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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-06
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
,IEw ADVERTISEMENTS

Lyric Theatre-Gives programme for
tonight, tomorrow, Monday and also
for Tuesday. The Last Days Of Pom
peii, Feb. 16; special for Feb. %.
Yorkville Bargain House-On page 4
reminds you that tomorrow Is the
last day of its inventory cleanup
sale, and wants you to come.
Thomson Co.-Uses pages and s to
tell you about the big Mill-Syndicate
sale which opens tomorrow for ten
days. Bargains in all kinds Of win
ter and early spring goods.
Cloud Cash Store-Is showing new
ready-to-wear dresses for ladies,
misses and children. New percales,
calicoes, curtain swiss, etc.
Kirkpatrick-Be Co.-For Saturday
many departments, including blan-
kets, dress goods, shoes, etc.
York Supply Co.-Wants to supply you
. with COW feed, and also supply your
table with all kinds of groceries.
w. r. Carroll-Has two-horse farm
near Yorkville, for rent; mule for
sale, and wants to supply you.
First National Rank, Yorkville-Sug-
gests a bank account for your girl.
1t will teach her how to save.
Yorkville Hardware Co.-Can supply
you with needles, shuttles and bob
bins for all makes of sewing ma
chimes.
First National Bank, Sharon-Points
out some Of the advantages of a
checking account and invites you to
start one with 1t.
]. w. Smarr, Hickory Grove-Has TAX
en- up a brindle heifer calf and
wants the owner to come for 1t.
Trustees District No. 13-Give notice
of meeting Of voters and taxpayers
to be held at McConnellsville, Mon
day, February 16.
j. J. Keller & Co.-Ask you II you ex-
pect to paint this spring. They want
to supply you with the paints.
James Bros.-Express themselves as
highly pleased with the busine IS
they are doing and the quality OF
mules demanded on this market.
A. D. Dorsett-Says he Is the uptown
grocer and solicits your patronage
for all kinds Of good groceries.
Carroll Rros.-Sell Corno chicken feed
and recommend 1t to poultry raisers.
They sell fence wire in all widths.
The Handy Kitchen-Invites you to
buy your candies and fruits from It..
Good qualities and low prices.
Mcconnell Dry Goods Co.-Asks you
to come in and see the new lines OF
spring goods.
j. c. Wilborn-Offers several attract
i've real estate propositions for your
consideration today.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-06

the courts. The governor put In
good portion Of the legislative day on
the floors of. the house and senate OBJ
serving developments.
In a conversation about the ware
house bill and other matters, Senator
McLaurin told the editor that he felt
pretty sure the senate would pass his
measure at his session. He said that
the new banking and currency law
looked to him as If it had been made
especially to fit the warehouse plan;
that 1t certainly removed the most Sc
rious problem that had heretofore con-
fronted him-that Of financing the
cotton. He went on to say that Texas
has adopted what was virtually his
original bill, the one that was declar-
ed unconstitutional by the supreme
court, and he also stated that there are
now in Columbia some gentlemen from
Kentucky, who are seeking his aid in
the preparation Of bill, similar to the
South Carolina bill, but especially in
tended to provide for the warehousing
of cotton.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-06
MERE MENTloN,

