Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-08-27

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dentally discharged it, the ball passing
through the fieshy part of the thigh
about midway between the hip and
knee. The wound is very painful, but
it is not serious. ..''''''''The competitive
examination for the vacant cadetship
to which Lancaster county is entitled
in the South Carolina Military acad-
emy, was held last Friday at this place.
1t was conducted by ]. T. Green, Esq,
and R. B. Allison, Esq. Five young
men participated in the competition.
John Beatty, son of Mr.. R. T. Beatty,
of this place, was the successful COM
petitor. Lemuel Stephenson, of Ker-
shaw, stood the next best examination
and was appointed alternate.
CHEROKEE-Gafney Ledger, Au-
gust 25: Andy Fortenbery, we'll
known blacksmith of this city, and
David DeStafino, a well-known char
acter, engaged in difficulty, Monday.
Andy is a somewhat larger man than
David, and in order to make things
more equal, David pulled his little gun
and plugged Andy in the arm. The
wound is not serious, and Andy will,
in all probability, be able to resume
his work in a short time. ..'''''"F Friday
evening David DeStafino and George
Wilson got into a difficulty, during the
course of which David, following the
example of his Biblical namesake,
proceeded to slay his antagonist with
a stone. Wilson was painfully but
not seriously hurt. '''..'.'.J James Wiley
and Ben Holmes engaged in difficulty
Saturday night, in which the latter
was pretty severely hurt by being hit
with a rock. Wiley was arrested and
placed in the guardhouse to await the
result of Holmes injury. .''''''"'Some-
time in June a Negro man named
Morris killed another Negro man
named Camp in this county, since
which time Morris has been at large
until Saturday, when he was arrested
and lodged in Jail by Mr.. William
Phillips. :..''.""The September term Of
court for Cherokee county convenes
next Monday week, Judge Gage, of
Chester, presiding. Judge Gage is a
new judge, having been elected by the
last general assembly. This term Of
court gives promises of being a very
interesting one. There will be one
case of murder besides a number of
minor criminal cases. ''''' Friday after
noon a Negro by the name Of John
JeAeries, who had been separated from
his wife, went to see her at the home
of Isiah Cory, who lives on land be-
longing to the Gaffney Land and I'm
provement company, and endeavored
to persuade her to return to him. His
persuasive powers were not adequate,
so he determined to use force. Pulling
out a pistol he began to shoot at his
wife. He managed to hit her one
time, inflicting a flesh wound in the
arm. In his wildness, however, he
shot three of Isiah's children. They
were nine years, four years and nine
months old, respectively. Only flesh
wounds were inflicted on each of them.
Jefferies, believing, no doubt, that he
had killed the woman and children,
went to branch about fourth of
mile distant, put the point of the
pistol barrel in his mouth and put
ball through his head. He succeeded
in killing himself; but fortunately did
no serious damage to any one else.
GAST0N-Gastonia Gazette, Aug
ust 25: Messrs. Edgar and Robert
Love are sufficiently recovered from
typhoid fever to be able to ride out.
They have been up town time or
two during the past week, and were
congratulated by many friends upon
their returning health. Little Nell,
the only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Wiley, died last Friday after a
lingering illness, aged about II months.
Rev. Messrs. Shields and Clark con-
Quoted a brief service at the home,
and the little body was taken to Bur-
lington, Saturday evening, for burial,
at the old home of the parents. This
sorely bereaved father and mother
have the sympathies of many friends.
.."".A pocket knife that has served
we'll its day and generation is in the
possession of Mr.. It. ]. Womble, of
South Point. 1t is a 4-blade pearl
handle knife, and was given to his
mother by Mr.. Womble's brother, just
before his death, and he died 63 years
ago when a young man. How long
the knife had been in use before that,
is not known. 1t has been in the
family ever since. All the blades
show the effect of long usage, being
worn almost as keen as needles. ''''''
Captain R. G. G. Love is now footloose
and fancy-free in business matters.
When congratulated on having a
chance to take a deserved holiday
and asked what next, he answered,
as merrily as a schoolboy, "Run for
the legislature, I reckon" He sold
his entire stock in the old mill, amount
ing to S80,300, to Messrs. John Love
and George Gray. The deal was made
and the owners took charge last Tues
day. The "Old MILL" as it is now popu-
larly called, the first venture Gastonia
made in mill-building, is one of the
roost prosnerOus in the south II was