Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29
souTH CAROLINA NEWS

- r Cheatham, a Clemson college
e,,.ad adnate has been appointed farm
Demonstration for Abbeville county.
The house Of representatives on
Wednesday. by a vote Of 64 to 53, KILL
ed the bill to abolish the warehouse.
-Frank Shealy qualified as railroad
commissioner of South Carolina wed
nesday. He succeeds Banks l.. Caugh-
man, who has served twelve years.
Governor Manning has appointed
c. L. Shealy clerk Of court Tor Lex
ington county to succeed his brother'
Frank w. Shealy, who has been eject
ed railroad Commissioner. ---- -.
William Spencer Currell, Pm. D.:
was formally inaugurated president Oh
the University Of South Carolina yes
terday. The stately ceremonies aiso .
included a celebration of the founding
of the institution.
The Marion county lumber corpo,,
ration which has been idle for several
months, expects to resume operations
February /. The lumber plant has a
capacity of 100000 feet Of boards
daily and employs several hundred
men.
The state board Of canvaSSers on
Wednesday reversed the Greenwood
county board Of canvassers and de-
clared that the election for the estap-
ishment of McDufie county has been
legally held. The opposition 10 the
formation of the new county Will car
nv the matter to the supreme court.
Five separate fires occurred In
less than two hours in COLUMBIA
early yesterday morning, and proper
ty valued at 100000 was destroyed
All the fires were in vacant houses.
The police are convinced that the nres
were Of incendiary origin, but nave
been unable to apprehend the incendi-
ary.
Joe r. Terry Of Chester, who was
shot several weeks ago by T. n. Ben
nett, said to be insane, died in Bal
timore hospital on Wednesday. The
deceased was chief electrician for the
Southern Power company at Chester
He was about thirty years OF age
and leaves a widow and one child.
Bennett, the slayer, is now confined
in the state asylum for the insane.
Harry Coleman, convicted OF the
murder of his father near Union, ana
sentenced to life Imprisonment, ana
who was later pardoned by Governor
Blease, was married "Wednesday, 10
Miss Vera Adams. The ceremony was
performed by ]. w. Bates, a notary
in the same room in which the elder
Coleman was killed two years ago.
Governor Manning on Wednesday
sent to the house and senate the fol-
lowing message: Under the law such
files as are not in current use in the
governors office should be placed in
the custody Of the secretary of state
or of the historical commission.
find that most OF the files for the last
few years are not in the governors
office, and upon application to the
secretary Of state and later to the sec
retary Of the historical commission,
find that they have not been turned
over to either of these officials Many
pasteboard box letter files and GER
tain unmarked boxes of papers have
been placed in the basement of the
state house, which l am informed are
from this office, but the boxes are not
marked, and it is, therefore, impos-
sible to locate any paper needed in TINS
office. l invite you to inspect the gov
ernor's office, and the basement where
these boxes are stored, and also ash
that you appoint proper committees
to investigate this matter and to re-
port what steps are necessary to bring
about the proper indeXing and safe-
keeping of these papers"