Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-07
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

house Thursday.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Governor Hayward lost fine sad
die horse from lockjaw a few days
ago. He had been offered $500 for the
animal.
Fifty bales Of cotton consigned to
the Union Cotton mills, were Destroy
ed by fire at Spartanburg Junction
last Wednesday night.
e. E. Donaldson fell against a
wheel in a lumber mill at Society Hill,
a few days ago and was horribly man.
gled and torn, dying instantly. His
home was in Elmwood, Ind.
Judge Dantzler has appointed c.
H. Glaze Of Orangeburg stenographer
Of the first judicial circuit. The new
laws put F. K. Myers, former stenog-
rapher in the 10th circuit, where he
will act as stenographer.
Am important freight rate hearing
will be had in Greenville on either.
April q, % or 29, to which all Of the
freight experts of the various roads
have. been summoned. The hearing
is to decide whether or not the Pied
mont cities are Disseminated against
in favor Of Atlanta on interstate
freight.
e. G. Rose, formerly chief Of po-
lice Of Anderson, is in jail at Birming-
ham, Ala, charged with obtaining a
signature to q. paper by means or
false 'pretenses. The crime Is said to
have been committed in Anderson.
Requisition proceedings are In pro-
gress to secure Roses return to South
Carolina to stand trial.
The railroad commission has ap-
pointed April Is as the date for the
hearing and taking Of testimony In
connection with the recent wreck on
the Charleston division Of the South
ern. Commissioner Caughman, on
hearing Of the accident Sunday, went
at once to the scene and on Wednes-
day submitted his report to the COM
mission.
Some Of the county treasurers Of
the state are going to get into trouble
soon over violation Of the tax laws OF
the state. The law requires that no
taxes be received after March Is. and
it is reported that number Of viola
tions have been reported. The treas
urer should refuse all taxes offered
after that time and unless this is done
the sheriff loses number Of fees.
Columbia Record: The first cot
ton warehouse to be built under the
plans proposed by the South Caro-
lima branch of the Southern Cotton
association will be erected in Marl-
boro county. A company has been
organized in that county with a
capital of $4,000 and A. ]. Mathison
D. D. McColl, Jr, and others. are
back of the idea 1t is understood
that a number of others will be
erected shortly.
Columbia special Of April 4 to
Charleston Post: Acting under the
returns made to the comptroller gen.
eral by the Virginia Carolina Chemi-
cal company and the Royster Guano
company. both Of this city, the as
sessment under the license tax law
has been raised. In the case Of the
Virginia Carolina Chemical company
the assessment has been raised from
s697.97 to $1,000. which is an in
this state from $1.395.000 to $3.000.-
900. The increase was made by the
comptroller general today and notice
sent the attorneys for the company
Comptroller General Jones bases his
action on the return of the company,
which Is rather incomplete and not
in accordance with section five Of
the license tax law. The return Of
the Royster Guano company has been
raised from $4,000 to $350,O0O. and
this raise is based on the same
grounds and the volume Of business
done in the state.
Columbia Record, Thursday: The
matter of holding the Confederate
reunion is still up in the air. 1t Is
generally believed that the time for
this event will be changed In order
that the soldiers will come together
in the fall, but as yet there has been
no official announcement as to this.
A number Of cities are after 1t, but
it is generally believed that Colum-
bia will stand the best chance If the
reunion Is held in the fall and suffi-
cient notice Is given the soldiers.
Gen. T. w. Carwile yesterday tele-
graphed The Record that he had not
yet named the time and place for
the event and for this reason action
will probably be taken at the next
meeting of the board Of directors Of
the chamber Of commerce looking to-
ward a postponement Of the event
until the fall and then secure 1t.
With the Conference for Education
in the South held here the latter
part of this month 1t was thought
best to take this action and in this
way the veterans visiting Columbia
would receive a royal welcome.
-Orangeburg special of April 5 to
Columbia State: Conductor Charles
Oliver of the Southern railway freight
which left Columbia for Charleston at
S.25 o'clock this morning was struck
and killed about 4 o'clock this after
noon by his brakeman, VIM. Mickle. at
Stilton, three miles above Orangeburg.
Mickle Is a young white man about Fl
years of age and says his home Is at
Camden. The conductor is about 80
years Of age, married and goes out
from Charleston. Mickle has a stab
in his left shoulder a little over one
inch in depth, which was inflicted by
Oliver during the difficulty. Mickle
says that the conductor became pro-
voked with him in connection with his
efforts to remedy a hot box. which
had delayed the train and that the
conductor stabbed him without pro-
vocation. He says that he had moth
ing whatever with which to defend
himself from the assault Of the con-
ductor and that he retreated about the
length of the engine, then he picked
up from the ground an iron, between
one and two feet in length. and threw
1t at the conductor hitting him on