Henry Carter Stuart was inaugural
ed governor Of Virginia on Monday.
Col. Goethals, in command Of the Ca
nal Zone, has promised Commander
Robertson Of the cruiser Denver, that
his ship will be the first to pass through
the Panama canal, and that the event
will take place next month. Henry
M. Pindell, the Peoria, ILL.,, newspaper
editor, who was recently appointed and
confirmed as ambassador to Russia,
has declined the appointment. Presi-
dent Wilson expressed his regret at
Mr.. PindelIs action. Deep sea div
ers have been trying for the past few
days to explode the wreck Of the
steamship Monroe, in order to recover
bodies Of the dead The ship lies in
fifteen fathoms Of water, and the div
ers have had little success in their
efforts. The vessel will be blown up
to clear the path Of navigation. ......
caucus of house Democrats on Tues
day night by vote Of 1913 to 81 went
on record as being unfavorable to the
creation Of house committee on wo-
mans suffrage. The taxation off,
GERS Of Cuyahoga county, Ohio, are
trying to collect personal taxes from
John D. Rockefeller to the total Of
100000 on an estimated personal
property of 100000, 900. The lower
house of the New Jersey legislature
by vote Of 49 to 4, has passed a res
olution providing for a constitutional
amendment extending the right Of suf-
frage to women. :. The district coun-
ellis Of the provinces of China have
been dissolved by President Yyan Shi
Kai. This dictatory action is regarded
as another step toward the suppress
sion OF any semblance Of popular gov
ernment in China. "A fire in the
wholesale district of Philadelphia,
Tuesday, burned five hours, and de-
stroyed property valued at $2S5, 1000.
Advices Of Tuesday from Haiti, are to
the effect that 300 men Of the rival
revolutionary forces were killed in the
battle at Gonaives. Gen. Oreste Ia
NOR proclaimed himself chief execu-
tive. A 2-year- old-boy was recent
ly sent by parcel post from Stratford,
Okla, to wellington, Kan. The post
age on the child was IS cents. 49,. .Ac-
cording to a report made public by
New York society for improving the
condition Of the poor, there are 331, 200
men out Of work in that city.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-06
The feature of the senate procee

The feature Of the senate proceed
ings this week has been the personal
controversy between Governor Blease
and Senator Niels Christensen, Of
Beaufort. Governor Blease and Sena-
tor Christensen are bitter political en-
emies Of long standing, and each has
struck the other many hard blows that
were meant to kill politically. In
recent message Governor Blease refer
red to Senator Christensen as trus-
tee of a negro school, Senator Chris
tense rose to a question Of personal
privilege, and stated that Governor
Blease had once been a candidate for
the position Of trustee Of a negro col
lege. Governor BleaSe denied this,
stating that he had taken the trustee
ed him to look after expenditures Of
the states money. He went on to
charge that Senator Christensens
father came into the state leading ne
gro troops against Confederate SOL
diers. The Beaufort Board Of Trade
passed resolutions expressing conf
dence in Senator Christensen and re-
senting Governor Blease's charge as
unfounded. Governor Blease produe-
ed a telegram from the war depart
ment showing the record Of the elder
Christensen in the Federal army, in
Guiding his command of negro troops.
The senate considered the matter in
executive session, and attempted to
keep the matter off the Journal by re-
ferring it to the judiciary committee.
Governor Blease demanded to know
whether or not his messages were to
be suppressed in this manner, and as
the result of some parliamentary fenc-
ing on Wednesday morning, the senate
decided that the whole controversy go
into the Journal. Senator Christensen
preferred a request that the whole
matter be printed. Many Of the sena-
tors took the position that because of
the purely personal nature Of the con-
troversy it had no business in the
Journal Others held that it was the
Constitutional right of the governor to
have his messages printed in the Jour
nal, and as to what he said in those
messages was a matter between the
governor and the people. There was a
lot of bitter feeling in the whole mat
ter; but the final action Of the senate
seems to have been based on correct
parliamentary practice.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-06
leoaI Advertisinu,

Senator Carlisle of Spartanburg, has
introduced and secured a favorable re.
port on bill that will prove Of espe-
cial and particular concern to most OF
the newspapers Of South Carolina.
His proposition is to require that nc
newspaper shall be allowed to charge
more for official legal advertising than
it charges for ordinary commercial
advertising.
Under the statutes that have obtain
ed in this state since the newspapers
were first used for the publication OF
legal matters Of whatever nature, the
rates to be charged for such notices
have been specifically fixed, and as q
general thing these rates have been
considerably higher than the newspa-
pers have been able to secure from
commercial advertisers.
At the present time for instance, the
rate for legal advertising is one dollar
per inch of BREWER measure for the
first insertion and so cents per inch
for each subsequent insertion, and
these rates are universally charged by
newspapers that are glad to get 10
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-06
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

