Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-07-25
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.


convention at Spartanburg last We'd
nesday by electing L. G. Young Of
Union, president, and A. w. Knight Of
Bamberg, secretary and treasurer. Five
vice presidents were also elected. The
date and place Of the next meetings
were not determined. The day was
spent in hearing addresses on various
phrases of the postal service which
were followed by asgeneral discussion.
Columbia correspondence Of the
News and Courier: Governor Blease
has received an invitation from Gov
ernor Sulzer of New York, inviting
him to attend the seventh national
conference on state and local taxation,
which meets at Buffalo,, in that state,
October 1925, and also requesting
him to appoint delegates from this
state. The governor appointed Asso-
ciate Justice r. c. Watts, State Sena-
tor John L. McLaurin and Represen-
tative George r. Rembert. II official
duties permit, the governor may at
tend the conference himself.
[ = Columbia, July %: Judge Ernest
Gary today filed with the sheriff an
order releasing n W. Richardson, su-
perintendent, and NJ c.. Welch. acting
commandant Of the Confederate state
infirmary, Of contempt because in the
return they showed that they had rein
stated N. w. Jones, the expelled vete-
ran, in whose favor the contempt pro-
ceedings had been brought. They were
held in contempt Monday and were or
dered arrested and held in jail until
they purged themselves by the rein
stating of the deposed old soldier.
whom they Immediately received into
the home. -.
= Columbia, July 90: The sum of
s133,816.47 was collected from
licenses tax for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1913, according
to a report made public today by
Comptroller General A. w. Jones.
This is an increase Of over $1,000
for the previous year and more than
double the amount which was coll
lected In 1905, the first year the law
imposed a license fee on domestic
and foreign corporations doing busi-
ness in South Carolina OF the amount
of this income $S1,305.42 was paid by
domestic corporations, s43,73S.14 by
public utility corporations intrastate
receipts, and the rest representing
property used by foreign corporations.
There has been some hot corre-
spondence between Governor Blease.
commander in chief, and Adjutant
General Moore in connection with mil
itary affairs. Governor Blease charges
General Moore with assuming author
ity that does not belong to him. Cen
eral Moore denies the charge and de-
'clares that Governor Blease is playing
cheap politics to the grand stand. The
governor forbade the adjutant general
to endorse further orders. ''by order of
the commander-in-ch until they
had been duly submitted and approved.
Gen. Moore says that when he went into
office he had verbal instructions from
the governor to run his department In
accordance with his own Judgment. He
goes on to say that 1t would be ex-
tremely annoying to have to submit
every detail to the commander In
chief before orders could be put into
effect.
Columbia special of July "a to
Greenville Piedmont: In reply to Ad-
jutant General Moore's interview this
morning, Governor Blease says he is
willing to leave with Colonels Cabiniss
and Babb, of the adjl ant generals
office, to say whether he was right or
not referring to the general order is
sued for the adjutant general to attend
the encampments which the governor
did not authorize, he, says, "and under
which order he is saving himself or is
receiving pay. to the amount OF $16.66
per day extra pay" and then asks If 1t
is the duty Of the adjutant general to
attend the encampments why he issued
this extra order for himself to draw
extra pay adding why this extra
$16.65 per day for doing this duty
which the tax payers are paying him
an annual salary to do? Cheap poll
tics; possibly: well surely not cheap
extra pay for doing ones duty. How
ever, I do not care to enter into any
controversy with the adjutant general
leave the entire matter to the mill
tary authorities to say IL I am acting
for the best interests Of the men In the
service and I am perfectly willing to
abide their decision"
- Gaffney, July 90: John Graham,
agent for the Southern railway at
Thickety and constable at that point,
was set upon and brutally assaulted
yesterday shortly after noon near his
office. Graham heard woman call
ing for help and when he answered he
saw a white man advancing toward
Mrs. Pinson, a respected woman OF
Thickety. with q rock IN his hand;
Graham called for him to halt and
surrender to arrest. The man turned
and announced that he would die hrst'
at the same time striking Mr.. Gra-
ham with q large rock. The constable
attempted twice to fire his pistol, but
the weapon missed each time. Mean
time the desperate had advanced and
knocked the constable down, tore his
pistol from his grip and shot at him
with his own weapon. Upon missing
the officer with the first shot he set
upon the fallen officer and beat him
into insensibility with the pistol butt.
He then made his escape. When Mr.
Graham recovered, he telegraphed to
Gaffney Of the happening and Sher1n
Thomas together with Patrolman
Painter, went to the scene. Meanwhile
a posse had been formed from Cow
pens and other points and the trail OF
the fugitive was taken up late this at
ternoon. He was captured and Is now
In ths county jail at Gaffney. He gives
his name as Jim Wick, and Is supposed
to be tramp, since he says that his
home is nowhere. The incident Great
ed great excitement in this section
and a number Of people are said to
have gone from Cowpens to the scene
on a specially contrived train to aid In
the search for the assailant OF Ohicer
Graham. ......
Bennettsville. July 90: The road
law for Marlboro county requires THAT
all able bodied men between certain
ages shall pay a Communication tax OF
$1.50 or else work on the public roads
six days. It has been the custom Tor
some time to allow those who failed to
pay the tax within the time prescribed
by law, and against whom executions
were issued, to pay $3.50 In lieu OF
working the six days. M. ]. Minis
who lived at the Bennettsville cotton
mill, failed to pay his Communication
tax, and after the execution was Is
sued against him, he refused to pay
the $3.50 or TO work the six days.
Under the state law, such refusal Is
a misdemeanor, punishable by hne
or Imprisonment. A warrant was Is
,uod for Minis hut he disappeared