Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-14
TUESDAY, JANUARY "a, 1873.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The Spartanburg grand jury is
now after the social clubs in which
| liquor Is sold.
The Dreamland moving picture
theatre in Chester was badly damaged
by fire last Saturday night
- Messrs. w. w. Waters and ]. 8.
Bratton have taken charge Of the
management of the remodeled Nichol-
| son hotel in Chester.
John Y. Darlington who was re-
Gently paroled by the governor to visit
his sick father at Laurens, has return
ed to the penitentiary. The original
parole was for three days, and 1t was
extended for three days longer.
T, The main building Of Clafiin uni
versity, the negro college at Orange
burg was destroyed by fire last Thurs
day. The building was well insured,
and the understanding is that rebuild
ing operations will be commenced
without delay.
For reasons satisfactory to him.
self, Governor Blease has refused to
approve the $4,000 bond submitted by
s.. T. Carter, the newly elected state
treasurer, and Mr.. Carter will have to
| submit a bond satisfactory to the gov
ernor before he will be permitted to
| take office.
Representative c. C. Nvyche, Of
| Spartanburg has given out state
ment in which he expresses himself as
In favor of the abolition not only Of
the hosiery mill In the penttentiary,
but of the penitentiary itself, and in
favor Of putting all convicts on the
roads. Representative Wyche Ii
friend and supporter Of Governor
Blease
| The South Carolina electoral col
| lege convened In the office Of the sec
retary of state yesterday. All the men,
bers were present except w. T. Light
sey and w. e. Gonzales was elected in
his place. The vote Of the state was
cast for Wilson and Marshall and Mr..
John ]. McMahan was elected messen-
ger to carry the vote Of the state to
Washington.
The town Of Fort Lawn In Chester
county was visited by destructive
fire last Saturday night about 1890
o'clock. The store of o. A. Jordan &
Co., was first destroyed and next the
flames attacked the store Of the With
erspoon Mercantile company and wip-
ed It out Other buildings were dam
aged. Fort Lawn has no fire depart
ment; but the citizens did fine work
fighting the flames with such means as
were at hand.
- Columbia special of Saturday to
News and Courier: The grand jury
| Of Richland county, in its present
ment handed in today, presented the
mayor and the city council, Of CO.
lumbia for permitting turkey raffies
during the month Of December in the
city. The presentment alleges that
turkey rafting Is a system Of lottery
and violation Of the criminal statues
against games Of chance. 1t names as
witnesses City Clerk g. Flavie Coop
Ell and the city auditor, and the min
utes OF the council meetings. Judge
Sease, In commenting on the present.
ment, said that 1t did not necessarily
mean an Indictment.
| Chester, January 13: This section
has another case Of cerebro spinal
meningitis. At least II has been unof-
flcially pronounced that by the attend
ing physician. DR.. ]. A. Hayne, state
health officer, Is expected In the city
tonight to see the case. 1t Is Anderson
\ Hardin, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. s. III.
Hardin, one Of Chester county's big
farmers, who lives at Dinber, a few
miles from here on the road to York.
vile. This boy attended school In the
same building as the boy who had II
here a week or so ago, but who is now
convalescent. Much concern Is felt
here over the new case, but the physi-
clans say that there Is no occasion for
alarm, as all steps necessary to check
the probable spread Of the malady will
be brought right to the front.
| = Columbia State, Tuesday: The
governor Of South Carolina in his re-
| turn read before the supreme court
yesterday, charged the members Of the
sinking fund commission with having
made an agreement with New York
bond dealers to shut out competition
after the supreme. court had passed
upon the validity of the bond refund
ing act Of the last general assembly.
The act in question provides for re-
funding Of about $5,500,000 of state
bonds. The members OF the sinking
fund commission are the governor, j.
Fraser Lyon, attorney general; A. w.
Jones, comptroller general; R. II. Jen-
nings, state treasurer. The other mem
bers are the chairman Of the finance
committee Of the senate and the chair
| man Of the ways and means commit
tee Of the house. The late Senator W.
L. Mauldin Of Greenville was chairman
of the senate committee and Lowndes
j.. Browning Of Union was chairman
Of the house body. Several days ago
| the supreme court issued an order re-
quiring the members Of the sinking
fund commission to show cause why
the act for refunding the bonds should
not be declared unconstitutional and
| why the members Of the commission
should not be restrained from carry
ing out the provisions Of the act The
governor, accompanied by his attor-
ney, Fred H. Dominick Of Newberry,
appeared In the supreme court yester-
day morning. The return was read by
Mr.. Dominick. The court after hear
| ing the return, granted three weeks for
| the governor to make further return.
In his return yesterday the governor
asked the court to refer the entire
matter to a referee to take testimony
and make report. Mr.. DeBruhl. assis-
tant attorney general, representing
the sinking fund commission, and W..
T. Aycock, attorney for the taxpayers
bringing the proceedings, had agreed
to submit the case on printed briefs.
Mr. Aycock did not believe that the
sinking fund had acted IN bad faith.
Mr. DeBruhl said that a representative
Of the New York bond buyers had
come here and examined not only this
act but former refunding acts thor
oughly and it was this representatives
suggestion that one or two matters In
the act had not been passed on in
court and that an action should be
brought to this end before the bonds
were placed on sale. He denied not
only any bad faith on the part Of the
commission, but also any understand
ing between them and the New York
bond buyers as charged by the gov
ernor and said that none of the bonds
had been offered for sale. The follow
ing is part of the return Of the gov
ernor: THAT he believes that said
members of sinking fund commission
have undertaken to make some agree
ment or arrangement with certain par
ties in New York for the purchase Of
the bonds to be issued by the said
sinking fund commission under the
resolution Of December %, 1912, for the
payment of the bonds and stocks here
tofore issued and which are to be call
ed in, mentioned in said resolution as
refunding bonds and stocks, under the
act of Fehrrary o. 1912 The terms