Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-04-07
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- COlullDld, Apr IL T. LII liiC SdoC VI
w. T. Jones, the rich Union planter
convicted Of wife murder, the uu-
usual condition exists of his cause
pending before both the governor and
the supreme court at the same time.
1t has been the custom Of Governor
Blease's predecessors to refuse to en-
tertain petitions for executive Glenn
ency in cases pending before the su-
preme court, the disposition being to
encourage defendants to exhaust the
legal remedies before seeking the last
resort through application for pardon,
parole or commutation. Governor
Blease has before him number OF
applications iu behalf OF Jones. On
most petitions of this kind Governor
Blease nowadays seeks the advice of
the trial judge and solicitor. The
Jones case Is only one Of several i'm
portant cases, argued long since, upon
which the supreme court Is expected
to decide, before 1t meets here April
l8. Another interesting matter upon
which a decree has been withheld for
some weeks Is the review by the court
Of the professional conduct Of Mr.. p.
H. Gadsden, the Charleston traction
magnate, in winding up the Joseph
Lawrence estate. Mr.. Gadsden's con-
duct in this case was reviewed by
the supreme court at Mr.. Gadsden's re-
quest, Judge Aldrich having by decree
on circuit severely criticised Mr. Gads-
den.
- Columbia, April 5: The failure Of
Supervisor D. M. Mills and the county
board of commissioners to pay the
magistrates and their constables, about
whom a dispute has arisen, will hasten
the end of the controversy and put an
end to the continual squabbline that
has characterized the lower courts of
Spartanburg since the appointments
of Governor Coleman L. Blease were
made. All claims have been held up
and the next action will be suit by the
one most affected. The supreme court
will be called upon to decide the mat
ter and at present both claim that they
are legally the magistrate. Which
ever way the court decides the matter,
complications will arise. 1t Is certain
that both are not legal magistrates
and that the cases heard before one
are not legal. Hence, when a decision
is rendered, all of the cases that have
been tried before the losing magistrate
since the squabble may be contested
and brought to trial over again. There
Is no doubt but that number OF such
cases will make the rendering Of the
decision and the work that one has
been doing for the past month or
longer to be of no avail. There are
several Of these instances in Spartan
burg county, where there are two mag
istrates when there shouldn't be but
one. Not only are the magistrates up
in the air about the salary proposition,
which will draw the matter to an end,
but also their constables are wonder
ing If they can expect the money for
services rendered the state.
Columbia State, Wednesday: The
death of DR.. Seaman A. Knapp will
not seriously affect the plans Of the
Carolina and in the other states Of the
south. DR.. Knapp had laid the base
Of operations for the work and had
trained men to carry out his ideas.
Ira w. Williams, state agent for the
work, and Commissioner Watson re-
turned yesterday from Washington,
where they attended the funeral SER
vices of DR.. Knapp. While no official
announcement has been made it Is ex-
pected that Bradford Knapp will take
charge of the work of his father until
an appointment is made to fill the va
cancy. The farm demonstration work
in South Carolina will be extended this
year into every county and approXi-
mdtely S00,UUU Is dNdlldDle W Sdiiy VII
the work, which has done so much for
agricultural conditions in this state.
OF this amount the sum of $4,000
was given by the state legislature.
Demonstration agents will be named
for every county. The work of Miss
Marie Cromer, as organizer Of the girls
tomato clubs, will be carried into sew
eral counties and eventually extended
all over the state. She had recently
been appointed as a representative Of
the department of agriculture in this
state. ]. A. Carbury will have charge
of the demonstration work in the mill
villages of the state. He will show
how all available space i'm the yards Of
the mill districts may be utilized for
garden purposes. DR.. G. NJ. Morgan
will continue to work In the interest of
the live stock movement. The place of
DR.. Knapp as head of the United States
farm demonstration work can not be
filled. The general opinion expressed
in Washington was that he had train
ed his cowOrkers so we'll that all of his
plans will be consummated. There
will be over 5000 young men in South
Carolina as members of the Boys
Corn clubs this year