Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-10
HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE
Items of Interest From All Sections o.
Soutl, Carolina.

Items of Interest From All Sections OF
South Carolina.
Scarcity Of dye stuffs will very like
" cause a number Of Greenville county
mills to suspend operation.
c. S. Webb, mayor-elect Of Green
vile, suffered a broken arm last week
while playing golf in Asheville, N. C.
City and school bonds to the amount
Of 1922, 900 were sold in Florence last
Thursday to the First National bank
Of Florence.
The governor has appointed E. r.
Parker coroner OF Cherokee county, to
succeed the late r. F. Spencer. There
were eight applicants for the place.
Capt. James c. Deal, one Of the best
known pilots on the Charleston bar,
died last week. He had been in the
pilot service for more than SO years.
The United States war department
proposes to send twenty army wagons
and forty sets Of harness to South
Carolina for the use Of the National
Guard.
George Turner, a white boy 16 years
old, Of Clinton, lost his life last week
when he fell under a freight train.
He had attempted to beat his way
from Greenwood to Clinton.
E. S. Werts, auditor Of Newberry
county, appeared before the governor
last week to answer the charge Of
misconduct In office" The governor
took the case under advisement.
John w. Lillard, for the past five
years cashier Of the Union National
bank OF Columbia, and n Of the best
known bankers in the state, has re-
signed his position to take the enc
al agency Of an insurance company.
L. A. Rowe Of the Emory section of
Saluda county, probably has the
largest family Of any mar in the state.
He is the father Of twenty-eight chill
dren, youngest Of whom was born on
July 26.
Gen. ". C. Gorgas Of Panama canal
fame, has been invited to come to Co
lumbia September Z, s and 9 to at
tend the joint meeting Of the South
Carolina Conference Of Charities and
South Carolina Conference for the
Common Good.
Gy11raooa on,,nfx, 10 OF u,aoI nt,rOhooa
a Job lot" Of collins and Friday had
them removed to the gang camp sew
eral miles from town. The county
wagons going through the town piled
high with collins gave rise to the rumor
that many Of the convicts had been
overcome with the heat and that there
was going to be a Wholesale burying.
The rumor started with five convicts
but before the collins got out Of town,
twenty-five seemed to be the favorite
number of dead.
Governor Manning last Friday an
nomced the scholarship appointments
to the state medical college. there be-
ing one appointment from each con-
gressional district. There were sixty
five applicants for the scholarships.
Following are the names Of those ap-
pointed: First-W. H. Frampton,
Charleston; second-Wm. G. Bodie,
Batesburg, r. F. D., Saluda county:
third. D. Burnett, Greenwood county;
fourth-B. ]. Workman, Woodruff:
ifth-Randolph Kirkland, Camden;
SIXTH. c. Rankin, Greenville; sew
enth-J. B. Laborde, Columbia The
appointments for the school Of phar-
macy are: Ffrst-M. T. HERS, Charles
ton; 2nd-Wrightman Watson, Beau
fort; 3rd- no applicant; 4th-H. T.
Thrower, Spartanburg; 5th-Rufus E.
Sadler, Rock Hill; 6th-Jesse Evans,
Dillon; 7th-no applicant.
Things looked rather squally at the
Greenville opera house Friday night
when the several candidates for the
vacancy in the house Of representa-
tives from Greenville county, were
speaking, when Marvin r. Reese, n
of the candidates, stated that he pro-
posed to show up the ~"rascality" Of
the present Greenville county delega-
ton. T. P. Gotham arose to his feet
following the declaration and demand
ed to know of Reese what he meant
by his remark. Reese declined to
answer and Cothran called him a liar
and a dirty puppy" Reese stated that
he would not resent the insult because
Cothran was an old man, whereupon
Senator Wilton H. Earle Of Greenville,
arose and told Reese that he (Earle)
was not an old man and that Reese
"a a liar and a dirty puppy" Reese
did not resent the insult and left the
building as soon as he had concluded
his speech.
Today police guarded the German
steamship Liebenfels, which has been
here since the European val began,
as the result Of a threatened mutiny
last night Of the Lascar crew Of So,
says a Charleston dispatch Of last
fTlQdy. capt. hldLleHIlOu dSkeu the
aid Of the local police after the East
Indians, he said, had threatened vio-
lence to him and his officers. A squad
Of patrolemen was rushed to the
Liebenfels and soon had the men under
control. The men, who shipped on the
Liebengels at Calcutta, India, have
grown FESTIVE under their long con-
1nement. Recently they notified the
British consul representative here
that they would not stay aboard the
Liebenfels any longer. They also made
a demand upon the United States i'm
migration officials that they either be
allowed to land or be sent back to
Calcutta Arrangements for sending
the crew back to Calcutta are being
made. The British government, it is
said, will pay their passage.
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