Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-27
HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE
Items of Interest From All Sections O
South Carolina.

South Carolina.
w. ]. Tucker is in Jail in Abbeville.
charged with forging the name Of ].
A. McCord to a note for $500.
Rev. William c. Winn, for twenty
five years q minister Of the South
Carolina Methodist conference, died
in Columbia Friday.
Representative Ragsdale Of the Sec
ond congressional district, has secur-
ed 100000 little shad to be placed in
] the waters around Georgetown.
The town of Florence and the coun-
try surrounding was visited by a
heavy hailstorm Wednesday, which
did considerable damage.
w. Rothrock Of Aiken, was on Fri
day chosen division commander Of the
Sons of Confederate Veterans sue
ceeding Arthur l.. CASTOR Of Chester.
Col. Elliott Estes, organizer Of the
Southeastern Life Insurance company,
and one Of the most prominent OF
Spartanburg citizens, died in that city
Thursday, aged 62 years.
Walter Taylor, Reuben Reese and
Oscar Upchurch, young boys, are in
Jail in Greenville, charged with hav-
ing broken into store and robbed
the till Of $96.01.
Tom Lewis, Greenville county
farmer, who twenty years ago, killed
A. S. J. Berry Of Spartanburg county,
was acquitted Of the charge Of mur-
der in Spartanburg last Thursday.
Ed Abbott, we'll known in sporting
circles throughout the Carolinas, was
acquitted Of the murder Of Ben
Twitty, a negro at the court Of gen.
eral sessions in Spartanburg, Friday.
The body of w. A. Miller, an en-
ploye Of the Mary Louise mills Of
Spartanburg, was found in a piece Of
woods near the mill Thursday. Mil
ler has been missing for two months.
w. E. McCord has resigned as may
or Of Conway, Horny county. L. D..
Magrath and S. T. Sessions are an
nounced as candidates to succeed
him. The municipal election will be
held on May 4.
l.. G. Tucker, resident Of the
Laurens Cotton mills Of Laurens,
committed suicide Thursday by shoot
ing himself with shotgun. Ill
l. ;s tn no
Of his act.
E. ]. Watson, commissioner Of emil
grafton is in Chicago, ILL.,, for the pur-
pose of comforting with Michigan
business men regarding the develop
ment Of the mari beds Of South Caro-
lima
Rev. Charles w. Payseur, pastor Of
Cherokee Avenue Baptist church Of
Gaffney, died in the Baptist hospital
in Columbia, Friday Of a cancerous
affection. He was 3S years Of age
and native Of CASTOR county, N. c.
James j. Clarke was on Friday,
found guilty Of manslaughter at Lex
ington, he having shot and killed
G. Levi Rish, a prominent farmer
and member Of the Lexington county
grand jury on the night Of April 4,
1914.
Governor Manning has appointed
T. Frank Watkins Of Anderson, to
hold the July term Of court in Jasper
county. ]. Lyles Glenn Of Chester,
has been appointed a special Judge to
hold the July term of court in Spar
tanburg county.
julie Smith, negro, Is being held
in the state penitentiary for safe
keeping. He Is alleged to have COM
mitted criminal assault upon a white
woman in Fairfield county last Tues
day, and Is said to have confessed to
the crime.
A child with two heads was born to
negro woman living near Elloree,
Orangeburg county, April IA. The
freak child has separate spinal COL
umn for each head; but only one set
VI anu lcSS. lto diC oboue
two inches apart.
William Mcclure E. E. Mahoney,
Robert Keys and D. j. Hicks, promi-
nent white men Of the Fair Play Sec
ton of Oconee county, have been
arrested upon Federal warrant
charging peonage. They have been
released on a bond Of 500 each.
]. w. Monroe, manager Of the Pine
Creek cotton mill Of Camden, was
horribly mangled by a train near the
mill Friday afternoon, when he at
tempted to cross the track on his
motorcycle He received injuries to
his head and body from which he will
probably die.
Ira c. Blackwood, a well known
member Of the Spartanburg bar, has
announced his candidacy for congress
from the Fourth Congressional dis
trict, to succeed Judge Joseph T.
Johnson, recently resigned. Thus far
there are five candidates for the con-
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w. w. Johnson, Union; B. A. Morgan,
Greenville: l. C.. Blackwood, R. j.
CAN'T and Sam ]. Nichols, Spartan
burg.
Gen. B. H. league Of Aiken, was on
| Friday reelected commander Of the
South Carolina division, U. c. w., de-
feating Col. D. w. McLaurin Of Marl-
boro. Col H. H. Newton Of BENEFITS
vile. was elected commander Of the
First South Carolina brigade, vice
Brig. Gen. U. r. Brooks, who declin-
ed reelection. Brig. Gen. c. A. Reed
Of Anderson, was reelected COM
mander Of the Second South Carolina
brigade. The naming Of the time
and place for the next meeting was
left to Gen. league. The next re-
union will very likely be held either
| in Cha rleStnn or Union