Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-03-23
HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE
Items of Interest from All Sections Of
South Carolina.

HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE
Items of Interest from All Sections Of
South Carolina.
DR.. s. 8. Knight, a prominent citi-
zen Of Fountain Inn, died last Thurs
day, aged 70 years.
Capt. R. H. Jennings, former state
treasurer Of South Carolina, Is criti-
cally Ill at his home in Winnsboro.
Three state organizations Of Masons
chapter, council and commandery,
are to meet in Greenwood, April Is and
IA.
Governor Manning has ordered all
dis~pensaries in Barnwell county to re-
main closed until a new dispensary
board has been appointed.
The annual reunion of the Confed-
crate veterans Of South Carolina Is to
be held in Columbia on April % and
23.
: The body Of a white male infant
only a few hours old, was found
on the Southern railway track In
Fairfield county last week.
Spartanburg Elks are considering
the idea Of building q $4,000 home.
The Elk's home in that city was de-
stroyed by fire several weeks ago.
Boyd Tate, colored, is held in the
Cherokee county jail, on the charge OF
killing Isaiah Brown. At the inquest
Tate said that when he charged
Brown with interfering with his
(Tate's) domestic relations, Brown
gave him to understand that he could
not help himself. The killing followed.
DR.. George Bennett, a native Of Alb
beville, sailed last Wednesday for
Paris, France, where he will join the
surgical corps Of the American hos
pital.
George Outlaw, a white man, was
killed near the Hermitage cotton mill,
Camden, last week. Sam Cook, a
Lee county farmer, is in jail in Cam
den, charged with the killing.
A petition is being circulated In
Greenville, asking for an election on
the question of Issuing bonds to the
amount Of 1925, 900 to be used in
street Improvement.
Governor Manning has ordered a
special term Of court to be held In
Abbeville, April 8, to try Charley Lo-
gan, colored, for the murder Of Mrs.
M. E. Scott, near Lowndesville. last
week.
Jim Gohagan, a young white man,
died in Charleston Monday, as the re-
suit Of pistol wounds inflicted by Chas.
Aver, also white. The shooting oc-
cured at the home Of Aver, in Bam-
berg county. The slayer Is in Jail.
Governor Manning has refused to ap-
point w. H. Thompson as dispenser
Of the dispensary at Eastover, IN
Richland county. Thompson was re-
Gently given a hearing on the charge
Of pernicious activity brought against
him.
The coal committee Of the South
Carolina Cotton Manufacturing asso-
citation, has placed an order for 100000
tons Of coal to be used by the South
Carolina mills which are members OF
the association. The contract amounts
to about 10000 900.
Bolton Horne, a white man, aged
about IS years, committed suicide at
his home in Greenwood county last
week, by blowing the top Of his head
off with a shotgun. Horne had fired
the shot by means Of pressing the
gun trigger with his toe.
A petition is being cicvulated In
Greenwood county asking Governor
Manning to commute the sentence OF
Albert Tolbert from electrocution to
life Imprisonment. Tolbert choked
his wife to death shortly before Christ
mas.
DR.. Thomas w. Jackson, city health
officer Of Spartanburg, has announced
the acceptance Of an offer of the
American Red Cross society, to be-
come a member Of the sanitary com
mission to be Sent to Servia within q
few days.
J. D. Wallace, IS years old, who was
wounded during the pistol battle on
the streets of Pageland, Chesterfield
county, March IL, died Of his wounds
In q Charlotte, N. c., hospital Friday
morning. Walker Arrant has been ar
rested and will answer for the death
Of Wallace.
Rev. Belvin, pastor Of the Orrvlle
Methodist church Of Anderson,
preached a special sermon last Satur-
day night to his congregation. The
preacher was dressed in an overall
suit. In explaining why he had
adopted that kind Of wearing apparel,
he stated that he vas tired Of hearing
people say they did not go to church
and Sunday school because they could
not wear as good clothes as other
people, and he wanted to prove that
he could preach as good a sermon In
overalls as in broadcloth.
Governor Manning has named his
military staff. The members serve
without pay. They are: Adjutant
general, w. w. Moore. Colonels-J.
B. Adger, Bolton; George w. Dick,
Sumter; r. M. Cooper. Wisacky. Lieu
tenant colonels-A. l.. CASTOR, Chester;
M. P. Mccall, Lowndesville; T. w.
Davis, Beach Island; w. ]. Muldrow,
Anderson; w. A. Klauber, Bamberg;
w. R. Darlington, Jr., Allendale; w.
K. Fishburne, Moncks Corner; ]. D.
Sherer, Lone Star; Arthur Young,
Charleston; E. W. Duvall, Cheraw; ].
M. Witsell, WATERFORD; L. w. Cheat
ham, Edgefield; Sam Mccall, Florence;
Hugh L. oliver, Georgetown; Rion
McKissick, Greenville; H. B. Strange,
Lee county: o. K. LaRoque, Marion;
Donald Mcqueen, Jr, Marlboro; A. A.
Manning, Walhalla; c. L. Cureton,
Pickens; ]. Stokes Salley, Orange
burg; O. r. Doyle, Calhoun; L. w.
Perrin. Spartanburg; James McCutch-