Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-09
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

BleulnDnt To charleston are TOO nlgn,
many cotton mills filed petition with
the railroad commission Monday af-
ternoon. praying that body to reduce
the rates on cotton piece goods from
Greenville. Spartanburg and Columbia
and other shipping points. The petit
tion set forth that the rate on these
goods from Greenvlle is now 30 cents,
from Spartanburg % cents. and from
Columbia IS cents a hundred The
mills ask for a reduction to 90 cents
from the upcountry and l6 cents from
Columbia. With these rates as a
basis, the mills hope to secure uni
form rates from other points in the
state.
-Ashevlle special Of September I. to
Charlotte Observer: James II. Till
man, former Lieutenant Governor of
South Carolina and the slayer of Mr..
n. G.. Gonzales, the former editor of
The Columbia State, was brought to
Ashevile this morning from Edgefield
5. c., in a serious condition. In fact
it is said that Tillman is suffering from
that dreaded disease. tuberculosis;
that he spent some months in the west
in search of health: that he returned
to his home in South Carolina and
growing worse was brought to Ashe-
vile this morning in the hope that the
climate of this section would be bene-
fetal. He was taken from the train
this morning on Stretcher and while
realizing that he was a dangerously
i'll man he nevertheless maintains his
nerve.
- Union, September 6: Mr.. S. S.
Waldrop, a we'll known operative Of
the Union Buffalo mills, committed
suicide Sunday morning by drinking
laudanum and died shortly afterwards.
Mr.. Waldrop has always been cOnsid-
cred an upright honorable man, and
was prominent member Of the Sec
Ond Baptist church at West End. He
was about 46 years DID, and is sur
vived by a wife and several children.
He left letters to his wife and son, eX-
planning the reason for his death, say
ing he had betrayed the confidence of
his family and friends and could not
face them again. The funeral services
were held this afternoon in the Second
Baptist church by his pastor, Rev. Mr..
Anderson, and his remains were laid
to rest in the city cemetery.
Spartanburg special of September
I, to Columbia State: Spartanburg Is
the headquarters of the state cam
paign for the next few days. This is
indicated by the arrival here today of
McDuffie Hampton and Jas. Cansler,
candidates for railroad commissioner:
Col. w. w. Moore, candidate for ad-
jutant and inspector general, and the
announcement that Cole l.. Blease will
be here tomorrow. That this county
is going to be the battle ground seems
certain. There is a lot of quiet work
being done here for Mr.. Blease, while
the Featherstone people are talking in
the open. There is the impression
that they are not worrying. The gu
brrnatorial race is the absorbing topic
That the prohibition question is elm
mated and the issue is between men
Is the general opinion.
Lancaster, September 6: Jim
Shields and Buster Craig, two unfor-
tunate negroes, lost their lives today
by foul air i'm a well on S. p. Grimm
gers place, two miles east of Heath
Springs. The men were preparing to
clean out the we'll when Craig's hat
falling in, he went down 10 get it. Not
returning, Shields was also lowered
into the we'll to find out what the trou-
ble was. He likewise failed to make
any response to those at the top. His
brother, Sam Shields, then started
down in the bucket, to which he was
securely tied. After being lowered
some distance he made sign OF dis
tress and was at once drawn up.
When taken out of the bucket he was
in an unconscious condition, but later
revived. Foul air in the well was the
cause of the double tragedy.
- Columbia, September I: Il will
carry the Brock case before a grand
Jury if Gov. Ansel does not take some
action on the report of the court of in
Gannrpl RnE1
today in discussing the fact that, al
though Gov. Ansel has had the report
for several months, he has taken no
official action. 1t was stated by Adju-
tant General Boyd that he would send
a letter to Gov. Ansel in few days,
asking that some action be taken on
the report of the court of inquiry. The
report of the court of inquiry to inVes-
tigate into certain charges against w.
r. Brock, the assistant adjutant gen.
eral cost the state over $1,000. This
item of expense will come before the
next session of the Legislature for ac-
ton. Nothing of a material nature has
been accomplished by the report so
far, according to statements made by
those who have kept in touch with the
situation.
The county to county campaign,
which marked the end of the battle be-
tween candidates during the first pri-
mary. writes a Columbia correspond
ent, may be the last that South Caro-
lima will have. During the campaign
criticism ". ) so strong against TINS old
time custom and people were brought
face to face with the utter obsoletism
of the mode of trying for office. that II
is probable the next state convention
will abolish the system, Chairman WI
lie Jones, of the state executive COM
mittee, has not said anything for pub
lication about the county-tO county
campaign during the progress OF that
for obvious reasons. But
it is known that the state chairman
has become impressed with the fact
that the campaign has outlived its day.
Mr.. Jones gives as reasons for the aDo-
lition of the county-to-cOunty canvass,
the changed conditions of the politics
and of the people and the general apa-
thy toward this method of securing
the attention of the voters Principal
" among the reasons that the county
to-county canvass is doomed is the
fact that the press reaches many times
more people today that ii did when
the candidates for office first started
going the rounds of the state to ask
for votes. Where. 20 years ago, only
Il few copies of paper went. now
several hundred go to the furthest
limits of the rural routes, out to the
farms i'm every section Of South Caro-
lima County papers have increased
in number and their circulation is so
general in the several counties that the
people may be reached. There is OBJ
lection also to the expenses a candidate
must incur to get $4,000 year job.
He must spend at least $500 for the
race. if he has any opposition and
hopes to win. Five hundred dollars
would represent the average expense
accounts of the candidates in the pri-
mary just closed. To cause a candi- |
date to spend this money when he does
not often wish to is conceded to be Il
good argument against the county-to
county canvass. 1t is also generally |
that the few people who at
tend the campaign meetings are not
always representative of the voting
of the counties. and most OF
ten there are few representative men
present. Those who usually have time
to attend the meetings do not repre-
sent a large percentage of the voting
influence If the newspapers did not re-
port the speeches only about an aver
age of less than 200 men in each cOun-
~ would know what the candidates
talked about. The remedy is propoS- |