Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-12-03
PALMETTO GLEANlNGs
Current Events and Happening,
Throughout South Carolina.

Throughout South Carolina.
Chief Detective James Hogan of the
Charleston police force, has been re-
tired after 35 years Of active service.
William p. Stevenson, prominent
farmer Of Anderson county, lost 81
bales Of cotton by fire Monday after
| noon.
Pete Hamilton, a negro, Is in the
penitentiary for safe keeping. charged
with criminal assault upon a white
woman, in Pickens county, Sunday.
The 130th annual session Of the
South Carolina conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal church, South, Is
now in session in Charleston.
DR.. v. M. Roberts of Blacksburg
suffered a compound fracture Of his
leg Tuesday afternoon when his auto
mobile was overturned near Union.
The Woodstock Hardwood and
Spool Manufacturing company's plant
in Charleston, was destroyed by fire
Tuesday. The property damage will
ttUrat about $4,000, with no insurance
Governor Manning has commission.
ed w. C. Cathcart, former chief Of po-
lice Of Columbia, as special consta-
BILE, to act for the Southern railway
in Columbia.
Robbers broke into the dispensary
at Elloree. Orangeburg county, Sun.
day night and later set the building or
fire. The blaze was extinguished be.
fore serious damage was done.
: Governor Manning has ordered an
election to be held,in Spartanburg on
December Z, on the question Of wheth'
er or not Mayor John F. Floyd OF
Spartanburg, and two councilmen OF
that city should be recalled.
Lieutenant Governor Andrew ]. Be-
thea has accepted the invitation OF
Henry Ford, the automobile manufac-
turer, to represent South Carolina on
Ford's proposed peace mission to Eu-
rope.
The Brogon cotton mills Of Ander-
son, resumed operations on Monday
after remaining idle for eleven weeks
due to a strike among the help. About
SIS operatives are again employed al
the mill.
| Fifty persons were arrested in An
derson this week on the charge OF
selling liquor. A number Of them
have plead guilty. The cases were
worked up by detectives Of a national
detective agency who were brought tc
Anderson by the mayor Of that city.
George Ham and Charley McElveen
the two policemen Of Olanta, Florence
county, who were arrested Saturday
night on the charge Of killing Sam
Lee and mortally wounding his son
Olin Lee, during a hand-to-hand en-.
counter on Saturday afternoon. have
been released on bonds Of $500 each
National preparedness is ques'
ton which demands the earnest sup.
port of all Americans and rises above
party lines or personal differences,
said Governor Manning Tuesday night
replying to a telegram from the New
York World, "Is national prepared
ness above party lines was the ques'
ton put to Governor Manning by the
World.
Deputy Sheriff A. G. Justus Of the
Judson mills Of Greenville; ]. A. Jack
son of the cloth room; ]. A. Parker
overseer Of carding; Floyd Tidwell
overseer Of spinning and Henry Jor.
don, j. A. Rollins and Wilmont Jack.
son, all employees Of the mills, have
been arrested on the charge Of as
sault and battery with intent to kill
David Freeze, who was so seriously
wounded in the riot between strikers
and strike-breakers at the mills last
Saturday. The men were released or
Tuesday on bonds of $4,000 each.