Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-27
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS
- Governor Harvey has ordered the
superintendent Of the penitentiary to
give him reports until further notice
of each prisoner punished and Of the
menus served at each meal.
Joseph w. Tolbert, Republican ma
tional committeeman for South Caro-
lima, has filed his bond and received his
commission as United States marshal
for the Western District Of South
Carolina.
- The appeals Of F. M. Jeffords and
Ira Harrison, two young Columbians,
sentenced, to the electric chair for the
murder of J. c. Annette, filling station
proprietor, who was killed at his place
of business one night last spring, were
argued before the supreme court Mon
day afternoon. Attorney Southard, of
Spartanburg, represented Jeffords and
B. B. Evans, Of Columbia, represented
Harrison. Solicitor Spigner, Of Co.
lumbia argued the case for the state.
The court took the, argument under
advisement and an opinion will be
rendered later. The appeals were bas-
ed on certain exceptions to rulings of
the court, includingfthe courts refusal
to grant a severance in the trial.
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tendance of over 5000 today the fifth
Southern Textile exposition came to
an end tonight at 10 O'Clock, the total
attendance during the show being esti-
mated at approximately $4,000. Ex-
hibitors and visitors have united in
declaring that the exposition has been
the best ever held here, and the work
of preparing for the next exposition
to be held in the fall of 1924, is al
ready under way. Already three
blocks of space of 26 spaces each, and
in addition 175 other spaces, had been
sold for the 1924 exposition, according
to statement made this afternoon by
w. G.. Shrine, president Of the Textile
Hall corporation. In his statement, Mr..
Shrine declared that the show had
been an unqualified success and that
it would be necessary to build an addi-
ton to the textile hall in order to take
care of the next show.
- Columbia, October 25: Election of
officers and adoption of resolutions
commencing the pilots Of the greater
state fair for the. success of the re-
juvenated enterprise were the out
standing points int annual meet
ing of the South Carolina Agricultural
and Mechanical society here tonight.
Robert NJ. Cooper, of Wisacky, was
unanimously reelected president, as
were members of the executive COM
mittee from the seven congressional
districts, as follows: First-W. NJ.
Frampton, of Charleston; second-R.
j. Cunningham, Of Allendalc; third
J. G. Campbell, of Ware Shoals; fourth
%. Z. Mills, of GreenYille; fifth-L. I.
Guoin, of Lugoff; SIXTH. l.. McIn-
tosh, of Doverville, and scvcnth-D. G..
Ellison, of Columbia. David G.. Eli
re-eleC,ed treasurer and former Con-
Gressman a. +. Lever, Of Columbia,
president of the First Carolina Land
bank, was elected vice president to
succeed John D. w. Watts, of Lau-
rens. An amendment by G. ID. Langley,
of Columbia, to change the cOnstitu-
ton by eliminating past presidents of
the society as ey-officio members of
the executive committee, and incrcas-
ing that body by the election of three
members from the state at large, was
defeated. \ resolution by w. A.
Clark, of Columbia, expressing the
thanks Of the society for the marked
grounds, was unanimously adopted.
President Cooper stated that approx
mately $4,000 had been collected from
the membership drive of which $4,000
was from a direct appropriation from
the state. Buildings to the amount of
$4,000 had been erected and past
debts of between $1,000 and $4,000
from the proceeds of the campaign had
been paid The executive committee,
he stated, was going slow and not
putting in improvements until it had
in sight the money to pay for them.
\ resolution of thanks TO the women
of the state for their cooperation was
by Judge NJ. S. Whalcy, and
adopted. Seven hundred new life
were elected.