Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-29
PALMETTO GLEANINGS

PALMETTO eLEANINGs
Current Happenings and Events
Throughout South Carolina.
Rev. E. v. Babb of Easley, has &C.
cepted a call to the First Baptist
church Of Newberry.
Harrison A. Foster has been ap.
pointed magistrate Of Bushy Creek
township in Anderson county, to sue
ceed J. D. Sitton, deceased.
About 225 members Of the Boys
Corn clubs Of South Carolina, had ex-
hibits at the state fair in Columbia
this week.
Governor and Mrs. Manning receiv-
ed hundreds Of South Carolinians, Wis
itors to the state fair at the execu-
tive mansion in Columbia on Tuesday
night.
In the second primary, held Tues
day, in connection with the municipal
election held in Charleston Tuesday
two weeks ago, j. ]. Miller defeated
M. F. Stopplebein for alderman in
ward II, by vote Of 49s to 233.
The steamer Colorado, carrying
5000 bales Of cotton, caught fire of
Charleston this week, and most of her
cargo was burned. The origin of the
fire is unknown. The steamer is now
in Charleston harbor.
The United States transport Prairie
arrived at Port Royal near Beaufort
this week, with 500 enlisted men from
the recruiting depot at Norfolk, Va.
The men will be stationed at Port
Royal for some time.
Edward r. Mcdonald and H. J.
Brown, charged with assault and bat
terry with intent to kill, during the re-
cent trouble in Charleston, which was
the elimination of the municipal elec-
ton there, have been released on
bonds of $1,000 each.
A. M. Law Of Spartanburg, has been
appointed receiver for the Southern
Marble and Granite company Of Spar
tanburg, which has recently gone into
bankruptcy. The marble works which
Is the largest Of its kind in the state
is capitalized at about $4,000.
James Robertson, a Scotchman
committed suicide in Camden, Tues
day, by shooting the top Of his head
off with a shot gun. Robertson had
been engaged in pheasant raising al
Sparrow Bush, N. Y, and Is said to
have lost heavily this year.
Vestal Hancock, well known farm
er Of Chesterfield county, who was
shot by Charley Chapman, colored
Saturday night, died Of his wounds in
Hamlet, N. c., hospital Tuesday
Chapman and his brother have been
arrested, charged with the shooting.
Between 500 and 900 students OF
Winthrop college, are in Columbia to-
day, attending the state fair. The
Winthrop students were admitted to
the fair grounds free of charge. A
special rate of $1.20 for the round
trip to Columbia from Rock Hill, was
granted the Winthrop girls by the
Southern railway.
An association of the mayors of
South Carolina, was organized in Col
umbia Monday, with the election of
the following officers: President, L. A.
Griffith Of Columbia first vice presi-
dent, z. F. Wright of Newberry; sec
ond vice president, E. R. Cox Of Dar-
lington; third vice president, ]. c.
Hardin of Rock Hill; secretary, ]. H.
Godfrey Of Anderson; treasurer, ]. W.
Vincent Of Anderson.
Labor troubles have caused the own
ers of the Judson mills in Greenville,
to suspend operations. Some $50 ope-
ratives are out of employment as the
result of the closing down Of the mill
1t is probable that thirteen other mills
in Greenville will also close down since
they will very likely refuse to comply
with the demands made by the en-
ployes' unions, for more pay and short
er hours.
Judge Bowman in the circuit court
in Columbia Tuesday afternoon, de-
clared the gallon -a-month" law con-
stitutional, when he sustained the de-
murrer of the state against the COM
plant of Thomas Bremen Of Colum-
bia, who brought the suit against the
Southern Express company for the de-
livery of whisky in an amount larger
than the specified one gallon. The
state was represented by the attorney
general and his assistant, Fred H.
Dominick, and the plaintiff by c. T.
Graydon. An appeal will be taken
to the supreme court. The ruling Is
the opposite to that Of Judge Frank
B. Gary, who decided recently that the
act was unconstitutional.
In the court of general sessions for
Charleston county this week, Judge
Mendel L. Smith, presiding, blind tig-
ers Of Charleston convicted of selling
whisky, paid fines as follows: M. My
ers, 800; r. G. Rackley, s125; F. L.
Hackerman, 500; M. c. Rudolph
800; L. Riddinger, SIC; P. j. Conway
$3.50; Vincent Chicco, Jr., 1925; w. II.
Behrens, 800; Jos. Bollo, $50; w. Z.
Stauss, $3.50; C. H. Scrughan, $3.50;
A. R. Beck, SIS; H. H. Rabens, $3.50;
R. Richter, 1925; ]. Holsberg, SIS; II.
L. Koester, $50; C. B. Walker, $l25;
Jas. A. Hennessy, SIS; Chas. c. Guer-
cite, SIS; H. o. Hasselmeyer, $50;
A. F. Seebeck, s126; Carl Dannhauer'
800; ]. P. B. O'Neill, 1925; E. H.
Rickels, $3.50; Mich Peters, $125;
Chris Tsiropoulo, s125; G. M. Murphy
$125. and ]. B. Smith, $125, making a
total of $2,350 so far paid in fines
which will aggregate nearly $4,000.
Hydraulic cartridges, used to break
down coal in English mines, not only
avoid all danger Of explosion. but
produce a greater proportion Of large
,;,ad ,oo1 tbop h1o sting DOwder