Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-11-08
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

There Is to be q meeting Of the
county superintendents OF education In
Columbia during December. The ex-
act date has not yet been decided upon.
j. M. P. Young. a well-known, me-
chanic of Spartanburg, was shot and
killed In that city last Saturday by
]. L. e. Jones, machinist. n'
Dick Hardin, colored, was con-
victed In the Chester court of general
sessions last Saturday OF murder and
sentenced by Judge Watts to be
hanged on December 16. Hardin
murdered his father-in law, Henry
Sanders, on August 16, last. 6
The Memorial Dini ag Hall at
Thornwell orphanage, was destroyed by
fire last Thursday night. The fire Is
supposed to have originated from an
oven and the flames spread so rapidly
as to be quickly beyond control. There
were no facilities for fighting fire. The
building was almost completely de-
stroyed. Its original cost was about
$4,000. The money was raised by pri-
vate subscriptions.
Columbia State, Monday: The
muddy Congaree is getting back to It's
own self again. The drought Is brok-
en- and now the river by the govern
ment gauge lacks only one inch, or be-
ing up to the zero mark. Speaking or
the zero mark, what Is It? A zero
mark was established some years ago.
but during the months Just gone the
stream has fallen three feet below this.
Now what is the zero mark, the old
mark or the new one?
Columbia Record: Mr.. II. w.
Holloway has returned from Blacks
burg, where he went at the instance
of the comptroller general to investi-
gate an alleged incendiary fire, Octo-
ber 20. The barn and contents ana
some animals belonging to Mrs. Dye
were burned. AS a result Of his In
vestigation Mrs. Nancy Duncan and
her two sons, white tenants, were ar.
rested charged with the crime and
they were turned over to the court.
The South Carolina conference Of
the M. E. church, South, will hold Its
annual meeting in Darlington In De-
cember. Bishop A. w. Wilson OF
Baltimore, will preside. This has been
a prosperous year along all lines with
the Methodists Of South Carolina, and
the reports will doubtless be in ad-
vance of those Of previous years. The
citizens Of Darlington are busily at
work making arrangements for the
entertainment of members OF the
conference; and this Is no small un-
dertaking, as provision will have to
be made for over 800 members.
Darlington special Of Monday to
the Columbia State: A colored man
named Ed Brown died here on Sun
day night from the effects OF poison
taken by mistake. He was In the en-
ploy of the Atlantic Coast Line here,
at the station as an extra hand. 1t
seems that jug was found under the
platform Of the station and he think
ing that it was whisky took some or
1t. It was really an acid which Is pol
sonous. Every effort was made to re-
lieve the man, but nothing availed to
save his life, though it was thought
by the physician at one time that he
had a little chance to recover. Brown
was q good negro and stood we'll with
his superiors and fellow laborers at
the depot.
1t Is understood that the Travellers
Protective Association, organized In
this state and composed Of 5obbers,
wholesale and travelling men, will, at
the next session Of the legislature,
urge the passage Of an important law
in regard to the shipment OF goods
and the selling out Of firms that do
credit business. The law would re-
quire merchants in all lines Of trade
to notifv every creditor to whom they
owe money when they conduct a sale
or advertise that they are going out
of business. This does not, Of course,
apply to those in bankruptcy, when,
of course, all creditors are notified
by the receiver or referee, but to
those that voluntarily close out. It
is understood that the law has been
drawn up by the associations branch
at Spartanburg and will be published