Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-08
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Charleston Grows Slowly.

Charleston Grows Slowly.
The census bureau has announced
the population of Charleston as 55,S07,
against 54,955 ten years ago. This Is
an increase Of only S52 or 1.55 per cent.
Permanently Closed.
Major J. M. Patrick has officially an
nounced that as a result Of the recent
death Of the principal, Colonel j. B.
Patrick, the Patrick Military institute
at Anderson, will be discontinued.
With an excellent record of 80 years
this grand institution retires from the
educational arena.
VIII Meet In Greenwood September IL.
The South Carolina Wheat Growers
convention will meet In Greenwood on
September IL. A representative of
the agricultural department will be
present. The Greenwood people hope
to have at least one representative
from each Of the wheat growing coun-
ties. They will not object to a half
dozen or more representatives from
each county, however.
Killed Herself With a Gun.
At 6.3O o'clock last Monday morning,
two miles above Union, Mrs. Tom
Bentley killed herself with a shotgun.
She was, when found, shot in the abdo-
men, and it seems that even her
clothes were scorched by the discharge
of the gun. The direct cause Of the
killing is not known; but 1t is said she
has been very respondent for year on
account Of the death Of her daughter.
She had stated several times that she
did not care to live and had threatened
to take her life, but no one paid any
special attention to it. Monday morn
ing as they were starting to work size
told the rest Of the family to go ahead,
that she would be on in few minutes,
and they had hardly reached the field
when they heard the report of a gun,
and rushing to the house found her
seriously shot. She expired in a very
few minutes.
Negro Company Disbanded.
Governor McSweeney, on Wednesday,
says a Columbia dispatch, disbanded
the Capital City Guards, local color
ed militia company, which engaged in
riotous conduct ca the state capitol
grounds on Labor Day. M. r. Cooper,
secretary of state, has forbidden color
ed militia to use the capitol grounds
hereafter. In the police court the riot
ing members were fined $40, and some
double that amount, for contempt.
This is the best drilled company in the
state, white or black, and has been
largely supported by white people. But
stringent methods were deemed neces-
sary to avoid another clash. The af-
fair of Labor Day was caused by two
ranks Of the Negro company, and en-
raging it's members, who were not JUS
titled to the extent they went, clubbing
inoffensive people with rifles. The Ne
groes have 10000 rounds Of ammunition,
which they bought themselves/
The Governor In Reply to Jones.
August Kohn writes to The News
and Courier: Governor McSweeney, on
Wednesday, said that there have been
great many things said about him
in this campaign that almost made
him lose temper; but that he thought
this latest slur might be given passing
attention. The Hibernian society, he
said, was a gentlemen's club, where
gentlemen went on invitation or by
membership. There is not now, nor
has there ever been, any liquor sold at
the Hibernian Hall, and it is just such
social club as is to be found in any
large city and where only members or
their friends are invited. He did go to
the Hibernian club on invitation, as he
had a perfect right to do, and that he
went there is no more of a crime, as
he sees it, than to have gone to pri-
vate home and there partaken of hos
pitality. Governor McSweeney thinks
that the campaign is getting down to a
pretty low ebb when his every move in
private clubs or homes has to be pub
lished.
The Charleston Exposition.
Manufacturers Record: Since the de-
partment Of promotion and publicity
for the exposition at Charleston was
organized about three weeks ago, near
ly 5000 letters have been sent to repre-
sentative business men and organiza-
tions in the country, inviting their CO.
operation in the great enterprise. Re-
sponses from these are coming in,
manifesting an active interest in the
undertaking and desire to be repre-
sented in it. The managers Of the ex-
position have wisely chosen the time
of the year in which to hold it. Every
month has particular charms in
Charleston; but it is generally recog-
nized that the sweetest days fall be-
tween the beginning of December and
the end of May. To many visitors 1t
will be new to see the roses blooming
in the open in December. Others will
find pleasure in the yellow jessamine,
which fills the air with fragrance in
February and March, while in April
the magnolia gardens on the Ashley,
within easy reach Of the exposition