Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-31
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS

The railroad commission has pass
ed a resolution in which 1t prescribes
that locomotives shall not be run back
ward distance of more than ten
miles.
Commissioner of Agriculture and
Labor Harris has advised the oil COM
panies that they must re-establish the
standards Of quality that existed before
the war.
The house of representatives last
night adopted a concurrent resolution
introduced by Mr.. Noise Of Sumter, in
viting Mr.. Harding to speak before the
general assembly while in Columbia
1T Is being rumored that ex-Gov-
ernor Manning Is to get Federal po-
sition on the Federal trade commission
at $40, 900 a year, or something equally
as good.
The Thirtieth division (South Car
olina, North Carolina and Tennessee
national guard) which Is under orders
to prepare for embarkation to return
home, will be landed at Charleston, 8.
c., If the war department can prepare
facilities there to handle 80 large a
body Of men, says an official dispatch
from Washington. The division will
be sent to Camp Jackson, Columbia,
S. c., for rehabilitation. While no
definite plans for parading this unit
have been fixed officials thought 1t pro-
bable that either the entire division or
some large portion Of 1t would be par
AIDED in Charleston and Columbia
Joe H. NJ. Ashley, sheriff Of Ander-
son county since 1912, handed his res
ignation to Governor Cooper last Mon
day night. ]. Olin Sanders, deputy to
Sheriff Ashley, was Immediately ap-
pointed to the office. The new sherin
also took the oath Of office before w.
Banks Dove, secretary Of state. Mr..
Sanders expects to have his bond ar
ranged and the office checked over to
him by February /. Sheriff Ashley has
extensive farming interests and In ad-
dition manages the estate Of his late
father Josh" Ashley, which property
his mother controls. It was because
Of the exacting duties Of his own in
terests that Sheriff Ashley was induced
to hand in his resignation. The sue
ceeding officer was q police officer In
Anderson Is years. Later he became
state constable, from which position
he resigned five years ago to become
deputy sheriff.
Columbia State, Wednesday: War
rants have been issued from the Of
flee of Magistrate Busby for the ar
rest of Mrs. w. w. Scagle and Miss
Katherine Strait on the charge of
having obtained goods under false pre-
tense. Mrs. Seagle was arrested at
he home on the 1400 block Of Richland
street and taken before the magistrate,
where she promptly gave bail in the
sum of 5000. The warrent was ap-
piled for by H. H. Burns, who Is con-
nected with Caldwell's ladies' ready to
wear establishments, 1902 Main street.
The warrant reads: THAT Mrs. w. w.
Seagle obtained goods Of personal pro-
perty by false pretcnse In that she re-
presented to R. M. Caldwell that Miss
Katherine Strait was the goddaughter
of DR.. Strait of Lancaster and that
he paid all her bills, and that II he,
Caldwell, would let Miss Strait have
the goods DR.. Strait would pay the bills,
and used such representations. Miss
Strait was furnished goods in the sum
of $500 and that Mrs. Scaglc knew at
the time that her representations were
false" Another warrant similar to the
above was issued against Miss Strait,
but the police had not arrested the
young girl last night. She Is said to
be about IS years old.