Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-14
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

= The proposition to appropriate $10,-
600 year for three years, to advertise
the state Of South Carolina among the
people Of the middle west has been
killed.
The joint resolution providing for
an investigation Of the work Of the
dispensary winding-up commission has
been passed.
Governor Blease sent up the follow
ing to the general assembly last Fri
day as message No. IL: The report
Of your judiciary committee on my
message number IL is not at all sur
prising, as you win note In said mes
sage, 1 said I hoped that the Committee
would act upon the matter not accord
ing to their political views towards the
chief executive or their personal feel
ings towards the supreme court. Since
sending in my message many strong
lawyers have congratulated me on my
position and one who is considered the
equal Of any member of the bar in
South Carolina, IL not the superior.
says I am correct; and once again,
request Of you to repeal that portion
Of the act giving the power to the chief
justice or associate justices to dictate
to me who shall appoint on the bench.
Now, gentlemen, / am serious about
this matter; I have asked you to avoid
a conflict; II Is UP to you. / know my
duty and when the time comes l am
going to do 1t, as was elected to do.
I have no relatives In your body, but
I hope I have some political friends"
-Columbia State, yesterday: The
proposed last week of the general as
sembly witnesses q deadlock in the
race for associate justice of the su-
preme court, which will increase that
body by one member. So far the joint
assembly has been unable to elect, and
it is the opinion Of many that there
will be no election for several days yet.
The deadlock Is on, there being three
excellent candidates who are running
the proverbial neck and neck for the
honor. Judge Memminger, Judge
Watts and Mr.. Fraser are all within
a hands grasp Of one another, so far
as votes go, and those who are in a
position to know aver that there will
be no election unless one Of them quits
the race. On the other hand, the friends
of all three gentlemen state that they
will stand pat to the last. The with
drawal of w. B. Gruber and the SUBJ
sequent withdrawal Of NJ. L. Bonham
placed upon the race q complexion Of
undoubted compleXity and to some,
perplexity. Gen. Bonham's friends-as
did Judge Gruber's-stood by their
guns until the last, and according to
some, the three remaining candidates
will be in the race as they now stand
unless the predicted dark horse comes
in and runs away with the coveted
prize. The two houses will meet today
at noon, as usual, and proceed to ballot
again for the justiceship, but from
what can be gathered there Is small
likelihood of an election being secured
today. The assembly is expected to
adjourn Saturday night and 1t is ar
gued by many that Inere will be. an
election before that time. Many local
bills are to receive attention, and with
the election Of the additional judge
hanging over them, interference of
home consumption matters is not to
the liking Of the members. The last
ballot Saturday resulted: Watts 53,
Memminger 81, Fraser As.
There were 205 persons murdered
in South Carolina last year. There
were SO persons convicted Of murder
during the same period and there were
103 found not guilty and there was no
bill found against 16. There were 81
houses entered last year by criminals.
or this number 233 were convicted and
81 were found not guilty and bills were
discontinued against 25. These GRIM
inal statistics are taken from the an
nual report Of Attorney General Lyon
which has been sent to the general as
sembly. The report covers the work of
the office during the year. The report
contains a statement Of cases pending
and disposed of in the various courts,
state and Federal, showing the status
Of same, some Of the opinions given by
the attorney generals office, a finan-
cial statement showing the disposition
Of appropriations made for the office,
reports Of the circuit solicitors ana
criminal statistics. II desire" says the
attorney general, Ito call the attention
of your honorable body to the difficult
ties attending the collection Of some Of
the corporation license tax each year
and respectfully refer you to remarks
made upon this subject made in my
last annual report. Some plan should
be adopted to both facilitate and in
sure the collection Of taxes under the
corporation license tax act" A review
of the proceedings instituted against
the city Of Augusta to require the
proper fishway to be erected or to have
the dam demolished Is given in the re-
port. The report shows that injunc-
tions were obtained in the Richland
county court against eight, social
clubs" AS to the case Of H. H. Evans,
the attorney general has the follow
ing to say: This is an indictment
against H. H. Evans, formerly a d.
rector of the state dispensary, charg-
ing him with accepting rebates for his
own use and not for the benefit Of the
state. 1t Is my purpose to dispose OF
his case during the ensuing year"