Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-26
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Columbia State: George r. REM
bert Of Columbia interrupted Judge
Jones's speech In the theatre last FRI
day and denounced as a "liar" any one
who said that he had gotten $500 for
obtaining executive clemency for Glenn
OF Lexington county. Mr.. Rembert
had an audience of 1900 people who
heard his dramatic denunciation. A
few minutes later when Mr.. Rembert
walked back behind the scenes he told
a small group Of men, among them r.
Beverley Herbert Of Columbia, that he
had not received $500 for getting exc
cutive clemency for Glenn, but that
he had been paid $500.
columbia State, Thursday, The
South Carolina Bull Moose" party
neiu conference in Columbia yester-
Gay in the lodge hall over Pinckney,
Hardy q Biggs undertaking estap-
lisnment. six or more counties were
represented. All the conferees were
negroes. l.. Morgan, manager Of the
southern Indicator, said that he did
not know just when the convention OF
the National Progressive party would
be called, but that the meeting yes
terday was merely q conference of
South Carolina National Progressives
and party matters and measures were
discussed. Morgan said he had heard
from Senator J. M. Dixon Of Montana,
Roosevelt's campaign manager, and
the state convention Of the National
Progressive party would be called
when the senator gave the word.
About twenty negro Progressives at
tended the conference yesterday.
= Charleston. July "a: The United
States government Is turning its at
tention to the railroads Of this section
in taking steps to enforce the act Of
congress of March 4. 1907, forbidding
the employment Of its employees for
more than nine of the "a hours Of the
day, a case having been filed today in
the office Of the clerk Of the United
States district court by District At
torney Cochran against the Atlantic
Coast Line. 1t Is alleged that a Miss
Mayme Candy, telegraph operator
and employe of the Atlantic Coast
Line at the office of the railroad
agent at Bennettsville, has been forced
to put in more that the nine hours
Of daily employment. Twenty counts
are cited when she went to work at
$50 a. m, and with the exception Of
one hour for dinner, from 10 to
o'clock, she was kept continuously
employed until $50 p. m, making II
hours Of daily employment. Under
the law a penalty Of $500 Is provided
under each and every count. The case
Is now docketed, and 1t will come up
for trial at the next term Of the
Federal court. The allegations are
employe Is not party to the case at
all. The information Of the violation
Of the labor law must have been
secured from the pay roll Of the rail-
road corporation In some way, and
the action is likely to be followed by
numerous other suits against the rail-
roads Of this section, since the gov
ernment Is now turning its attention
to the enforcement Of the law in South
Carolina. The interstate railroad COM
mission Is the immediate party bring
ing action. The law was passed de-
signedly to protect the travelling pub
lie from accidents, due to the en-
ployes being overworked and while
the employees are not parties to the
present proceedings, they will derive
the benefit in shorter hours through
the enforcement Of the Federal stat
utes.
Anderson, July "a: DR.. w. F.
Webster, the entomologist from the de-
partment Of agriculture at Washing
ton, Is spending several days in this
section looking into the invasion OF the
army worms. He arrived in Anderson
late yesterday and spent several hours
in the infected districts this morning.
DR.. Webster is of the opinion that the
worm Is not the genuine army worm,
but Is the fall" army worm that fire.
quently appears in this section OF An
derson county, seems to show prefer
ence for grass, rather than for corn
and cotton. AS a matter Of fact the
worms are cleaning out the grass from
the corn fields before they begin de-
of the corn stalks. Next to
grass they like young corn best. They
do not seem to care for cotton, or at
least they have not played much hay-
oc in the cotton fields as yet. DR..
Webster Is anxious to build pen
around some cotton stalks, free the pen
from grass and other vegetation, and
put the worms on the cotton, hoping In
this way to learn whether or not the
worms will begin to destroy the cotton
after all other vegetation Is consumed.
DR.. Webster says he has several ex-
perienced men in Washington which he
can detail to come down here to direct
a war against the pest, but he says
there Is no money available to bear
the expense. 1t has been suggested
that Congressman Aiken be requested
10 introduce a bill appropriating some
thing like $4,000 or $4,000, have the
bill "railroaded" through Immediately,
and then a systematic war can be
Waged. 1t Is understood here today |
that a bill was introduced in congress
his morning appropriating money to
help fight the worm IN severa; Of the
southern states. DR.. Webster says the
bureau Of entomology has been very
much worried by the early appearance
If the worm this year. The worm has |
been found from Florida to North Car
,lina, and in a strip extending west