Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-12-10
PALMETTO eLEANINes
Current Events and Happening
Throughout South Carolina.

fAImE ~ ILGANtNSS
Current Events and Happenings
Throughout South Carolina.
The Baptist state convention will
meet in Greenville tonight.
M. B. Leopard Of Laurens county,
has gathered % bales Of cotton of II
acres this year.
Floyd McCroy a 15-year-old white
boy, is under arrest in Greenville
charged with a number Of thefts.
Governor Manning accompanied by
members Of his stan, will attend the
Southern Commercial congress in
Charleston next week.
Sales at the Charleston county dis
pensaries during the month Of Nov
ember totaled s7S,374.6s as compared
with $sS,0S2.6f in November 1914.
Postal receipts at the Greenville
postofflce for the month Of Novem-
ber total $s,778.24, an increase of ST.
536.48 over the month Of November
1914.
The Southern Commercial secre-
taries' Association is to be held in
Charleston next week in connection
with the meeting Of the Southern
Commercial Congress.
Robert Mack for so years in the
employ of the Atlantic coast line rail-
way as a fireman and engineer died at
his home in Florence this week aged
SO years
Simeon G. Gowan, formerly of
Spartanburg. but now Of Washington,
D. c., plead guilty to murder in the
second degree in Washington. Tues
day. Gowan killed his wife on the
afternoon Of October 10, 1914.
The supreme court on Tuesday re-
fused the petition Of George F. Mus
ladin candidate for alderman in Char
lesion in the recent primary asking
for a recount Of the aldermanic vote
in his ward. The general election in
Charleston will be hold Tuesday.
John Sharp Hughes, a white man,
shot and probably fatally wounded
John Sims negro, in Union Monday
afternoon. Hughes says the negro
cursed him and attempted to shoot
him. The men were seen together in
a dispensary short while before the
shooting.
G. g. Sloan Of Lexington, was
awarded a verdict Of $4,000 against
the seaboard Air Line railway by a
Lexington county jury this week for
alleged injuries. Sloan, who was in
the employ Of the railway, is alleged
to have been injured when certain
piece Of pipe on an engine which he
was working broke and caused him to
fall.
Spartanburg, December z: Spar
tanburg's recall election here today
Mayor John F. Floyd was reelected,
but Commissioners John P. Fielder
and C.. B. Walker were defeated by
]. T. Hudson and o. T. Gallman. Mes
srs. Hudson and Gallman were COM
until November 18th, last
when they retired through act Of the
legislature reducing the number Of
commissioners from four to two.
Mayor Floyd was opposed by Former
Mayor o. L. Johnson. The vote Is as
follows: Floyd 725, Johnson SOS. For
Hudson 720; Gallman
721; Fielder 616; Walker sos: The
was ordered by the governor
only a week ago, making the campaign
short.
Columbia State: In the month Of
October the lowest death rate was re-
corded since the bureau Of vital sta
tistics of South Carolina was begun
In January, the rate on an annual
basis being 1879 per 1000 inhabitants.
The number Of death was 1852. There
were 1886 births, making a rate Of
24.8. Florence county came first In
the birth rate with AL. The causes
Of death in September as compiled by
c. W. Miller, chief clerk, show that
124 deaths resulted from pellagra and
l22 from pulmonary tuberculosis.
These deaths were distributed as fol-
lows: Pellagra-White men, IL; white
21; negro men, 20; negro wo-
men, 70. From tuberculosis-White
men, IL; white women, II; negro
men, "a; negro women, So. There
were 80 deaths during September from
typhoid fever, this being the largest
toll this year from that disease. 9th
er causes Of death We're: Diphtheria,
20; cancer, 45; malaria, 81; pneumo-
MIA, 20; diseases of the circulation,
217; diseases Of the kidney, 1856; in
testinal diseases, 107.
The estimates Of the navy depart
ment for the Charleston Navy Yard
for the next fiscal year, as sent to
Tuesday by Secretary Of the
Treasury McAdoo from information
furnished by Secretary Daniels, total
sS7, 1000. The items being $4,000 for
of dikes and dredging,
s25, 900 for erecting shop and $i2,-
300 to continue dredging. Recon-
Of the river and harbor
engineers for South Carolina include
the following: For Charleston harbor
10000, with which it Is proposed to
complete the 2S-foot project, and $10,-
200 to maintain the Ashley river pro-
|ect and restore channel dimensions.
The engineers declare that the Char
eston Improvements have greatly
fCooOA AhoNOihCaS ehh< 49,
creased traffic, especially since the
opening Of the Panama. Canal. To
maintain Waccamaw river improve
ments and continue dredging to Con-
way to form a 12-foot channel. $780,
500. For continuance and mainten-
ance Of Winyah bay improvements,
100000. For continuance and main
.enance of the Santee river and Es-
Minim creek canal projects,
$4,000, and the same amount for
on Wateree river. For
Congaree river, $25,
For maintaining the island waterway
between Charleston and Mcclellan
Vile, including restoration Of the
channel depth, where it has deterio-
rated, $4,000.
Laurens, December Z: The Lau-
ems county school department Is per-
'ecting plans for the opening Of night
schools early in January in a majority
If the rural districts. Superintendent
II Education Sullivan says the pro-
,ramme Is we'll under way and he e..
3ects fine results from the efforts this
,eason. At the monthly meeting Of the
eachers Saturday, a majority Of the
l2O teachers present indicated their
to assist in conducting
hese schools when they open next
month. B. L. Parkinson, superintend-
INT Of the Laurens city schools, and
Tohn Fewell principal of the Watts