Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-02-13
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

poned Mr. Rembert's bill to abolish
the hosiery mill from the state peni-
tentiary.
The senate during Friday morn
ing voted to kill the bill making the
commissioner Of agriculture elective
by the general assembly instead Of ap-
pointive by the governor, and Friday
night reconsidered the bill and re-
stored 1t to the calendar.
/ The house has passed resolution
to submit to the qualified voters Of
the state the question Of issuing ST.
10000 Of bonds to carry out the plans
Of those who desire to enlarge the
state hospital for the insane.
- Columbia, February IL: Col. John
Peyre Thomas, the distinguished edu-
morning at 1910 o'clock. at the home
of his son. Mr.. John p. Thomas, Jr.
Col. Thomas had been In bad health
for some time, and being In his 10th
year, his death was not unexpected. He
died surrounded by his family and be-
loved by the community In which he
passed away.
| The house of representatives has
passed bill introduced by Mr.. ]. M.
Daniel, providing that hereafter the
state board Of education can make no
change In text books until after a
change has been sustained by a ma
jority Of the county superintendents Of
education. The vital portion of the
the bill is as follows: Provided, that
the state board of education shall not
have the power to change text book
now In use or to adopt new book,
unless such change or new book be
approved In writing by majority OF
the county superintendent of educa-
ton Of the state" etc.
Columbia Record: A bill to pro-
vide for apportioning among the sew
leral counties Of the state the total
cash balance Of the state dispensary
fund now remaining in the state treas
Jury and not otherwise appropriated"
the division to be made on the basis
|of enrolment in the free schools as
given In the annual report of the state
superintendent Of education for the
scholastic year ending June 80, 1911,
was this morning passed by the senate
and sent to the house. The bill pro-
lvides that the money shall be used
In strengthening weak schools, in en-
lcouragfng school Improvement and in
promoting educational interests gen.
lerally. The bill allows the distribu-
ton Of this fund to be made by the
state superintendent Of education, the
state treasurer and the comptroller
general, and not more than one-fourth
of the amount apportioned to a coun-
ty shall be spent In one year, except
In counties where II shall be used to
defray past Indebtedness, In which
cases the whole amount may be used
In one year. The bill lastly provides
that any additional funds that may
hereafter be paid to the state by the
winding-up commission shall be d.
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days after being paid in The bill was
introduced by the educational COM
mittee and was debated at length. 81
- Attorney General Lyon on Thurs
day night sent to the general assem-
bly, reply to the statement that Cow
ernor Blease recently gave the senate
as to why he had pardoned John Black
and the reply has been spread on the
journal Of the house. Mr.. Lyons
statement is quite lengthy and en-
lphatic. The opening and closing par
agraphs are as follows: Tnasmuch as
the governor, in attempting justifca-
tion for exercising executive clemency
to John Black, convicted by jury Of
Chester county for conspiring to de-
fraud the state, undertakes to reflect
upon me as an officer, as well as per-
sonally, deem II proper to submit
this, an additional report, In order that
Iyour records may carry a correction
of these statements and insinuations
of the governor, which have no foun7
dation In fact. In one sentence OF the
lgovernor's report he says: After read
ing carefully the testimony given In
this case and the charge delivered by
the attorney presiding as spectak judge
In my opinion, John Black should have
been acquitted and in another, IL the
Jury had convicted all would not have
linterfered.' II both of these state
ments are true, the governor would
have allowed three to be unjustly pun
Iished. Still, he was not willing to see
lonly one unjustly punished. Direct
ling your attention to these statements.
(which are manifestly irreconcilable
with justice, may be sufficient to show
THE real character Of all the reasons
assigned. But think 1t well to In
form your honorable body upon this
lsubject, after stating the fact that the
levidence against Black was decidedly
stronger than against the other two
defendants with whom he was tried,
because the checks which he received
in consummation Of the conspiracy to
Idefraud the state, one Of which was
for $4,000, with his signature thereon,
were In evidence and contradicted as
lwell as the banknotes, which showed
1.-THE actual receipt Of the graft money.
Persons outside of the state were giv-
en- immunity because they gave evil
ldence of the briberies and conspira-
lcies because they could not sell their
liquors without paying officers OF the
state rebates or bribe money, which
was demanded Of them, and because
they were not officers Of the state. who
had taken oath to keep trust reposed
in them. The officers Of the state, as
lfor rnnoofh1a nvNoarnfad he
cause they had betrayed the trust ne
posed In them by defrauding the people
of the state, whose interests they were
specially commissioned to protect. ]
do not, deem II necessary to refer to
all of the misleading statements or
the governor with reference to this
case. Still, I think your honorable
body should have the information, In
order that you may not be misled by
the governors statement"
Columbia special Of February II
to Augusta Chronicle: Have Mayor
Grace and Governor Blease parted
Of q rupture for several months, but
recently the talk has become more
pointed and the allusion to broken
promises" In his speech before the
German rifle club on Thursday night
| Is now generally accepted as a refer
ence to Governor Blease not having
kept faith with Charleston in carry
ing out legislation in which this COM
munity was especially interested. In
his speech at the hall Thursday night.
In the course of his reference to spe-
cial legislation desired by Charleston,
Mayor Grace remarked that promises
which had been made about a year
ago had not been kept, and he inti-
mated that a mistake had been made
in an alliance which had been formed.
He went on to say that that alliance
had been with the worst element in
the state and that now 1t behooved
Charleston to make the worst alliance
with political forces which would In
sure a fair and considerate treatment
of Charleston's interests to the end
that legislation necessary and desir-
able, may be had. He concluded the
allusion with a statement of the hope
fulness Of the situation. The remarks
were quite brief and were lost to many
during the supper, but some Of the at
tendants seemed to grasp the point
and understand the allusion as being
In the nature Of a criticism Of the
governor, and 1t has caused considera-
BILE talk In political circles. Following
this incident, the Columbia State to-
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