Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-14
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Columbia Record: That a state
wide prohibition measure will be in
troduced In the present general as
sembly, that 1t will pass the house
Of representatives, should 1t originate
In that body, and that its fate Is ex-
tremely doubtful in the senate, seems
to be generally conceded by those
makers. One Of the prohibition lead
ers OF the house stated this morning
that so far there had been no con-
ference among the house prohibition
lists and no plan Of action had been
determined upon. There Is little
doubt, however, that II q statewide
bill Is not introduced In the senate
very soon, there will be one In the
house. There has been some talk
that the prohibitionists in the house
were waiting to feel the pulse Of the
senate before introducing the bill.
One OF the prohibitionists Of the
house stated this morning that he
knew nothing Of this, but that he
believed strongly in what he believed
in," and that he felt that the state
wide measure should be introduced,
even II 1t should be showed under"
as he expressed It. He said that IL
it were true that the house prohibi-
tionists were waiting to determine
how the senate would act, that could
only be construed as sign Of weak
ness, and that he believed in doing
what he felt to be right, regardless Of
the consequences. There are many
senator's who do not hesitate to say
how they are going to vote, but a
complete poll Of the senate would be
hard to get at this time, and prob
ably impossible. A number Of sena-
tors who keep in close touch with the
work and with their fellow-workers,
when asked how the vote would be
In the senate, said that they could not
tell and that no one else could until
the votes were counted. Some Of the
senators opposed to statewide pro-
hibition think that a state wide meas
ure will pass and some who are op-
posed to 1t think that 1t will not.
Likewise the prohibition senator's
seem to be in doubt. The situation
might be summed up by saying that
the whole matter Is "up in the air."
so far as the senate Is concerned.
There are some Of the members of
both houses, who feel bound by the
compromise Of last session, and there
are some who do not. Among those
who do not are some who will vote
for a state wide bill and some who
will oppose 1t, adhering to their
views, regardless Of what was done
last year. One of the senator's said
this morning that so far as his coun-
ty was concerned, and the people
whom he represented, it made no diff
ference what the result was, his
already being in the dry col
umn, but that he believed prohibition
was wrong in principle and that he
was going to vote against It, He is
a senator who Is in close touch with
his fellow-workers, and when asked
his opinion Of the result Of a vote on
the question in the senate he replied
that he had mo idea in the world"
Only the vote will tell.
- DR.. Seaman A. Knapp, Of the de-
partment Of agriculture, who Is tour
ing the south under the auspices of the
Southern railway, made a strong plea
in Greenville Wednesday for the estab-
lishment of farm training schools to
supplement the state agricultural
The resultant benefit to the
and the country at large
would be immense, DR.. Knapp point
ed out, because of the increased pro-
duction Of food supplies and the bet
ter condition of those who produce
The nations food. "At the last GEN.
'us," said DR.. Knapp, there were
two million rented farms and ten and
one-half millions Of laborers on all
he farms of the United States.
What per cent Of the rented farms
we're we'll farmed and what per cent
If the ten and one-half million farm
ers were really good farmers? Pos