Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-05
PALMETTO GLEANINGs


home near Richburg on October %.
PALMETTO eLEANINes
Current Happenings and Events
Throughout South Carolina.
Two residences in Columbia were
destroyed by fire Monday.
Mrs. Kate s. Fields has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Society Hill.
Sales of property by the master in
equity Of Richland county Monday,
totaled $1O1,422.
The state convention of Christian
Endeavor societies begins in Laurens
today.
The 164th annual convention Of the
oldest Baptist association in the state,
was held in Sumter this week.
DR.. A. c. Ligon Of orangeburg, has
been recommended for postmaster Of
orangeburg by Congressman Lever.
Dairymen Of Greenville have given
notice Of an increase in the price Of
milk from 40 to so cents per gallon.
M. A. Blackwell of Summerton. has
presented Governor Manning with a
large turkey for his Thanksgiving Day
dinner.
The annual state negro fair opened
at the fair grounds in Columbia Tues
day morning and will come to a close
tonight.
According to a dispatch from Col
umbia, ]. w. Powell Of that city, will
make 500 bushels Of sweet potatoes
on one acre.
DR.. John A. Brunson, pastor Of the
Baptist church of st. Matthews, has
declined call to the Baptist church
at Sumter.
M. Goldberg, a pawnbroker Of Sum-
ter, was arrested in that city this week
charged with selling whiskey. He
forfeited bond Of 5000.
The store of Smoke Bros. at Cor
dova in orangeburg county, was de-
stroyed by fire Monday night. The
loss to the owners is about $1,000
above insurance. nk,.s...--~s~u
Adjutant General w. w. Moore
left this week for San Francisco. Cal,
where he will attend the annual con-
vention Of the National Guard associa-
tion Of the United States.
Members of the ways and means
committee Of the house Of representa-
tives and the finance committee of
the senate, visited Clemson college
this week.
The governor has appointed Wilson
G. Harvey Of Charleston, member Of
the sanitary and drainage commission
for Charleston county to succeed w.
H. Welch, deceased.
The Southern Textile exposition
opened in Greenville Tuesday morn
ing and is now in progress. Hundreds
Of people from all sections Of the
United States are In attendance.
william Champaign died in the Ro-
per hospital in Charleston Monday, as
the result Of injuries sustained last
Friday when he was struck on the jaw
with an axe by Frank Watson. The
slayer has been arrested.
Two negro children were burned to
death at Whites Siding in Sumter
county, Monday night. The children
were left locked in house while their
parents were picking cotton. In some
way the cabin caught fire.
The governor on Tuesday appointed
the following magistrates: H. A. Fos.
ter, Brushy Creek township, Anderson
county; T. B. Hallman, Windsor, Aiken
county; H. s. Gamble, Greeleyville,
Williamsburg county.
Capt. R. c. Marshall Of the United
States army, Is in Charleston for the
purpose of securing suitable site for
the establishment Of an aviation school
for the United States army signal
corps.
The report Of the secretary Of the
Charleston Clearing House association
for the month Of October shows a
total Of bank clearings for that period
Of $11,638,306, an amount almost
100000 in excess Of the amount of
clearings for the some month Of 1914.
w. G. Hollingsworth, resident of
Abbevile, has brought suit against the
Seaboard Air Line railway for $4O,-
900 for alleged personal injuries re-
ceived January 4, 1915 when a passen-
ger train on which the plaintiff was a
passenger, ran into an open switch
near Whitmire.
The Columbia locks were officially
opened Monday afternoon when the
government boat Richland, tied up
at the foot Of Senate street in Colum-
bia, The locks have been completed
by the United States government at a
cost Of many thousands Of dollars.
Practically all Of the wholesale mer-
chants Of Columbia attended the open
ing.
Action to collect $6,754.54, which
State Treasurer S. T. Carter has ad-
vised Attorney General Peoples is due
the state in taxes collected by Will
liam McInnis. treasurer Of Dillon
county, will be taken at once, said At
torney General Peoples Tuesday, COM
menting upon the request he received
Monday afternoon from the state
treasurer. Treasurer Carter's letter to
the attorney general stated Mr.. McIn-
mis- had failed to remit to the state Of
fetal, state taxes to the amount Of $5.-
62S.64. The treasurer's letter said he
had telegraphed Mr.. McInnis on Oc-
tober 22, advising that interest at the
rate of per cent. per month would
be charged, as he said he had given
the Dillon county treasurer every op-
portunity to remit the tax money.
This amount, he said, should have
been remitted July /, Of this year. The
interest charged amounts to $1,125.75,