Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-28
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The smallpox epidemic has full
swing in Spartanburg.
Court was called at Conway, Hor-
ry county yesterday, but there being
| no Judge present, adjournment was
taken until today with the understand
ing that there will be other adjourn
ments from day to day pending some
other way out Of the difficulty.
| Governor Blease has refused to
consider the recommendation Of the
Beaufort delegation as to six Of the
seven township commissioners for
Beaufort county, Notwithstanding the
fact that the code prescribes that these
appointments shall be made on the rec
ommendation Of the legislative delega-
ton.
-. Columbia, February %: 'It
doesn't follow that because I vetoed
the appropriations for the salaries Of
Watson's two factory inspectors that
20 unenforced," said Governor Blease
today II have a fund Of $4,000 for
law enforcement and mean to work
for the enforcement Of all the laws,
including those relating to labor"
- Governor Blease has changed his
attitude with regard to the charter
Of the Piedmont and Northern Rail-
way. passed at the last session Of the
Legislature. He at first announced
that he would veto the bill charter
ing this road on the ground that 1t
gave the proposed new company too
much power; but afterward he re-
considered and on Friday signed the
incorporation -aoS.-Ths Piedmont and
Northern Railway company Is five
million dollar corporation, with the
Dukes at its head and its purpose Is
to build a network Of trolley lines
Throughout the northern part Of the
state.
| - Columbia, February %: Gov
ernor Blease has not yet been handed
| the dispensary commissions reply to
his demand by letter for information
concerning the agreement under which
Messrs. Anderson, Fielder, Rountree
and Wilson Of Atlanta were engaged
| to aid In. the winding up Of the state
dispensary and concerning other mat
ters, but the substance Of the letter
has been agreed on and the actual
drafting Of the communication In It's
final form is held up only in order
that a statement, hourly expected
from Mr.. T. B. Fielder, Of the Atlanta
firm, may be incorporated in It. The
commission takes the position that
| the governor is entitled to all the in
formation he has requested and 1t Will
be furnished him in spite OF the fact
that the governor now has before
him for approval an act to investigate
the whole official course Of the COM
mission.
| - Columbia special Of February q, to
Greenville Piedmont: Gov. Blease
/ hA tota hnttaa nA7niQlQ and
others concerned "up in the air. by his
habit of vacillation. He has backed
down now on q half dozen matters In
cluding his veto of the Osborne child
labor bill, his veto Of the act incor-
porating the Duke interurban project,
his decision to have no factory inspec-
ton and an act authorizing rural po-
lice for Charleston county. He vetoed
the item for a stenographer In the
state treasurer's Office, but has since
authorized the employment OF the stem
ographer. He vetoed the $4,000 item
for examination of county officers, but
has since told the comptroller general
to 90 ahead and spend the money,
which the comptroller general emphat-
ically refuses to do. Indications are
that he will back down on the Hey
ward county matter. He first claimed
the right to direct the supreme court
in its assignment Of regular circuit
judges to terms, but has now retired
from that position.
Columbia, February 81: In a
lengthy letter the state dispensary
commission replied this afternoon to
Gov. Blease's demand for Information
concerning the dealings Of the COM
mission and its contract with Attorney
Fielder of Atlanta The commission
calls attention to its annual report to
the governor and submits copies Of the
contracts with Fielder and Stevenson,
saying there was no contract with Abb
ney. The commission says Gov. Blease,
in asking why they had not followed
the law by winding up the dispen-
sary expeditiously, quoted the act OF
1907, although the legislature has by
annual subsequent acts, continued the
commission and directed 1t to go on
with its work. No attorney fees have
been paid since Jan. /, 1910, and the
payments made to Fielder have been
only on his contract for commission
upon recoveries. Since January 1st OF
this year $34,700 has already been col
lected and there are other large claims
in process Of collection. The commits
sion earnestly solicits Gov. Blease's
counsel and cooperation in facilitating
its work.
- Columbia, February "a Unani-
mously the supreme court affirmed,
today, the life sentence given by the
Spartanburg sessions court, to Har-
vey Bradford, colored, for burglary
his offense having consisted in break-
ing into Converse college, on the nlgnt
of June IA, 1909, entering the room
of a student, and attempting 10 sup,
press her screams by laying MS mana
over her mouth. Miss Reid, In the
struggle, caught one Of the intruders
fingers in her teeth and bit 1t. The
question was whether 1t was Bradford
who broke into the room. 1t was
chiefly by a hat found in the room,
by a scar on Bradford's hand and by
evidence that he was walking hatless
on the street two hours after the
burglary that he was convicted.
Bradford was tried about three days
after the incident, the public mind
being naturally excited and indig-
nant. The supreme court Is impress
ed with the affidavits filed, but up
holds the circuit courts refusal TO
grant a new trial on after-discovered
evidence. The decision is by Chief
Justice Jones, Justices Gary, Woods
and Hydrick concurrinG.
- Columbia, February "a: Report
ers who asked Governor Blease FRI