Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-24
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS

SOO n SHhSLtINH NEW
The asylum investigation was con.
cluded last Friday, and 1t was expected
that the report of the committee would
be ready today or tomorrow.
The house has passed a vital sta.
tistics bill providing for the registra-
ton Of births and deaths, and the
measure is now pending in the senate
- Gaffney dispatches say that petit
tions are being quietly circulated ir
Cherokee county asking for the calling
Of an election on the question Of re-
establishing the dispensary.
"A Columbia dispatch Of Friday
night stated that Senator McLaurir
was confined to his room, because OF
an abscess in his ear, which he had
lanced the night before.
- The shad fishing down at George.
town has been unusually light this
year, and unless there Is an increase ir
the run, the fishermen who have gone
to considerable expense, stand to lose
heavily.
- The present dates of the state Con-
federate reunion at Anderson are May
1920; but there is talk Of changing
these dates because Of the fixing Of the
dates Of thesgeneral reunion at Jack
sonville, Fla, to be on May 6, and 8.
IS. MCGOWAN Simpkins, of Edge
field, has been appointed member OF
the state board Of education to take
the place Of C. ]. Ramage, ESQ.,, who
has resigned to take an appointment as
special judge.
Capt. W. e. Burnett, a well known
banker Of Spartanburg, died at his
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long and tedious illness. Capt. Burnett
was born in Alexander county, N. c..
in 1854. and was graduated from Wof-
fcrd college in 1875.
The bill providing for the creation
Of q thirteenth judicial circuit went
through last week, and at a joint ses-
sion Of the house and senate Friday
morning, Thos. ]. Mauldin, senator
from Pickens county, was elected
Judge, receiving every one Of the 154
votes cast by members Of the house
and senate. The thirteenth circuit in
cludes only the two counties Of Green
vile and Pickens.
Among the third reading bills still
on the senate calendar last night were
the Rittenberg bill to regulate the IL
quor traffic in Charleston county; the
Stevenson bill to provide for the cleo
ton Of United States senators; the
Lawson vital statistics bill; and the
Sharpe resolution with regard to the
Columbia canal Among the second
reading bills are the compulsory edu-
cation bill; the Beamguard- Sanders
bill to enjoin and 'abate disorderly
houses, and the Fortner bill to prohibit
white teachers from working in negro
schools. The Rembert bill providing
LII %
In the Panama Pacific exposition has
yet to be disposed Of by the senate, 1t
having been reconsidered on a motion
made by Senator Carlisle, who will at
tempt to kill it.
Columbia special Of February %, to
the Greenville News: Several candi-
dates are grooming for the seat in con-
gress from the Fifth district, now oc-.
cupied by the Hon. D. e. Finley OF
Yorkville, who has continuously repre-
sented the people Of the counties OF
Cherokee, York, Chester, Fairfield.
Kershaw, Lancaster and Chesterfield
which comprise the Fifth district, since
he defeated DR.. T. ]. Strait Of Lancas-
ter over a decade ago. Mr. Finley Is
the dean Of the South Carolina delega-
ton and will stand for reelection for
his present seat. DR.. T. ]. Strait OF
Lancaster, who defeated John ]. Hemp
hill for congress away back in the old
Tillman days, and who In return was
defeated by Congressman Finley a Few
years later, will probably run against
Mr.. Finley in the coming primary. DR..
Strait is at present state senator from
Lancaster county, Is a Confederate vet
eran, and the veteran Of many hard
fought political campaign. Claude N.
Sapp, g. representative from Lancaster
county in the lower house, Is another
candidate for Mr.. Finley's seat. Mr..
Sapp Is q graduate Of Wofford college,
and Is serving his first term in the
house where he has risen to place OF
prominence in the raks Of administra-
tion followers. Just as DR.. Strait Is an
administration leader in the senate, so
is Representative Sapp in the house,
and thus Lancaster county expects to
put two contestants in the field for
congressional honors. T. B. Butler OF
Gaffney who has made the race against
Mr.. Finley several times before, Is also
looked on as a prospective candidate
for this position again. Mr.. Butler
served as senator from Cherokee coun-
ty and has recently completed q term
as mayor Of Gaffney, and is well known
the Fifth district. 1t Is un-
derstood that Representative w. F.
Stevenson, Of Cheraw. who Is well
known all over South Carolina, will be
in the list Of would-be congressman in
this district. Mr.. Stevenson has served
as speaker Of the house Of representa-
tives and. for many years has been one
of the leaders Of that body. He ranks
high in the anti administration politi-
cal circles and his entrance would
herculean struggle on the
stump Mr.. G.. w. Ragsdale Of Winns-
boro, who opposed Mr.. Finley two
years ago, is again expected to make
the race. Mr.. Ragsdale Is a prominent
attorney Of the Winnsboro bar and
served as special judge. Friends OF
A. l. CASTOR of Chester, are urging
him to enter the race foc congressman
also. Mr.. CASTOR served for several
terms as member Of the legislature
from his own county and has large
throughout the entire
district. He Is a graduate Of Davidson
college, and has always taken a leading
part in everything pertaining to the
upbuilding Of his city and county.
Greenwood special Of February 21,
to Spartanburg Herald: Senator B. r.
Tillman, who arrived here today from
where he has been since his
at the asylum investiga-
tion in Columbia, gave out this after
noon the following statement: Il have
just returned from Atlanta, where /
have been for the benefit of my wife's
health, principally, and incidentally my
own. The rest has done us both lots
Of good. shall return to Washington
as soon as possible, but want to go by
home to plant my vegetable garden
before leaving the state. I have tried
as best l could since the legislature
met to keep in touch with what 1t has
been doing, but the two things which
have interested me most are the asylum
and the two-cent fiat rate
for railroads. l want to say something
about this latter for the benefit Of my
fellow citizens. / am not very hopeful,
however, Of it's having any effect what
ever on the legislature, because 1t is,
perhaps, too late, but / can see the ear
marks Of the railroad lobby. One
branch Of the general assembly, the
house, has passed the fiat rate without
making any exceptions. This is un-
just, and never ought to have been
done. 1t Is not right to compel the
short, poor roads, Of which there are
fifteen or twenty in the state, with
only one or two passenger trains a day,
and these with very inferior cars, to
carry passengers at two cents per
mile. 1t should have never been
thought Of and the bill ought to have
been amended in the house to provide
,or the exemptions that are necessary
IN the law Ia IN he q itIat 0pa Put 7 mo-