Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-06-29
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The Next Regiment.

SUUIH CAhUDlNA NENS.
The Next Regiment.
Governor Ellerbe is reported to have
announced that in the event of a
call for third regiment, he will ten
der the colonelcy to Colonel Joseph G.
WardlaW.
Deserted From Company A.
Writing from Camp Thomas, under
date of June %, August Kohn sends
The News and Courier the following:
"a man has deserted from Company
A, the first since the company was or
dered to Columbia, on May 8. J. P.
Bowers left camp on June IL for parts
unknown to his comrades. Twenty
one years old, true blonde, medium
size, and has an anchor tattoed on his
left arm above the wrist. He was born
at Royston, Ga, and lived in that state
until recently. He moved with his
father to Abbeville, S. c., and had
been employed in the Abbeville Cotton
mills up to the time of his enlistment.
According to army regulations a man
can be absent from camp without leave
ten days before he can be declared a
deserter. Captain Milford made Off
cial charges against Bowers today, de-
claring him deserter. No one knows
why he left. He had been playing off
sick for sometime and getting out of
all work possible, when at last the
physicians found him out and put him
on duty. He left camp early one
morning just after he had been notified
to 60 on guard duty, and endeavored
to get another young man to 60 with
him, but without success"
Colonel Willie Jones.
Columbia Record Governor Eller-
be today appointed Willie Jones, of
Columbia, colonel of the second regi-
ment. of South Carolina volunteers.
Willie Jones was born in Hillsboro, n.
c., October II, 1850, and is now in his
4S year. He joined the Richland Rifle
club in 1874, with the rank Of fourth
lieutenant, Hugh S. Thompson being
captain. When Wade Hampton was
elected governor in 1876, the rifle club
resumed the old name of Governors
Guards, which it had not desired to
bear. while a Radical occupied the ex-
ecutive chair. In 1878 Willie Jones
was elected captain of the Governors
Guards, position he held until 1892,
despite the fact that in 1889 he was
elected colonel of the second, or Pal
metto, regiment. He was so popular
with the Governors Guards that they
would not give him up as captain,
though he was serving as colonel. He
is still colonel Of the Palmetto regi-
ment. For "a years, Willie Jones has
been in the militia service Of South
Carolina and he is thorough soldier.
His regiment will love him and he will
watch over its interests with the
greatest care and vigilance. Lieuten-
ant Colonel Henry T. Thompson's
battalion and eight new companies will
form the second regiment. Colonel
Jones will Immediately begin the work
of raising the other eight companies.
There should be no trouble in secur-
ing them, now that it is known under
whom the volunteers must serve, for
they could not have more gallant or
efficient colonel than Willie Jones.
Methodist Women In Council.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
society of the Methodist church was
in session at Florence last week.
Among the incidents reported, the
correspondent of The News and Cour-
ier sends his paper the following under
date of June "a: Mrs. J. w. Hum
bert, of Yorkville, the corresponding
secretary of the society, then made her
report. 1t was a masterpiece and
showed that she must have been hard
at work for weeks getting up statis-
tics, etc. She gave sketch of the
work in the different fields where they
have missionaries. Here are some of
the figures as presented by her last
night: Number of adult societies,
200; number of young peoples and
juvenile societies, 90; total societies,
292; number of adult members, 0,473 !;
number of young people and juveniles,
2,443; total membership, 5,916; num-
Der of societies organized, 33; number
of life members, 81 number made this
year, 9; honorary life members, 7;
honorary life patron, |; scholarships
supported, II Bible women supported.
3 day school supported, ; subscribers
to Woman's Missionary Advocate, S57
subscribers to Little Worker, $50
Literature distributed, copies nine
teenth annual report, $50; copies of
summary, 1900; copies of minutes OF
eighteenth session of Conference So
ciety, 1000; slips of constitution for
adult and juvenile societies, Is !; leaf
lets, duties, officers, so; leaflets for
adult societies, G,400; leaflets, juve-
nile societies, 10000; leaflets, young
peoples societies, 4,SO0; quarterly
blanks for societies, l, 200 a; sample cop
les Woman's Missionary Advocate, 60 !;
sample copies Of Little Worker, 60.
The society was 20 years old in May,
1898; $7,0330S was collected during
the year, which is more than any pre-
vious year. There are so missionaries
scattered in China, Brazil, Mexico, In
dion Territory opd Koran ,yorEi pp