Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-05-19
Friday, May 19, 1905.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

COL ]. C. Boyd has resigned his
commission as colonel Of the First
regiment infantry, state militia.
The state board OF equalization
meets In Columbia next week for the
purpose of fixing the assessments of
cotton mills and other Industries Of
that nature.
William H. Zimmerman. book
keeper and cashier Of the Southern
Bell Telephone company at Spartan
burg, has been arrested on the charge
OF embezzling the company's funds.
Lancaster special Of May 1s, to
News and Courier: The two-year-
old son Of James Stagner, Of this
place, choked to death this afternoon
from an English pea lodging In his
throat The child died at the depot
where his father was waiting on the
train to take II to Rock Hill to have
the obstruction removed.
Columbia State: ]. M Croswell
has been elected dispenser at Fort
Motto and the dispensary at that place
will be re-opened after having been
former dispenser, was short in his ac-
counts about $4,000, although the an
nual report Of the dispensary shows
its business for an entire year to have
been but about $4,000. The shortage
was discovered by Inspector Nichols.
who found the place filled with empty
cases which had been nailed up and
apparently had never been opened.
The inspectors who visited the place
before must have accepted empty cases
FOR unbroken packages, for It is hardly
probable for such a large quantity OF
liquor to have been lost sight Of be- &.
tween inspections. The dispenser who
had this shortage was indemnified by
surety bond and 1t Is probable that
the state will be reimbursed for the
'ntire loss. There have been two con-
yictions under the criminal law for
shortages In dispensaries, the celebrat-
ID case from Kingstree and the Holtz-
claw case from Greenville. There is
another pending, the Sullivan case In
Laurens.
- Charleston special Of May 16. to
Columbia State: The opening of the
Pee Dee river by the United States
Engineers department will make the
an and the Charleston Steamship
company, which was organized yester-
day, will doubtless avail itself of this
opportunity to extend its service high
up into the state, but this will not be
possible for some time to come. The
Pee Dee river Is generally reached
through Winyah bay, Waccamaw riv-
er and Bull creek 1t has a depth OF
wa.er of nine feet rs far as Smiths
Mills, then about three feet as high as
the point where the Atlantic Coast
Line crosses the river, between Flor
erce and Marion. The project Of the
government Is to make the river nav
ieatCe as far as Cheraw. with draft
nyI hnl 70 oto rf
This depth Is ample for the fiat bot
tom steamboats,. The snag and dredge
hoat is now building at Georgetown
for work in opening the Pee Dee riv-
r to navigation, and the boat VIII
probably be put into operation In
about two months.
-Greenville special of May 16. to
News and Courier: More than twenty
shots from policemen's revolvers were
required to end the life OF an infuriat-
ID bull In the streets here this after
noon. The animal gored horse Sc
verely and trampled on several peo-
ple. 1t was being driven through the
streets with a halter, when 1t became
enraged at the crowd and began to
charge right and left. Breaking away
II crashed into a horse and after being
pulled away, dashed down Washington
street. Here 1t was met by bull dog,
which brought the race to finish by
fastening to the infuriated animaps
nose. Several hundred people collect
I'D and watched the fight. The bull
and dog were both covered with blood,
when the former was made fast TO
fence and the dog was choked on
BY this time the bull had become so
unmanageable that Chief OF Police
Brecknell ordered 1t killed on the spot
kAI % In, rayff
an axe. and the animal broke loose
again. The shooting then began, the
officers using their Smith & Wessons.
Nut little damage was inflicted until a
convict guard came UP and sent a
Winchester bullet through the heart.
The owner of the bull will be prose-
cuted for his careless management OF
the animal.
- Columbia special Of May Is, to
Charleston Post: Secretary Armstrong
Of the Southern Cotton Growers as
ISOLATION, was today here in confer
ence with the officers Of the South
Carolina association on a trip through
he south, perfecting and systematic
ing the statistics that are coming from
the various state associations In order
to secure a more thorough and reliable
general organization. He says the
figures he has gathered so far show
membership Of 100000 already filed,
100000 Of which are on record at the
central office with postofflce addresses.
He says that two-thirds Of this MEM
bership represents farmers who have
pledged a reduction Of 25 per cent.
Mr.. Armstrong told Of plans which
had been perfected for a meeting or
state presidents to be held In New Or
leans. May 80, when these presidents
would report to Harvie Jordan as TO
the acreage in each state, and he said
that the thorough manner In which
these figures would be brought to-
gether would make the general report
more reliable, f-evidently, than any
government report had yet been. Step
by step the report Of acreage Will
come from precinct to township and
thence to county and thence to state
organization, three farmers and three
others interested In manufacturing
concerns making a report from each
precinct This general report at New
Orleans will be made three days ahead
of the government report. The com.
ing comparison of the two reports Will
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