Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-13
PALMETTO HAPPENINGS
Current Happenings and Events
Throughout South Carolina.

Current Happenings and Events
Throughout South Carolina.
The Richland county board Of COM
missioners has taken over the new
county Jail erected in Columbia, at a
cost Of $52,2SS.
The corner stone of the town hall of
Arden. Richland county, was laid on
Wednesday with appropriate cere-
monies.
Both Columbia and Charleston have
submitted bids for the holding Of the
third triennial convention Of the Ma
tional Association for the Study Of
Pellagra-
In the primary in Spartanburg county
Tuesday, R. Burton Hicks Of Wood
ruff, was elected a member Of the
house Of representatives to succeed
w. G. Query, resigned.
Fire early Sunday morning destroyed
a large negro school building in Sum-
ter, valued at $4,000. Two negro girls,
students Of the school, narrowly es-
capped with their lives.
The centennial celebration Of the
Pendleton Farmers society was held
at Pendleton yesterday. The principal
speaker Of the occasion was Hon. d.
F. Houston, secretary Of agriculture.
The annual meeting Of the South
Carolina association for the deaf is
being held in Columbia this week.
Herbert r. Smoak Of Union. is presi-
dent Of the association.
Marion Lanham, a graduate Of Wof-
ford college Of the class Of 1915, has
been elected assistant secretary Of the
Spartanburg Y. M. C. A., probably the
largest organization Of its kind in the
state.
Heads Of 1872 families at the Ander-
son cotton mills, who have been on a
strike since July 30. because the mill
management refused an increase in
wages, went back to work this morn
ing, following an amicable adjustment
Of their difficulties
Magistrate w. E. Baker OF Langley,
was asked to make returns before
Gov Manning Tuesday as to why he
should not be removed from Office for
drunkenness and immoral conduct.
A number Of witnesses appeared in the
matter. The governor took the case
under adyisement
James Drayton, fish peddler, was
suddenly stricken with apoplexy while
sitting on the customs house wharf
in Charleston Monday afternoon. He
fell into the water and was drowned,
his body being recovered about thirty
minutes after the accident.
The first bale of new cotton to be
marketed in South Carolina was sold
on the Barnwell market Tuesday. It
was grown by John Owens. a tenant
farmer living near Barnwell. rhe
bale weighed $40 pounds and was sold
as good middling. 1t brought 10
cents per pound.
The State Federation Of Labor In
convention at the Isle Of Palms,
Charleston. this week, adopted resolu-'
tions urging enactment Of a bill Great
ing q state labor bureau, that all state
printing be done In the state, favoring
Charleston navy yard as a naval base
and endorsing the creation by law Of
system of state highways and a
highway commission supported by
tax on automobiles.
AS a result Of collision between an
automobile and a buggy near Leesville
Tuesday morning, in which the buggy
was demolished, and Mrs. r. C.. Mil
Ter Of Batesburg, the occupant, was
pretty badly hurt, W. L. Hamilton. a
young white man Of Augusta, Ga, Is in
Jail in Lexington, charged with assault
and battery with intent to kill in de-
fault Of $500 bail. The warrant was
sworn out by the husband Of the wo-
man.
According to unofficial returns tabu-
lated late Tuesday night, Sam ]. Mich
oils Of Spartanburg, and B. A. Morgan
Of Greenville, will make a second race
for the Democratic nomination for
congress on Tuesday, August "a.
Nichols led all the other candidates,
receiving approximately 1902, while
Morgan received 3,S12. The other
candidates were voted for in the order
named: Miller, 1852; Johnson. 1,7S5;
Blackwood, LIZA, and Can't $50.
Henry Padgett, Spartanburg car
penter Is in a critical condition as
result Of injuries inflicted upon him
last Saturday by l. P. England.
neighbor. The difficulty is said to
have arisen out Of the fact that Pad
gett's wife, while visiting in the Eng
land home, accidentally kicked a wat
ermeion from the porch to the ground.
One word led to another and England
finally struck Padget with a stick,
breaking his skull.
Bolton Journal: During the severe
electric storm here Saturday night,
the barn Of Mr.. j. T. West was struck
by lightning, killing a fine mule and
horse The bolt entered at one cor
ner Of the barn and skipped one stall
in which was horse. killed mule In
the next stall, skipped two more. In one
Of which was a mule. a horse being
struck in the other. and killed horse
in the next stall, all Of the stalls being
in line.
Postmaster David Traxler and Sher-
iff Hendrix Rector Of Greenville, en-
gagged in personal difficulty in a
Greenville barber shop Tuesday, as a
result Of which the postmaster was
fined $50 in the city court and the
sheriff $25. The fight Is alleged to
have resulted from a political meeting
last Friday night, when the sheriff
cursed the postmaster. When the two
men met Tuesday, Traxler attacked
Rector, beating him up pretty badly.
In a signed statement Tuesday even
ing, Sheriff Rector stated that he
would not again call on the municipal