Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-20
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- Governor Manning has ordered
that the special election necessary lot
the selection OF q successor TO senator
Tillman. he held on Tuesday. NoNein-
bcr :, on the same date OF the regular
general election.
- Richland county has reelected as
lsupervisor :. ii. Owens. who formerly
had the position, and who maze ilhe
record AS n road builder; but who mas
been subjected to all kinds OF charges
of misconduct and the like, including
even the embcZZlement Of county
funds.
The food administration has issued
the following bulletin: Concerning the
exchange of seed for meal. the follow
| ing has been agreed upon by the ad-
visory committee OF farmers ana the
crushcrs: 4 farmer can exchange
meal for seed and get the amount OF
meal contained in the seed delivered.
| This is $40 pounds Of meal to the ton
of seed, the balance to be paid In mon
ey by the mill. The mills will deliver
pro rata additional meal as they may
have"
The police took the numbers OF go
automobiles that were operated In the
streets OF Chester last Sunday and will
turn the same over to X. +. Sims, coun-
| ty fu,I administrator. There was Il
most commcndablc observance In
Chester OF the fuel administrators re-
uu, IT to dispense with the use or au.
ltomobilcs on Sunday for the present.
and the list of GO includes foreign cars
passing through. which, however, were
not numerous.
| - Grccnville Piedmont, Monday: A
wholesale burglary. which to all intents
i and purposes was to stock some small
II IA ~f f,h Il int
goods, was effected during Sunday
night at Belk- -Kirkpatrick's store on
South Main street. In stones throw
of the police station. Goods amounting
| to several hundred dollars. perhaps
81 900 or more, have been discovered
missing and an inventory or the LOSSES
Is still being made. Such articles as
mems suits. 25 in number. blankets.
sheets. ladies' furs. children's dresses.
army and civilian shoes and sundry
other articles were loaded into a wagon
truck or automobile and hauled off
from the back door Of the store
through n blind" alley that runs from
Jackson street, behind the EmaXcec
building to the rear of Belk- Kirkpat-
rick's and adjacent stores. Police au-
| tho, tiles began an investigation today
with fully convincing clews to work
on. The robbery occurred some time
between Sunday night and early Mon
day morning. Entrance to the store
was effected by means OF 15-foot
| ladder. which was placed to reach the
| office window in the rear Of the stor".
The glass was broken and through the
opening a hand easily unlatched AMI
raised the window. Gaining entrance
to the store 1t was q simple matter
even for a novice to raise a bar and
open the back door. Signs OF wheel
tracks on the ground furnished basis
for the theory that a wagon was back
ed to the door and loaded with the
stolen goods. Empty shoe boxes were
strcwn on the floor. Several depart
ments Of the first and second floors
visited by the intruders were in disar-
ranged condition, and the conclusion
OF the officials was that the robbers
attempted to pick over the stock. The
alley that runs from Jackson street to
| the back OF Main street stores Is dark
at night, the line Of stores on West
McBee avenue shutting out the light
from the arcs on that street. Several
| robbcries have been committed in that
| immediate vicinity In the past year
and the police have been fairly sue
cessful in running down the guilty.
With the clews that were picked up
Monday it Is not improbable that ar
| rests will be made in a short time in
connection with the latest theft.