Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29
HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE
Items of Interest from All Sections OF
South Carolina.

Items Of Interest from All Sections Of
South Carolina.
Francis NJ Gales has been appointed
postmaster at Richburg, Chester coun-
ty.
f. D. Blakeney was on Monday elect
ed mayor Of Kershaw, defeating H. F.
Clyburn 115 to AZ.
The city Of Orangeburg expects to
make extensive improvement In side
walks within the next few months.
Richard +. Watson was on Monday,
sworn in as city recorder for Green
vile, succeeding e. Inman, resigned.
H. L. Watson, editor Of the Green
wood Index, has been elected secretary
of the Greenville chamber Of COM
merce.
DR.. S. G. Merriweather, a prominent
citizen Of Allendale and one Of the old
est Masons in the state, died last Fri
day. He was SO years old.
The South Atlantic baseball league
will open April IL. Two South Carolina
towns-Charleston and Columbia are
included in the association.
Miss Martha Harris Of Houston,
Texas, has taken the position Of su-
perintendent Of nurses in the Baptist
hospital, Columbia.
The first Spanish steamer to put into
the harbor Of Charleston in several
months, arrived there Sunday. The
ship will carry cotton to England.
The board Of missions Of the upper
South Carolina conference which en-
braces nineteen counties, have decided
that all the meetings Of the board will
be held in Greenwood.
Effort is being made to establish an
automobile truck line between Liberty
and Anderson. 1t Is proposed that the
truck make the journey twice each
day.
The second serious fire to visit the
town of Mayesville within three days
occurred early Monday morning when
a fancy grocery store was completely
destroyed.
Mrs. B. B. Valentine. president Of the
Virginia Equal Suffrage league ad-
dressed the lower house Of the general
assembly Wednesday night on woman
suffrage.
A special term Of court has been or
dered for Greenwood county to begin
the second week in February, for the
purpose Of clearing the heavy criminal
docket.
A movement has been inaugurated
to annex the community Of Brooklano
in Lexington county to Richland coun-
ty. The town of Lexington is heartily
opposed to the change.
Since going into office last week
Governor Manning has been presented
with a number Of petitions for pardon
Up to Wednesday no pardons or pa.
roles had been granted.
The Orangeburg County Farmers
Union Is considering the idea of estab'
fishing a cotton compress at that place
Several business men as we'll as farm
ers are interested in the proposition.
The senate has passed a bill submit.
ted by Senator Carlisle which would
admit Luther j. Brice Of Spartanbure
to the bar without his spending two
years in a lawyers office.
Rather than submit to chastisemen'
| ha h,r a., nf A. -0(
Louisa Brown of Charleston, last Mon.
day jumped to the ground from a Sec
ond story window. She escaped witt
sprained ankle.
. Charlotte James, an old negro wo-
man and a negro infant were burned
to death near Florence, Monday. III
noon. The old negress who was very in
firm, was sitting near the fire holding
the infant when her clothing became
, ignited.
President Fairfax Harrison Of the
Southern railway was in Columbia
this week. for the purpose Of inspect
ing the Union passenger station at
that place.
The Southern Bell Telephone Co., al
Greenville expects to begin the work
Of putting i'm additional overhead and
underground cables at an early date
The improvements will call for an eX-
penditure Of about 100000.
The Kamoor, yacht, the property OF
]. f. McQuade of Georgetown. and one
of the finest pleasure boats on the
South Carolina coast, was burned tc
the waters edge early Sunday morn
ing, following a series Of explosions ir
the engine room.
The Due West train was run on the
Sabbath for the first time in it's his
tory last Sunday. occasioned by the
sudden serious illness of Mrs. Hale
Boyce of that place, with appendicitis
the lady being taken to Charlotte. y
c.. for treatment.
Clyde Caldwell Clement. the Spar
tanburg youth convicted early last
year of the murder Of his infant
daughter and sentenced to life impris
onment, but whose sentence was later
commuted to ten years, began his SER
vice on the Spartanburg public works
last Monday.
AS the result Of the hottest and most
closely contested municipal election
held in Marion in years, last Monday
=. w. Johnson and NJ. T. Baker the in
cumbent. will make a second race
There were four candidates. Johnson
who is editor Of the Marion Star, had
nver before stood for public office. He