Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-13
HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE
Items of Interest From All Sections Of
South Carolina.

Elloree, Orangeburg county, last Wed
nesday night and stole goods valued
at several hundred dollars.
d. Hinton and Jim Johnson, white
boys, have been arrested and lodged in
Jail at Greenwood, charged with the
murder Of j. c. Whitman, in that town
several months ago.
The Christian Workers league of
Spartanburg, is circulating a petition
for an election on the question Of re-
moving all screens from pool room
doors in that city.
Rural policemen Of Greenwood have
received orders to rigidly enforce the
law against the selling Of cigarettes to
miners. The state law prohibits the
sale Of cigarettes to persons under Is
years Of age.
Hundreds Of children attended the
Field Day exercises at Winnsboro.
Fairfield county, Friday. The principal
speaker of the occasion was John l..
McLaurin, state warehouse commits
sioner.
A. E. Davis, one Of the most promi-
nent and influential of Fairfield coun-
ty farmers, died in Chicago Friday,
where he was taking treatment. He
was IS years Of age, and Is survived
by his widow and several children.
Tom Oils, a former member Of the
Hampton Guards, the militia company,
Of Spartanburg, is under arrest, charg-
ed with the theft Of two Springfield
rifles, several uniforms and other
property Of the military organization.
E. M. Penny, for eleven years past,
agent Of the Southern railway at
Pacolet, committed suicide Friday
night, by shooting himself in the head
with a revolver. Worry over financial
troubles is said to have been the cause
Of his act.
w. j. Norris, a night Waterman,
discovered the dead body Of a negro
on a railroad track near the town Of
Wedgefield, Thursday night. The ne
gro's wife and his wife's sister have
been arrested and charged with the
murder.
The office of code commissioner,
made vacant by the death Of Marshall
p. DeBruhl last week, will remain
vacant until the next session Of the
general assembly. The law does not
provide for the appointment Of a code
commissioner by the governor. The
position pays $500 per year.
The supreme our has affirmed the
verdict Of a lower court in Charleston
county, which gave Mrs. Kate Fitz-
gerald a verdict Of $4,000 against the
]. 1. Case Threshing Machine COM
pany, for the death Of her husband,
who was run down by an automobile
Of the Case company in Charleston,
some time ago.
]. F. Leigton of San Francisco, Cal,
and E. D. Davis Of Chicago, ILL.,, were
arrested at Marion, N. c., last week
on suspicion Of being the parties who
cracked the postoffice safes at Honea
Path and Williamson last week. The
men who had registered at a Marion
hotel, were driving an automobile bear
ing a Florida license number.
The Furman & Yemassee Railroad
company has been commissioned by
the secretary of state. The road will
be constructed from Furman in Hamp-
ton county, to Yemassee in Beaufort
county, a distance Of twenty miles. The
road is calculated to prove a stimulus
to the timber business in the lower
section Of the state.
John w. Gregory Of Union, has de-
clined the position Of state agent in
the internal revenue service. The po-
sition pays a salary Of $4,000 a year.
Learning that the holder Of the posi-
ton should be an expert accountant,
Mr.. Gregory informed Congressman
Johnson and Senator Tillman, by
whom he was rendered the position,
that he could not conscientiously ac-
cept the position.
Governor Manning has asked the
clerk Of court Of Spartanburg for the
record of the case Of Allender Gosnell,
who is serving a sentence Of twenty
five years in the penitentiary for
burning the home Of ]. Walter Gibson,
in which fire four daughters Of Mr..
Gibson were burned to death. Gosnell,
whose home is at ~Campobello, Spartan
burg county, was convicted in 1913.
He is said to be suffering with pella-
gra, and the governor will be asked to
exercise clemency in the cas- on ac-
count Of the %convict's health.
According to information received
by the Federal department Of agricul-
ture, no material damage has been suf-
fered by the peach crop in most sec
tons of South Carolina, Georgia and
Alabama since the freeze of March %.
In the March freeze, from so to go per
cent Of the crop was reported killed IN
the three states. A crop Of 100 per
cent was reported from these districts,
where there was no frost damage:
Cornelia, Adairsville, Woodbury., Thorn
aston, Warm Springs and Thomas
vile, Ga. Reports from districts that
suffered from the freeze show 40 to so
per cen Of the crop at Leesville, Mon
eta and B%atesburg, S. c.
Dillon Herald, Thursday: Miss Agnes
Farmer, Is years Of age, was forced
to act second for two young men
friends Saturday, who fought a duel
on the highway. Harvey Hurt, aged
%, had Miss Farmer in a buggy on
their way home in the country. He
met Ira Scott, aged "a, coming to
town on a load Of cotton. The men had
quarreled over an affair of no interest
to Miss Farmer. When they met in
the road the row was resumed. The
girl pleaded for peace, but the men