Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-15
PALMETTO eLEANINes
Current Happenings and Events
Throughout South Carolina.

Inclusive
w. F. Bailey. a prominent citizen Of
Clinton. died at the home Of his son
in Clinton. this week, aged 7s years.
Walter R Able, a cotton seed dealer
Of st. Matthews, purchased 600 tons
Of seed this week. valued at $4,000.
1t Is probable that the students of
Winthrop college will be allowed to
spend one day at the state fair in Co
lumbia-
Reed Weller, assistant director of
the United States weather bureau in
Columbia, has been transferred to
Augusta, Ca
Rev. F. A. DeRosset, rector. Of the
Church Of the Holy Communion,
Charleston. died this week, following
an operation some time ago.
Expense statements fled by John p.
Grace and T. T. Hyde. candidates for
mayor Of Charleston in the election
held Tuesday, showed that Mr.. Grace
spent s4.sss.43 and Mr.. Hyde $s.o24.07.
An ordinance has been introduced In
the Columbia council making 1t mis-
demeanor for any person to drink in a
public place in that city.
Laban Morgan, business manager Of
the Southern Indicator, a negro news
paper published in Columbia, and one
Of the leaders of the colored race in
the state, died this week.
The city Of Sumter has made ar
rangements whereby 1t will receive
$4,000 from the Carnegie library COM
mission for the erection Of new IL
brary in that city.
George whitner. colored, was mur-
dered in Anderson county on Sunday.
The negro was first burned by his mur-
derers and then shot. Three negroes
have been arrested charged with the
murder.
T. H. Spearman, former railway
mail clerk between Greenville and CO.
lumbia, plead guilty in Federal court
at Greenville last week. to taking
packages Of registered mail from
mail sacks. He was sentenced
to pay a fine Of $500 and serve six
months in the Newberry county Jail.
Although the city Of Florence will
lose an annual revenue Of $4,000 when
the dispensaries go out Of business, the
city council Of Florence has decided
not to increase the tax levy Of the city
at present.
c. 8. Sullivan, president Of the Sui
livan Hardware company Of Ander-
son and one Of the most prominent
business men Of the Piedmont section,
was stricken with apoplexy while in
Columbia Tuesday afternoon and died
q few hours afterward. Mr.. Sullivan
was abort so years Of age.
The steamship International, owned
by the Clinchfield Navigation company,
is in Charleston. The steamer will
take q cargo OF $500 tons Of coal to
Gulfport, Mass The ship will have the
distinction Of being the first to convey
q cargo Of coal from the new coal
handling plant Of the Southern rail-
way in Charleston.
Hattie williams and Jessie N. Will
liams Of Lexington county, have
brought suit against the 8. A. L rail-
way In the sum Of $4,000 damages for
alleged injuries received when a mule
which Mrs. Williams was driving be-
came frightened at the unexpected ap-
proach Of q passenger train while she
was travelling over a railway crossing
Of the defendant company.
Deputy Sheriff l. E. Cooper Of
Greenville, has been held by a coro-
ners jury, charged with the shooting
Of Mrs. Millie Fuller. The shooting
occurred at the Woodside mill in
Greenville, several months ago. Cooper
had gone to the home Of Mrs. Fuller
with a warrant for the arrest Of man
who was in her home In the melee
that followed the deputy sheriff shot
several persons and killed Mrs. Fuller.
The centennial celebration Of the
Pendleton Farmers society is being
celebrated at Pendleton this week.
Among the speakers at the celebra-
ton were Governor Manning, Secre-
tary Of Agriculture Houston. Clarence
Poe, editor Of the Progressive Farm
er, President Fairfax Harrison Of the
Southern railway, and many other
prominent men.
T. B. Stackhouse, president Of the
Standard Warehouse company, tonight
gave out the following statement,
says a Columbia dispatch Of Tuesday
to the News and Courier: MY pur-
pose had not been to give any state
ment to the newspapers relative to the
proposition OF merging the Standard
Warehouse company and the Atlantic
States Warehouse company, which was
recently presented to the stockholders
Of the Standard Warehouse company.
but as considerable publicity Of mis-
leading nature has been given the busi-
ness from an unauthorized source.
finally resulting in lengthy, comment
by Governor Manning, I now feel 1t
encumbent upon me to give facts and
allay the suspicion that the question OF
competing with the system Of state
warehouses suggested merger. On
the contrary, the state licensed cotton
warehouses have not been even re-
motely thought of in the consideration
of a merger. The suggestion came
from a New York broker, who expect
ed from such a consolidation a good
commission. I do not believe the sug-
gestion Of a consolidation Of the two
companies came from officers or stock
holders Of the Atlantic States Ware
house company and know the idea
did not originate In the office Of the
Standard Warehouse company. In
calling a meeting Of stockholders to
consider the proposition, I believed 1t
my duty to furnish them a statement
Of the earnings of the two companies
for the past several years in order that
an intelligent decision might be form
ed. I furnished this information only
to the stockholders OF the Standard
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