Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-07-29
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- The state campaigners took a day
off yesterday. They are at Kingstree
today.
- Spartanburg is very busy with
plans for entertaining the Confederate
veterans at the reunion on August
II and Is.
- Charleston. July &c: 1t is report
ed that the plans are making for the
expenditure of something over $780,
900 in the development of the Isle of
Palms on q big scale. making ii n sort
of Coney Island affair, and also devel-
oping the residential idea. A number
of bungalows are to be built in a sec
ton of the island and the amusement
features are also to be developed with
the purpose of adding To the general
attractiveness of the resort. No state
ment can be gotten from the parties.
said to be behind the movement, but
there is enough talk to indicate that
there is something in it.
News and Courier Wednesday,:
Chief Detective James Hogan and De-
tective Clarence Levy yesterday made
short raid on corner grocery stores
and other places in the northern sec
ton of the city for slot machines. al
legged to be i'm operation there during
the last few days. The officers sue
ceeded i'm confiscating two of the ma
chimes, which We're taken to police
headquarters. The devices will be
broken up this morning with an axe
by order of Chief of Police w. A.
Boyle. One machine was taken from
the store of T. ]. Tietjen, corner of
st. Philip and Morris streets and the
other from the store of ID. Stehmeyer
No. "a st. Philip street. according to
the police records. The news that the
police are making Il raid on slot ma
chimes usually travels about the city
with uncanny rapidity and the detec-
tives very often find themselves balk-
ed in their efforts to cOntiscate the de-
vices. which are carefully hidden from
view until the storm" is over
- Columbia special of July 2S to the
Greenville News: Many matters of
importance We're passed upon at the
three sessions of the state Farmers
Union held here today. The Union
went on record as being against the
bringing of "LnGt Sirable foreigners
into the southland 4 resolution was
passed to memoralZe the legislature
to increase the number of scholarships
to Clemson college on account of the
large increase in the fertilizer tag tax
receipts which now amount To $780,
900 annually. A resolution was pass
ed endorsing the South Atlantic states
corn exposition which is To be held in
Columbia December 3 To s. The Ses-
siOns came to a close tonight with the
address of G. =. Barrett. the president
of the National Union. At the meet
ing this afternoon the following officers
were elected: \. J. \. Perritt, Lamar
president: T.. w. Dabb. Mayesville.
vica DrpSilput. / Wbitner Reid CO.
lumbia, secretary and treasurer; w.
T.. Brodic. Wards. chaplain: w. +.
Hopkins Hopkins. conductor: w. p.
CaSkey. Lancaster, sergeant-at-arms;
4. F. Calvert. Abbeville. door-keeper.
A. J. a. Perritt, the president of the
state union was elected as Il delegate
to the National Convention which is to
meet i'm Charlotte the first week in
The following were elect
ed as members of the state executive
committee: \. ID. Hudson, NewDerry,
district No. |: Douglass Mcintyre.
Marion. district No. .: and l.. G. Pad
gett, Smoaks. district No. 3.