Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-07-25
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Happenings of Interest in All Sections
of South Carolina.

| OF SoutN SdToiiHd.
Black leg appeared among cattle IN
two sections of Anderson county last
week.
The first meeting Of Governor Coop
er's personal staff was held In Column
bia Monday. Majority Of the men,
bers were present and a uniform was
selected.
Former Governor Cole L. Blease has
announced that he. will not be can
didate for congress from the Seventh
congressional district to succeed Con-
gressman A. Frank Lever.
Clarence Settler, a negro charged
with the killing Qf Robert Wicker q
white man in N'eWberry county last
week was arrested Monday in Jack
sonville. Fla, and brought back to
Newberry by Sheriff Cannon. G. Blefse.
The senate on Tuesday confirmed the
nomination Of Congressman A. Frank
Lever of the Seventh South Carolina
district to be a member Of the Federal
Farm Loan Board to succeed Herbert
Quick, resigned.
John w. r. Pope, we'll known bus
mess man of Columbia and for more
than twenty years an employee OF the
Columbia National Bank Of that city
was drowned off Sullivan's Island, Sun
day afternoon. He was drowned while
trying to rescue a party Of ladies VINO
had drifted out to sea on pneumatic
mattress.
II G. Harvey was re nominated for
mayor of Greenville in a primary cleo
ton Tuesday, receiving majority OF
| s6s votes over his only opponent, c. 3.
Martin. Mayor Harvey carried every
ward in the city. Allen ]. Graham'
Joe w. James and B. w. Allen, men,
bers of the present board Of aldermen
| were defeated for reelection. Inc
election of Mayor Harvey will probably
be contested because the mayor falled
| to file his expense account prior 10
the day Of election.
| Col. w. F. Harrel Of Marion return
| ed to the States on the steamship Rot
terdam Tuesday after serving with the
| Sixteenth Infantry in France. He went
over as a captain. He was wound
ed seven times in the fighting IN
F,aace, but wore only two wound
stripes, which according to his orother
| officers. it took order from a superior
| officer to make him put on. Col. Har-
rel was known among his command as
two gun Harrell." Among the other
| officers who arrived on the Rotterdam,
| was Col. ]. NJ. Jenkins, a native OF
Yorkville.
| As the result of investigation by She
riff Thomas, John Meeks, who TIED hif
mule in a lonely place after shooting
il three times was arrested MONDAY
before Gaffney magistrate, entered
nIea of guilty and was fined $50. When
asked why he did such an mhuman
thing, Meeks explained that ne hao
purchased the animal some weeks ago
and that he had tried to build 1t up
but failed to do so and as ne was uh-
able to feed it, he took the ANNA
out to this place where it was discover
ed for the purpose Of killing It, he
fired three shots into the animal, think
ing that it would soon die, but "a
hours later it was found by a negro
who reported the matter to the sheriH
Meeks is an intelligent man employed
bv the Carolina Handle company pu
according to his view he had commit
ted no wrong. He was informed p1
Tho magistrate that he had right tt
painlessly kill the mule, but that II
submitting the animal to torture M
had violated the law.