The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-05-06
STATE NEWS ITEMS

CouHIy.
Ernest S. Drcher was on Wednesda,
for the twenty-nrst time re-electe,
superintendent of the Columbia schools
Patrolman r. E. Bankhead of th'
Columbia police force has been sus
pended for 80 days on the charge o,
drinking while on duty.
Governor Manning has appointed for
mer Governor Ansel of Greenville az
special judge for the Richland county
court of common pleas. beginning May
three.
A messenger of the Greenville cottor
mills lost a bunch of checks valued al
$500 on the streets of Greenville Tues
day morning. The money was later
recovered from negro barber.
w. w. Smoak has resigned as editor
of the Anderson Daily Intelligencer and
gone back to Walterboro, where he
owns paper which he will conduct. M.
l.. Glenn, formerly city editor, is now
editor of the Intelligencer.
The name of Spartanburg Junction,
which is near the city Of Spartanburg,
has been changed to Hayne by Presi-
dent Fairfax Harrison of the Southern
railway, in honor OF Robert Y. Hayne,
famous South Carolina statesman
j. Broadus Knight of Trenton, S. c..
formerly clerk to the committee on
naval affairs of the senate, was Satur-
day sworn in as clerk of the United
States court for the Western district.
Some of the people of Yorkvile want
the name of that town changed to York
and May rs an election will be held to
decide whether the name shall be
changed or not. The Y orlk News favors
the change while the Yorkville ENQUIRER
is opposed to it.
A dispatch from Columbia says tha,
new farmers organization is gaining
headway in the lower section of the
state. Reports say that the new or
ganization is secret and oath bound
and indications are that it partakes of
political significance.
Miss Elloree Durham of Fants Grove
committed suicide last week by shoot.
ing herself with shotgun. She had
heard that words of disagreeabe ma
ture had been spoken against her char
acter, and is thought to have concluded
that it was too much for her to bear.
Zadora, an alleged fortune teller who
has been operating in Anderson, sud
denly left that city for parts unknown
one day last week. She carried with
her much coin which she had persuaded
some of the unsophisticated to leave
with her under certain conditions. One
Anderson lady is said to have lost $500.
DR.. John f. Vines, who has been pas
tor of the First Baptist church of An
derson for the past seven years, has
resigned to acceptsa call to the pastor
ate of the First Baptist church of Roam
oke, Va. He will leave Anderson June
l. Under his leadership the Anderson
church has grown to be the largest
church in the state, having about | 400
members.
According to the report of the bureau
of vital statistics of the state board of
health for March this year, there were
l, ,O54 more births than, deaths. The
birth rate was. 5000 and the mortality
rate was 2,036. The death rate was
from the following diseases, according
to the report: tuberculosis, 155; pneu-
monia. 236; typhoid fever, 10; pellagra,
10; whooping cough, 13; cancer, 36;
d malaria ID.
The round, smooth handle of whip
which William Johnson, Jr., a farmer
living in Spartanburg county, welded
in chastising his 10year-old son Sunday
afternoon, slipped from his hand and
going like an arrow penetrated the
skull of his infant child nesting in the
arms of it's mother, killing it instantly.
When johnson saw what he had done
ne tainted and remained unconscious
until revived by neighbors.
John Pearson a 14-year- old lad, was
in the United States court in
ireenville on charge counterfeiting
and has been sentenced to serve one
year in the Atlanta prison. Pearson
has been living in Greenville mill vii
age, and the passing of spurious so cent
pieces had been traced to him by fed
aral detectives. 1t is the general opin-
ion that the boy is the tool of Others.
although he steadfastly refused to in
volve anyone else.
Because one member of the Aiken
county dispensary has been enjoined
and the other two members are at log
gerheads, Governor Manning Saturday
morning ordered all dispensares in
Aiken county closed. The governor
took this action because he considered
it for the best interest Of the taxpayers
and in view of the excitement, and be-
cause under existing conditions any
question relating to the dispensary can
not be satisfactorily adjusted.
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