The State Sunday School conven-
tion will meet at Anderson on next
Wednesday for a session Of three days.
w. X. Tate, for the past four years
state supervisor Of elementary schools,
has resigned to accept the chair Of ru-
raj education in the George Peabody
College for Teachers at Nashville,
Tenn.
In the municipal election at Gaff-
ney on Tuesday, John Q. Little lead
John Littlejohn for mayor by a vote
Of 255 to 234. Hester the third mayor
atty candidate, received rs votes. A
second election will be held next Tues
day.
Representative Stevenson has Sc
cured the passage Of a bill through
the house permitting state banks to
invest their capital in the securities Of
the regional reserve banks, and do
such other things as may be necessary
to qualify for them for admission in
the new national banking system.
Columbia special of February s, to
the Charlotte Observer: Charles Car
roll Sims, candidate for governor, to-
night denied published reports that he
would retire from the gubernatorial
race. He said he would stay in the
race to the finish. II never thought 1t
necessary to deny the statement of
Senator Tillman that / was a Haskell
ite." said Mr.. Sims. 1T is absurd. /
followed General Hagood in his fight
against Haskellism.
Greenwood Journal Charged with
embezZling about $257 Of Sunday
school, Woodmen of the World and
Red Men money at Ware Shoals, w.
H. Airail was brought to Greenwood. .
Friday, from Alta Vista, Va, by Spe-
cial Deputy w. L. Freeman. It is un-
derstood that the young prisoner does
not deny taking the money, having
stated to Sheriff Mcmillan, that he
spent only small amounts at a time,
and did not realize until 1t was too late
how large sum he was short. No ef-
fort has been made by him or his fam
lily, it is said, to give bond. An effort
may be made to compromise the case.
Columbia, February 4: After fat
ly refusing to consider a number Of
amendments which would have altered
the purports Of the bill, the house this
morning by vote Of 80 to 16 passed
on third reading and sent to the SEN
ate the Stanley Nixon Hunter meas
ure, providing a straight two cents
passenger rate on all railroads in the
state. The principal amendments
which were rejected were by Mr.. San
ders eXempting roads Of 40 miles or
less in length from the operation Of
the bill, and by Mr.. Belser, providing
that roads Of less than 20 miles could
charge cents and between 20 and 40
miles % cents as at present. Mr.. Bel
ser's argument was that the bill would
be unconstitutional If it required small
lines to operate at a loss, as he
thought it would do. He pointed out
the value of these roads to the rural
districts. After little discussion the
bill was passed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-06

Commenting on the editorial which
appeared in the Times last week with
reference to the action Of the commits
sioners for the new county court house
The Yorkville Enquirer has the fol-
lowing in it's Saturday issue, to which
we do not care to reply further than to
say that neither The Enquirer nor any
Of those who have opposed the COM
mission has shown that the taxpayers
Of the county will lose $4,000 and
probably as much as $40, 900" by desig-
mating the site Of the old building as
that of the new building.-Fort Mill
Times.
1t has been published that the COM
mission was offered $4,000 cash for
the present building and site. If the
commission keeps records the fact
should be on it's minutes. If the COM
mission does not keep records, the fact
can be proved by oral testimony. The
commission has been presented with
an offer of free site executed in due
site and $4,000 is exactly $4,000. If
site, it would under the terms of the
the commission had accepted the free
site it would under the terms Of the
$4,000 offer, been allowed to use the
present building until the completion
of the new building. In building on
the present site, it will be necessary
to rent quarters for the county Offices
and provide place for the holding of
court until the new building is COM
pleted The rent is bound to cost
something, and that something should
properly be added to the $4,000 that
the commission threw away when it
refused the offer for the present site.
There are other amounts that could
be added with as much reason as the
amounts stated. But the thing has
been done, the legislative delegation
has refused to act, and there you are.
If those who would have things differ
emily have any way to help themselves
we do not know how they are going
about it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-06

