Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-24
PALMETTO HAPPENINGS
Current Happenings and Events
Throughout South Carolina.

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Current Happenings and Event.
Throughout South Carolina.
Revenue officers have destroyed
more than fifteen Illicit distilleries in
Pickens county during the past month.
Fire in Sumter last week destroyed
property valued at $4,000. The
heaviest loosers were the Shaw Motor
Company and L. D. Jennings.
Clint Carter, a negro under sentence
OF death for the murder Of his wife in
Greenville county several months ago
died in Spartanburg hospital last
week following an operation for ap-
pendicitis.
DR.. Fred C. Williams, state superin-
tendent Of the state hospital for the
insane prooses to build a barn at the
state property which will contain
stalls for 100 cows. The barn will cost
s12,5O0.
At the meeting of clerks of court
in Chick Springs last week A. I. M.
Barron Of Clarendon county, was
elected president; H. L. Scarborough
Of Sumter, first vice president; w. H.
Duncan Of Barnwell second vice presi-
dent and c. Y. Shealey Of Lexington
secretary and treasurer.
Trustees Of the American medicine
gold medal award have unanimously
selected Surgeon General Rupert Blue
of the United States public health
service as the American physician
who did the most for humanity in the
domain Of medicine during 1914. Gen.
Blue is native Of Marion.
The city of Greenville was visited
by cyclone Friday afternoon which
demolished fifty or more houses and
did other damage. One man, Sam
Williams. a negro, lost his life and a
white man named Hollinsworth re-
ceived severe injuries when laundry
wagon which he was driving was torn
to pieces. Several horses were killed by
stepping on live wires which had fallen
10 the streets.
The w. McGordon McCabe company
Of Charleston last week received a
check for $666,SO0 as payment on a
cargo Of $4,000 bales of cotton which
the company was shipping to Holland
nd xt,hin 20 inf O
port by a British cruiser. The total
value of the cotton Is $1,250,000. The
check received last week is the largest
which any South Carolina firm has
ever received.
In an opinion handed down, the
state supreme court affirmed the ver-
dict Of the circuit court in Florence
county in awarding Maybank & Co.,
s11.562.50 against F. M. Rogers for the
alleged non- delivery Of cotton on fu-
ture contract. The case has been
tried before the circuit court twice
and there has been two appeals to the
state supreme court. The opinion was
A meeting of the printing investi-
eating committee of the lower house
in the general assembly was held in
Columbia Thursday. The idea Of estab-
fishing state printing office was dis
cussed by the committee. The fact
that the constitution designates that
public printing be done on contract
made 1t plain to the committee that
the idea would have to be abandoned.
The annual cost of the state printing
is about 100000.
The town of Beaufort on the Atlantic
coast, is considerably stirred up over
squabble between the mayor and
councilmen on one side and the city
manager on the other. Beaufort has
commission government. For some
time past, r. C. Horne. Jr., who is city
manager, has been at loggerheads with
Mayor Danner and Councilman Mar
scher, principally over the matter of
tax collections. Under the commission
form Of government, the authorities
consist of the mayor and two council
men. The mayor and Councilman
Marscher usually stick together on all
propositions and they decided the 9TH
er day that since Manager Horne was
not in sympathy with them, that 1t
was to the towns best interests that
another city manager be secured. AS
soon as he learned that he had been
discharged. Horne got busy. He call
ed a meeting Of the citizens Thursday
evening to give an account Of his
stewardship. The hall was crowded
and Mr.. Horne's account was interest
ing. He invited Mayor Danner and the
councilman to attend the hearing, but
the gentlemen evidently forgot the time
OF had business elsewhere. The meet
ing was opened with prayer by Rev. j.
H. Noland. Rev. c. c. Brown read a
communication from Mayor Danner In
which that officer stated that he had
realized for some time that Manager
Horne should be dismissed for the
common good and that men higher up
were behind the manager. Horne re-
lated his trials with the mayor and
councilman. He charged Danner with
false returns Of his banks bond hold
ings which would lay him liable to
fine Of $1,000 and with other false re-
turns by which the town, county and
state lost many dollars in taxes. He
regretted the fact that the mayor and
councilman were not present In order
that he could hurl his charges in their
teeth and declared that what say
here is libelous if not true The
meeting was closed with the submis-
sion Of a petition asking for the re-
call Of the mayor and councilman.
1t was signed by a score OF citizens
and will be sent to Governor Manning
for immediate action.