Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-31
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

was today attacked in the courts. The
Union says that 1t wishes protection
from the buyer, but does not want to
be in the attitude of imposing upon
the buyer. The ruling on the consti-
tutionality of the act has not yet been
made
- Spartanburg, May 2S: In an al
tercation between Tom Cannon and
E. B. Dean in the rear Of Rays pawn
shop, Cannon drew a pistol and fir
ed at Mr.. Dean. The ball went wide
OF Its mark. The police arrested both
parties under the charge Of disorder
derly conduct. They gave bond
promptly. The matter will be aired
In police court Monday morning. The
officers tonight could not find out any
thing concerning the nature of the
trouble. The shot was fired about l 0
O'Clock. and, being in the heart Of the
business section of the city, created a
great deal o. excitement. E. B. Dean
is a well-known livery stable man of
the city Cannon works at Ray & Co. IS
pawn shop.
- Columbia State, Friday: The fer
tilizer movement as shown by the tag
tax receipts will probably aggregate
$25O,OOO in receipts at the treasur-
er's office or about $4,000 more than
last years receipts on the basis of 25
cents per ton. The tag tax received
to date is $212,050.03. which is SAL
545.91 more than to the correspond
Ing date last year. The figures for
last year to March 20 were S170,5O4.-
II. The total for the last fiscal year
1909) in tag tax receipts was $2O2,-
741.31. From May 20, last year, to
the end Of the fiscal year the receipts
were, therefore. s32,237.1S. 1t is
probable that this years receipts
from now until the end of the fiscal
year Will equal if not exceed last
years receipts for the corresponding
period. BY adding last years receipts
after May it will be seen that this
years receipts will probably reach
the $25O,0O0 mark. AS the tag tax is
20 cents per ton the amount turned in
to the treasurer's office represents
nearly $4,000 tons. "In my opinion"
said ]. Frazer Lyon, who handled the
fertilizer tax in the office. of the state
treasurer, "the reason for the increase
in the fertilizer sales as shown by the
tag tax Is, that the farmer in South
Carolina is now using more fertilizer
for the small crops. that Is the grain
crops, corn and so forth. / have not
ed a general disposition to increase
the fertilizer used on the early fall
crops"
- Columbia, May 81. Bob Jones
will not leave the state penitentiary
before September Is, unless he is par
doned or paroled by Governor Ansel.
Capt. d. j. Griffith. the superinten-
dent of the penitentiary, has ruled
that Jones's sentence did not expire
until September. Bob Jones was con-
victed for the murder Of the three
Pressleys in Edgefield county, and has
been at the state penitentiary for over
twenty years. There is a rule at the |
penitentiary which allows a prisoner
one month off for each year during
good behavior. Jones was sentenced
to serve twenty-five years in the peni-
tentiary. The trial judge deducted
the four years from the sentence
which Jones spent in the Edgefield
county Jail during the trials and the
subsequent appeals to the supreme
court 1t was the contention Of Bob
Jones that he would leave the peni-
tentiary on May IS, and that the one
month that he Is entitled to because
Of good behavior would be deducted
from the four years spent in Edge
field Jail. Superintendent Griffith has
taken a different view Of the sltua-
ton and has concluded that one
month should not be deducted from
the Edgefield term. as Jones was not
at that time prisoner at the peni
tentiary. Bob Jones was disappoint-
ed when he found that he would not
leave the prison on May Is. Prepar-
ations had been made for his recep-
ton in Augusta. Upon leaving prison
he will settle near the little town of
Harlem, in Richmond county.
- Columbia State, Monday: Involv-
ing nearly $2,000,0 600 and Of equal in
terest to farmers, merchants, cotton
buyers and men engaged in all lines
Of business in South Carolina, is the
case which will probably be heard
during the week before Judge Devore
in the matter Of the cotton tare act
Of 1910. At the recent meeting Of the
American Cotton association held in
Charlotte, n. c., the matter came up
for discussion and ii was mentioned
there that the result Of the decision
of the South Carolina courts will be
awaited with interest The supreme
court justices recently refused to hear
the case and referred 1t to the circuit
court. 1t will eventually come up be-
fore the supreme court on appeal, 1t
Is thought The cotton tare act Of
1910 provides that six per cent shall
be deducted for tare on cotton. The
amount heretofore deducted has been
20 pounds, which Is the standard in
other states. Upon habeas corpus
proceedings, local cotton buyer hav-
ing been arrested technically, the case
comes before the courts. Cotton men
say that the loss to the farmers would
be nearly 100000 should the act
hold, because it would in the end be
the farmers who would lose the addi- |
tional tare in the lower price that |
might be paid in this state as other |
states have the, 20-pound rule. 1t is |
figured that the 10 pounds difference |
on q crop of 100000 bales at the |
price of Is cents would make this loss |
to be borne by those In this state who |
engage in the sale of cotton. The far |
mers vigorously pressed the bill. how
ever, before the general assembly.
- Columbia State, Saturday: The |
Master Builders association Of South |
Carolina was organized at a meeting
of IA contractors and contracting
firms held in Columbia Thursday At
the meeting a number Of matters Of
importance were discussed. 1t was
decided to hold the next meeting in
Columbia on July IA of this year. The
following officers of the association |
were elected: ]. J. Keller, Rock Hill, |
president: VIM. Otis. Columbia, vice
president. and 4. r. Hayward, CO.
lumbia, secretary and treasurer. The
TletllHS was Cdlltu W OIutI ny u. y.
Keller The motion was made that
members be enrolled. and the follow
ing answered to. the roll call; ]. ].
Keller & Co. Rock Hill; Jno. J. Cain,
Columbia; H. f. Longley. Florence;
johnson & Matthews Contracting
company. Florence: T. B. Haynes
worth, Florence; Palmetto Electric
Florence: B-O Electric
company, Columbia; Columbia Lum-
Der and Manufacturing company. Co.
lumbia: w. p. Tenant. Florence:
McClamrock Marble and Tile COM
pany Greensboro. y. c.: w. B. Gui-
marin & Co, Columbia: Ebaugh &
Ebaugh. Greenville: Gallivan Build
ing Company. Greenvlle; G.. G. Ray,
Charlotte, y. &. 1t was decided that
the officers. as elected, act as eXecu-
tive committee and finance commit
tee. or in any other capacity as may
be found necessary. until the next
of the association. The OBJ
ject of the association is to foster the
interests of those engaged in the con-
structiOn of buildings and other struc-