Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-14
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- Anderson county farmers have so
far pledged themselves to hold 749
bales OF cotton off the market.
In Saturdays issue of his paper,
the Reporter, John T. Duncan an
nounces his candidacy for governor
DIR. w. P. Jacobs, founder Of the
Thornwell orphanage at Clinton, at
tended the Presbyterian jubilee in At
lanta last week with $50 Of his wards
The Columbia correspondent Of
the News and Courier, calls attention
to the fact that public officials are not
liable to the income tax on their sala-
ries.
Judge Jones made the opening
speech of his campaign at the Cole
ton county fair last week. Among
other things he denied that he was an
"aristocrat."
Walsh Cade, an inmate Of the SOL
diers' home at Columbia, was killed
at the little station Of Montgomery, on
the Spartanburg branch Of the South
ern railway last Saturday, by being
run over by a train.
The state conference of Daughters
Of the American Revolution, In session
in Chester last week, elected officers
for the ensuing year as follows: Mrs.
F. Louise Mayes, regent; Mrs. A. G.
Ligon. first vice regent; Mrs. H. B.
Carlisle, second vice regent; Mrs. +.
H. H. Calhoun, third vice regent; Mrs.
]. A. Shannon, recording secretary;
Mrs. II. L. McColl, treasurer; Miss
Lessie D. Witherspoon, registrar; Miss
Marion Salley, historian; Mrs. L. d.
Childs, assistant historian; Mrs. H. w.
Richardson. genealogist; Mrs. s. c.
heraldic artist
In a public address at Anderson
last Saturday afternoon, Governor
Cole L. Blease flayed the ministers Of
Anderson, who recently adopted res
olution condemning his views on
lynching. The resolution was adopted
after the Honea Path lynching. The
governor stated that he was requested
by the solicitor to send troops that
night to protect the negro, but that he
would have resigned his office before
he would send troops to fire upon
white citizens who were doing what
he considered was their duty; that ne
was more inclined to catch train to
Honea Path and lead the mob. He
stated that the State Farmers Union
had requested him to issue procla-
nation urging the farmers to hold
their cotton and to ask the governors
Of all the cotton states to issue similar
proclamations, but he. had refused to
do 80, explaining that he is no farmer
and does not profess to know what the
farmers should do under the circun-
stances. He believes the solution OF
low-priced cotton is with the farmers
and he urges the farmers to organize
and demand their price like doctors.
lawyers, etc. He thinks the cotton
mill mergers are responsible for the
low price of cotton and prophesies
that the mergers will begin pulling
down the wages of the mill employees
as soon as they get the price Of cotton
down. He urged the men to secure
registration certificates, stating that
the newspapers were attempting to
disfranchise big portion Of the vot-
ers by securing legislation requiring
registration certificates to vote In the
primaries. He says he will veto any
such requirement, but he expects the
Democratic convention next May TO
adopt a resolution requiring the GER
tificates. Governor Blease defended
his pardon and parole record and re-
iterated much Of the speeches made
elsewhere in the state at dinerent
times.