Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-08-08
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS

=. ]. Webb Of Timmonsville, was
instantly killed last Friday when ne
came in contact with a live wire while
working in the cab of locomotive
Tests of the current showed that lts
strength was only 220 volts.
Jess Fuller, about 35 years of
age, died about o'clock Saturday
morning at. the city hospital in Green
vile, as a result of wounds SAID TO
have been inflicted about 1:3O O'Clock
Saturday morning in West Greenvliie,
by Cole Dodson, who Is being nelu
without bail in the county jail. fulicr
was found by officers, lying in a semi
conscious condition on the ground IN
n ward at West Greenville, with a
bullet in his abdomen. He was rush
ed to the hospital for treatment. Ful-
Ter. it was recalled by officers, was
tried and acquitted about ten years
ago on a charge of numbering }. e.
Liddcll, who lived in the mill section
near the city, and who was found dead
on the road, not far from his home one
Christmas eve. Liddcll was carrying
home q number of toys for his children
and these were found scattered over
the road. Liddcll had been hit over the
head with some blunt instrument. HIS
murderer was never discovered.
Following is the Spartanhurg
Herald's summary of John Gary
Evans's speech at the county cam
paign meeting 1T New Prospect last
Friday: Former Governor John Gar?
Evans was again voted an extension
of time, the people refusing to let MN
quit talking after he had used up his
Iii mo i've
minutes longer. Governor Evans be-
gan by saying that he had no person.
II political ambition. that the people
had honored him in the past for
which he was grateful, and that he
was in the race for the leoislatn"t
now only because the people had urg-
ed him TO run, telling HIM he cot"d
be of service to them. There is dan
ger ahead, he said, and all citizens
should be on the alert. Whenever the
wealth OF the country is accumulated
in the hands of n few, he said. ana
the masses are oppressed and IN iS-
norance the country decays. Ihere
can be slavery under financial or tax
alton systems just as completely as
under the old system Of human siaE-
cry. Many people, he said, do not real
iZe the Importance of the legislature
| its powers and duties. The best men
! should be sent to the legislature, for
| the legislature makes laws which the
people must obey. The Legislature
regulates the property and the lives
! of the people All laws. whether good
or bad come from the legislature,
and all taxes are levied by the legis-
| lature, therefore it is of supreme
! Importance that the people select only
! the best men to represent them in the
| legislature. The land of the state is
now paying 20 per cent. of the taxes
and this is too much. There must be
relief, for the land owners cannot
stand the burden any longer. The
boil weevil is destroying the COttor
crop and land has lost its productive
ness. and new sources of revenue
must be found. The state is yeal
behind with it's finances, spending il!
money before il gets it, and with 81
many people unable to pay their tax
| eS last year the state will not b'
able to pay out of debt this year. \
/ vitally serious condition is confront,
ing the state TO solve the problem
He favored eXcmpting homes from
taxation. especially thc man who In!
a home on Il farm. for The home own
crs are the mainstay OF the country
The legislature should meet only once
every two years; that is Otter