Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-19
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 70, 1913.

Columbia speclal OF sept. IL, 10 the
Greenville News: Ways and means
established In South Carolina will be
considered In a convention which the
Rev. ]. l. Harley Of this city, superin-
tendent Of the Anti Saloon league, to-
day announced will be held In Colufn-.
bia, Thursday, October 8. Special In
vitations have been sent to 200 repre-
sentative men to attend the meeting
and q general invitation Is extended to
all prohibitionists. The churches are
asked TO send delegates Mr, Harley,
expects an attendance of about 500 He
said the question would sbe taken out
OF politics and eliminated as an ISSUE
so far as possible, from the campaign
next summer. The prohibitionists hope
to have the matter settled before the
campaign gets under way. They Will
not put forward candidate for goy-s
ernor. Two plans have been suggested.
One Is to submit the question to the
people in the form Of q constitutional
amendment; the other Is to have q ref
erendum which, while not binding on
the governor or the legislature, would
inform them of the wishes of. the peo7s
pie. The legislature will be overwhelm-
ed with memorials. Mr., Harley said,
asking them to sanction one or the
other Of these plans. Aroused by the
gains made by the ,"wets'' In the recent
dispensary elections, Mr.. Harley de-
clares the time has come when the
state should be altogether wet" or al
together dry" 9oihpsst ~!
| -Spartanburg, September 16: One
Of the bitterest campaigns In the, city's
history ended tonight with the cleo
tion Of ex-Mayor John r. Floyd as
mayor for term Of four years, and
]. p. Fielder, DR.. C. B. Waller, o. 4.
Gallman and J. T. Hudson as COM
missioners. Fielder and Waller,
heading the ticket, will serve four
years, the other two for two years.
The election today was the second
for mayor, Ben Hill Brown, and eleven
candidates for commissioner having
been eliminated In the first primary.
Complete but unofficial returns OF the
election give: For mayor-Floyd 767,
johnson 712. For commissionAJ.
p. Fielder 893. C. B. Waller, %. T.
Gallman S17, ]. T. Hudson TAI, t.
i. Lytle Ill, I. M. Turbyfll 659,, J. T.
Willard 606, and DR.. o, w. Leonard
$50. Mr.. Floyd is an undertaken.
Dr.. Waller Is professor Of chemistry
members Of the new administration
are business men. They will inaiigu-
rate the commission form OF govern
ment In Spartanburg. Nearly = one
thousand citizens were disqualified
from voting by tardiness IN register,
ing or delinquency in paying taxes.
Protests were made against many
votes. There is a possibility that
court proceedings will be instituted
in an effort to have the election de-
clared void on the ground that re-
ytx ioff v,Io ft.e
second election which did not obtain
In the first primary. The issue Of the
campaign was whether the town
should be "wide open" or not The
result Is regarded as q victory for
those who favor putting on the lid"
- Columbia, September i6: The.
supreme court Of South Carolina, in
a decision today by Associate Justice
Hydrlck, held thatft the South Caro-.
lima law, placing q penalty OF $50 up-
| on railways for the failure to pay
damages within forty days rs not In
conflict with the Carmack 3amend-l
ment of the Federal statute regarding
interstate commerce, The Barnwell
county court was afigmed In the case
of the varnville Furniture company
against the Charleston & Western
Carolina railway. : Associate Justice
Fraser concurred with Associate JUS
tice Hydrick In affirming the case.
Associate Justice Watts wrote dis
senting opinion, which was concur.
red In by Chief Justice Gary. The
lVarnvilie Furniture company secured
Judgment against the railway In a.
magistrates court for damages done;
| to shipment of furniture, while Ia
the defendants possession In South
Carolina, and $500 overcharge In the
freight collected blythe defendant
thereon, and $50, the penalty allowed
| by the statute (civR code, 1912, sec
tfon 2s73) for the failure Of defend
ant to pay PLAINTIFFS claim for said
damages and oyercharges within forty
days after the fling thereof with the
defendants agent. According to the
opinion, the initial carrier, the South
ern Railway company, received the
shipment at High Point N. c., to be
4 transported over its own and connect
| ing lines and delivered to the furni-
ture company at Varnville, and is
sued its usual bill OF lading. The
ipany received the shipment from the
Southern Railway company at Allen
dale and delivered the same to the
furniture company at destination In,
a damaged condition" The circuit
court affirmed the magistrates 5udg-
ment. ~ 80 thik -
Anderson, September 1s: Adj
dressing 1000 farmers of Anderson
county at a chamber Of commerce
meeting here today. Tllison d. Smith,
senator from South Csrolina, de-
clared the passage Of the pending
currency bill by congress-, will wrest
the power Of dictation Of how the
country shall secure money and what
L A. II. oI, oil kn frnr
la gang Of Wall street money chang
lers," that the wealth OF, the country.
will be the standard Of the issuance
OF currency and not mere gold, al
though gold will continue to occupy
the basis Of international money ex-i
change He declared further * that
farmers will be enabled to secure
money on their crops; that CONNER
cial exchange will be radically chang
ed for the better. and that after the
passage of the bin every section of
the country, no matter how remote,
will be able to secure such money as
is needed to move the crops and car
ry on legitimate business. Senator
Smith declares the passage Of the
currency bill will be the greatest piece
Of legislation passed In America since
the abolition Of the government
banks by President Jackson, and that
the immediate effects Of It win revo-
lutionize credit throughout the coun-
try for the common good Of all Sem
ator Smith says that the planter,
whether of cotton, wheat or what
not, will be the chief beneficiary Of
the tariff legislation now engaging
congress. Taking up the matter Of
cotton exchange legislation, the SEN
ator said the result Of the pending
legislation win be that the govern
ment will at once incorporate law
for the Standardization OF the cotton
and that the New York cotton ex-
change will not be allowed to sell, as
at present, one grade Of cotton and
deliver another and lower grade,
costing less money, and then be able
to dictate the price Of cotton In gem
eral. Senator Smith says that the new
law, II passed, will invest In the
farmers, the right to say something
about the price they will receive for
their crops. He declared that expert
ments now being made by the gov
ernment are showing that there Is no
appreciable difference In the texture
of yarn made from lower grades Of
cotton from those made from higher
kt,a or