with the whole matter. There are
things in it too that are OF sensation
al interest, as showing pretty clearly
some very questionable proceedings on
the part of certain state officers. 1t
will be remembered that when the leg
islature at it's last session put the gov
ernor on a committee with Comptrol-
ler Jones and State Treasurer Carter
to borrow money to run the state, the
governor protested most bitterly. He
told the legislature that these men
were his personal and political enc
mics. and that there was no possibil-
ity Of his receiving even courteous
treatment at their hands. He begged
that either he be left off the commit
tee or other men substituted for Jones
and Carter Through combination OF
circumstances, however, 1t became
necessary for the governor to act, not
withstanding his previous determine
ton not to do so. Pursuant to reso-
lutions of the commission, the govern
or affixed his signature to certain notes
with the understanding that Comp
troller Jones and Treasurer Carter
were also to sign. Later the govern
or was informed that the notes had
been signed. After that there devel-
oped new complications, and the notes
came back into the hands Of the chair
man of the commission blank except
for the signature of the governor. On
one of them was discernable a part of
the signature Of Mr.. Carter; but mi
croscopic examination showed no 9TH
er marks. The inference was that af-
ter Messrs. Jones and Carter had sign
ed their names, somebody erased those
names by the use Of acid. The notes
are now in the possession OF Governor
Blease, and it is to be very clearly un-
derstood from the message that one OF
the names is beginning to recover
from the effects Of the acid or what
ever may have been used to blot 1t
out. The governor shows too, that he
got along with less borrowed money
and got it on better terms than here
tofore. Another matter Of special in
terest in the message is an explana-
ton and vindication Of the reasons
actuating the governor in refusing to
sign the refunding bill Of 1912. AS
stated in his veto message at the time,
he thought the act should carry the
same provision that had been carried
in previous acts with reference to tax
exemption. The provision referred to
stimulates that so much Of the capital
Of banks as may be invested in state
bonds shall be exempt from taxation.
His idea was to ensure the floating of
the bonds at or above par. There were
those who held that a simple provision
that would make the bonds non-taXa-
BILE in the hands of individuals would
answer the purpose. AS showing that
he was correct in his original position.
the governor cites Judge Princes re-
cent decree in the case Of the Loan
and Savings bank Of Yorkville and
the National Union bank Of Rock HILL
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-06
BILLS BY YORK MEMBERS

Among the new bills introduced In
the house by York members on Satur-
day, were the following:
Mr.. Sanders. A bill to amend the
law relating to magistrates and their
constables, their powers, duties, juris-
diction, salaries, etc. Referred to COM
mittee on offices and officers.
Mr.. Sanders. A bill to amend the
law with reference to the compensa-
ton and salaries of county officers
Referred to the committee on offices
and officers.
Mr.. Halle: A bill to authorize town.
ships to raise funds for road improve
ment. Referred to committee on roads
bridges and ferries.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-06
CIRCUIT COURT

When The Enquirer went to press
last Tuesday, the court was engaged
in the case Of Abner B. Harten against
w. G. White and j. ]. Plexico, ct al
The case took up the greater part Of
Tuesday and Wednesday. The jury re.
turned the following verdict: I'VE find
for the defendant"
In the case Of David A. Moore VS.
Victoria Cotton mill the jury returned
verdict for the defendant.
A motion for a non-suit was refused
in the case Of Ernest Thomasson by
his guardian Hamp Thomasson against
the Ware farm, and the court is now
engaged in trial Of the case.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-06

the Airdome on pleasant nights, and
the Lyric in the afternoons. The price
Of admission will continue at and 10
cents, as low as anybody has ever been
able to make for first class service in
town Of this size, except when l put
on extra features at extra expense,
when l will have to ask such admis-
sion as the circumstances seem to JUS
.;
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-06

