Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-03-03
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS


SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS
Citizens of Greenwood plan to
organize a cannery in that city with
a capital stock Of $50,000F
The store of John L.. Mize, at
Richburg II miles from Chester, was
destroyed by fire last Tuesday.
Chester county taxpayers must
pay a levy of II Ia mills this year as
compared with IA mills last year in
order to meet the county supply bill
for a total of S106,7S1.S9.
The president on Tuesday nomi-
mated South Carolina postmasters as
follows: Robert A. Deacon, Varnvilie;
Louis Stackley, Kingstree; Delma b.
Lidell, Lowndesville, and John M. Col
line, Ware Shoals.
The cotton warehouse of Rouse,
Reynolds and Howe, of Hartsville,
containing about 1000 bales OF cotton,
much of it purchased at top prices,
was destroyed by fire Tuesday. 1t
was covered by insurance.
The new city council Of Gaffney,
the members of which take office next
week, propose to cut salaries Of all
city officers. Mayor -elect r. A. Jones
has, requested that his salary be cut
$100 a year.. 80,
- DR.. Thomas T. Moore, one of the
best known dentists in the south and
a former president Of the American
Dental Association died at his home in
Columbia, Wednesday, aged n years.
= The bank of Ninety-Six has
offered to lend Greenwood county $780,
900 at one-forty- seventh of one per
cent. per annum, a total Of $1702, and
the offer has been accepted. 3 The offer
of course, is conditioned on keeping
certain county funds in the. bank un-
til checkedsout in due course of dis
bursement.
The senate on Wednesday by
vote of Is to II killed the bill to pro-
vide for state board of engineering
examiners. Senators Young of Char
lesion and Pearce OF Richland, cham
pioned the bill on the floor of the SEN
ate. Senator Wightman opposed the
bill on the ground that he thought 1t
would ultimately mean another eX
pense for the people of the state.
Amendments were pending to exempt
land surveyors and other engineers
who did not purport themselves as be-
ing registered engineers. The senate
passed a resolution to authorize the
state highway department to investi-
gate the feasibility Of building Of two
hard surfaced roads, one from Char
lesion to Pickens and another from
Cheraw toaoAugusta. The resolution
does not incur any expense and pro-
vides that the findings shall be re-
ported back p. the 1923 session Of the
general assembly.
The Puerifoy bill to prohibit the
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q pistol of less than 20 inches in
weight, concealed or unconcealed, was
advanced to the third reading in the
house with little opposition last Tues
day. Representative Sapp Of Colum-
bia moved to strike out the enacting
words of the measure and Leopard
also expressed opposition to the meas
ure, considering it less stringent than
the present law. Mr.. Puerifoy made
q brief speech in favor of the bill,
which, he said, was intended to out
law pistols, (which have filed more
graves and done more harm than
anything else in the state" The bill
provides for fine of not more than
$1,000 or Imprisonment Of not more
than one year for violation Of its pro-
visions.
BY a vote of 32 to 3 the senate on
last Tuesday night passed the tax ex-
tension resolution over the governors
veto. This action was taken after a
warm debate. Several of the senators
stated that there was nothing to the
governors claim that extension Of the
time for paying taxes would impair
the credit of the state, and also they
differed with the governor In the opin-
ion that so much of the resolution as
attempted claim that taxes paid before
the issue of execution would preserve
the right of the taxpayer to vote in
elections, the governor was charged
with standing with w. G. p. Harding
and former Secretary Houston. The
low country senators were most in
siEtent arguing that their people just
could not pay and that executions
would ruin them. Senator Hart want
ed to sustain the. governor saying that
postponement would merely pile up
two years taxes to be paid ut one
time, and 1T was evident that IL the
tax payers could not take care of one
year they could not take care of two.
He argued that extension would en-
barrass the state and result in de-
faults of school and county bonds.
Other senators undertook to rebut
the argument Of Mr.. Hart, claiming
that the state is not in the banking
business, etc. Senator Wideman
argued that if York county had been
hit by the boil weevil as had Claren-
don, Mr.. Hart would talk differently.
The three senators voting to sustain
the governors veto were Bales, Hart
and Miller. The house followed the
lead of the senate in overriding the
veto nv n vote nf &c