number
Of veterans who will go to take part In
the exercises.
Columbia special Of May 13, to the
News and Courier: Much interest Is
felt by South Carolina Presbyterians
in the coming forty-ninth general as
sembly Of the church, which convenes
In the First church, Savannah, on the
goth, with the Rev. Dr. w. w. Moore as
moderator as this state has an appeal
case Of general interest and importance
before the assembly-that Of the Rev.
M. B. Grier Of the Due West section,
serving as missionary to China, for
baptizing and receiving into the church
a polygamist. So far as the case itself
Is concerned, the appeal Is Of purely
friendly kind, in the nature OF test
case, and there Is no bitterness con-
cerned with 1t. But the questions in
volved have been discussed and argued
throughout the country for several
years, by members of other denomina-
tions as well as Presbyterians, and
these are of great practical interest, es-
pecially to the whole foreign mission
gamist who had three wives who had
been incurring expenses for him for
some twenty years, and some interest
ing side questions have arisen as to
what attitude the church should as
sumo toward him and them and what
disposition he should make Of the
wives. The South Carolina presbytery,
following the on-committal attitude
of former assemblies, which left these
matters to the discretion Of the mis-
sionaries themselves, decided not to go
into the case. 1t then went to the South
Carolina synod on appeal This body
sustained the action Of the presbytery,
and now 1t Is desired to get the case
before the assembly in such shape as
to force that body, the highest court
in the church, to definitely outline just
how far a missionary may go and ex-
actly where he shall stop. The mis-
sionaries argue that the churches had
best be satisfied with making these
heather Christians, and that 1t will not
do to draw fine distinctions. The case
Is being appealed by the Rev. W. II.
Mills Of Clemson, while the synod will
be represented by Rev. ]. H. Holiday
Of Winnsboro.