Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-13
Scraps aud faets.


house of representatives. There We're
six men to be elected in the second prl-
mary Tuesday and the Blease men had
only Ave candidates. They elected adj
Ave of the men and also a Jones man.
The vote in the second primary was
bnt q few hundred short of the vote In
the first primary. Sheriff w. j. White
was reelected over ex-Sheriff John w.
Nichols by a large majority: Nlcnolls
had refused to declare himself previous
to the first primary; but after the nrst
primary came out as a Blease map'
White was not required to declare MN
self as he had been CONSIDERED d
Bleaseite all the while.
- Columbia, September II: Govern
or Blease returned from Cnariestoii
this morning where he spent tne last
week attending the Red Mems conven,
tion and proceeded to attend to orficiai
matters requiring attention. Among
the things the governor did TO-DAY was
TO appoint Sam ]. Nichols. or Spar
tanburg. to the board of regents OF the
state hospital for the insane, wee j.
Wright Nash of Spartanburg resigned.
He named w. M. Hamer Of Dillon 10
the position on the board or trustees Oh
the university vice r. 2. Hamer Ge-
ceased. He appointed John y. Darpy
to fill out the unexpired term OF L. w:
shannon deceased as supervisor Oh
Chester county and named Jonn w.
Austin to fiji out the unexpired term
of J. P. Goodwin, deceased, supervisor
of Greenville county.
Columbia, September IL: M. Smeit.
ger. a young man, aged about ~, met
death in the swimming pool at the
young Mems Christian association
building this morning. Mr.. Smeltzer
who is known by all the college men
of the state as an athlete Of superior
mowers. was swimming with q frlenu'
II. q. Duncan, when the accident hap
nened. When in the middle or the
pool Mr.. Smeltzer was seen by Mr. Dun
can to throw up his hands and call TOT
help. Mr.. Duncan, who Is a poor
swimmer, could give no assistance SO
he called for others. Mr.. STATION, sec
retary of the institution, Mr.. ROSS, tne
physical director and a personal frieno
of Mr.. Smeltzer and others rushed 70
the scene but they were 100 late' loI
death had overtaken the young tnail
and efforts at restoration were without
avail. There is some doubt as 10
whether the young man was drowned
and the opinion Is being expressed that
illness caused his death. His body was
found in six feet of water.
Bristol, Va, September II: Arthur
Hagy, % years old, and Miss Myr-
tie Moore, 16, were married al
Johnson City, Tenn, today, following
a sensation elopement. Monday night
Young Hagy drove to the girls home
i'm an automobile, expecting TO steai
her out, but she had been locked up
and the father, who was in hiding,
opened fire on Hagy as he crept unoer
the girls window. Hagy fled and In
so doing returned the fire. Today Hagy
sent an automobile party TO Liberty
Hill school and they succeeded In get
ting the girl into the car. the alarm
was given and an officer at Abingdon
Va, undertook to stop Hagy's automo-
bile. but was unable to do so until ne
had shot through one Of the tires. Hagy
arrived on the scene about this time
and began firing. The girl had been
transferred to another vehicle some
miles back, and upon learning TINS,
Hagy left the officer in charge or the
car he had halted and which he sup
posed contained the missing girl. The
couple then made their escape and
were married at Johnson City.
Spartanburg, September IL: The
New Era club was organized by the
ladies of Spartanburg today for the
purpose of studying the question of
woman's suffrage. The officers and
members of the club are: President,
Mrs. Helen G. Rowland; vice presl-
dent. Mrs. w. L Abbott; secretary,
Miss Garland Rice; treasurer, Mrs. +.
o. Frierson. Mrs. A. w. Smith was ap-
pointed chairman of the committee on
constitution and bylaws The foIow-
ing names were enrolled as charter
members: Mrs. E. o. Frierson, Mrs. A.
". Smith, Miss Garland Rice, Miss Mitt
Durant, Mrs. H. A. Taylor, Mrs
William Fisher, Miss Marion Evans
Miss Sarah Harvin, DR.. Rosa ii. CAN'T,
Mrs. V. M. Montgomery, Miss LOIS
Montgomery, Mrs. M. H. Gwynn, MRS.
Armstrong, Miss Edith Porcher, Mrs.
w. L. Abbott, Mrs. Helen G. Howland,
Mrs. ]. NJ. Wilson and Mrs. II. Nj.
Trimball. All meetings are to be open
meetings and all women are invited 10
attend, whether members or not, lot
it is through these meetings only tnat
the earnest and serious purpose OF tne
club may best be explained. weekly
meetings will be neld alternately In
the afternoon and evening.
London, September 10: Scotland
Yard detectives say they nave conclu-
siye proof that at least seven wives
died by the hands Of the man who
some weeks ago murdered his three
children and the mother of two Of them
and badly wounded the mother OF the
third child and then killed himself.
The real name of the perpetrator OF
this chain Of crimes Is not yet ascer-
tanned. He posed at times as cap
tain Stirling" and called himself an
American, claiming to have served In
the Spanish-American war and TO
have received a medal OF honor from
congress for his part in the suppress
sion Of the PHILIPPINE insurrection.
In Eastbourne, where the recent MUIR
ders were committed. he was known
as Robert Charles Mackie, a major on
furlough from one of the Colonial ter
ritorial regiments; in Clapham he was
Captain Robert Hicks Murray, cap
tain in the Royal Scots Grays guards
regiment. Beyond admitting that he
belongs to one of the most blue
blooded families in the kingdom, the
war office authorities will give out mo
information about him. The two wo-
men involved in the Eastbourne trag-
edy, it is now definitely established,
were sisters. Captain Murray. as the
man was known to them, married
each secretly.
The department Of agriculture In
a report soon TO De issued Will SouIu
a note of warming to all interested
against orchard investment schemes
that hold out promise Of profits far In
excess of what the department eX-
perts regard as warranted. Many in
uuiries have reached the department
regarding orange, apple and other
enterprises where the orchardiZing is
to be done by proxy and in some cases
the claims of profits are alluring in
the extreme. 1t is possible that some
of the claims will be called to the at
tention Of the postoffice department
because Of the circulation of the al
Turing literature through the mails.
Not all the schemes are frowned up
on by the department as will be point
ed out in the report. This document
based upon inquiry into number of
the plans, in at least one of which
prominent. government officials per-
sonally are interested. will give clear
suggestions and hints to city folk who
are considering making investments
in the so-called "orchardiZing by
proxy" 1t will indicate the conditions
under which successful culture may
be expected and the reasons given by
the government experts why certain
systems of orchardizing must fail.
These investment plans have fooled
tho countrv and have arOuSed wide