Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-08
TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1915.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS

Governor Manning delivered the
address to the graduating class or
Wofford college, Spartanburg, yester-
day morning.
j. D. Noe, formerly first sergeant
Of the Greenville police force, has
been elected chief to succeed the late
James Holcombe.
will Huff was shot and probably
fatally wounded by his brother-in-law
Will Goff, near Wagener, Aiken coun-
ty, Sunday. Domestic troubles are
said to have caused the row.
The Columbia baseball club has
surrendered its franchise as a member
Of the South Atlantic league. Unless
re- reorganization Is effected by Wednes-
day, the club will be discontinued.
- Clarence Garrett, young white
man, was shot and instantly killed in
Charleston, Saturday afternoon and
Frank keenan,, another white man, is
being held charged with the murder.
Columbia special Of June to the
News and Courier: The semi-annual
report Of F. H. McMaster, state insur-
ance commissioner, from January 1 to
May 81, 1915, showing the fires and
losses, as reported by the insurance
companies, gives 472 as the total num-
Der Of fires for the period, and $685.
892.27 the amount Of insurance mon
ey paid out for losses The city of
Columbia leads with the number Of
fires-55-and the losses totaled $14,-
250.97. Greenville came second in the
number Of fires and first in the amount
of losses involved-29 fires and $685.
077.90 in losses. Charleston comes
fifth with the number Of fires and sew
enth in the amount Of losses-18 fires
and $7,293.42 in losses. OF the known
causes Of fires during the period lex
posure" leads, with 73 fires, and losses
amounting to $35,S95.76. The follow
ing are the other causes, number Of
losses and the amount Of insurance
paid by companies: overheated or
ity, 3, $4,194.99; explosions, 6. $7,49s.-
81; friction, 1, $3.50; gas, 1, SIT; hot
ashes and Goals, IS, 1880; lightning,
buildings not rodded), 2, $40; light
ming, building rodded), 1, 81; match
es, 4, $3.50; miscellaneous 81, $8,432;
petroleum, 3, $146; sparks, II, $22,-
774.64; sparks from machinery, 2, $40;
smoking, 16, $7,513.91; spontaneous
combustion, 1, $500; stoves, furnaces
and boilers, %. $s,S47.6s; suspicious
or incendiary, 16, S12,S67.3s; un-
known, 1877, $135,3402.7. Total, 472,
$26S,S92.27.
- Columbia, June 6: Movement to
divide South Carolina into five dis
tricts, in each Of which will be es-
tablished livestock market, was
launched here by the State Livestock
association, agents Of the state de-
partment Of agriculture and financial
interests. Discussing this movement,
ofo 20 co. ox,-ot .
agent, Federal Official, whose idea
was the beginning Of this movement,
said, Our plan for dividing South
Carolina into districts for concentra-
| ting and marketing livestock co-ope-
rative becomes daily more certain Of
success. From the interest displayed
by the chief Of the Office Of markets
Of the Federal department Of agricul-
ture, by prominent railroad officials,
by bankers and business men gener-
ally Of the state, l believe this is the
most important step for the encour-
agement and development Of the live
stock industry In this state that has
been taken in recent years. We are
| feeding some 10000 or $4,000 head Of
beef cattle in South Carolina yearly.
Where Is the wisdom in shipping
them to Richmond and Baltimore
markets. In small, ungraded lots as at
present, with continual misunder-
| standings, and unpleasantness and
suspicion on the farmers part that
he Is not getting enough for his cattle?
It Is so much more satisfactory to all
concerned for buyers to come from the
large stockbuying centers and attend
regularly held sales at the market
points that we will establish. For our
plans we have been given the hearty
backing Of the railroads and assur-
ances Of buyers that they will be
present. Therefore farmers who pro-
posed to feed cattle or hogs may do
so with the comforting assurance that
they will be able to sell their stock
prices"