Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-02-23
HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE
Items of Interest from All Sections o
South Carolina.

B. L. Mcdowell has resigned as
magistrate of Greenwood.
W. H. Flennikin Of Winnsboro, a
student at West Point military acad-
envy, is critically i'll.
A. H.. Lyon has succeeded N. c.
Remsen as editor and publisher of the
Woodruff Herald.
The Red Cross seal commission
sold $1,3Os.92 worth Of Red Cross
seals in South Carolina last year.
S. L. Grant was on Friday elected
a policeman of the city Of Chester. to
succeed j. J.. Williams, resigned.
The house of representatives on
Friday night, by a vote Of rs to "a, re-
fused to repeal the state income tax
law.
Two people were bitten by a mad
dog in Bennettsville last week, but
their wounds are not believed to be
dangerous.
Haskell Trammell, a Greenville
county farmer, died last week as the
result Of drinking a bottle Of carbolic
acid with suicidal intent.
Presiding elders Of the two Metho-
dist conferences, are in Columbia to-
day for a conference with Bishop Col
Inns Denny Of Richmond, Va.
The latest strike Of employees Of the
Equinox mill Of Anderson, has been
satisfactorily adjudicated and the m
ployes have returned to work.
Miss Mae Huestis, for six years
teacher of modern languages in the
College for Women, Columbia, died in
Indianapolis, Ind, last Tuesday.
Henry Miner, a white man, was ar
rested in Greenwood last week, charg-
ed with stealing an automobile dur
ing the racing meet in that city re-
Gently.
The store of the Wedgefeld Mer-
camille company, at Wedgefeld. was
robbed last week, more than 500 in
currency and a large quantity Of goods
being stolen.
Henry G.. Tillman of Greenwood, a
son OF Senator B. R.. Tillman, will
very likely oppose Congressman Aiken
in the Third congressional district in
1916.
More than 700 citizens have regis
tered to vote in the municipal election
to be held in Greenwood in April.
Four candidates are announced for
mayoralty office.
The Boyd-Carlisle bill, prohibiting
tipping in South Carolina, has been
passed by both houses of the general
assembly. The law prohibits the CIV
ing of money to employees of any pub
lie place.
The house of representatives on
Thursday night refused to agree to a
legislative investigation of the Con-
federate infirmary in Columbia, which
was proposed by Mr.. Martin Of Ker-
shaw, in a concurrent resolution.
The senate on Friday killed a reso-
luton offered by Senator Goodwin for
an appropriation Of $4,000 to pay
the railroad fare Of South Carolina
veterans attending h Confederate
reunion in Richmond.
Sheriff Rector Of G~reenville, has
announced that Greenville county
will very likely be without deputy
sheriffs and attaches after March l,
owing to the failure Of the legislative
delegation to provide sufficient funds
to provide for the same.
A. B. Flowers, a prominent farmer
of Florence county, was severely STAB
bed by John Turner, a drunken negro
farm hand last week. The cutting
occurred when the farmer remon-
strated with the negro on account OF
his conduct.
j. L. McElroy, the young white man
who shot his sweetheart at the e
mont mill in Spartanburg last week,
ing himself in the head, will recover
from his wounds, a successful opera
tion having been performed Thursday.
C. c. Greer, M. D. Morrow and w.
B. Jones have been appointed members
of the newly created board of chart
ties and corrections for Greenville
county. w. H. C~ruikshanks was
named as supervising auditor for
Greenville county, an office which was
also created by the recent legislature.
w. H. Gay Of Greenville, has
brought suit against the Greenville
Traction company for $4,000 dam
ages as the result Of the death OF his
6-year-old daughter, who was run
over by M of the defendant COM
pany's cars in G~reenville on Deem
Der %, 1914.
The house of representatives on
Friday killed the Carlisle bill to per-
nit Luther K. Brice Of Spartanburg,
to practice law without complying
with all the requirements of the act
regulating admission to the bar. Brice
is not 81 years old and therefore not
admissible to practice laW.
The Greenville county legislative
delegation has reduced the salary of
Sheriff Rector of Greenville from ST.
400 to $500 per year. The county
will pay the sheriff's deputy $1,000
per veal and will also provide for a
bookkeeper for the sheriff's office at
a salary of $3.50 per year.
Effort will be made in the near fu-
ture to raise funds for the erection OF
a tablet to the memory Of Robert Y.
Hayne, the brilliant statesman and
contemporary of John c. Calhoun, the
!. tablet or monument to be placed in
at Spartanburg.
Three men were arrested at Tylers-
Vile, in Laurens county, last week,
charged with stealing cotton from a
field and selling to a merchant. A
warrant has been issued for George
Clardy, the merchant who bought the
cotton. charging him with buying
loose cotton after dark.
B. F. Peoples, S. A. Wise and V. S.
Owens. members of the Barnwell
county dispensary board. have been
ordered to appear before Governor
Manning on February rs, to show
cause why they should not be re-
moved from office. The three officers
are charged with misconduct. neglect
of duty and incapacity in office.
The ways and means committee of
the house on Thursday presented Rep
resentative George w. Dick of sum-
ter, with a glass punch bowl, in token
Of their esteem. Representative DICK,
who is the present chairman of the
ways and means committee Of the
house of representatives, will resign
his seat shortly to become postmaster
of Sumter.
Greenwood Journal: 1t was learned
in Greenwood today from a reliable
source that incorrect statements were
piyen the paDerS Yesterday in regard