Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-10-25

The information we gave in this c

umn not long ago about the origin of
the South Carolina custom OF having
Jurors drawn by a boy who is unable
to read, came from Dr. Robert Lath-
ans historical sketches of South Caro-
lima. But there Is another custom pc
culiar to South Carolina courts the
origin of which we have never been
able to locate and about which we
would like to have some light. That
is the custom in accordance with which
the prevailing side in common pleas
Jury case gives the foreman OF the
Jury a dollar. We have heard lawyers
in q general way assert that this pecu-
liar custom Is a survival Of practices
that existed long before the institution
Of jury trials: that formerly the bene-
ficiary Of decision Of justice. obtain
ed by force or otherwise. was held un-
der obligation to the instrumentality
through which such decision was OBJ
tanned. and that obligation had to be
discharged by adequate gifts or pay
ments. It was explained, further. that
upon the establishment of trial by jury
the old custom was retained, in form
at least, as q reminder Of days wher
Justice was not to be obtained by such
easy and peaceful means as now. This
explanation seems more or less plausi'
BILE; but 1t is not altogether satisfac,
tory, and II any reader Of this car
throw further light on the subject we
will be pleased to give out such infor.
nation as he may have.
From O p. M, Saturday. October 26
to 6 n. m. Sunday. October q, viii
be exactly 13 hours, regardless of the
fact that the dial Of the clock contains
but IL numerals. Incidentally. the
masses of the American people will
get the opportunity to make up that
hour of sleep lost last April, when the
hands on the clock traversed the dis
tance around the face of the timcpiece
in just IL hours. This is the equival'
ent to saying that the order of con.
gress advancing the time in these
United States one hour. effective last
April, expires on next Sunday morning
at 2 o'clock and from thenceforth the
standard time, as prevailed before the
enactment Of the order, will again be
in force and effect. At midnight all
clocks, watches and other timepieces
of whatsoever name known. will be
turned back 60 minutes. The general
public will not note any difference just
as no Inconvenience was experienced
when the hour was advanced. How
ever, In the case OF the railroads, the
change In time will necessitate all
trains leaving their starting point be-
fore 2 a. m, Sunday, will have to stand
for lust one hour at the station they
are stopping when the hour for the
change arrives. When the hour was
advanced, the trains for the day were
an hour behind time. where they
started before the advance was made
AS the trains cannot run ahead Of the
schedules. even though they do occa-
sionally run an hour behind. 1t will
become necessary to stop the wheels
of traffic for an hour to return the
schedules to normal. Chairman Ba-
ruch. Of the war industries hoard, want
ed the measure continued In effect
contending that it would save fuel
The senate has already passed the
bill providing for the continuance OF
the time advance during the war. but
It was held up In the house. Fearing
that action could not be secured In
time to arrange the train schedules the
measure has been stopped. according
to despatch from Washington.