Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-03-05
HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE
Items Of Interest from All Sections Of
South Carolina.

Items Of Interest from All Sections Of
South Carolina.
c. S. Blocker was on Monday elect
ed mayor of the town of Hampton.
DR.. E. Pendleton Jones Of New
berry, has accepted a call to the First
Baptist church Of Edgefleld.
Mr.. z. v. Davidson has been elect
ed clerk Of the county board Of COM
m%issioners Of Chester county.
John A. Chase has been appointed
postmaster at Florence, and T. D.
McLaurin has been nominated to sue
coed D. P. McLaurin as postmaster at
Clio.
The recently created tax commits
sion, composed Of Messrs. A. w. Jones,
]. P. Derham and w. G.. Query, pro-
poses to hold its first meeting in Co.
lumbia next week.
Two mules belonging to B. c.
Matthews of Newberry, were killed
last Thursday when they were struck
by a railing tree.
The Atlantic Coast Line depot at
Cope, was broken into last Friday
night. Little plumber was secured,
since only a few Buffalo nickels had
been left in the safe.
Commissioner Of immigration E. ].
Watson has accepted IN invitation to
deliver an address before the Southern
Commercial congress to be held at
Muskogee, Okla, lex month.
Fire destroyed fifty-six bales Of
cotton in two railway cars at Don
aids, Sunday morning. Two ware
houses and several smaller buildings
were also destroyed by the flames. The
loss is about $4,000.
Burke H. Pace and ]. T. Myers
have been appointed by Governor
Manning as special constables for the
protection of the property of the Sea-
board Air Line railway.
The automobile Of Mayor L. D.
Jennings of Sumter, was stolen while
the mayor was attending church in
Sumter Sunday night. The a was
later recovered, it having been taken
by two negroes for a JOY ride.
The Mayesville jail was destroyed
by fire Monday afternoon, the build
ing having been fired by a negro pris-
oner who had been incarcerated sew
eral days before on the charge Of
| stealing a ride on a railway train.
Figures made public at the United
States custom house in Charleston on
Tuesday, showed that exports through
the port of Charleston for the month
of February, 1915, were valued at s4,-
23S, 1926, and imports at s196,727.
Governor Manning has signed the
anti-tipping law. The bill was intro
duced in the recent session of the leg
islature by Senator Carlisle Of Spar
tanburg and is designed to prevent
tipping in all forms in South Caro-
lima.
Vinsett Bros, of Gaffney, doing a
general supply business, have filed a
petition in bankruptcy. The assets Of
the firm are listed at $1,000 and their
liabilities at about $1,000. Poor COL
lections is given as the reason of the
failure.
w. w. Bradley of Abbeville, has
been appointed as an assistant to the
state bank examiner to audit the ac-
| counts and books Of all state institu-
tons. The appointment was made in
accordance with an act Of h last
general assembly. The position pays
S 1900 per year.
The state department Of agriculture
proposes to cooperate with the Fed
eral good roads department in collect
ing on roads. mileage, revenues and
expenditures in South Carolina for
the year 1914. The expense of collect
ing the information will be borne by
the Federal government, which pro-
poses to publish all data collected in
the form of a pamphlet.
President Wilson's recommends
lions to the senate for an increase in
the salaries of %consuls, include four
| South Carolinians, as follows: LOWS
w. Haskell at Belgrade, Servia, from
5000 to $4,000 per annum; Douglas
Jennings at Riga, Russia, to $500
from 5000; Arthur B. Cooke at Pa
tras, Greece, from $4,000 to $4,000;
Claude 1. Dawson at Valencia, Spain,
to $4,000 from $4,000.
The historic town of Pendleton will