Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-04
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- Greenwood, April 30: wallace
Duncan DuPre of Wofford college, was
declared the winner Of the eleventh an
nual contest of the South Carolina In
ter collegiate Oratorical association,
held here tonight. To D. w. A. Neville,
the representative Of the Presbyterian
college Of South Carolina, was adjudg-
ed the honor Of second place.
Greenville, May /: Seventy thou
sand pounds Of meat In the local ware
house of Swift G. Co., was condemned
today by City Meat and Food Inspector
Smith. The heavy rains of last night
backed up the water In a nearby
stream and the warehouse was flooded
with city sewerage. Nearly three car
loads of meat was submerged, causing
it to become soaked in the filthy wa
ter.
Spartanburg, May 1: United States
Senator E. D. Smith may remove to
Spartanburg to live in the near future.
He is we'll known in Spartanburg,
having graduated at Wofford college
and married a Spartanburg young lady,
and should he locate here he will be
given a warm welcome by the people
of the city and the county. Should
Smith locate here, Spartanburg will be
States senator, congressman, a SUI
preme court judge and a circuit judge,
and perhaps the solicitor Of this circuit,
who Is now a resident Of Gaffney.
Columbia, April 30: Col. w. P.
Brock, assistant adjutant general, will
go to Washington Sunday to confer
with the war department concerning
the encampments In this state. The
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yet complete, but Col. Brock carries
with him a letter from Governor Ansel
asking that the militia be allowed to
buy one-half Of the overcoats this year
and one-half next year. The balance
Of the appropriation will allow for two
encampments, but If the request Of the
department Is granted the three regi-
ments Of infantry will be sent in camp
for ten days each.
- Gaffney, May 2: A negro named
Jim Crawford, who lives on the planta-
ton of Mr.. l.. R. Ross, a mile from
Gaffney, shot another negro, named
Melvin Edwards, a few days ago with
shot gun, infiicting several painful
though not dangerous wounds. Craw-
ford says that Edwards has been try
ing to "conjure" his wife, and that he
had warned him more than once to
stay away from his premises, and that
If he did not do so he would have to
take the consequences; that when he
came home and found Edwards In the
house, he seized his gun and ran after
Edwards, who fled, and he, (Crawford),
shot him. Edwards is able to walk
around, and says he will not prosecute
Crawford for shooting him.
Lancaster News, May l: Many
persons repaired to Mr.. H. N. SoWelrs
meat market on White street Wednes-
day to see q strange animal that had
been shot and killed the night before
on his plantation, by Lee Lowry, col
ored, who discovered it in his chicken
house. The animal was an armadillo,
and it escaped, it is said, from the car
nival here recently. The carnival peo-
pie called it the grave digger. The ar
madillo is a South American quad
ruped, and Websters International die
tionary says Of it: 80 called from be-
ing armed with bony shell. The body
and head are encased in an armor COM
posed of small, bony plates. The ar
madillos burrow in the earth, seldom
going abroad except at night. When
attacked, they curl up in ball, pre-
senting the armor on all sides. Their
flesh is good food There are several
species, one Of which (the peba) Is
found as far north as Texas"