- Columbia special of Tuesday to
the Charlotte Observer: The senate Is
divided on the question of primary re-
form. Tonight the special committee
made a majority and minority reports
on the Nicholson bill. In presenting
the minority report, Senator McLaurin
said: I'VE do not think it wise for
legislative enactment to determine
the qualifications Of membership to a
political party. If we set that ex-
ample, why could not congress also
prescribe qualifications as to who
should be entitled to vote in the case
of United States senators and COR
gressmen? Each house is the judge Of
and, if congress were to say that only
those entitled to vote at the general
election should vote in any party pri-
mary for United States senators and
congressman, we would have a condi
dition of affairs in South Carolina not
pleasant to contemplate. Further, we
do not think the general assembly
should appropriate funds from the
state treasury to pay the expenses Of
a political party" The majority re-
port recommends certain changes in
the present law including complete
enrolment, books to close Is days
before election time and other re-
strictions in the primary. 1t is prob
able nothing will be done toward re-
forming the primary at this election.
Senator Sharp also signed the MI
nority report
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-06

age as sacred, and held the sanctity OF
the home inviolate, their arms were in-
vulnerable, and Rome became mistress
of the world. But with the accumula- =
ton Of colossal wealth came great
laxity of morals; marriage became
Jest and child bearing a useless bur,
den. The luxurious Romans lost all
respect for female chastity; the he
roic virtues of their early years were
forgotten, and the empire fell, the vic
tim of luxury and disregard for the
binding effects of marriage. Shall not
the United States take warning from
Romes eXample?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-06
We are in receipt of a copy of an in

We are in receipt Of a copy of an in
teresting message that Governor
Blease has sent to the general assem-
bly, with reference to the refunding Of
the state debt, and containing tran
script of the proceedings of the sink
ing fund commission in connection
with the borrowing of money last
summer to pay the expenses of the
state government. The message in
cludes 81 pages, and is for the most
part an explanation and vindication Of
the governors position in connection
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-06

charged with embezzling about $251
from a Sunday school and two secret
orders at Ware Shoals, has been re-
leased from Jail under a $500 bond.
Messrs. John o. Davis, w. L. Free
man and other prominent citizens Of
Ware Shoals signed the bond. It is
understood that an effort will be made
to settle Airairs case out Of court. AS
stated before, he has made a confess
sion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-06
LOCAL lACONICS.
Can't. Black Coroner,

Capt. Black Coroner.
Governor Blease, on last Tuesday,
appointed Capt A. M. Black, Of Rock
Hill, to be coroner for York county,
vice L. w. Louthian, deceased. Capt.
Black is a Confederate veteran, we'll
known in the county, and fully COM
petent to discharge the duties Of the
office in a creditable and efficient man
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-06

bulwark OF society, the home-the MAJ
ker of good citizens and the model on
which every wise government is
founded" The remedy by constitu-
tional prohibition is drastic" said the
senator, but the malady is so fatal
that nothing short of it will prove eff
cacious In the United States divorce
is spreading with alarming rapidity
1t has permeated every walk of life,
and is prevalent among every class OF
people. The total number of divorces
granted in 1867 was 9,937, or 27 per
100000 population. For forty years
later, in 1906, there were 1902 di-
vorces, or sc per 100000; thus in actu-
al numbers there were more than
times as many divorces granted in
1906, as in 1867, or allowing for the
increased population, divorce had in
creased 319 per cent. If divorces null
tiply at the same rate in the future as
in the paSt-and there is every indica-
tion that they will increase faster
then before the middle of this century
we will have annually in the United
States 275 divorces per 100000 pOpula-
ton, or one divorce for every five mar
riages. If the United States were to
write in the Constitution an amend
ment prohibiting absolute divorce, it
would not be taking such radical
step as might at first be thought, Dut
would be following beaten path. Our
own state of South Carolina-al hon
or to her-forbids divorce. 1t is abso-
lutely prohibited in Italy, Spain, and to
two thirds of the population Of Aus
tria- Hungary, while the LIatinAmeri-
can countries Of Mexico, Argentine Re-
public, Brazil, Peru, Chile and others
have similar laws. While many excel
lent people are divorced and some of
them make new homes, the inevitable
trend of divorce is to break up many
more homes than it builds up, and to
materially reduce the number of chill
dren. When marriage is dissolved the
true home ceases to exist; the parents
and the children are separated; and
the sweet ties that bind father and
mother to their offspring. and to each
other, are broken forever. AS long as
the Romans of old looked upon marri-