Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-12-17
PALMETTO GLEANINGS
Current Events and Happening


Lancaster county.
Two new rural free delivery routes
will be operated from Landrum, Spar
tanburg county, after March 1, 1916.
The state board of claims has been
called by Comptroller General Saw
yer to meet in the comptroller gen.
erals office on December 81.
An attempt was made to wreck the
Carolina Special near Branchville
Monday night by placing an iron bar
in switch. The special was delayed
about Is minutes while trainmen re-
moved the bar.
The Methodist church at Timmons-
vile, valued at $4,000, was destroyed
by fire Monday night the fire being
caused by defective heating appara-
tus. The building was insured for
$1,000.
Maj. T. T. Hyde was elected mayor
of Charleston in the general election
in that city Tuesday without opposi-
ton. Mayor Hyde will enter upon the
duties of his office next week. He
will serve four years.
William johnson and Lee Barnett
are in Jail at Spartanburg, charged
with arson, it being alleged that they
attempted to burn their way out of
the calaboose at Cowpens several
days ago.
Mccormick county has come into
being, voters in the territory which
will be embraced by the new county
having, on Tuesday, by a vote of
about to l, decided upon its for
nation. The new county embraces
portions of Abbeville, Greenwood and
Edgefield counties.
Fire in Spartanburg on Monday
night, destroyed property valued at
more than $4,000. One store was
completely gutted and several other
stores and offices were more or less
seriously damaged by the flames. The
origin Of the fire is unknown.
Only IA Spartanburg county citi-
zens lave paid state income tax
this year as compared with AZ last
year. The county auditor has writ
ten Governor Manning asking that a
list of the Federal income tax pay
ers of that county be furnished him
in order that he may require all Of
them to also pay state income tax.
Chas. D. Jones was nominated for
mayor Of Lancaster in primary cleo
ton Tuesday, defeating his opponent,
John T. Green, by a vote Of 16S to 80.
Out of IA candidates for aldermen,
only two, E. M. Croxton and ]. H.
Witherspoon were elected. A. j.
Gregory, j. F. Moore, L. c. Laxenby,
]. D. Wylie, Hazel Ferguson, P. M.
Latham and w. R. Thomson will have
to go into second primary.
Pat Love, a white man, was shot
and instantly killed by Scott Hutto,
also white. last Saturday night at Pei
ion, Lexington county. From the
testimony given at the coroner's in
quest, Hutto had demonstrated with
negroes on his place about shooting
near his house. AS he made ready to
take his departure from negro
house, Love appeared and said, II
have got you where I want YOU"
wherepon Hutto fred, killing Love
instantly. The coroner's jury return
ed verdict stating that Love came
to his death at the hands Of Hutto
and that Hutto was justified in taking
his life. Hutto is in Jail despite the
finding of the coroner's jury.
r. o. Jones, a liquor salesman of
Savannah, Ca, has been indicted by
the Beaufort county grand jury,
charged with attempting to bribe Pat
Wall, a member Of the Beaufort
county dispensary board, to use his
influence with the board to have
them buy their liquor supplies from
houses represented by Jones' Mr..
Wall went before the grand jury and
exhibited s56 which he said had been
given him by Jones with the under
standing that he would do what he
could to place the dispensary boards
orders with Myer, Pitts & Co., Of
Baltimore, Md, a concern represented
by Jones. A bench warrant has been
issued for Jones and the governor Of
Georgia will be asked to honor a re-
QUESTION for his return to Beaufort.
Representative Lever called at the
state department this week, says a
Washington dispatch Of December IA,
to the Anderson Daily Mail, and urged
upon Secretary Lansing and Counsel
lor Polk the importance Of having
every effort made through diplomatic
channels to enable this country to re-
ceive sufficient potash for agricul-
tural purposes during the next crop
year. Beginning last summer, Mr..
Lever has repeatedly urged the vital
importance Of the potash situation
upon Secretary of Agriculture Hous-
ton, because he realizes that in some
sections Of the south it Is impossible
to grow a full crop Of cotton without
potash, and this is particularly true
of the sand-belt districts. Mr.. Lever
suggested to Secretary Lansing and
Mr.. Polk the advisability Of the crea-
ton of some kind Of joint commission
composed Of representatives of the
several countries most directly inter-
ested, which commission should be
authorized to work out the details of
plan by which Germany might ship
potash to this country and at the
same time be assured by this coun-
try that such potash would not be
used in the manufacture of NUM-
tions Of war. Mr.. Lever said he was
not at liberty to disclose what had
been said to him, beyond the bare
statement that he found those in au-
thority at the state department "ful-
ly alive to the importance of the sit
uation."