Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-25
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

another, a misdemeanor. The idea is
to put stop to didn't know 1t was
loaded" accidents.
= Greenville, January %: Revenue
raiding officers returned to the city
late today from the Dark Corner and
| reported the biggest capture Of Illicit
plants In q year or more, five stills
having been cut up and over four thou
sand gallons of beer destroyed. AL
plants were In full operation, but the
owners succeeded in getting away. On
approaching Luther Durham's place
where the biggest still was found, the
officers found three young girls acting
as scouts and whose screams gave
warning of the officers approach
These girls were stationed on a bluff
commanding a view of the road and
furnished an experience never before
falling to the lot Of the raiders.
Chester special of January 81, to
liams, well known young farmer
shot and killed Becky Chisholm, col
ored domestic in the employ Of mis-
mother, last night at the Williams
homestead, five miles east of Chester
The verdict Of the coroner's jury was
accidental homicide, II appearing that
Williams fired the revolver, which he
thought had been unloaded and which
she had snapped three times at him
The 45-calibre bullet passed through
the arm and then entirely through
the body. The slayer was committed
to Jail, but will probably apply foI
bond tomorrow.
= Members Of both the majority
and minority Of the committee on the
asylum investigation have bills to car.
ry out their recommendations. One
bill provides for an election at the
general election next fall on the prop
usltlon 10 nave the state maze q
$1,000,000 bond issue with which to
erect TWO new asylums TOR the sepa-
rate care OF white and negro patients
The other provides for a commission
office to be selected by the governor
to get options for sites and plans fol
the new plants and report to the leg
islature convening year hence. Un.
der the constitution the bond issue
must have the vote Of two-thirds the
elected members Of the legislature
and its fate is extremely doubtful a
the minority's recommendation to re-
model the present plant has a strong
following in both houses.
Columbia, January %: The first
important engagement in the liquor
tlgnt IN the legislature begins in the
senate Thursday next, Senator Carlisle
having today gotten his statewide bill
substituted for the otis bill Of last
session, so as TO gain high place fol
1t on the calendar. He had 1t made
special order for next Thursday. The
senate today passed two out-of-t the
ordinary bills, one by Senator Sullivan
prohibiting minors from playing poo
q
prohibiting the manufacture or sale
OF any but safety matches. The bill
which has passed the house, getting
through last session, was amended SC
as to make IL effective q year hence
The senate killed the bill to abolish
the Confederate infirmary. Both
houses adjourned today to meet again
Monday night. The legislature goes
to Charleston for q visit to the Citadel
on the 26th and will make visit to
Clemson on the 28th.
= The ways and means committee
Of the house, says a Columbia letter
will probably turn in the appropria-
ton bill by the middle Of next week
which will be very considerable
achievement. This committee has
been working hard and faithfully
every legislative day from to OF
Z o'clock and the bill would be re-
ported earlier but for the trip to
Charleston. From all that can be
gathered from the leaks that came
through the keyhole Of the door, II
Is learned that the appropriation bud
get this year will be about the same
as last, possibly little smaller. There
will be several matters cut of from
the bill as passed last year, the item
for Winthrop's new dining hall and
other improvements, but to. match
these will be appropriations for the
Citadel, the rebuilding Of the negro
college, and other matters, which will
maintain the average. The state levy
will be the same, no provision being
made to get the state on cash basis
In this connection 1t is interesting tc
note the propositions that are being
made to get taxes equalized In the
state. There is the proposition Of the
comptroller general for the appoint
ment Of state commission to eQualize
the taxes, and several other bills in
the same line presented by members
Of the house Independently. It is the
very evident desire of the members OF
the legislature to get property in the
state equalized, the differences in taxes
are apparent to any one who gives q
little study, and the greatest difficulty
that assessors meet with Is in the feel
ing Of the taxpayer that everybody
except himself Is lodging taxes. The
comptroller general will urge the pub
licity feature Of the assessments, CIV
Ing q list Of the taxpayers in each
community with the property and
value that they return. He urges that
this will make every man a member
OF the board Of equalization. Something
will be done along this line IL the gen.
eral assembly has time to do 1t after
getting rid Of the liquor question.
Columbia special of January %
to the Anderson Daily Mail: The leg
islature now in session Is going to
have to face some sort Of good roads
legislation. Two matters that stand
out pre- eminently are highway COM
mission and a roadway engineer. First
toned that this legislature is not 60
ing to do anything that would antag-
onize the people at home for this is
the last session Of the body and they
must each one, that is those that will
stand for reelection, face the people
during the present summer and ask
for another term. So after all, any
legislation toward better highways in
South Carolina, will largely depend
upon the sentiment existing in the va
rious communities of the state with
reference to this proposition. There
Is no doubt that the general feeling Of
the people Of South Carolina is to-
wards good roads. The people have
talked better highways for the past
ten years, that is there has been an
organized movement in this direction.
Yet there has been little done in a
material way. Thousands Of dollars
have been spent on the roads in the
different counties and very few results
have been obtained. Skill is needed
in the construction of highway and
the highways Of South Carolina, with
few rare instances, have not been
constructed along skillful lines. This
brings the proposition down to the re-
cent action Of the South Carolina
Good Roads association in recon-
mending that a commission be ap-
pointed and also a roadway engineer.
A most excellent recommendation
made by that association was the four
year terms for supervisors. When