Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-19
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

De In the race lot lne BOVerHOIsHlp
next summer.
The next regular annual meeting
of the South Carolina Farmers Union
is to be held in Charleston on the
fourth Wednesday in July.
The National Guard association of
South Carolina met in Columbia Tues
day night. Major w. B. Moore of
Yorkville, was elected president, and
Captain A. E. Legare Of Columbia, was
elected secretary.
The State Farmers Union In ses-
sion in Columbia, Wednesday night,
passed q resolution asking Commits
sioner Watson to visit other states to
push the Rock Hill plan for acreage
reduction. Governor Blease not long
ago forbade Commissioner Watson to
leave the state without permission.
The legislative elections on We'd
nesday resulted as follows: State IL
brarian, Miss L. LaBorde, Columbia;
Insurance commissioner, F. HI McMas-
ter, Columbia; Winthrop trustees, w.
]. Roddey, Rock Hill; T. A. Crawford,
Rock Hill; DR.. e. s. Joynes, Colum-
bia; University of South Carolina
trustees. August Kohn. Columbia; DR..
w. T. C. Bates, st. Matthew's; ]. Q.
Davis, Winnsboro; Clemson trustees,
E. T. Hughes, Marion; s. T. Nc
Keown, Chester; r. H. Zimmerman,
Batesburg.
An unknown white man was kill
ed by "a Southern freight train near
last Wednesday after
noon. The mans body was found
shortly after the train had passed.
His head was crushed in and he was
lying on the right of way on the side
opposite from that occupied by the
engineer. From the questions and an
swers on a writing pad in the dead
mans pocket 1t was supposed that he
was a deaf mute. He was a stockily
built man. and although 1t was diff
ficult to form from his mutilated fea-
lures an estimate Of his age, he was
probably at least 40. There was sill
yer change in his pocket to the
amount of about 81.
Columbia, January 16: To charge
of violating the cattle quarantine laws
J. A. Shanklin Of Columbia, entered a
plea Of guilty in the United States
district court this morning. Judge II.
A. M. Smith imposed a fine Of 500,
which was paid. The quarantine was
made necessary by the prevalence OF
Texas fever, and South Carolina, along
with other southern states, was placed
under the ban. The only counties In
the state in which the quarantine laws
were not enfo6fed were Oconee, Pick
ems, Greenville and Anderson. This
was in April, 1910. In October Of the
same year the government charged
that Mr.. Shanklin shipped three bulls
to Greensboro, Green county, Ga.
This was the violation Of the law to
which he pleaded guilty.
During Wednesday morning the
house passed four acts over the gov
ernor's veto and sustained the gov
ernors veto in one case. The four acts
which the house passed and sent to
the senate were the following: To
provide for an. assistant county super
intendent of education in Spartanburg
county Passed by vote Of n to %.
To provide for rural police in Chero-
kee county. Passed by a vote Of SO
to 2. To provide for holding elections
on the question of commission form Of
government in cities Of more than
1000 and less than 10000 inhabitants.
Passed by a vote of 72 to 20. An act
to road inspectors in Chero-
kee county. Passed by a vote Of S6
to 4. The act upon which the veto OF
the governor was sustained provided
for certain exceptions from jury duty.
The fight for sustaining the veto was
on the grounds that the act made min
listers of the gospel liable for jury
service. The house upheld the veto
of the governor by a vote Of 70 to 36.
The house last Tuesday took up the
Hall libel, brought over from last
year, and passed 1t over to the senate
in the following shape: Section l..
Any person who shall with malicious
intent originate, utter or circulate or
publish any false statement or mat
ter concerning another, the effect Of
which shall tend to injure such per-
son in his or her character or reputa-
tion, shall be deemed guilty Of mis-
demeanor, and, upon conviction there
for, be subject to punishment by fine
not to exceed five thousand dollars, or
by Imprisonment for a term not ex-
ceeding one year, or by both fine and
In the discretion OF
the court Section 2. That all acts
or parts Of acts inconsistent with this
act are hereby repealed; provided,
that nothing herein shall be construed
to abridge any right any person may
have by way of an action for damages
or slander under the existing law"
The Farmers Union, in session in
Tuesday and Wednesday,
endorsed the Rock Hill plan" to Sc
cure a reduction of the cotton acre
age, and also endorsed the state ware
house bill introduced in the house by
Don Mcqueen Of Marl-
boro. The warehouse bill, which car
ries an appropriation Of $250,00O, was
read to the meeting by Hon. John l..
former United States sena-
tor. and was explained by him. There
was a general discussion of the meas
ure, with the result that much enthu-
siasm was developed. After the adop-
ton of the resolution endorsing the
bill, an invitation was extended to Mr.
McLaurin to address the agricultural
of the senate and the ways
and means committee Of the house,
these committees having arranged to-
hold a meeting In the senate chamber
On Thursday afternoon. An invitation
was also extended to the members OF
the Farmers Union to be present, and
many of the delegates to the state con-
rention remained over for the pur-
pose.
- Columbia, January II: By a vote
IF 83 to II. the house Of representa-
lives on Wednesday passed over the
veto of the governor, IAN act to require
he distribution Of the dispensary
'und among the common schools, and
% provide the method Of distribution"
This act now goes to the senate for
in the passage over the
Veto II two-thirds of the senator's
agree to pass the bill over the veto,
his act, which provides for the dis
of nearly $350000 among the
schools Of the state. will be-
come a law. and go into effect at once.
Section 3 of the act, which includes the
various provisions for distribution, OF
the dispensary funds, provides that
out of the said funds 100000 shall be
get aside to be disbursed as provided
n act No. 430, page 100, acts of 1910.
$50, 900 be set aside to be disbursed
lnder the provisions of act No. 431,
page 791, acts of 1910, 100000 be set
aside to be disbursed under the pro-
visions of section 10, of act No. 55,
acts Of 1909. and of the balance re-
100000 shall be apportioned
among the public schools Of the re-
,pective counties Of the state by the
county board of education, the bal
lnce then remaining, II any, to be
urned over to the sinking fund of the