Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-20
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

lookup at Port Royal, where he had
been placed for disorderly conduct
The cause Of the fire, which destroyed
the luckup, has not been ascertained.
At a meeting Of Chester Com
mandry No. 7. knights Templars, last
Thursday night. the following Off
GERS were elected for the ensuing year:
John r. Hart, E. c.; j. G. Johnston,
gen.; w. D. Knox, c.. G.: L. D. Childs,
prelate: c. c. Edwards, treasurer;
Joseph Lindsay, recorder.
The Parker cotton mill company
has been commissioned with capital
stock authorized to the amount of
IS, 900, 900, divided in $4,000 shares of
the par value Of 500 each. The main
place of business Of this big merger
will be Greenville, and the corporation
Is authorized to build and buy cotton
mills and conduct g cotton mill busi-
ness.
- Columbia, December 18: Major
General ]. c. Boyd, adjutant and in
spector general of South Carolina, died
here today as a result Of a stroke OF
paralysis sustained Friday. He did not
regain consciousness after the stroke
General Boyd had been adjutant and
inspector general for nearly four years
He was born in Selma, Ala, in 1S48
When as boy, he ran away from home
to enter the Confederate service. He
was a prisoner at Ship Island until
1865. The funeral will be conducted In
Greenville on Tuesday, with military
honors.
Aiken, December 10: Details OF
the killing Of Mrs Henry F. Salley al
Perry reached Aiken today. Mrs. Salley
was killed by the discharge Of a gun
in the hands of her husband, and, ac-
cording to the verdict of jury Of in
quest. 1t was accidental. No steps
have been taken to incriminate Mr..
Salley. and so far as known there will
be none. Mr.. Salley was preparing to
go on a hunting trip. He was clean
ing his gun, when, on unbreacning 1t,
the cap Of a cartridge In the gun In
some way caught against the plunger,
causing II to discharge. Mrs. Salley
was standing in the room, and the load
struck her in the side, causing death
a short time after. Mr.. Salley Is
marshal at Perry. He and his wife
are said to have been exceptionally
affectionate, and the husband 1t Is
said, Is now in danger Of losing his
mind as a result Of the deplorable
death Of his wife.
approximately $9.000,000 repre-
sents the increase for all property In
the state for taxation according to
returns made to the office Of Comp
troller General Jones. There was q
decrease Of $2,189,67S in the value OF
personal property. This decrease Is
attributed to the low assessments OF
many concerns and placing cotton
mills, oil mills and fertilizer plants
on basis Of so per cent for taxation
in place Of so per cent. The total
value of all property as returned for
taxation was $279,755,349, as COM
pared with s271, ,302 in 1909.
There was an increase Of $10,613,O14
in the value of real estate. The real
estate as returned for the year was
$147,051,422, as compared with 1885,
43S,35S for 1909. This was the year
for reassessing real estate. The as
sessed value Of the personal property
In the state last year was $92,664,-
1913. For this year $90,474,520 or a
decrease Of over $2.000,000. The
railroad property was returned this
year at $42,229,405, as compared with
$42.203,946 last year. These statistics
will be carried in the annual report
Of Comptroller General Jones to the
general assembly.
- Columbia, December 16: The
general assembly will not be asked to
raise the age limit from IL to IA years
Of children in the manufacturing
plants Of the state. This was decided
upon at a meeting of the South Caro-
lima Child Labor committee held to-
day. The action rescinds a previous
resolution by the committee which
would have asked the legislature to
IL El-t l.t1
under IA years Of age from working
in the mills Of the state. The IA years
age limit would have been attained
by gradation. A measure Is now be-
ing framed which will eliminate all
children under IL years Of age. The
committee will also ask for law re-
quiring the registration Of births and
marriages. The law is considered es-
sential to the proper enforcement OF
all child labor legislation. There were
present at the meeting George B.
Cromer, chairman; A. T. Jamison,
Bishop w. A. Guerry, Miss Louisa
Poppenheim. Jos. A. Mccullough, w.
H. Hand. C. E. Welter. o. Y. Owings
and John Porter Hollis secretary.
The South Carolina Cotton Manu-
facturers' association was represent
ed at the meeting by Alex. Long.
- The elbow touch Of a fellow co.
worker means much. The teachers IN
urban communities have the advantage
in this respect over the rural school
teachers. To overcome the difficulties
Of isolation in a measure for the rural
teacher township reading circles are
being organized. Responding to re-
quest Of Miss Leila A. Russell, county
supervisor of elementary rural schools,
several of the teachers Of York town.
ship met in the Graded School build
ing last Saturday for the purpose OF
effecting an organization known as the
Teachers Reading Circle Of York
township. Mr.. w. S. Buice was made
president, Miss Mary LESLIE vice
president, and Miss Eugenia Simpson
secretary and treasurer. This circle
will meet once a month in Yorkville
and will study Kern's among Coun-
try Schools" In addition to the study
of this text, part Of the programme
for each meeting will be devoted to
the every day problems Of the school
room. Superintendent Witherspoon,
who was present at this meeting.
kindly offered the Graded School
building as a meeting place, and stated
that he would gladly serve the teach
ers in every way he could. The teach
erS discussed pldllS lOI llc to"hohiP
and county exhibits Of rural school
work to be made some time next
spring.
Spartanburg Herald, December Is:
For want of consent on the part Of the
plaintiff" Ernest Brooks Walker OF
Greenville, formerly a ticket agent at
the Southern station in Spartanburg,
Judge T. S. Sease, sitting in chambers,
has annulled the marriage contract be-
tween Mr.. Walker and Miss Ida Jor-
dan, a pretty telephone operator of this
city, on August 20 last. In his COM
plant, Mr.. Walker declared he was so
drunk when the marriage ceremony
was performed that he had no recol-
lection of it and did not know he was
married until he woke up In the Ar
gyle hotel the following morning and
found Miss Jordan with him, and she
told him she was his wife. IN her an
swer to his suit Miss Jordan admitted
all his allegations. Rev. w. NJ. White
sides, pastor of the Green Street Bap-
tist church, who married the couple,
said last evening that when they came
to him 1t was evident that Mr.. Walker
had been drinking. but he was in per-
feet command Of all his senses. Il
talked to them both for some time"
cold Mr. Whitesides telling them