Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-15

patronage solicited. ..........Mrs. Dora
Smith and her daughter, Miss Berta,
of York county, are visiting Mrs. NJ.
V. Patterson. ........'We did not mean
10 say last week that Rev. H. R. Chap
man has assumed pastoral charge of
the churches at Rock Creek and San
tue. He has preached recently at both
) churches, and there is strong probabil-
ity that he will be called 10 the pas
torate. ...."'Sweet potatoes are selling
at from 60 to 70 cents per bushel. Is
not this better than raising cotton at
five cents?
LANCASTER-Review, October 8
The balance of last week was consum-
ed by the court in the trial of the case
of Mrs. Louisa J. Carder against the
G. G. & N. railroad for 81 ,999.9S, dam
ages alleged to have been sustained in
getting off one of the defendant com.
pany's cars at Osceola. She claimed
that no stool was provided for her to
step off on, and in alighting from the
coach she sustained injuries which re-
suited in an abortion the next day.
The defendant company took the
ground that if the plaintiff was injur-
ed at all it was done in riding over a
rough road to the railroad in wagon,
and from other causes. The jury
found for the plaintiff in the sum of
$1,000. .....''...The Republicans Of this
district, in their convention held in
Rock Hill last week, nominated Major
J.F. Jones of Blacksburg for congress.
He'll not be in Finley's way. 1.-THE
following commissioners of election
have been appointed for this county !:
Federal-J. Wylie Porter, ]. T. Mar
shall, J. Davis Flynn. State-C. w.
Jones, J. D. Caskey, ]. R. Thompson.
Mr.. R. B. Kennedy, of York has
been spending a few days with Colonel
R. E. Allison and family. Ledger, Oc-
lober 12: We were pleased to see
Sheriff Clyburn on the streets yester-
day. The sheriff has been confined to
his home for the past five or six weeks
with fever. r..........M Amelia Nisbet,
wife of Mr.. R. N. Nisbet, formerly Of
this county but now of Marshville, N.
c., died at the Johns Hopkins hospital
in the city of Baltimore, last Friday
evening, where she had undergone all
Operation for cancer of the stomach.
Mrs. Nisbet was a daughter of Mr..
John BeIk, of this county. She was
about 40 years of age and was an esti'
mable lady. Her remains were brought
home Monday and inferred at Tirzah
church. '.'."Clerk of the Court Porter
is advertising lands for sale at the suit
of Sobrinah J. Gregory and Others
against w. S. L. Porter and others. ''''''
Mr.. S. D. Taylor, of Craigsville, lost
fine young mule Friday. 1t attempted
to jump a wire fence when its feet
caught in the wire, causing it to fall
and break its neck.
CHER0KEE-Ga Gafney Ledger, Oc-
tober 13: Monroe Green was refu-
gee from justice in North Carolina last
Friday night. He had crossed the
river at Camps ferry and was making
for this state. The Rev. G. NJ. Teale,
we'll known minister, had been to
Sandy Run association and was return
ing home. II was early in the night
and Mr.. Teale overlook the criminal
Just on this side of the ferry. Green
mistook Mr.. Teale for an officer and
commanded him to halt. Mr.. Teale
thinking it was a friend who was jok-
ing with him continued to ride on
toward Green, when the latter fired.
The bullet struck the horse i'll the
head, injuring him to such an extent
that he afterward died. We did not
learn whether the murderous scoun
drel had been apprehended or not but
good place for him would be in the
penilentiary. '.''''Supervisor Lipscomb
was taking a convict to the camp las,
Friday for a 80 day term. The darkey
was handcuffed. Mr.. Lipscomb was
riding his horse. The Negro managed
to get the handouts off and made al
attempt to escape. Mr.. Lipscomb gave
chase, and for about a mile it was
pretty lively. Finally the Negro fell
while going across new ground. Be-
fore he could get up Mr.. Lipscomb was
on him. A rope was secured; the con.
vict tied and landed in safety at the
camp. ..........Mr. Harold Gibson took a
trip over into York county Monday.
He reports crops as being fine. He is
also profuse in his praises of the good
roads of Cherokee county. He says
those in Cherokee township are in bet
ter condition than he has ever known
them to be in, and he has resided in
that township for the past Is years
until he moved back to Gatfney nearly
year ago. The recent freshet had
not damaged the corn on Kings creek
near so much as Mr.. Gibson expected.
He will lose only about 25 bushels out
of 800 or 900. O.'...''"On Monday night
of last week, while going from Spar
tanburg to the Jane Hicks place, near
Cowpens, Charley Hale engaged in Il
difficulty with one Williams over a
bottle of whisky. Williams struck
Hale in the head with a rock, crushing
the skull to such an extent that the
muscles of speech were paralyzed.
DR.. Crawley operated on the injured
man and removed the pieces of skull.
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