Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-05-28
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS

Revenue officers destroyed eleven
Illicit distilleries in Oconee and Green
Vile counties last week.
p. F. Patton of Hendersonville,
y. c., has been elected supervising
engineer for the road work which will
be done in Greenville county as re-
suit of the S950,000 bond issue re-
Gently voted in Greenville.
Capt. R. II. Jennings, former state
treasurer of South Carolina, died at
the home of his son, j. NJ. Jennings,
in Winnsboro, Wednesday, He was
n years of age. Capt. Jennings serv-
ed twelve years as state treasurer.
Charles Ellis, a white man, was
shot and probably fatally wounded by
Bogus Sanders, colored, in Columbia
Wednesday. 1t is alleged that Ellis
insulted Sanders's wife and later at
tackled the negro with knife.
- Charleston, May 27: Nine negro
fishermen are known to have been
drowned and it is thought several 9TH
ers also perished in storm early to-
day off Charleston light Returning
fishermen report that the wind at
tanned a velocity of 60 miles an hour
and that many Of the vessels of the
fishing fleet were swamped.
- Columbia, May %: Announcement
was made today at the adjutant gen.
erals office that the secretary OF war,
upon the recommendation of the gov
ernor, had appointed Major j. Shap-
ter Caldwell, inspector general. to be
disbursing officer for the organized
militia of South Carolina. This ap-
pointment is made under the provi-
Sions of Section IA, of the Dick mill
tia law, which prescribes that the mi
litia disburSing officer shall be fur
nished with such funds from the con-
gressional appropriation for the sup
port of the militia as may be necessary
for pay, subsistence and transporta-
ton of the National Guard as shall
engage in actual field or camp service
for instruction.
The grand lodge, Knights OF
Pythias of South Carolina, which met
in Orangcburg this week, selected
Chick Springs as the place of meeting
for next year. The following officers
were elected to serve next year: Su-
preme representative, B. a. Morgan
G~eenville, and Prof. A. G. Rembert
Spartanburg; alternates, Geo. S. Now
er, Greenwood, and Frank K. Hyers
Charleston. Grand chancellor. Her
bert L. Gyles, Aiken: grand vice chan
cellor, Alva NJ. Lumpkin, Columbia
grand prelate, w. E. Derrick, Orange
burg: grand keeper of records and
SEAL C. d. Brown of Abbeville: grand
master at arms, R. E. Cox, Darling
ton: grand inner guard, H. A. McCor-
mick. Nichols; grand outer guard. W.
A. Fewell, Rock Hill.
The Textile Industrial Institute
established in this city four years age
with a view to placing education with
in the reach of the young man or the
young woman who has to work for a
living in the cotton mills, has gradua-
tcd it's first class, ten in number. and
it is announced that several of them
will continue their education by en-
tering college, says a Spartanburg dis.
patch of Wednesday to the News and
Courier. Diplomas were presented tc
the following: w. f. Lowe, Mrs. b
L. Jones, w. NJ. Sixon, F. L. Cobb
Beulah Cobb. j. A.. Tumlin, o. b
Johnson, Lula Seay, w. K. Stuart and
s. G.. Smith. The sermon before the
graduating class of the institute was
preached at Central Methodist church
] in this city yesterday by the Rev. w
H. Willis, president of the Western