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

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pie it will dishonesty put a good deal
of money into somebody's pockets
and you ought to stop it. l do not
because l will watch out for my feet
and inches both. But it is not right,
and you gentlemen ought to pro-
hibit Ii by law. In other words, gen.
tlemen. it is not the pitiful little sum
unjustly taken from me that / care
for-I use that only to give you con-
crete illustration-but the many sums
added together. which are going into
somebody's pockets, by this mean, in
iquitous system.
Smoking in Dining Rooms and Cafes.
There is a matter that I have not
previously mentioned to you in my
messages which / desire to direct
your attention to. Many Of you are
very young men. Some Of you, how
ever, are so old as / am or older.
Those of you who are will recall the
time in South Carolina when If gen.
tleman smoked a pipe or cigar while
walking along on the street by the side
of lady he was regarded as not well
reared, and such things as smoking
while riding in a buggy with young
lady would not have been tolerated.
But today we have not only seen these
things. but we have gone great deal
further, and too far. l regret ex-
ceedingly to know that people in
South Carolina, Q will not say gen.
tlemen, nor will l say true mem Sit
in our public dining rooms, restau-
rants and cafes, and smoke cigars
and foul little cigarettes, and Whit
and puff and blow the smoke out
through their nostrils, and this smoke
is carried either by the natural breeze
or the current of an electric fan into
the eyes, mouths and nostrils Of re-
fined women. 1t makes me ashamed
for my state. If I were in one OF
these places with a lady and should
see a man light a cigarette or cigar
would quickly ask him please not to
smoke, as there were ladies in the
room, or I would get up and leave
with her. But everybody does not
feel like doing this, and have actual
ly heard ladies complain bitterly to
their escorts of the annoyance Of this
smoke.
I had seen this thing done in some
places and countries, and had thought
it ungentlemanly, but had never be-
lieved. until I saw 1t, that would
witness such a thing in South Caro-
lima. But I have witnessed 1t, and
now appeal to you as lawmakers. not
| for the protection of the men-they
can protect themselves-but for the
protection of the women OF South
| Carolina from this kind Of insult.
If I were running one OF these
places I would not allow this kind OF
conduct. II I had my own way. per-
sonally, when a man lit cigar or
cigarette in a dining room where
ladies were accustomed to be, II 1t
/ were my place, I would invite him
out. and If he did not leave, / would
put him out. But people do not want
/ to be going around fighting. and 1t Is
your duty to see that the laws pro-
tect the womanhood of South Caro-
lima. I call upon you now, as men,
to pass an Act making it a misde-
meanor for any person to light or
| to smoke any cigarette, cigar, pipe or
any other article containing tobacco
/ or other commodity in any pubic
/ dining room, restaurant, cafe or other
place Of dining or serving meals
which ladies are permitted or accus-
/ toned to visit. I do not think that
such a law is necessary for any true
/ gentleman or well-reared man, put
i there are some people who come In
to South Carolina who have no respect
for us or our ladies, and they should
be made to respect them, and If there
are any citizens of our state who are
not decent enough to respect the wo-
men of the state, they also should
| be put in the made" class.
Great noises are made over convey
ing diseases by insects, etc. What Is
more dangerous than smoke passing
through consumptive, syphilitic OF otn-
er diseased throats noses. ETC., and into
| the mouths Of decent women? II IT
does not convey disease 1t certainly Is
nauseating.
Establishing New Counties and An
nexina Part of One County to Another.
| I call your attention to the fact that
| the loose custom of changing county
lines every time somebody gets mad be-
cause his property is assessed little
| higher than he thinks 1t ought to be,
| or the supervisor doesn't work the
roads Just as some few citizens think
he should in their neighborhood, or be.
cause an adjoining county has dis
pensary, should be regulated and so re-
/ stricted that county lines may be
changed only when there is some real
necessity for it. Unless something is
done in this regard, 1t will soon be i'm
possible for officials to determine in
/ WHAT county lTduSdCllOllo ldhC pave
sheriffs will not know when they reach
/ their county lines; solicitors will be
worried to locate the venue in criminal
cases, and auditors and treasurers will
find difficulty in determining what
county to assess property in and col
| lect taxes thereon. You should take
| some positive stand upon this matter,
| giving the governor, or someone, dis
cretionary powers to determine when
| there is a real necessity for changing
county lines and providing that he shall
find such necessity before allowing 1t
| TO be done. 1t is most assuredly be-
| coming a great annoyance as 1t stands
today. Personally, / have no interest
in the matter, but there is necessity for
some wise action in this regard.
You should also take some positive
action in regard to the establishment
Of new counties. favor small coun-
ties. l favor having a county seat as
conveniently accessible to every citi-
zen. The more counties we have the
better our citizens will know each 9TH
er, the sooner the criminal can be
brought to the bar Of justice, the more
speedily can civil litigation be ended,
and there are many other reasons which
III could enumerate in favor OF small
counties. But do not believe in Great
| ing new counties when by so doing one
of the present counties will be ruined.
I simply call these matters to your
attention, giving you my reasons. in
order that you may take such action as
you deem wise.
Cattle Tick Eradication.
A great deal Of agitation has been
going on in reference to the eradication
Of the cattle tick in our state. or
course, everybody is in favor Of this
movement, and foolish indeed would be
he who would oppose any effort in this
| direction. However, it is matter
which you should not give only hasty
consideration to, and you should not
be swept off your feet by sentiment but
you should investigate very seriously
and very carefully what work has been
done, and how it is done, and how best
to continue the work.
T have suggested, and repeat to you,
that I think Clemson college is receiv-
ing enough money from the farmers in
the fertilizer tax to give at least part
Of it back to the farmers by using 1t
| for the eradication Of the cattle tick.
| Clemson college was established in
1888, while the Hon. John Peter Rich
ardson was governor, and he stated in
his message Of 1890 that after long