Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-12
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS

| tor of the port OF Charleston, dled last
week, aged 46 years.
Albert w. Todd Of Charleston, has
| been named a trustee Of the South
Carolina Medical college, to succeed
w. A. Tripp, M. D., resigned.
e. P. McCravey Of Easley, will not
seek reelection as sergeant-at-arms In
the house of representatives which
met today.
The General Asbestos and Rubber
company expects to erect a $500 600
| building in Charleston in the next few
months
Railways entering Columbia have
| been asked to grant reduced rates for
| the Inauguration Of Richard I. Man
ming as governor, January l9.
paper correspondent, has been named
as private secretary to Lieutenant
| Governor -elect Andrew ]. Bethea.
IT. R. Trimmer, for the past q
years register Of mesne conveyance
for Spartanburg county, has resigned
his office. His nephew. John P. Dar-
den, has been appointed to the office.
The general assembly will be ask
ed to make an appropriation Of $780,
600 to complete construction work
now going on at Cedar Springs insti-
tute, near Spartanburg.
Frank Grant, convicted in Chester
county last year, Of the murder or
Sidney Ferguson. a prominent farmer,
has been pardoned by Governor
Blease.
Sylvester Hodges, white man,
has confessed to the robbery Of the
postoffice at Elko, in Aiken county.
Hodges also confessed that he was a
counterfeiter. He had served in Cen
eral Madero's army in Mexico.
= The Clyde Steamship company is
preparing to build another palatial
steamship for service between Char,
lesion and New York. Fifteen months
time will be required to complete the
construction Of the new vessel.
Governor Blease on Friday, grant
ed an unconditional pardon to Harry
Coleman, convicted at the September,
1918, term Of the Union county court
Of general sessions for the murder OF
his father, r. D. Coleman.
- During a terrific cyclone near Lake
City, last week, the house Of j. E.
Lawrence was hurled to the ground,
burying its occupants underneath the
wreckage. All were saved, including
little child who was sleeping in bed
when the cyclone came up.
John G. Mobley, a director Of the
South Carolina penitentiary, and a
prominent citizen Of Fairfield county,
was found dead in bed Friday morn
ing when a servant went to awake
him. He was for three terms presi-
dent Of the state fair society, and had
served in the legislature several terms.
According to report issued by ].
E. Swearingen, state superintendent OF
adn fUonfU nant nf the v0f-
ers of South Carolina are illiterate.
The information was obtained by TAX
ing the number of voters who made
their marks when enrolling to vote In
the primary last summer.
Jack Allison, aged 9 years, was
shot and instantly killed by his cousin,
Nathan Allison, near Gaffney, last
Friday afternoon. The elder Allison,
who had been hunting. was met at the
gate on his return by his little cousin.
The little boy seized the muzzle OF the
gun, which in some manner became
discharged, the load mangling his
breast.
Governor Blease on yesterday Is
sued an order disbanding the Sou Il
Carolina organized militia. The re l.
son given is that 1t would be unfair
and unjust to turn the militia over to
the incoming governor in it's present
condition. About 1000 officers and
men are affected. The militia can,
of course, be re-organized by Cover
nor Manning.
Reuben Gosnell, chief of the rural
police of Greenville county, was ac-
quilted in the court Of general ses-
sions for Greenville county, last Sat
urday, Of the killing Of Judson Brooks,
in the red light district Of that city,
October 25. Brooks was instantly
killed when Gosnells revolver, with
which the policeman was beating
Brooks over the head, was discharged.
- Columbia special Of January 9 to
the News and Courier: At the coming
session Of the general assembly bills
will be introduced proposing t.. enact
into law the rules governing the re-
cent Democratic primary election. The
law, of course, will apply to primaries
in general no matter Of what party,
and will apply to congressional and
municipal as well as to state and
county primary elections. This state
ment was made by member-elect OF
the legislature, after a conference
here among newly-elected members of
the general assembly. 1t will be pro-
posed to put into the form Of law
practically the same rules and regula-
tions governing the enrolment of the
voters that were adopted by the DEM
ocratic state convention last May, and
the rules governing the conduct of the
primary election. The successful and
satisfactory working of these rules has
impressed the advisability of putting
them into effect in permanent form.
1t will also be proposed to apply the
principles of the Australian ballot
system to all elections, state and mu-
nicipal, in cities of more than 10000
population. A modified form OF the
Australian system was used in the re-
cent primary election in the city OF
Charleston, and was found to work
with great satisfaction. Secrecy OF
the ballot is insured, and the proba-
| bility of corruption and intimidation
is greatly reduced by this system. The
proposed bill for governing primary
elections will be introduced early in
the 1915 session, and there Is little
doubt after the expression from the
last Democratic state convention and
| the trial of the system in the primary
| that the bills can be passed.