Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-23
HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE
Items Of Interest From All Sections Of
South Carolina.

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Items Of Interest From All Sections OF
South Carolina.
]. M. King was on Monday, elect
ed a Of the town Of Easley.
w. H. Lewis was on Tuesday, re-
elected mayor Of Timmonsville.
Twelve tenant houses and a small
store on the outskirts of Columbia,
were destroyed by fire Monday.
William Simpson, a negro, was
shot and killed at Mccormick, Sun
day afternoon, by Lena Martin. a
colored woman
The secretary Of the navy proposes
to establish a marine corps post at
Port Royal. The post will consist of
500 officers and men.
DR.. C. Fred Williams Of Columbia,
recently appointed superintendent of
the state hospital for the insane, will
take charge of the institution May 1.
Governor Manning and thirty other
South Carolinians, will attend the
Southern conference for Education
and Industry to be held in Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, next week.
Rev. F. M. Hauser, former editor
of the Batesburg Advocate, and well
known as an authority on poultry
raising, died at his home in Lees
Vile, Monday, aged 60 years.
Governor Manning has designated
June 90, as South Carolina Day" at
the Panama-Pacifc exposition. This
state has no building at the exposi-
ton.
The citizens of Greenville on Tues
day, voted to issue $4,000 bonds
500, 900 for street improvements;
$4,000 for sewer extension, and
$45,OOO to purchase and enlarge the
present city hospital.
S. ]. Derrick has declined appoint
ment as superintendent of education
for Newberry county to succeed G.
d. Brown, who resigned the super
intendency to take the position as
state supervisor of mill schools.
The body Of a man, later identi-
fled as Jesse T. Mason Of Whining
ton, n. c., was found in the Pee Dee
river near Florence, last week. He
is supposed to have fallen into the
river while drunk.
Governor Manning on Tuesday af-
ternoon, signed an order suspending
w. w. Huckabee as sheriff Of Ker-
shaw county, following hearings on
the general charge Of non-enforce-
ment of the liquor laws.
Robert Swain committed suicide
at Spartanburg Junction Tuesday af-
ternoon. by shooting himself | IN the
head with a Winchester rifle. III
health is said to have been the cause
Of the act.
Carl Ramseur of Fayetteville, n,
c., died in q Spartanburg hospital
Tuesday night of injuries received
when he slipped and fell under the
car wheels while attempting to board
a passenger train at the S~partanbure
passenger station, Tuesday.
Newberry Observer: One day last
week, a mule belonging to Mack
Hawkins. colored, "a drowned In
the Saluda river in a peculiar way
A boat was lying tied at the bank,
and it is said the mule got into the
boat and upset it and fell into the
stream and was drowned. 1t had no
doubt gone into the boat in an at
tempt to drink.
The sales Of fertilizer companies
in South Carolina up to April 20,
were "a per cent Of the sales up to
the same date last year. The re-
ceipts up to date this year are $780,
7O6, as compared with s244.039 last
year. There is a tag tax of 25 cents
for each ton of fertilizer and the re-
ceipts go to the support of Clemson
college.
DR.. S. l.. Swygert Of Greenwood
died suddenly Of apoplexy at Green
wood. Tuesday. He had just con-
cluded a short talk on apoplexy be-
fore the State Medical association,
which was in session at Greenwood
this week, and had just taken his
seat when he was stricken. The de-
ceased was q native Of Lexington
county, but had lived in Greenwood
for the past twenty years.
r. 4. Howard of Fort Huacuca,
Arizona. retired quartermaster SER
geant, u. S. A., has been appointed
property officer for the South Caro-
lima National Guard by Adjutant Gen.
W. w. Moore. The last legislature
appropriated $500 for the salary
and expenses of Il property officer,
who will take complete charge of all
property records and will make set
Element every six months with the
company commanders.
Fifty guests who attended the we'd
ding of Miss Earle BrunsOn and JnO.
Fl. Hydrick near Orangeburg. Tues
day night, narrowly escaped serious
injury, when the floor of the recep-
tor hall in the brides home, fell