Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-04-14

include valuable trophy cup.
Plans are being made for feet Of
American warships to go through the
Panama canal in July.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The 66th annual meeting Of the
South Carolina Medical association Is
being held in Florence this week.
Capt. ]. N. Drake Of Marlboro,
has announced himself as q candidate
for the state senate to succeed Hon.
John L. McLaurin, who Is a candidate
for the governorship.
- Columbia's municipal election is
to be held on May 5, and mayor and
two members Of council are to be
chosen. Mayor Wade Hampton gibbs
Is q candidate for reelection and Is
being opposed by Councilman F. 8.
Earle, who was a candidate against
him four years ago.
- Lieutenant Governor Chas. A.
Smith and Solicitor X. A. Cooper. can
didates for governor, addressed an edu-
cational rally at Fountain Inn in Laur-
ems county last Saturday. Senator
John L. McLaurin, also candidate
for governor, was expected to be pres
ent; but telegraphed his regrets.
DIR. s. A. Steel, pastor Of the
Washington Street Methodist church,
of Columbia, preached a sermon last
Sunday in which he held that the idea
of woman suffrage Is infidel to the
core, and IL 1t succeeds 1t will be a
menace to modern civilization. DR..
Steel is very much opposed to the SUI
frage propaganda
st. Matthews special Of April 10.
to Greenville News: Col. ]. A. Banks
announced positively today that he
ant governor this summer. Colonel
Banks stated that he had given the
matter careful consideration from
every viewpoint and he has come to
the conclusion that he could better
and with greater chance or success
advocate the reforms and progressive
measures which he champions as
senator rather than as president OF
the senate, therefore he decided to re-
main in the senate, where he could be
more useful to these purposes. =, s,...
Greenville special Of April 13: Fol-
Logging the finding of an Illicit distil-
lery on the farm Of James Patten In
Oconee some time ago, government Of
ficials have now seized Patterns home,
barn and other outbuildings. This ac-
ton is considered by local revenue
men as a very unusual occurrence ana
only happens when the Illicit plant Is
found in close proximity to the resi-
dence in which the alleged operator
resides. In this case the accused man
still lives in his home but does so un-
der a heavy bond. When the officers
raided Patterns place they destroyed
distillery which was In full opera
ton in the cellar Of a newly construct
\ 90 hn NlAn he
ing gained by trap door in the loft
of the barn. The stove fiue was run
underground up a nearby hillside and
on the hillside near the point OF issue
a pile Of brush was always kept burn
ing to allay suspicion. Pipes for waste
matter were also laid underground
and emptied into a stream nearby. In
all 1t was still fashioned after those in
Scotland in Queen Mary's time, when
the penalty was death for making
whisky. Patten will be tried in Green
Vile at the term Of Federal court be-
ginning April 81. In addition to the
answer the charge Of manufacturing
stills, a complete plant in course OF
construction having been found on
his premises.
1t is pretty hard to have a special
school tax election overturned after
the election has been held in due
form to be valid, as Is evidenced by
the following dispatch Of April 10,
from Chester: One Of the most inter-
esting school cases ever tried in the
Chester courts and one that has at
tracted much attention all over the.
state, was heard by Judge ]. w. De-
Wore of Edgefield today. A great
crowd of people from Blackstock
90 fn tho pifu IN hnQr the r.
gued. 1t will be recalled that there
was hearing Of the facts in the case
Saturday, before Referee John M.
Wise here. r. l.. Douglas appeared
for the citizens of BlackstOck and
Henry and Mcclure for the plaintiffs.
j. B. Morrison and L. e. Sigmon.
Messrs. Sigmon and Morrison alleged
that the election held last summer to,
create the Blackstock school district
and to provide a special school levy.
was not carried out legally. In Jam
uary these two men secured an order
from Judge George W. Gage Of this
levying and collecting the tax. 1t Is
said that there are number Of sim
liar cases in South Carolina that are
awaiting the action of the Chester
court in the Blackstock school case.
The initial point that was argued be-
fore Judge DeVore was whether the
district was properly laid on. The
contention Of the plaintiffs was that
the petition asking for the district to
be laid off was indefinite and ancer-
tain in what ii asked for. The dis
trict included a survey by I. II. Hare
din Of Lowryville in April 1913, and
the same petitions requested that the
district be laid off with lines perpen-
dicular and parallel with the county
lines and as the survey made by Mr..
Hardin did not contain the boundary
lines absolutely parallel and perpen-
dicular with the county's lines, II led
the plaintiffs to claim that the district
was not properly laid off. Judge De-
Wore held that the lines made by Mr..
Hardin were so nearly perpendicular
and parallel to the county lines that
the same was practically in conform
ity to the petition and the difference
was not such as to mislead any one
and should therefore not be held in
valid. The second clause of the first
contention was that the survey was
not in conformity with the act au-
thoriZing the school district Of l6
square miles to he laid off at Black
stock. Judge DeVore held that the
general assembly law of 1895, author
izing the county boards Of education
to lay the county off into convenient
school districts Of not less than nine.
and not more than 40 square miles
should govern the boards in laying off
this district and not the old act. The.
second contention Of the plaintiffs was;
that the petition presented the county
board Of education asking that the,
district be set off and an election held
for the purpose of levying a 2-millI
school tax on said district was not
properly signed by one-third Of the.
resident electors and one-third free
holders as required by the law. This
matter had been referred to Referee.
Wise, who found the petitions to be In
accordance with the law and his rul-
ing was sustained by Judge DeVore.