Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-03-10
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS


The senate on Wednesday, by o
vote of 80 to 10 killed the luxury tax
bill.
- Former Govrr1or Cox delivered an
address in the house of representa-
tiyes last night.
- The house and senate have agreed
upon a straight 55 hour week Ior
textile workers and not more than ten
hours in a day.
The general assembly hopes to
finish it's work tomorrow night; but II
it succeeds in doing so; it will have
many pending measures to die on the
calendars as unfinished business.
y. Gordon Hughes, of Union; DR.. r.
ID. McCutcheon, of Bishopyille, and
James A. Sullivan, of Laurens, were on
Yesterday elected trustees Of the south
Carolina university.
- Senator George W. Wfghtman, OF
Saluda, has announced himself as
candidate for the office Of commission
er of agriculture in the primaries this
summer.
- The house on Wednesday, by vote
of A 10 Al sustained the veto Of Gov
crnor Cooper on the bill to enlarge the
board of trustees of the University
from seven to twentyone members.
The act is dead.
The question of inviting. Billy Sun
day to come to Greenville for six
weeks at the earliest possible date was
before the Greenville Ministerial I'm
ion last Monday: but the proposition
was cabled for consideration at the
next monthly meeting. ~
The general assembly on yesterday
elected foir railroad commissioners as
follows John C. Carey, of Dorchester;
| r. J. Wade, of Aiken; James N. Pear
man, of Anderson; E. r. Ellerbe, or
Dillon. All but Mr.. Pearman are MEM
bers Of the house. Mr.. Carey, goes for
one year, Mr.. Wade for two years, Mr..
Pearman for three years and Mr.. Eller-
be for six years. The three old MEM
bers serve till, the expiration OF their
| terms. d1l
The house of representatives on
| Tuesday night after prolonged debate
sent the Leopard chiropractor bill to
it's legislative grave by vote OF 81 10
|19. The bill was killed after several
house debates upon the motion OF Rep
resentatiye S. It. d. Lancaster. Of
Spartanburg, to strike out the enact
| ing words. Dr. Lancaster, with DIR. Z.
| II. Barnwell Of Charleston, J. w. Han
ahan, of Winnsboro, and A. G. kennedy
of Union, bore the brunt Of the fight
against the passage OF the measure
which proposed to. create a board OF
chiropractic examiners to examine and
license chiropractors for practice In
the state. Claude ~. SaNp of Colum-
bia, made the practical argument in
favor of the bill, while J. r. O'Rourke,
of Charleston, also spoke in favor Oh
the bill. s5
w. d. Motto OF Darlington, eyed
! "a, shot and fatally wounded j. Il.
| Bailey, aged 35, also of Darlington,
Monday afternoon at o'clock. Mr..
Motto used n shotgun and two shots
were fired" both taking effect In the
| abdomen. 1t appears that Mott re-
Gently purchased from Bailey a COM
bination store and gasoline filling sta
| ton, and it was at this place that the
shooting took place. According to
Motto, Bailey had misrepresented to
him the amount of business that he
had been doing on his stand. 1t Is
also claimed that Bailey sold gas at q
figure below cost in order to draw a
| big trade. Motto, after buying the
business, was ,. disappointed because
! his trade was not so good as Bailey
claimed it would be. Motto also claim
ed that he has had trouble with Ball
ey ever since the trade was made.
Motto summoned Bailey into the store
supposedly to answer a telephone call.
As soon as Bailey stepped inside the
door Motto Is said to have locked the
door and Immediately began shooting.
1t is not known If any argument took
place Immediately preceding the shoot
ing.
- Governor Cooper on Tuesday sign
ed the Miller railroad commission bill
creating q new railroad commission or
seven members and abolishing the
existing railroad. All the powers of the
two old commissions are vested in the
new body and additional powers. I'm
der the terms of the act the present
members of the old railroad commits
sion will remain as members of the
new body until their term expires and
Frank Shealy will remain as chairman
until his term expires No provision
is made for the members Of the public
service commission. One Of the pro-
visions of the bill gives the new COM
mission power to regulate rates and
services of all public utilities in the
state. This provision was the Barnett
amendment that caused such a fight
in the senate after it had been dis
covered" after the bill was on the
governors desk. During the fights in
the senate and the house the old rail-
road commission came in for some
severe attacks and numerous members
of the senate and the house declared
that the Old commission had no in
fluence and that the people had lost
confidence in II.
-By,a vote of 81 to IS the senate on
Tuesday adopted the amendment Of
Senator Miller TO the Foster telephone
bill restoring the exchange radius to
its condition as of January l, 1921. and
then, following the adoption Of an
amendment providing for appeals from
the decision of the railroad commits
sion TO courts of competent juriS-
diction. passed the FoCter bill by a
roll call vote of "a to 13 and returned
it to the houseSas amended. AS finally
passed the telephone bill restores the
rates charged by telephone companies
in South Carolina to their same status
nc of January /, 1921, prior to the time
the increase was allowed by the now
defunct railroad commission. An
amendment was adopted to the origi-
nal bill not to make it affect compan-.
les operating in one or two counties,
this allowing for local companies. Un-
go before the railroad commission and
ask for changes in rates. The last
was adopted to the origi-
ing the exchange radius to the same
status as of January I, 1921, caused a