Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-24
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY "a, 1911.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The governor has sent out to the
various county clerks Of court letter
in which he desires to be advised II
any negroes secure appointments as
notaries without his knowledge. He
says no negroes have yet been appoint
ed, and II any slip by him, he will cut
off their political heads as soon as he
finds them out.
Disregarding the recommendation
Of the Spartanburg delegation for the
appointment of s. NJ. Wetmore and r.
j. CAN'T as magistrates, Governor
Blease appointed instead c. C. wyche
and ]. Malcomb Bowden. Mr.. Wyche,
who is a young lawyer from Newberry,
states that while he appreciates the
governors consideration, he Is unwill-
ing to accept the place. Mr.. Bowden
accepts the appointment.
The City Federation Of Trades of
Columbia has passed resolutions ex-
pressing disapproval Of the governors
action in vetoing the appropriation for
factory inspectors. H. ]. Hardy, sec
retary Of the association called upon
the governor with regard to the matter
and the governor told him that he
would veto any measure tending to
regulate the hours Of the laboring men.
Governor Blease was asked about reg
ulating the hours of women in stores.
and Secretary Hardy reports him as
saving that II the women found the
hours too long. they might get out and
seek other employment. When Sec
retary Hardy reported back to the City
Federation, that organization passed
the resolution stated and directed that
a copy Of the same be served on the
governor today.
Charleston special Of February 81.
to the Columbia Record: During the
course of an address before the Chris
tian Temperance Workers at the
Spring Street Methodist church last
night, the Rev. Howard Lee Jones,
pastor of the Citadel Square Baptist
church, characterized the action OF the
governor Of South Carolina in vetoing
the commission form Of government
bill as "unwarranted" and dirty"
condemned the present system Of city
government as rotten to the core" and
self condemned" declared that Gov
ernor Cole l. Blease, to whom he re-
ferred to as "the man." had been
elected by the very ballot-box stuff
fing in the city Of Charleston" and
stated that It was the duty Of every
citizen in Charleston to find out who
are the friends Of the governor In this
city that have been behind this move
ment." The address was listened to
by but comparatively few people. The
audience consisted In most part OF the
lady members Of the Christian Tenn
perance Workers society. DR.. Jones
made an earnest and eloquent address
in the cause Of temperance. He stated
that there were three methods being
pursued by the adherents Of this cause
in their fight AGAINST the demon rum,
viz, the method by pledge, the con-
struction method and the legal meth
cd. It was while celebrating on this
last named method that the speaker
fight against liquor has naturally been
taken into politics." stated DR.. Jones.
Now I know that some will say that
politics is dirty. Well, II politics Is
dirty, and II is, 1t is the commission
Of every man in the country to enter
into this field and make II clean" High
license, local option and state and ma
ton wide prohibition all had their ad-
herents in the ranks Of temperance
workers, who believed that their par
ticular method furnished the best OPP
portunity to fight the liquor traffic.
But, stated the speaker, 1t behooved
them all to get together on the legal
side Of the question for the purpose Of
In o. 1ouyiaaanaaa Tr Ianpq
declared that "lawlessness Is reigning
in this city now," and that some
means must be found to enforce the
laws on the statute books. II the
plain written instructions on the
books are not earnestly and honestly
enforced, they do no good" DR.. Jones
then in sarcastic language referred to
an arrest Of a little bootblack which
he had witnessed last Sunday. Two
majestic minions Of the law laid hold
of the little fellow. who could not COM
nit a crime, and threw him into the
police patrol, while not quite block
away blind tiger was running In open
defiance of the state laws and Sunday
ordinances of our city" He later re-
ferred to "the gambling hells which
were damning the students who are
coming to this city to learn. It Is
Of no use to roast the mayor Of the city
or to denounce the chief of police" de-
clared the speaker. What ! want to
attack Is the system, system that Is
rotten to the core. Get rid OF 1t and
the lawlessness in the city will be
cured" In referring to the action OF
the governor in vetoing the commission
form of government bill, DR.. Jones
stated: Il have just heard Of this act,
committed by a hand which believes
that 1t has dealt the death blow to the
chance which would give the people
of Charleston a right to say what they
wanted. It all is dirty and unwar-
ranted. The man who was elected by
the very ballot-box stuffing in the city
of Charleston, has already taken away
the constables and now, at the direc-
tion of his friends. vetoes, over a pc
tition signed by over fifteen hundred
people of the city, representing $10,-
100000 worth Of property, bill which
gives the people Of Charleston chance
to say what system of government they
wanted" DIR. Jones ended his address
by urging the members Of the society
to get together" in real earnest In
their fight against the demon rum.