Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-15
HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE.
News Items from All Sections oi
South Carolina.

Soutn SarOItnas
Fire in Greenville, Sunday. destroy
ed property worth $4,000, covered
by insurance.
Since December 1S, 1914, nine IL
licit distilleries have been destroyed
in Pickens county.
The South Carolina Sheriffs asso-
citation held their annual meeting in
Columbia, yesterday.
Rev. R. T. Chatter, pastor Of the
Fourth Presbyterian church Of Green
Vile, has resigned his pastorate.
The third annual meeting Of the
South Carolina Plant Breeders asso-
citation is being held in Columbia. to-
day.
The city engineer Of Charleston
estimates that $4s2.4sS was spent in
that city in building operations during
the year 1914.
Three hundred and thirty-two men
made application to join the United
States army through the recruiting
station at Greenville in 1914.
Rev. James Anderson, formerly
of Central, on last Sunday, became
pastor Of the Second Baptist church
Of Anderson.
]. Ramsey Hughes, for more than
thirty years an engineer on the Blue
Ridge railway, died at his home In
Walhalla, last Monday.
Amos Barksdale, an industrious
Laurens county negro, committed
suicide this week because a woman
whom he wanted to marry, Tilted
him.
Plans Of the new union passenger
station to be built at Spartanburg
within the next few months. call for
a waiting room to be built thirty
five feet underground.
Governor Blease on Monday, moved
from the governors mansion to 1431
Washington street, Columbia After
January 1s. he will practice law in
the city Of Columbia.
T. w. Barr, president Of the Barr
Hardware company Of Greenville, and
one of the most prominent Of Green
Vile county citizens. died Sunday
evening, aged 5s years.
The South Carolina inter-High
school oratorical and athletic contest
will be held in Columbia some time
in April, the executive committee not
yet having fixed the exact date.
Senator LeGrand Walker Of George
town, has been named by a caucus of
hold-over senators to succeed the
late Senator Hardin Of Chester, as
president pro tenn. Of the senate.
According to the annual report OF
the board Of fisheries Of South Caro-
lima, the state has derived from the
different industries under this de-
partment, the sum Of $10,101.1S.
Edward F. Connor has been ap-
at Charleston, to succeed Alfred T.
Jennings, deceased. The new COL
lector has been in the service fourteen
years.
Garfield Adams has been remanded
to Jail under $500 bond on the charge
Of breaking into a building used as a
postoffice at DeKalb, in Kershaw
county, with intent Of committing
larceny.
Dr. William Spencer Currell will
be inaugurated as president Of the
University of South Carolina on jan
uary Is. and the university Is max
ing arrangements for a big celebra-
ton in honor Of the event.
Col. c. s. Gadsden, second vice
president Of the Atlantic Coast Line
railway. died at summerville. Mon
day afternoon, aged 81 years He was
chairman Of the board Of visitors OF
the Citadel.
Prudie Hallman, six-year-
girl, was burned to death in the Oak
land mill village Of Newberry. last
week. Her clothes caught from q
fire near which her relatives were
washing clothes.
Arthur l. Way has been selected
cashier of the Enterprise bank OF
Charleston, to succeed Capt ]. s. Cald-
well, who has resigned to accept the
position Of assistant adjutant general
of South Carolina.
During the present session of the
general assembly, bills will be intro.
duced proposing to enact into law the
rules governing the Democratic pri-
mary last summer. Such law would
apply to primaries Of all parties.
Col. ]. N. Brown and his daughter
Miss Virginia Brown, have decided
$4,000 in Anderson city bonds to the
foreign mission board Of the Southern
Baptist church, the deed to take ef-
feet upon the death Of the daughter
John J. Evers, captain and second
baseman of the Boston National
league team, the baseball champions
Of the world, expects to spend most OF
the winter in Camden, for the benefit
of his health.
Precipitation in some sections OF
upper South Carolina, last month
broke all former records for the
month of December, according to the
Clemson college weather bureau re-
port for December, 1914, which has
just been issued. The weather bu.
reau reported a total rainfall during
the month Of II inches.
A young man who was registered al
a hotel as Frank Jee Dayton" OF
Virginia, was arrested in Spartanbure
this week, on the charge Of obtaining
money under false pretenses. His
game was to order goods sent to his
room along with a request that the
merchant would send change with the
order. Dayton would then give the
messenger worthless checks for the
goods and change. His trick was
| discovered before he had obtained q