Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-07
TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1913.

contention Is that Wnen the reSOlulou
was passed authorizing the bond issue
there was not a quorum of the sinking
fund commission. Governor Blease
was absent, w. l. Mauldin, another
member was dead and l.. ]. Brown
ing was disqualified on account Of not
being reelected to the house.
Loiumpla, January D: Ihe South
LarOilna supreme court issued nnai
uruer uesiguaung the time which the
two daughters or b. r. Tillman, Jr,
anu ms IOrmer wife, Mrs. Lucy Dugas,
snail spenu with their parents Under
the courts ruling, the girls will spend
Lne monIns or July and august eacn
year Win their father and the re-
| mainder of the time with their moth
| er. every other saturday while they
/ are In the CUSTODY or one parent they
| are 70 VISIT the other. sAcuon py the
| supreme court resulted from habeas
| corpus proceedings Instituted by Mr.
Truman to recover custody or MS
children who had previously been plac-
ed In the care OF Mrs. Dugas by
court order.
- Columbia, January 4: The popu-
lation OF the state penitentiary at the
enu OF the year was 26l, according
| to the annual report Of Capt. ID. j..
urimIh, the superintendent On De-
cember 81, 1911, there were sos prts-
| oners at the penitentiary. The fol-
lowing statistics for the year are CIV
en-: Received under sentence, lSs;
recaptured, y; recommitted, J.; In
prison during the year, l,0O4, from
which deducI by pardon, 8; discharg-
| ed by parole, a; discharged by ex-
piration of sentence, 1873; died, %;
escaped, l5; leaving in prison on De-
cember 81. 1912, 761. In his report
superintendent Griffith suggests that
the old cell buildings be converted
into a structure for the women pris-
oners.
- Columbia special Of January to
News and Courier: The commissions
of weight .notaries public In Co
lumbia were revoked today. Altogether
ffty-nine citizens Of Richland have
now had their commissions as notaries
public revoked. Among those dismiss
ed today were: w. d. Melton. John L.
Melton, Washington Clark. r. e. Car
vile, John Hughes Cooper, Alfred Wal
lace, Jr., T. T. Talley, Carlton w. Saw
yer, chief clerk in the Office Of the
comptroller general; A Fletcher Spieg-
ner, R. Beverly Sloan, United States
commissioner; G. p. Seabrook, Albert
r. Hayward, F. G. Tompkins. Jesse T.
Reese, Bruce w. Ravenel, L. s. Matti-
son, Douglas Mckay, Robert Moorman,
Christie Bennett, secretary Of state DEM
ocratic committee; w. p. Ttllinghast,
Henry T. Thompson, John B. Withers,
VIM. h, GiDDes, Jr, hunter A. Gibbes,
]. Nelson Frierson, j. w. Dunn, Il. y.
DePass, e. L. Craig, Charles IL. Bar
ron, w. G. Bateman, ]. Edwin Belsers
W.. Gordon Belser, G. M. Berry, w. Z.
Aycock, r, M. Jones, ]. II. Hammond,
j.. Waites Thomas, James Macdonald,
A. II. Kohn, r. Beverly Herbert, G. w.
Maltiwanger, Z. T.. Graydon, William
Elliott. W. K Fishburne, d. g. Ellison,
A. C. DePass and Howard Caldwell
- Coiumpla, January g.. Attorney
Generai Lyon Today began disbarment
proceedings In the state supreme court
against barney Is. Evans, an attorney
or Columbia who was an opponent OF
Lyon in the recent primary. The pc
uIlon alleges that Evans as an attor-
ney in Saluda collected monies for
certain cnen.s which he failed to turn
over 10 them. Geo. X. Rembart OF
Columbia Is named among the wit
nesses TO this charge, Ii further alle-
ges that Evans collected certain mon
| ey for the Murray drug company OF
| this city which he failed to turn over.
to the flrm. A part Of the petition re-
Iefs TO the charge made by Evans dur
ing the campaign last summer that b.
f.. Samples sneriff Of Saluda county,
stole a certain receipt from Evans
office in Saluda and 1t also contains
a statement signed by citizens Of Sa-
luda denouncing Evans and denying
his charge. The petition Of disbar-
ment further charges that Evans at
the campaign meeting In Spartanburg
last summer made the statement that
l,a nj HorffnF6 Efro InQllrNB
ance companies did their duty, B. w.
Curoch and e. w. Able, attorneys OF
Saluda would be behind prison bars,
that one Of these persons was caught
as an incendiary, and that he destroy
ed all the lawyers libraries In Sa-
luda. Evans, further referred to-
these men, 1t Is alleged, as blind tigers,
! thieves and incendiaries. The COM
plant further alleges that Evans Is OF
bad reputation. 1t also charges him
with forging certain names to notes
which he had discounted at Co
lumbia bank, and that he collected
funds for Baltimore trust company
which he failed to turn over to It.
Lyon closes his complaint with the
statement that his opposition to Evans
as a candidate has prevented his
bringing the case sooner.
Columbia special Of January 8 to
the Atlanta Journal: Noticing the
revoking Of commissions Of SO many
notaries public, Governor Blease was
asked this morning why 1t was being
done or what 1t meant and In reply
made the following statement: you
remember when first came into of
fee revoked the commissions OF all
notaries public. my reason for so do
ing being explained at the time, also
on the stump during the recent
campaign, at which time one Of my
opponents would yell every day he
cut off the heads Of all the notaries
public. His protests had no effect
upon the people for they realized that
I was right in the step had taken.
said then, and repeat 1t now, that
under the constitution the commission
of every appointive officer should
be made to expire with the term
of the governor who makes the
appointment. I still believe that,
and carrying out that policy I have
called in the commissions OF all de-
tectives and constables working un-
der me January /, 1913, and am re-
voking the commissions Of many no
taries public along the same lines I
would have issued a general order but
two years ago this was very much OBJ
jected to and was asked not to en-
force the order because 1t would in
terfere with the banking institutions
and others in handling their business
affairs. There are some commissi-
ons throughout the state that I shall
not revoke and am satisfied that
there are some who will be glad that
their commissions are revoked be-
cause I have heard Of them saying
that they did not want to have any
commissions signed by Blease, that
they were ashamed Of them, but that
they had to have them on account Of
their business affairs. Therefore as far
as I can, am trying to relieve them
Of their shame. Furthermore, I do
not think any man should hold a COM
mission under the state government
who openly violated the laws Of the
state by betting on the result Of the
primary election. I know Of no bet
ter way to stop such gambling than to
carry out the law and deprive those
Of their commissions who were guilty
Of that offense as provided for under
our constitution and statute laws.
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