Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-05-31
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

"A. w. Knight, editor OF the Bam-
berg Herald, has been appointed post
master at Bamberg, subject to the con-
f1rmation of the senate.
- Chester, May 20: At a special meet
ing Of the Chester Historical society
the following elections were made:
President, DR.. G. B. White; secretary
ham, and trustees, Judge George w.
Gage, ]. K. Henry and Arthur L. Cas-
ton. 1t was decided to push with all
speed the compilation Of history of
Chester county, including credible ira
ditions and legends.
- Edgefield, May 20: A preliminary
hearing was given Lonnie Randall
yesterday before United States Com
missioner w. D. Ramey upon the
charge of altering q 81 bill by raising
lit to $40. He confessed to cutting
the figures from a tobacco stamp and
pasting them on the bill. Randall, a
young white man who resides in Al
ken, went into one Of the Aiken dis
pensaries and ordered quart OF
whisky, the price being so cents, and
rendered as payment therefor the
spurious $40 bill. The dispenser de-
tected that the money was not genu-
Inc and passed 1t back to Randall, tell
ing him that he was liable for indict-
ment for having such bill in his
possession and attempting to pass II
as genuine. Nothing daunted by this
refusal to honor his newly made
money Randall went straightway to
another dispenser and repeated the
attempt to pass the bill. His arrest
Immediately followed. Commissioners
Ramey committed him to jail in de-
fault Of bond. He will be tried at the
June term of the United States court,
which convenes in Charleston.
- Columbia, May 30: When Miss
Lula Ballentine, daughter Of D. e.
Ballentine, returned from the exer-
cises at Columbia college Monday
night, she was shocked by finding a
large negro hiding in the closet of
her room. He rushed past her,
knocking her to the floor. AS he left
the room by way Of window open
ing on to a porch, she picked up a
revolver on her bureau and fired at
the man. She believes that she
wounded him as he was seen to throw
up an arm as he disappeared from the
edge Of the roof. Miss Ballentine be-
fore going to the college, asked the
other members of the family to leave
a light burning in her room on the
second floor. The family retired at
ten o'clock, and Miss Ballentine came
home at about eleven o'clock. She
went at once to her room, where she
noticed that the blinds were open.
This did not alarm her, as she thought
some member Of the family had been
to the room. When she opened the
closet to put away some clothing, she
was startled to find the negro curled
up against the wall. The Columbia
police were notified Tuesday morning.
and inquiries are being made to find
out whether the local doctors had att
tended a wounded negro since last
night.
-Newberry special of May % to the
Augusta Chronicle: Newberry county
politics, which always causes some
little sitting up and taking notice"
throughout the state, Is calculated this
summer to be more than entertaining.
and the various races will be watched
with interest. For the house, the en-
tire observation-disclosures George 8.
Mower, Arthur Kibler and G. T. Wy
che-have announced for re-election,
and in addition, Messrs. John Henry
Chappell and s. W. Young have been
put forward as candidates. The dele
cation In the house was "agin" the
governor at the last session-and 1t is
a wide-open fact that Messrs. Chap
pell and Young are opponents Of
Governor Blease. For clerk Of court,
the incumbent, Mr. Jno. c. Goggans,
is opposed by Mr.. Jas. D. Wheeler.
Neither of these candidates has yet
publicly expressed himself as 20 his
stand on state politics. Sheriff M. M.
Buford and Mr.. Cannon G. Blease are
the only candidates thus far announc-
ed for sheriff. Mr. Blease opposed
Sheriff Buford four years ago, there
being only few hundred votes differ
ence between them in the primary. |
This Is going to be a hotly contested |
race, and Is going to attract as much |
attention as any other race in the |
county, not excepting that between