Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-09-03

must do so on their merits anu nOG ny
debauching their fellowman. 1.-THE
ministers of the various denomina-
tions in the city held a meeting on
Tuesday morning and determined to
hold cooperative series of revival
services beginning the second Sunday
night in September in the courthouse.
The ministers solicit the cooperation
of all the citizens of the community to
the end that the meeting may be a
success. The choirs of the different
churches will have charge of the music
and they solicit the aid of all the con-
secrated musical talent in the city.
Rev. B. P. Robertson is chairman of
the association during this special SER
vice and would be glad to entertain
any suggestions that would tend to the
best interest of the meeting ''''''.'
Wednesday night, Officer Bert Hall
man went to arrest an obstreperous
colored female by the name of Mamie
Osborne, who had taken on super
fuous quantity of "fuss x" The
officer found his prisoner somewhat
hard to handle, so he called to his as
sistance Mr.. John Hammet, a well
known painter. The infuriated the
Amazon to such an extent that she
produced pocket knife and proceeded
to carve her captors in a truly barba-
rous style. Mr.. Hallman was cut on
the arm, but not seriously hurt. Mr..
Hammet was seriously cut about the
thigh and will be confined to his bed
for some days. The prisoner was
i finally landed in the tombs. Thurs
day morning Mayor Littlejohn paid
his respects to the lady to the tune OF
$50 or so days. She took the 90 days
and is now in durance vile. '''''Butler
and Sarratt are in the second race for
the senate. McCraw and Whisonant
are elected to the house. Ross and
Thomas are in the second race for
sheriff. Webster gets the nomination
for probate judge. Jefferies is clerk.
Macarthur is the superintendent of
education. Camp is auditor, and Jones
treasurer. The vote on the whisky
question at Gaffney precinct stands as
follows: For Prohibition, 1856; for
dispensary, 1885, for high license, llS;
for local option, Is.
GASTON N-Gastonia Gazette, Sep
tember /: An officer of the famous
Oregon was in town last Tuesday morn
ling. Ensign R. q. johnson came in
on the vestibule and was sent to Lin
colnton in a private conveyance by
Huss & Anders. He has short
leave of absence to visit his parents.
........Admiral Cervera evidently un-
derstands the substitutes Of the Eng
lish language pretty we'll. A naval
officers wife at Annapolis the other
day said to him: "What were you
struck with in the handling of the
American ships ?" "Eight-inch shells, l"
he replied. ....'..."The first bale of new
cotton on this market was brought
yesterday by Mr.. J. H. Nichols, who
lives about 800 yards from Bethel
church in South Carolina. 1t was
bought by the Gastonia Manufacturing
company for 81 cents. The first bale
last year was marketed on the 4th OF
September and brought II cents. '''''.''
That was a wonderful escape OF MIR.
and Mrs. John Starnes last Tuesday
morning. They were overturned in
deep ditch by backing horse, the
buggy fell in after them, and after that
the horse. Two or three feet of
water stood in the ditch. Mrs. Starnes
escaped unhurt, and just as she had
rescued Mr.. Starnes, who was held
fast under the wheels, the horse fell in.
The worst of the injuries sustained
were those of Mr.. Starnes. One finger
cut, one arm badly bruised and his
back hurt by a blow of some sort.
While painful, his injuries are not
thought to be dangerous. '..''.'. The
threshing firm of Jackson & Adams,
in the Bowling Green and Pleasant
Ridge sections, threshed this season
1000 bushels of grain. 1t was nearly
all wheat, and all but about 200 bush
els of York county grain, was thresh-
ed in CASTOR. About half of this was
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IF. Jackson and his near neighbors.
........Mr. Henry Glover was killed
last Thursday afternoon while out
hunting. By accident Mr.. r. c. Nc.
Leans gun went off when he stumbled
and the contents entered Mr.. Glover's
thigh, severing blood vessels which
caused him to bleed to death. ''''''''A
little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Rhyme,
four years old, has been sick since last
Friday with what Mr.. j. VI. Sloan
pronounces typical case of diphthe-
ria. The family lives two miles south
east of town, and it is not known
where the malady was contracted. On
Sunday tube was inserted, and the
little patient, since that time, has been
holding his own quite we'll. The anti
toxin treatment has not been used.
DR.. Sloan says the case is progressing
as we'll as could be expected, and he
has hopes that the little boy will get