Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-02-19

Monday, for failure to comply with the
act of congress requiring that fire ex-
tinguishers to fight fire Of gasoline
origin be kept on board. The fines
ranged from 81 to SIS.
! ". E. Bush killed his brother-in-
law Eugene Thurmond in a pistol
duel on a public road in Edgefleld
county Tuesday morning. The men
had not been friends for several years
and when they met in the road both
drew their pistols and began firing.
Bush surrendered to the sheriff after
the shooting.
George Wilson, a negro was shot
while attempting to break into a
grocery store in Sumter early Sunday
morning. When arrested the negro
said that since he had been unable
to secure work he attempted the rob-
berry Of the store in order to secure
bread for his family. He was not
seriously wounded.
C. R. Alexander, employed in the
weave shop Of the Pelzer mills, is in
Jail at Anderson, charged with kill
ing his wife, Monday night. He cut
his wife's throat after she admitted
unfaithfulness to him and then tried
to kill himself. His eight year-old
| son was a witness to the tragedy.
Alexander's wound will very likely
prove fatal.
DR.. H. R. Carter, a senior surgeon
Of the United States public health
service, and J.. w. LePrince, a sani-
tary engineer Of the United States
health bureau have been sent to
South Carolina by the department to
act as advisers to the Parr Shoals
company in a campaign to drive mos
quitoes away from the big pond Of
that company.
Labor troubles broke out afresh
in the Equinox mills at Anderson
Tuesday afternoon when the weavers
again went on strike. About two
weeks ago the mill operatives walked
out Of the mill when their wages
were reduced, but returned when as
sured that they would make at least
$3.50 per day. Declaring that their
wages did not come up to these fig
ures they again walked out Tuesday.
Miss Rocksie Steadman, eighteen
years old, was shot and killed by Jean
McElroy, aged twenty-one in the
Beaumont mill village Of Spartan
burg, Monday. Miss Steadman had
rejected McElroy's attentions and
when the young man met the girl on
the village street Monday, he drew al
pistol, shot her through the head and
then tried to commit suicide. His at
tempt to kill himself was unsuccess-
full and he is now in the S%partanburg
county Jail.
A quintette of bills from the COM
mittee on fish, game and forestry
were passed to third reading last Mon
day night in the house. Two Of them
provide for a license for nonresident
hunters and place a penalty upon max
ing a false statement to secure a
hunters license. The third bill makes
a close season for squirrels between
March / and November Is. The fourth
bill provides that all money collected
from the sale Of hunting and fishing
licenses and all fines for violation of
game and fish laws shall be credited to
the game protection fund. The fifth
law fixes the punishment for game
wardens who fail to perform their du-
ties.
The police Of Greenville have ar
rested some seven or eight negroes
during the past few days, who, they
claim, belong to a gang who nave
been Systematically robbing large de-
partment stores of that city for some
time past. The gang was discovered
when a negro woman named Viola
Campbell was arrested in Greenville
Monday morning as she was prepar-
ing to leave the city for Spartanburg.
Two large trunks which she had
checked as her baggage were found to
contain numerous men and women's
dress goods, trousers, neckties, ETC.,
identified as the property Of the Mey-
ers-Arnold Co., a large G%reenville
department store. The whole was val
ued at several hundred dollars. AS
the result Of confessions made by
some Of the negroes, other arrests will
likely follow.
w. NJ. Moody Of Asheville, was ar
rested in that city last Wednesday,
charged with forging a check on a
S~partanburg bank for $500. The check
was signed by w. D. Mclean, a travel
ing salesman Of Spartanburg. Woody,
posing as R. w. Johnson, a prosper
Gus merchant of. Biltmore, N. c., came
to S~partanburg and gave a large or
der for merchandise to three Spartan
burg statesmen. He requested that Nc
Lean endorse his check for $500, which
the drummer agreed to do, Woody Sc
curing the money under the name of
R. w. Johnson, who is really a mer-
chant Of Biltmore, N. c. The check
was turned down at an Asheville, N.
c.. bank on the ground Of forgery and
Mclean had to make good the check
with the bank at Spartanburg. He i'm
mediately swore out a warrant for
Woody alias Johnson, and accompanied
the officers to Asheville to serve the
warrant. Woody was seen out driv-
ing with his wife. a bride of a few
days. The man was arrested on the
Identification Of Mclean and taken
back to Spartanburg to await trial on
the charge Of forgery. Mclean re-
covered 1929 Of the $500 that Woody
secured through his (McLean's) en-
dorsement.
GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENTS
Automobile Driver Cannot See or Hear
a Train.
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