Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17
SOUTH cAROLINA:NEWS

= Hon. W. w: Me0re, ad1utant gen.
eral of South Carolina, died in the
Columbia hospital Last night following
an: operation for a'i;earbuncle on his
neck. He had beer a sufferer from
diabeted for a long slime; but,.contin
ues his work untiEllast Monday: when
his physician took, him toitie hospi-
tai for an operation, He Went on the
operating table at fso'clock p:. m and
passed at about,7 seielpck,, .f;;:. !.
the Sam Orr Tribble jewelry store,
Anderson, has Invented q clock (which
keeps ten different times The clock
is made on founda tIon of:an 18 jew
el watch, and shows. at a glance the
eled Anderson. iS Whsfe the figure 12l
would be and thenpthery ten sections
are labeleAS jLondon; Paris. Rome,
Tokyo. Hopgkops,, Greenwich and
Honolulu. The clock has two dials, an
hour dial, which mikes one revolution
every II hours, and the minute dial.is
smaller dial set over the hour dial
and makes one revolution per hour.
The names.'of the cities are engraved
around the edge oftthe stationary face
Of the clock, e,and arrows pointing to
the two, dials., show Just the time at
any Of the various c!!ies..
-. - Ian caster; June ri4::i fhe Eaancassfer'
cotton mills, employing about 1900 OPP
eratives and: having, ,-l40; 600 spindles.
and 5000 looms. will close down" indef-
initely next Tuesday to avoid friction
with the textile -unioT, according to, Of
ficial n6tice:posteaab abts the. mana cement
today. The textile union having made
mill which eanffot' be granted" says
any friction this mill will close down
indefinitely one, week from this date.
The posting OF this notice following a
conference today between committee
representing :thetlocala textile, workers
union and the officers of. the, company.
at which dema nds decided upon by the
union at a injecting last night were
presented and rejected. The nature OF
the demands was not made public. The
meeting last night WIS addressed by j.
J. Dean and Mr.. Callahan, union or,
ganizers, Following s;which the public
was excluded andTthe union held an
executive. session, appointing a COM
mittee to present its demands. The
Lancaster mill -!ss' one OF the largest
print cloths mills in''tke SOUTH: Col.
Leroy Spripgstis president.
st Matthews;; June .15:::-While en-
gagged in unloading a. car Of coal yes.
terday; the Calhoun Supply company
made find that was not Included in
their order:aSSix large sticks of; dyna-
mite all neatly bundled together and
caps to suit were all snugly tucked
away in the recesses@ Of the large
Jumps of coal. Fortunately the caps.
had not: been: applied but were in a
separate paper. Many conjectures are
made as to how the explosive found
its way 'iitt6' the car; The consignees
state hatitawuuld. seem that the coal
miner who was, charged with the blast
must have, on returning to the outer
earth from the mine; carried the explo-
sive with him; riding on; the car until
he reached his station, and in forget
fulness, leaving. them for their long
ride. Others have suggested the idea
that improper motives may have been
behind the matter. However it got
there, the manager of the supply CON-
pany got around .gingerly and handled
the coal like precious stone until it
was definitely ascertained that there
was nc more to be found: He will not
include dynamite as. a part Of the next
order. '' -