Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-13

goes to the penitentiary and stay!
one day, or any length of time, anc
the supervisor Of Newberry county
calls for him. and he is sent back tt
Newberry, Newberry is required tt
pay four dollars per month for hin
to the penitentiary authorities. There
is absolutely no justice in this; 1t Is
simply putting four dollars a month In
to the state penitentiary, which Is un'
Justly being taken out of the pocK-
cts of the people Of Newberry county
1 recommend that you amend the la"
so as to remedy this injustice.
Arrests Upon Suspicion.
recommend that you make it g
criminal offense, with very severe
punishment, for any person to ar
rest or cause to be arrested, any clti'
zen of this state upon mere suspicion
that said citizen is guilty Of crime
without first securing the approval OF
the attorney general or the solicitor OF
the circuit in which the crime Is
charged. think I but need to cal
your attention to recent case In Co.
lumbia, where q railroad man was ar
rested upon the request of so-calleo
detective, was humilialed by being
held in Jail, was put to the expense oi
employing lawyers, and when the
truth was known there was not only
absolutely nothing against him upon
the charge, but it was conclusively
shown that he had no connection
whatever with the crime. For this ex-
pense and humiliation to himself and
his family he has no redress. And
surely 1 need but call your attention
to the further fact that two young
BOYS were arrested in Chester, charged
with the same crime, upon the request
of a so-called detective; that they and
their parents were humiliated by this
charge, that these young boys were
thieves: that they were put to the ex-
pense of employing lawyers and 60
ing through a preliminary hearing,
and that not an iota Of testimony was
shown connecting them with the
crime in the remotest degree.
l think it high time that you gen.
tlemen should pass some law to stop
cheap. cowardly. lying hirelings from
slipping around over the state, making
charges or causing charges to be
made against our reputable citizens.
humiliating them and their families
and putting them to expense oy nav
ing them arrested and placed In jail
and being otherwise annoyed and
troubled. when there is absolutely no
foundation for the charges. and they
are made only to please the suspicion
OF one Of these hirelings who calls
himself detective"
urge this upon you, gentlemen,
because the citizen who is thus treat
ed has no redress in the law, and II
he should take q shotgun and Kill one
of these hirelings there would be a
great hurrah that he was red-hand-
ed murderer, and he would be forced
to employ lawyers and go through
long and tedious trial. Therefore,
the injured party must sit down and
saw nothing, because no good man, II
he can help himself, wants the blood
of his fellow man upon his hands.
although in cases Of this kind l really
believe it would be justified both In
the sight Of man and God.
License for so-caIled Detectives.
respectfully recommend and urge
upon you that you require every de-
tective, or so-called detective, or per-
son acting as such, to pay license
fee before acting in such capacity In
this state, and that he be required TO
give bond in sufficient amount, to De
filed with the secretary OF state, De-
that he may be held both civilly and
criminally label for any false i'm
prisonment, false arrest or false &C
cusation that he may cause or make.
County Dispensary Boards.
recommend that you change the
law providing for the appointment OF
county dispensary boards, so that II
shall provide that the members OF
said board shall serve until their sue
cessors are appointed and qualified.
The law now simply provides that
they shall serve for two years.
tuberculosis Hospital.
1. is useless for me to call your at
tention to the terrible ravages OF tu-
berculosis in this state, as well as III
every other section of the country
This deadly disease is one Of the
greatest scourges with which we are
afflicted. 1t is not only our duty, but
it is certainly directly to our personal
interests, to make every endeaVor TO
stamp it out, cooperating with those
who are devoting their lives in this
great effort, and in the meantime 10
lessen it's ravages as much as we can.
I, therefore, recommend that you SCI
aside a suitable piece Of land owned
by the state, and that you make sur
ficient appropriation for the erection
thereon of a tuberculosis sanatarium
for the treatment OF this disease.
Mileage Decision and Two-cent Pas
senser Rate.
1 beg leave to repeat my recommen-
dation asking that you pass an Act
60 fw0-npnt
rate on all railroads in this state.
1 am opposed to all kinds of mileage
books, changeable, Interchangeable
or any other kind. l want 1t fixed SC
that when a man gets on train ano
hands a conductor two cents he can
ride a mile, or when he hands him
two dollars he can ride one hundred
miles. I do not want any mileage
books.
Heat and Brakes for Electric Cars.
recommend that you require that
all cars operated on electric lines In
this state. whether within or without
The incorporate limits of any town OF
city, be heated, when the weather Is
such to justify 1t in the interest or the
comfort of passengers on said cars
and that these cars be supplied with
air or emergency brakes.
NY reason, gentlemen, for this rec
ommendation should be apparent even
without its being stated. Ladies come
out of heated stores and get into these
cars on a cold day for ride of four
or five miles, or possibly more. In
the different suburbs around Co
lumbia, for instance, people have 70
walk some distance on a cold, rainy
day to the car line, and take the cars
for ride of some distance. They gel
,heir feet wet, and have to sit in these
cold cars for a considerable while
Discomfort and sometimes illness Is
the result.
These companies already have the
electricity for the operation Of the cars
and to provide heat in the cars, when
it is necessary, would cost only the
installation of the heating appliance
The same would be true as to the
proper brakes. The old hand crank
and chain system of brakes is out OF
date; is slack and inefficient, and Is
menace to life and property.
AS | say, the cost would be incon'
siderable to the companies operatins
electric cars, but whether inconsid'
erable or not, the necessity for THESE
requirements is apparent, and L urge
that you pass an Act to this effect.
Excess Charges for Personal Baggage
1 respectfully recommend that you
pass q law prohibiting the charging OF