Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-30
PALMETTO eLEANINGs
Current Events and Happenings
Throughout South Carolina.

Current Events and Happenings
Throughout South Carolina.
The state board Of education met in
Columbia yesterday.
Farmers Of Horny county organized
a livestock association last week.
1t is proposed to start broom fac
tory in the state asylum for the insane
in Columbia
The corner stone Of the new Masonic
temple which is to be built in Colum-
bia, was laid on Wednesday.
A new school building for negro
pupils will be erected in Columbia at
an early date. The building will cost
$31,263
Lemuel D. Dantzler, a breakmen fell
from the top Of freight car in Or
angeburg last Thursday and was
crushed to death under the wheels.
Unknown persons broke into the
Southern depot at Orangeburg Thurs
day night and secured about $500 IN
cash.
Mrs. w. s. Thomas, we'll known
woman Of Florence, committed suicide
Thursday, by shooting herself. Ill
health Is believed to have been respon-
sible for the woman's action.
The Citadel, Charleston, won the
state football championship Thursday
by defeating the University Of South
Carolina to o. Hundreds Of people
saw the game.
The dead body of John McConckey
a prominent white farmer of Edisto.
was found last week, after a search
extending over several days. Nc
Conckey is believed to have been rob-
bed and then murdered.
Fire in Sumter Thursday morning,
destroyed the large store Of O'Donnell
& Co., causing loss estimated at
about $4,000 with only $4,000 insur-
ance. Thirty clerks are out Of en-
ployment as result Of the destruc-
tion Of the store.
The Farmers Tobacco and Storage
warehouse Of Conway, was seriously
damaged by fire on Thursday. A guam
tity Of cotton was burned by the fire.
B. r. Swygert, well known young
married man Of Columbia, is under
arrest in that city, charged with Grim
inally assaulting a 15-year-old girl.
Cliff Godfrey, well known farmer
Of Spartanburg county, was acquitted
Of the murder Of Robert L. Hanna in
Spartanburg Friday. Godfrey plead
the "unwritten law" as his defense,
alleging that he killed Hanna because
Hanna had been intimate with Mrs.
Godfrey.
Twenty-Five young men took the ex-
animation in Columbia Friday for ad-
mission to the United States naval
academy at Annapolis, Md. There are
now two vacancies from this state.
The following took the examination:
w. M. Killingsworth, E. c. Norman,
Columbia; w. A. Rice, Clemson Col
lege; ]. l. Wyatt, Bnsicy, r. Mood,
Charleston; w. M. Smith, Williston; ].
R. Saye, Sharon; K. e. Johnson, Flor
ence; D. Harrison, Clemson College;
A. H. Donaldson, New York; G. B.
Reynolds, Charleston; w. M. Bouk-
night, Johnston; G. H. Able, Charles
ton; j. w. Jefrries, Spartanburg; ].
M. Tatum, Cope; L. w. Montague.
Allendale; ]. R Childs, Washington;
]. B. Edwards, Anderson; ]. T. Ag-
new, Due West; T. B. Hayne, Conga-
rec; Edward McDavid. Jr., Columbia;
H. C. Walker, Columbia; H. w. Car
roll, Bennettsville; Sam Littlejohn,
Jonesville; H. l. Quattlebaum, Pros
perity.
A farmer can voluntarily enter into
bankruptcy, but his creditors cannot
by involuntary proceedings put him
into bankruptcy. Such was the deci-
sion handed down by the United States
circuit court Of appeals at Richmond
two years ago in the case Of ]. II.
Counts, a farmer Of Laurens. Based
upon this decree a voluntary petition.
in bankruptcy was filed last Wednes-
day with the United States clerk Of
court in Greenville. The petitioner, r.
s. Fewell, is a farmer Of near Rock
Hill, and he seeks to satisfy his cred
itors by the act Of bankruptcy. In
his petition he gave his liabilities as
$13,523.34, mostly secured claims and
debts preferred by law. He valued his
assets, including property and other
holdings at $7.050. The bankruptcy
act pertaining to farmers is described
as class legislation. 1t gives the farm
er an opportunity to protect his inter-
est against possible bankruptcy pro-
ceedings. If he is opposed to such, and
at the same time he may voluntarily
put himself into bankruptcy.
The Republican cotton mills Of Great
Falls, in Chester county, was commits
stoned Wednesday by the secretary OF
state, with a capital Of S1,200,000. The
petltlOnerS are. H. -. meUdHe, IL d.
Mebane, both Of Great Falls, and 7.
B. Fuller Of Durham, N. C. The COM
pany proposes to build and operate
cotton mills at Great Falls. The new
Republic cotton mills will absorb the
present cotton mill Of that name now
operated at Great Falls, which is
chartered under the laws Of New Jer-
sey. This mill will go into the new
company at q value Of 100000, and
the rest Of the $1.20O,0OO capital of the
new company will be paid In by the
stockholders in cash. The Republic
mill is located at Great Falls, on the
Catawba river, the location Of the
Southern Power company's great water
power plant. The present cotton mill
was built by the Messrs. Mebane
some years ago, and is not only mod
ern in every detail, but the modern
conveniences and comfort Of the ope-
ratives have been provided for, and as
result it is generally stated through
out that section Of the state that the
operatives Of the Republic mills are
contented, happy and prosperous peo-