Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-02-25
solITH CAROLINA NEWS

-Eire last Wednesday destroyed the
A.; Hyman' department store IN Dar!-
ington entailing property loss Oh
Narcotics valued at $4,000: were
seized by police of Greenville,' in ralu
In a, room in, hotel in that oity iast
Wednesday. S. Epstein was arresteo'
charged with being the owner ana
peddler of the stuff. +" -,
Free range in South Carolina went
down in defeat Wednesday when the
senate passed the statewide stock law
prohibiting animals from running at
large anywhere in the state.
- The house on Tuesday passed Dill
raising the age OF consent for elrls
from IA to 16 years, with provision for
leniency in case a convictlng Jury rec
ommends to mercy. In such instances
under the terms Of the bill the man so
convicted may be sentenced to serve
term Of not more than IA years IN the
penitentiary. a number Of ameEd-
ments. were offered to the bill, efforts
being made to reduce the age to Is in
stead of 16 and to make the age OF con-
sent applicable to boys under is years
old by exempting them from the pen
alties Of the measure. All amend
| ments we're voted down. the proposal
to exempt boys under 16 losing by the
narrow margin Of two men. The vote
on this amendment stood: 3S in favor
Of its passage to 80 against.
With only one dissenting vote the
house of representatives on Tuesday'
night passed to third. reading Dill
introduced by Harry SimonhoF OF
Charleston regulating the Issuance OF
marriage licenses. The lone vote IN
opposition to the measure was cast py
J. r. O'Rourke Of Charleston. Thls
measure, which will require that any
man applying for a marriage license IN
South Carolina shall first file certl-
fcate Of a reputable physician stating
that he is free from all Yenereal
| diseases, was characterized by DR.. >.
T, D. Lancaster of Spartanburg as the
best piece Of legislation passed by the
house in many sessions AS an ecoh-
omical measure it will, DR.. Lancaster
said. be of more value than any Other
act approved by the general assembly
in recent years. The debate, which was
markedly one sided. was featured oy
warm exchanges between MI. SIMON
hoff, author Of the measure, ana James
.DeTreville Of Walterboro and petWesn
]. w. Hanahan OF Wlnnsporo anu , u Ne e.
O'Rourke of Charleston. Both Mr. De-
Treyille and Mr.. ORourke opposed the
hill. Mr.. DeTreville prefacing his tax
with the statement that he did not
know on which side Of the question
he: stood, Mr.. O'Rourke alone voted IN
favor of his motion to strike out the
enacting words Of the bill. MI. simon
hoff opened the debate on the measure
citing statistics of the alarming pre-
yalence Of venereal diseases in the state
and the effects Of such diseases upon
the innocent wives and children. A1So
speaking in favor Of the ball were: T.
A. Brown of BarnWell D. E. McCuL-
chen Of Williamsburg county Dr. .. r.
D. Lancaster of Spartan Durg' =; w
Hanahan of Winnsboro anu Dr. T. H.
Barnwell Of Martins Point
Columbia, February %: The pro-
ceedings Of the house of representa-
tivcs was interrupted tonight when
barnard 2. Evans, an attorney Of CO.
lumbia, and at one time csndloate ,oi
attorney general of the state, assault
ed Claude N. Sapp, member OIL the
Richland delegation, apparently Will
ont Drovocation Mr.. Evans had been
in the house as spectator ana IL wIs
alleged that he was intoxicated. re
started out Of the house and JUST as
he got outside of the door MI. SaPp
started out of the hall, ne said, 10 lhe
senate across the way. WI men NIL o.pi
neared the door Mr.. Evans, accorolils
to eve witnesses, said something TO MY
Sapp to the effect that if he (Sapp) AT
tempted to come out of the door nc
(Evans) would kill Sapp. witnesses
and Mr. Sapp said that Sapp had no.
spoken q single word to Evans. Evans
is;then said to have grabbed Sapp D!
his vest and assaulted him, whereupon
Sapp retaliated and struck Evans. up,
on arising Evans is said to have cursed
the Columbia legislator for a llar ano 6
other epithets. and another hstlcull
ensued. Evans was Knocked down
three times. He is also alleged TO nave
cursed other members of the mouse
Mi. Evans was later taken under ar
rest and Mr.. Sapp returned to Inc
house and apologized for his part II
the, disturbance. but said that he lei.
he had acted as any one else woulo
have done under the circumstances
when attacked without proVocatioh
Evans was taken before the bar OF the
house Yesterday He said he was drunR
and irresponsible the day before ana
was released from custody.