Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-23
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1909
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

awaiting a third reading in the senate:
Section 1. That whoever publishes. or
causes to be published the name of any
woman, maid or woman-child, upon
whom the crime of rape or an assault
with intent to ravish, has been COM
nitted or alleged to have been COM
mltted, in this state in any newspaper
magazine, or other publication, snali
be deemed guilty Of a misdemeahor'
and upon conviction thereon shal oe
punished by a fine Of not more tnan
one thousand dollars, or imprisonment
of not more than three years: fro.
yided, the provisions Of this act shaii
not apply to publications made py or
der of court.
News and Courier: According 10
railroad officials, the fertilizer move e.
ment is very active and heavy t,e the
season, and 1t Is expected tnal 'us ,s
shipments will be fully as large as, -
NOT larger than, those OF iast yea =
This prospect is especially lnterestihs, 3:
as it was thought at the peginnIisS or
the present season that tne lnrs,o
trade in this territory would unoetso
decided slump. The season pegah
rotber later than Is usually the case,
and altopether the outlook was liol
,,ary encouraging. The fertilizer peo-
,,Ia &c well as the carriers have, now
- been very agreeably surprised III
thSs resnect. Last years output was
considered as being just snort VI . .
record-breaker, and the fact that tiiiS
seasons orders are expected 10: equh S.h
those of the past year Is sts Tina
satisfaction. Tne Atian.io 80, heavy
officials especially, report very neSs >
fart;Iizer business recently. Durlhs
Er,dav and Saturday between hve anu
IT, hundred cars Of fertilizer were
sbinned TO all points of South CaroIina'
Nnrtb Carolina, Georgia and AlapaHla
hv this railroad, and, 1t Is stateu ola. .s
tSe indications are that as many "a 80
will he handled daily for some tiliie ~ ~
come. Each car has a capscy re
occurring ON hauling between zU,Voo anu u
o6 Soo cars out Of this city by the emo
oS the season, about the beginning oI
next summer.
-Iaurens special Of February IL, 10 10
tbe columbia State: In the court III u
General sessions which convenes here
On ths 6 cond Monday in Marcn WIN
he tried a case which will douptless
nroye one of the most sensational ever
heard in Laurens. Young Wade Co.ho =
ran Pinson will be arraigned l9r tne
killing of his friend, ThornWeii boyce,
ON the morning of November VI at,, iaS.
wear. while the two, togetner Will WIZ,
Miss Mary Brown, were on the way Ia,
tnsa Srom marty in the Cross Hill
neighborhood of the county. Botn Bi
vonng men were citizens OF cross M Mhhi
and were the best of friends; both are
- axceIlent families with wide connec-
tions Miss Brown is likewise Oh
good family, and stands promlnenty
in the social affairs Of the community y,
She was the only eyewitness TO tne
killing and her testimony VIII arseay By
erect the verdict. 1t is recalled tl tlat
the three young people were en- route
home from a party, in buggy when
poyce was shot by Pinson, VINO does
NOT deny the act but claims an acci-
den, Boyce was sitting on Plnson 5
Ian who got out his pistol to 'shoot
and scare Miss Brown" as told py Pm
sons father Immediately a1ter tne
shooting, to this correspondent. hom
ever, at the coroner's inquest MISS
Brown testified that Pinson was under
the infuence of whisky and was be-
having in a rude manner all the Jour
nev home: and that he pulled out MS
nistol and said, Il am going to snoot
like hell" The law firm OF cannon q
Blackwell has been retained 10 aeienu
Pinson, while Attorney W. X. Rlcney'
Sr.. will assist Solicitor Cooper IN the
prosecution. Judge Geo. E: Prince Oh
Anderson, will be the presiding 1uose
at the trial
Columbia State, February 20: Inc
whisky situation in the senate mas
witnIn the past few days taken into lts
told a referendum that is somewhat
nf q
nroposition. Although it Is generally
admitted that the local optionlsts nave
a majority in the upper prancn Oh the
legislature, the proposed amenuilehl
to the prohibition measure comes Ito Itolii
the local optionists OF the senate
There has, however, been no caucus
but merely an understanding on poth
sides that the matter would De accept-
aple to a majority Of the senators.
rnere has not even been a real caucus
among the local optionists, but the
matter has been discussed by seVerai
of them and the proposed plan seems
to meet with general favor. Inc
amendment which will be proposed Is
10 the following effect: Pass the pro-
hibition bill for statewide prohibltlon
to take effect July l, 1909. Then on
August /, 1909, let the counties now
wet hold special elections Tor OF
AGAINST WHISKY. IL lIC SSuA4StSSb ~
one of the counties, should vote PROM
bition, then let the county dispenSary
he closed. If the counties, or any one
or more of them, should vote for Whls-
XIV, then let the county dispensaries re-
main as they now are, or IN as many
of the counties now wet as may vote
TO retain them. This would give state
wide prohibition, practically, from July
l to August l, being somewhat OF the
Xtvht
between the state dispensary and the
county dispensary system when the
latter was put into force. peculiar
circumstance would arise in the event
of the passage of this bill with the
amendment as proposed. Some THINK
that this would practically do away
with the Carey Cothran act. In such
a case there would have to be some
provision made for enforcement of the
law. With this end in view, Senator
Christensen, after having conferred
with local option men and those in
terested, will offer an amendment which
will practically be the same as the pro-
vision now in the Carey-Cothran act
as to enforcement of the law. That
is TO say, whether there will be state
wide prohibition or not, there Will nave
to be some enforcement OF the law
AS matters now stand, the Carey-Coth-
ran act provides lndl tlle CouillS oli
GERS shall look into this part of the
whisky traffic with appeal to the gov
ernor in certain matters. Whether the
referendum referred to above would
result in several counties going dry, OF
would result in all the counties now
wet" retaining the county dispensa-
ries, this amendment as to enforce
ment would be necessary. Senator
Christensen has looked into the matter
and will offer the proper amendment
when the bill comes up for considera-
ton. 1t will be recalled that at the
beginning of the session it was stated
that there would be four prohibition
bills, as follows: To provide for state
wide prohibition: to provide for the
closing of the various county dispen-
saries: to license liquor drummers; tc
provide for the enforcement of the law
The last measure mentioned has new
er been presented as a separate bill
The license for liquor drummers
passed the senate with the amendment
making it unlawful for liquor drum.
mers to do business here at all. There
is not much doubt that the propo-