Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-25
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
DeKaIb Cotton Mills to be Sold.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
DekaIb Cotton Mills. to be Sold.
Judge Brawley has signed an Or
der for the sale of the DeKalb Cotton
mills at Camden. The upset price Is
fixed at s150,0OO.
State Pension Money.
The state pension board has been in
session in Columbia for several days,
and although it has not yet completed
it's work it has gone far enough to sat
isfy itself that there will be a very
large increase in the number Of pen
sions, and the pro rata amounts. of
course, will he much smaller.
Acts All Signed.
Governor Hayward has completed
the work of signing the acts passed
at the recent session of the legislature.
The work takes sometime as the bills
must be, Of course, carefully read. The
only instance in which the executive
exercised his veto was that Of the
exclusive jurisdiction" act. He also
put his veto on the bill to prohibit
expatriation. in other words to pre-
vent a. convict from being pardoned
upon his promise to leave the state.
The bill was killed by the senate, but
became engrossed as an act and
would have become a law. but the SEN
ate requested the governor to veto the
act.
Dismissed For Drunkenness.
Spartanburg special Of March %, to
Columbia State: Trouble is brewing
about the school at Campobello. There
is friction or disagreement between
the male principal and the trustees.
1t appears that last Saturday the trus-
tees. having received information that
the principal had been swearing and
drinking, told him that they would no
longer need him in connection with the
school, He was at his post Monday,
and after school was dismissed the
trustees again told him to discontinue
teaching there. and the school is with
out a principal. The teacher denies the
charges and petition for his REIN
statement is being circulated.
State Democratic Convention Called.
The State Democratic Executive
committee met in Columbia last Tues
day night and called state conven-
ton. The resolution was as follows:
"A convention of the Democratic party
of the state of South Carolina is here
by called to meet in the city of Colum-
bia at 12 o'clock noon on May Is. 1904.
for the purpose of electing delegates to
the National Democratic convention,
and to transact such other business as
the convention may see proper. The
county chairmen throughout the state
are hereby instructed to call together
their executive committees and order
meetings of the clubs in their respect
i've counties on Saturday, April 23'
for the purpose of electing delegates to
the county conventions to be held on
Monday, May End, 1904. for the pur-
pose of electing delegates to the state
convention. Each county is entitled to
convention as it has members of the
Legislature"
Is the Boil WeeviI Here?
Says a dispatch from Augusta, Ga:
THE boil weevil made his appearance
last year in this community. in a few
places, and in my opinion will be seen
to a greater extent during the coming
season." said C. C. F. Hammond. who
is a prominent farmer from Beech Is
land, S. C. Mr.. Hammond is confident
that the presence of the boil weevil in
Georgia and South Carolina can be
traced to the importation of cotton seed
meal from Texas, Mississippi and other
sections of the southwest. in which
the nest has secured a strong foothold,
and is doing the farmers great damage.
Mr.. Hammond has given the subject
study, and is confident that his deduc-
tions are correct "a good deal of this
meal from the southwest is being ship
ned into the two states. and finds its
way into fertilizers. I know of con-
Germs importing the meal, the local
output not being sufficient to meet the
demands. The meal. l am confident,
on examination. would be found to be
infected in many instances"
A Soldier In Trouble.
Columbia correspondence Of the
News and Courier: Jesse Huffman,
soldier. now stationed at Fort Fremont,
in this state, will be taken back to
Centreville, Iowa. in a day or two to
stand trial on the charge of forgery.
The story of Huffman's crime was told
by w. r. Brown. an officer of the
town, who called on the governor this
morning for requisition papers and the
warrant. Huffman was a rather bad
character around the town, although
of good family, and it was after he
ioined the army that it was discovered
that he had forged a note Of the Ma
tional Bank of Centreville. The
|amount obtained by Huffman was only
S27.5O, but the bank is willing to
spend $500 to get him back. Cores
pondence WAS had with the war de-
partment and it was found that his
release could be obtained in order that
he might be tried. Governor Cum
mings wrote to Governor Hayward on
the matter and as soon as proper pa
pers could be obtained. Mr.. Brown