Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-10
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS


AT a. reorganization meeting Of the
state tax commission following the ap-
pointment and confirmation OF j. Fra
ger Lyon to succeed A. w. Jones, Mr..
w. G. Query was elected to the
chairmanship. Mr. Query has been a
member of the commission since its or
ganization, and a very hard worker In
connection with all Of its activities.
-Gaffney, February Z: In very
quiet election held here today, r. A.
Jones defeated j. H. Turner, incumb-
ent, for mayor by a vote Of 651 to 64S.
For aldermen: Ward 1, John Camp
233, D. o. Ledford 23; Ward 2, A. L.
Hallman los, j.. NJ. Hampton 60; in
Ward 4, Jay Sarratt S6, J. j. Ramsey
64, N. S. Thackston so; Ward 5, J. Fl.
Curry 170,' J. B. Gaffney 160; in Ward
6, d. w, Hicks was unopposed. A sec
ond race will be held Between Ramsey
and Sarratt in Ward 4.cea
= Columbia February s., The house
of representatives today,s by vote OF
rs to "a refused to kill the bad check"
bill and sent 1t to third reading well
on its way to the, Senate. The bill in
troduced by Representative Barnett Of
Columbia, ardt Representative Shep-
pard, Of Edgefeld, would make the ut
terance of a had check prima facie evil
dence of intent to fraud. The bill was
amended so as not to apply to checks
given in settlement of old accounts.
Representative Barnett opened the de-
bate on the bill by explaining its pur-
pose and urging its enactment to put
stop to the prevalence of giving bad
checks. Representatives Bryson, Shep-
pard and Sapp spoke in favor Of the
bill while Representatives Hanan,
Buckingham and Hilliard fought 1T
hard. ;.'s
- Chas. II. Moorefield, chief engineer
of the state highway commission, has
resigned. and his resignation has been
accepted. The resignation is said to
have been the outcome of a controver-
sy with certain citizens of Marion coun-
ty, among whom was Representative z.
T. Hughes, chairman of the ways and
meanS committee. Mr.. Hughes had in
troduced a bill to abolish the state
highway commission and create new
department. with one commissioner.
Moorefeld's resignation was considered
the only way to save the commission.
Hughes withdrew his bill and will sup
port bill of Representative Sapp to
create q commission of one member
from each congressional district, the
district representatives to be elected by
the people.
Automobile licenses to the number
of 46,242 had been issued by the state
highway department for the year 1922
Wednesday, according to a statement
by l.. II. Thomas, secretary of the
commission. The revenue derived from
the issuance of these licenses amount
ed to $423,915.41. The number of Ii
censes for trailers issued to date was
II and the number for motorcycles
was 179. Seer etary Thomas said the
falling off in the number of licenses
for dealers in automobiles was notice.
able. In 1920, the number of licenses
issued to dealers was 1,541, in 1921,
the number dropped to $50; up to the
present time, the number Of licenses
to dealers for 1922 is 299. This sharp
drop indicates that men are either
quitting the business of dealing in au-
tomobiles or are neglecting to provide
Secretary Thomas. The peace officers
Of the state are being called upon to
enforce. the license law, Secretary
Thomas said yesterday, who pointed
out that the counties get so per cent.
of the license fees and all the revenue
derived from fines imposed.
Columbia February g.: The house
last night passed and sent to the sem
ate the joint resolution of Represen-
tative Sapp, submitting to the people
The question of amending the constitu-
tion so as to make radical changes in
the constitution and give the general
assembly power to establish a just and
equitable system of taxation. This
resolution was fought out in the SEN
ate two weeks ago; but no final vote
was reached and when the resolution
comes over from the house it is prob
able that the fight to pass it will be
This resolution is consider
ed as "the crux" of the whole new rev.
enue plan. The plan in the house to-
night was 81 to 5. The house refused
to concur in the senate amendments
on the gasoline and inheritance tax
bills and ordered both Measures re-
turned to the. senate. When the two
bills get back to the senate it is prac-
tically certain that free conference
will be appointed to iron
out the differences Of the two houses.
The senate finance committee reported
out the income tax bin favorably with