Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-15
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in which it held that the state and Fed
eral courts can punish for the same OF
fense in cases where both have Jurls-
diction. The decision was in prohi-
Z bition case. The defendant had been
convicted in both the state and Federal
courts and he sought to avoid double
penalty by pleading the provision OIL
the Federal constitution declaring thaI
no man should be punished twice Tor
the same offense. The court held
among other things that since the
eighteenth amendment of the constitu-
ton prohibits the manufacture, sale
consumption of liquor in the United
States, it is incumbent on both state
and Federal governments to do all they
can TO make effective the constitu-
tion; but it does not lie in the power OF
any state to pass laws Of modifying CT
feet. If it were so that both the state
and Federal governments could not
puuish for the same Offense, then
state which was so inclined, might pro-
vide a light penalty so inslgnlhcant
that no one would mind, and the OF
fender having submitted to that light
penalty could claim immunity from
real punishment.
Further steps in the campaign to
make the metropolitan Christmas dry
were taken a few days ago in the is
suance of drastic orders to every pa
trolman in New York. The new reg
ulations are designed to check up on
every saloon, restaurant and cabaret
in the city, and also to check up on
the police who enter them. Officers
stationed in premises previously raid
ed are required to submit at the end
of the daily hours of duty a report
which includes a brief description OF
the premises, the names OF the own
ers. the walters, bartenders and other
assistants. and number of customers
served daily, whether or not the place
is equipped with dumb walters run
ming to floors above or below, and
what supplies are carried thereon
whether there is a stock ticker and
the number of persons interested IN
the ticker information; the kind of
liquor served to customers and the
rates charged therefor as shown on
cash register, and the names of all po-
lice who enter the establishment.
Grading and stapling of cotton un-
der government supervision is recon-
mended by William NJ. Stuart, director
2 of the census in his annual report
made public a few days ago. There
is considerable demand for statistical
information us 70 the quantities of the
several grades of cotton held in stock
in the United States" says Mr.. Stuart.
Il obviously under present conditions 1t
j is impossible to secure reliable infor-
nation of this character since much
: Of the cotton is not accurately graded
until it reached the more important
cotton markets or concentration points.
Since practically all the cotton pro-
asAuced Szinssthe. Unledsr States cptsrs
y eitheraintos tosinterstate or foreign COM
merce, it is within the power of con-
gress to enact legislation requiring
such cotton to be graded and stapled
under governmental regulations at
central grading stations. The govern
ment could provide the necessary per-
sonnel and facilities, but the cost of
grading, which probably would amount
to more than 80 or 40 cents bale
should be paid by the owner Of the
cotton. With uniform grading thus
provided for throughout the cotton
growing region, it would be possible
to obtain from the grading stations
the numbers of bales of the several
classes graded, and from consumers
and exporters the numbers of bales of
the several grades consumed and eX-
ported"
The debate between Turkey and
Greece over the question of which ma
ticn is responsible for the tragedy of
Smyrna continues to form dominant
issue at the Near East conference, at
Lausanne. Ismet Pasha says he is
quite willing that the treaty which
they hope to frame shall provide for a
system of payment to the allied ma
tions for the damages their nationals
suffered in Turkey during the great
war: but that on the other hand he
will insist upon reimbursement by
Greece for the losses sustained by the
Turks in Asia Minor at the hands of
the retreating Greek army. Former
Premier Venizelos ingists that the !
Greeks burned only through military
necessity. He declares the real crime
Of the Asia-Minor campaign was the
action of the Turkish troops in out
raging and shooting Greek residents,
sacking homes, and depOrting hun
dreds of thousands Of destitute hu-
man beings. If Turkey eXacts repara-
tions from Greece, NJ. Vcnizelos says,
he will present a bill for the horrors
and injustice suffered by Greece. The
question of the Ottoman debt is de-
veloping as a danger point in the ne
gotiatiOns and the bitter Turkish