Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-03-19
HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE
Items of Interest from All Sections Of
South Carolina.

Items OF Interest from All Sectiohs OF
South Carolina.
DR.. N. E. Kibler was elected mayor
Of the town Of Prosperity, In New
berry county this week.
The question Of voting 100000
worth Of bonds to be used in street
paSIns, was carried at an election In
Anderson Tuesday, by vote 4O7 to 55.
Hadden Johnson Of Aiken, has been
selected to represent the University Of
South Carolina at the state oratorical
contest to be held in Rock Hill next
month.
President Wilson on Tuesday, gave to
C. ]. Lyon Of Abbeville, the recess ap-
pointment as United States marshal
for the western district Of South Caro-
lima.
Coroner Black Of Greenville county,
was arrested at Greer last Saturday, on
charges of being drunk, disorderly and
firing a pistol. The coroner remained
in the Jail at Greer until midnight
Saturday.
Boyd Tate, colored, shot and killed
Isaac Brown, also colored, near Will
kinsville, Cherokee county, Tuesday.
Tate accused Brown Of being intimate
with his wife. He surrendered after
the shooting.
Fire which broke out in the Boyce
warehouse along the Cooper river,
Charleston, Tuesday, destroyed $500
bales Of sea island and upland cotton.
The total loss Is about $4,000, cover
ed by insurance.
According to figures furnished by the
state treasurer's Office. the sales Of fer
tilizer tags up to this date are about
$4,000, as compared with approx
mately $201, 900 up to this date last
year.
The dispensaries in the fourteen
South Carolina counties having the
liquor system, sold s233,s64.S7 worth Of
liquor and beer during the month OF
February, according to statement re-
Gently issued by the dispensary au-
ditor.
The annual meeting Of the South
Carolina Veterinarians association
was held in Columbia this week. The
association went on record as favor
ing the enactment Of a law for state
examination and registration of vet
erinarians.
Master Mechanic Ray Of the Mon
aghan mills, and ]. o. Jones, expert
electrician for an electrical concern Of
Greenville, had narrow escape from
death while working on a defective
motor at the mill Monday, $500 volts
of electricity passing through each
mans body.
The sacramental section having
been eliminated from the gallon q
month law, wines and liquors consign-
ed to several churches in South Caro-
lima have been held up by the express
and railway companies during the
past several days This information
was given in letters received Thurs
day by Governor Manning. Il am
powerless in the matter; the law must
be enforced" said the governor. APP
peals came to the governors office
from Charleston, Columbia, Aiken and
Sumter
A young man who at first claimed to
be A. D. Manning, son Of the gover-
nor Of South Carolina, was arrested in
Charleston Sunday, on the charge Of
obtaining money and goods under
false pretenses and passing bogus
checks. 1t being stated that he gave
worthless checks to Sheriff Martin
and others of Charleston. The young
fellow claimed to be a reporter Of a
South Carolina paper, and tried to in
terview Mayor Grace, Major T. T.
Hyde and other Charlestonians. It
was through the suspicious Of Mayor
Grace that the imposter was arrested
and 1t developed that he recently es-
capped from an insane asylum in Tus-
caloosa, Ala. He is said to be a son
Of Circuit Judge Manning Of Tallegeda,
Ala. He was tried in magistrates
court Tuesday, and sentenced to thirty
days Imprisonment