Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-02
FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1915.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS

The Charleston postoffice is the
best equipped in the south, according
to the report of an inspector who has
just returned to Washington.
- State Treasurer Carter stated on
Tuesday, that the fertilizer tax to
date amounts to $139, ,S61.5S, as COM
pared with $255,277.59 for the same
period last year.
Capt. B. C. Bryan has been ap-
pointed commandant Of the Charleston
navy yard to succeed Admiral John
r. Edwards, who will be placed on the
retired list next week.
Voters in Florence on Wednesday,
elected to issue $232,000 in bonds, S52,-
600 of the amount to be used in con-
structing a school building and the re-
mainder to be used to pay off outstand-
ing Indebtedness.
M. O. Boland, a one-armed man,
who lives in the Dutch Fork sectlon
of Lexington county, and VINO is
graduate of the Lutheran Theological
seminary, is in Jail, charged with pass
ing a worthless check to the amount
of $50.
Columbia, June 80: Despite the
opinion Of Attorney General Peoples
w. w. Moore, adjutant general, an
nounced this morning that the en-
campment of the Second regiment at
Greenville from July to IL, and the
First regiment at the Isle of Palms,
july 20 to 80, will be held on schedule
as ordered from his office.
j. C. Attaway was fatally hurt,
j. w. Chadwick was painfully bruised
and l. E. Wheeler, j. c. Holstein anu
DR.. j. B. Edwards received slight IN
juries when a gasoline motor car
which they were driving on the TRACK
of the Augusta Northern railroad yes
terday afternoon, left the track near
Saluda, throwing the occupants out.
Attaway died from his injuries in a
short time.
Am announcement was made at
the office of the Carolina, Clinchfield
and Ohio railway in Johnson Clty
Tenn. Yesterday, of the Inauguration
of a through freight service from Elk
horn City, KY, to Spartanburg. Inc
road from Dante, Va, to Spartanburg,
has been in operation for some time'
but the link through the mountains
from Dante to Elkhorn city mas Just
been completed. The road IS go
miles long. Through passenger service
is to be started later.
Spartanburg, June %: Seyerai
Spartanburg banks have been MT haru
DX the acllOI VI liic otoSS
mission, which rescinded its action OF
Friday and decided to assess ana
eoualize all corporations in South
Carolina. Much surprise has been
manifested on the streets by ofhclais
of banks affected. One bank is salo
tn have had an assessment OF S31OOO'
another between $4,000 and S3O,ooo,
another $25, 900 and one S2O,OOO. II Is
reported that this action Will De con-
tested.
The South Carolina State Press
association adjourned wednesday
night after a two days session at
Chick Springs and many OF the ear[ot' nt
left Yesterday morning for Montreal
n c.. to meet with the North caro-
lima editors. Before adjournment the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing wear: William Banks, or the
Columbia Record, president; vice
president. George w. Brunson, Jr.'
Greenyille News second vice presl-
dent. ]. l.. Minis, Edgefield Advertls-
er: secretary, Joe Sparks, the 60
umbia State. The executive comIlil.-
tee is composed of August kohil, news
and Courier, Miss Juanita Wyhe' Lam
caster News, L H. Wannamaker, News
and Courier
According to an opinion Of the at
tornev general, rendered Wednesday
afternoon, it is not only the right put
the duty of the state tax commission 10
6x the assessments of banks ana
banking corporations for the year
1915. The opinion was rendered III
response to a request OF the state 'aS
commission, following a protest Vi
MANY banks of the state, questlonlils
the statutory and constitutional rignt
of the tax commission to assess lhelh
the commission
agreed with the contention OF lhe
hanks. but later rescinded its actloh.
The opinion states that "the county
boards of equalization had nothing 10
do with the assessment or banks anu
hanking corporations for taxation for
the year 1915, except such duties as
were deyolved upon them by the ruies
of the state tax commission IN lhe
gathering of information, ETC.
Chick Springs special of Wednes-
day, to the Spartanburg journal
Governor Manning took the newspa,
per men into his confidence TO-DAY anu
5iscnssed every act of his administra-
tion in the freest kind of manner Es-
necially did he stress his efforts dur
ing the past half year to the ENFORCE
ment of all laws. The governor maue
il plain that there were some pau
lows on the books but that 1t was not
within his providence to interpret the
Laws Int TO enforce them. The exc
cntive deplores the Charleston grand
inrv's action in refusing to bring IN
Siciments against alleged tigers and
stated that he had called meeting OF
the Charleston jury commissioners 10
no held in his office in Columbia on
THURSDAY morning when an effort VIII
he made to improve the personnel OF
the iury. 1T is not the small man
am after but the big man in the whis-
kv business" declared the governor
He EXPRESSED the opinion that law en-
forcement sentiment is predomlnanI
and growing in Charleston. lie asheu
the editors to lay aside thelr pre-.
iudices against Charleston ana ASSIST
i'm creating the sentiment FOR law en-
forcement. The governor told the eu-
itors that he intends to make q strong
fight for the enforcement or law IN
charleston and other sections OF tne
state until the end Of his term. he
soid that if the present means III
charleston failed then another course
tho nature of which was not announc.
cd would be pursued. Other acts OF
bis administration were discussed ana
he assured the editors that he had al
ways been moved by an impulse 10
holm South Carolina rather than ms
own political record. Particularly was
This true in the matter of making ap-
nointments. he said. The governor
said he was confident that conditions
ore improved i'm all sections of the
state and he realized strongly tne