Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-09

not Deen lOuHu MTS. CidCh oeSidL Gu
after a visit of Mr.. Sudduth to her
home that he had attacked her, and
Clack swore out a warrant against
| Mr.. Sudduth. who was placed In jail
and bound over to court upon the tes-
timony of Mrs. Clack. After Mr.. Sud-
duth had been in jail short while he
compiled, II Is said, with the Clacks'
demand for money. Mrs. Clack there
upon made affidavit that there had
been nothing dishonorable In Mr.. Sud-
duth's conduct, and Clack asked the
solicitor to drop the prosecution. The
grand jury found that Mr.. Sudduth
had committed no crime.
W Washington special of January 5
to the Columbia State: It is rumored
here. today that a big sensation is In
store regarding the transfer OF Ira
B. williams, state demonstration agent
In South Carolina, and that during
the next week or two something very
much out Of the ordinary may be look
ed for. A man who Is familiar with
the situation said to the States cor
respondent today: Something Is going
to break in this matter before long.
I know enough about 1t to say that
much I am not at liberty, however,
to tell what I know" When told
that Bradford Knapp Of the depart
/
would name a successor to Mr.. Will
liams when he had found the right
man for the place, this party further
stated that the people in South Caro-
lima might look for an explosion at
that time or possibly before. Under
meath the surface, he said a small
sized revolution Is brewing, and when
1t breaks 1t will be a very interesting
situation. AS already stated, Mr..
4 l.. - Ixf 90 ..ylaA to
to succeed Mr.. Williams, and will
probably not make any announcement
in the matter for several days. The
situation, on the whole, Is most in
teresting, and something spicy may
be looked for in the very near future.
Ira B. Jones, chief justice Of the
lsupreme court, was scheduled to re-
tire from the bench today at noon, and
the understanding Is that from now on
he will prosecute his candidacy for
the governorship Of the state. 1t Is
expected that an election will be held
to select his successor early in the
session. Just whether the governor
will appoint his successor for the time
Intervening Is not known, as the chief
executive has never expressed himself
lon the question. Besides q chief JUS
tice, the legislature VIII elect two as
sociate justices. The fifth justice was
provided by constitutional amend
ment ratified at the last session OF
the general assembly and voted on In
the election Of 1910. Chief Justice
work on the bench. The court ad-
journed on Friday afternoon until
Monday. He will very probably sit
on Monday in q number Of cases In
original jurisdiction, including the
further return on the race injunction
proceedings. Chief Justice Jones is
now finishing up his work as chief
justice and will within the next sew
eral days deliver number Of opin-
ions. Since the announcement Of sew
eral weeks ago that he would retire
from the bench, and his subsequent
resignation, he has in no way talked
Tpolitics. However, next Tuesday he
will actively commence an aggressive
campaign for the governorship.
Columbia, January 6: The Rich
land grand jury, in its first present.
ment for 1912, reported that the con-
victs on the county chain gang are
compelled to work in the rain and are
not provided with dry clothing and
shoes upon their return to the camps
at night This was the feature Of a
brief presentment made In sessions
court today. The foreman, Mr.. John
1
that heretofore the grand jury recon-
mendations had been more or less ig-
nored, but that the grand jury at
present intended to see that its sug-
gestions were carried out by the coun-
ty officials. Judge Watts, In COM
menting upon the presentment, or
rather that part referring to the re-
port on the treatment given the con-
victs, stated that such condition OF
affairs was criminal and that prosecu-
tions could be instituted against those
guilty Of failing to provide humane
treatment Of criminals In the custody
Of the county. He further advised
the grand jury to see that its recon-
mendations were carried out before
the next term Of court. The part OF
the presentment relative to the con-
ditions mentioned follows: 1--WE deem
1t our duty at this time to make a
few recommendation relative to the
convicts Of our county. From now
until spring Is the worst time Of the
year, so far as weather Is concerned.
1t has been reported that convicts are
caused to work in rain as well as In
sunshine, and that they have no
chance to change their wet clothes for
dry ones when coming into camp
from their work. We recommend
that three suits of clothes and two
pairs of shoes for each convict be kept
on hand at all times, so that they may
have dry clothes at night. We fur
ther recommend that all convicts, in
Guiding TRUSTEES shall be kept in camp
at night and none shall be allowed to
wear civilian clothes at any time. We
desire to express our thanks to the
court and court officials for the cour-
tesies extended us as grand jurors"
- Florence special of January to
the News and Courier: There was q
the south in this city on Monday
night. They did not send out her
aid, nor did they leave any reports
for the newspaper correspondents and
reporters when they left, but they
talked over the situation, and they
are very blue. They are concerned
over the general feeling Of dissatis-
faction among the farmers Of the
country, and the action that Is being
taken in various sections looking to
some one or another change in the
that of cutting out the use Of fer
tilizers. They are also concerned
over the probable hostile legislation
in the general assembly, which has
been getting more strenuous every
year. They say that the plan Of car
rying over the fertilizer notes until
the spring Is very burdensome one
on them, but that they now have to
carry the load Of the cost of fertil-
izers for about eighteen months, and
that the margin Of profit on their sales
Is so small that 1t will not permit their
doing so. They have gone as far as
they could every time to meet the rea-
sonable demands of the farmer and
liz they can do this they are willing
to try. They recognize the disadvan-
tage that the farmer and merchant
labor under in having the cotton forced
on the market as soon as 1t is picked.
Another trouble that confronts the
fertilizer man Is getting agents to
handle the stuff this year. There Is
so little profit in 1t for the man who
sells to the farmer, 'and makes himself
responsible to the factory, that no.
body wants to take the job; 1t Is hard
work and a heap Of 1t and no profit
and maybe having to pay the bill at
the end Of the season. 1t may have
been a coincidence that the meeting