Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-07
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

oldu VI Tie 0hutcs
died in the Columbia hospital last
Sunday night. aged % years Mr.. Ba-
cot had been sufferer from tuber-
culosis for a number Of years; but his
death was rather sudden and unex-
pected, being caused from uraemic
poisoning.
= Columbia State: The farmers Of
South Carolina have used about &C, 900
more tons Of fertilizer this year than
last. It does not mean that more fer
tilizer has been used for cotton, but
that more has been used for corn and
trucking and that there has been more
intelligent application, according to
estimates made. About $4,000 more
tons of cottonseed meal were used. The
total amount of fertilizer privilege tax
received according to the books In the
state treasurer's Office to December 8,
is $194,144.16. These figures are for
fertilizer and cottonseed meal. The
total amount received to December 6,
1908, was $168,32226. This shows an
increase in the inspection tax Of over
$25.000 to the present date as compar-
ed with 1908.
- Aiken special of December to
News and Courier. What Is believed
to be the only white partridge ever
seen anywhere hereabouts was killed
this week by Mr.. Louie Mills, near
Montmorenci No one here has ever
heard Of a white partridge anywhere,
but that this is genuine specimen
there is no doubt whatever. The Pc
culiar bird was killed from a covey
Of some twenty ordinary partridges.
1t has but one feather that at all re-
sembles partridge feathers. This Is
on one wing. Otherwise, excepting
two or three black feathers It Is snow
white. The white partridge had been
seen several times by hunters around
Montmorenci, but none could get q
shot at 1t, until one day this week
Mr.. Mills saw the white one in the
large covey and, CHANGING to have his
gun, killed the bird.
= Columbia correspondence of the
News and Courier: The unusual
case Of Rhodes against the CRANKY
Mills resulted In verdict Of $4,000
in favor Of the plaintiff, o. M.
Rhodes. The amount sued for was
$4,000. The case has been running
In the Richland court several days.
and has attracted much attention
known as the "blacklist'' case. The
plaintif claims that he was put on
the blacklist following strike in
1907. Mr.. William Henry Parker, Of
Charleston, was an attorney for the
defendant company. Should the su-
prelne court uphold the verdict OF the
lower court the case will perhaps be
an epoch-maker In jurisprudence In
the south, this being the first case Of
its kind In the south 80 Ear as Is known.
The plaintin claims that after his
name was posted as q striker and as
such furnished to other corporations,
he applied for work at another mill
and could not obtain employment.
in giving names Of strikers and that
he himself was injured thereby. The
mills claimed that II any action COM
planned Of In the case were done II
was purely to protect its interests.
Judge Memminger made an admirable
charge to the jury, setting forth the
fine legal points involved In the case,
which reached the jury late this az
ternoon, verdict being returned in
about two hours.
- Columbia, December g.: A score
or more of the manufacturing COM
panies Of the state are about to get
into trouble on the criminal side OF
the court for refusing or neelecting
to comply with Sections 3 and of
the new factory inspection law, which
u
not later than DecembeSS6, to the de-
partment OF labor. These reports
must contain information filled in
according to blanks forwarded by
the commission month ago, as to
name or person., parternership or
corporation: kinds OF goods manu-
factured or business done; number
OF partners or stockholders; capital
invested. average number Of persons
employed. DISTINGUISHING as to sex,
total wages, not including salaries OF
managers, paid during the year, dis
tinguished as to sex, adults and chill
dren under 16 years old" The sche-
dulles Of practically all the cotton
mills In the state are now In. but
about a third of the other manufac-
turers of the state have not been
heard from although they have been
sent blanks for reporting on, and
Commissioner Watson said today
that II these reports are not In within
the next few days he would issue q
notification to all Of the delinquer1ts
that unless he got their reports at
to the solicitors and have them pro-
|ceeded against in the criminal courts.
An announcement that will be of
widespread interest to all Sunday
school workers In South Carolina, says
a Union letter, is that Mr.. W. c. Pearce,
superintendent Of the international
work, who 80 charmed all the dele
gates and visitors who heard his adj
dresses at the state convention here In
April, 1908, Is to be one OF the principal
speakers at the state convention to be
held in Rock Hill on February 16, 16
and II. Mr.. Pearce has for q long
time held the affection Of all Sunday
school workers Of the Palmetto state
and this will make the fourth state
convention he has attended and attests
in the highest degree the executive
BILE services he renders. Another
prominent Sunday school worker who
will attend the Rock Hill convention
will be w. B. Jacobs, a man loved and
revered all over the civilized world, be-
cause Of the splendid work he did for
the Sunday school movement in pro-
noting the International uniform Sum
day school lesson system, by which sys-
tenn all people and tongues study the
same Sunday school lessons at the
same time. Mr.. Jacobs, who Is to be
secretary Of the Illinois Sunday School
association, which position he has held
for more than a quarter Of century.
The special work at the approaching
convention will be the conducting OF
conference with the state, county and
township officials to show them how
to get the best results in their work.
General Secretary Way today an
nounces that he hopes to have q COM
plete programme for the state conven-
ton ready by December !, and thinks
that II will be one Of the best that has
ever been presented at any Sunday
school gathering in South Carolina and
certainly he is endeavoring to make 1t
such.
Spartanburg Herald, Sunday: The
constitutionality Of the act granting
the right to condemn for right OF
way was argued before Judge DeVore
in civil court yesterday in the case
Of the Southern Power company VS..
L. p Walker, A. l. and T. ]. White,
S. 8. Wood and Mrs. VIM. Choice. The
plaintiff was represented by ]. q.
Evans, Nichols & Nichols and Messrs
Osborne, Lucas and Coke Of Char
lotte. The defendants were represent
ed by s. ]. Simpson and ]. w. Nash.
The contention Of the defendants Is
that under the New Jersey charter
held by the Southern Power company