Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-16

grees than any he had ever seen before
The remains were laid to rest in Old
Purity cemetery on Thursday, Rev. NJ
R. Kirkpatrick conducting the funeral
excises. A long procession came from
the neighbordood, and although they
passed through town earlier than was
expected, a large number hastily got
ready and followed. .''''''''''The state
board of control has, rather unexpect-
edly, determined to close all beer shops
November 1st. Of course the board
has known all along that the estab'
fishing of these concerns was in viola
ton of the dispensary law but they
cared nothing about either this or
their pernicious effects, so long as they
promised to swell the profits, with
safety to the general business. They
have been giving SO much trouble,
however, and so weakening the sup
port of dispensary advocates that they
were considered too great a load for
the institution to carry, especially
since it is constantly developing rotten
spots itself The Reporter, September
IA: Bethel Presbytery will meet at
Bethesda church, York county, on
Tuesday, 10Th instant. The opening
sermon will be preached by Rev. DR..
w. T. Hall, of the Columbia Theologi-
cal seminary. The occasion will be
the 18th anniversary of the presby-
terry. Mr.. James Hamilton is the dele.
gate from the church in Chester, Mr..
E. A. Crawford alternate. ''''''.Mr. W.
lJ. Waters and family, formerly of
Yorkville, recently moved to Chester
to make it their place of residence.
They are living in the house known as
the John Elliott house, on West Main
street. ..........Mr. c. L. Dunlap moved
his family from Fort Lawn to Chester
last Saturday. They occupy Mrs.
Stewards house in which Rev. NJ. w.
Gordon has resided for the past year.
......"At Landsford, on Monday morn
ing, 9Th instant, Constable ]. L. Rape,
of Magistrate G. T. Minors court, cap
tured a buggy and mule and ~ gal
Ions of liquor; the Negro driver es-
capped. The mule was claimed BY
Henry Baker and the buggy by Aleck
Stinson; no one claimed the liquor.
The stuff was shipped by Magistrate
Minor to the state dispensary. The
mule and buggy will be confsoasel and
sold. .......'.Mr. H. Killian was held up
on the morning of the End instant and
robbed on the public highway OF a
pair of shoes, socks and hat by two
Negro boys not over 1S years of age.
Mr.. Killian, who is very old man
and a millwright by trade, had just
completed mill for Messrs. Jordan &
Sons, at Bascombville, S. c., and Was
on his way to his home in York
county, near Rock Hill. As he was
passing body of woods near Lands
ford, he says that two Negroes met
him and asked him if he bad change
for $500. He told them he did not
have a cent of money and they pulled
a pistol in his face and told him
they had to have something. He had
a pair of shoes he had bought; but
which were little too small. They
took his shoes and socks and after he
had started on his way, one of them
became dissatisfied with his prize; 80
he ran after the old man and took his
hat from his head. The news spread
/ like wildfre and men were soon
securing the woods for the offenders
to put the wretches behind the pris-
on bars. There were some who said
they would not sleep until they were
caught; but had it not been for Mr..
w. It. Aliens shrewd, active work the
robbers might have been walking scott
free, but they were arraigned before
SQUIRE Minors tribunal in less than "a
hours after they did the crime. 1t
turned out to be two boys that emf
grated from York county-Berry Davis
and Flint Becham.
CHEROKEE-The Gaffney Ledger,
September l2: A large delegation
from Gaffney attended the Cannon's
Camp Ground campmeeting Sunday.
Among those whose attended were {:
Chief Camp, Thos. Lockhart, Gil
lard Cline, Forest Humphries, Misses
Ada Wood and Eva Ross, Monroe
Lemmons, Jacob Keller, Newton Jones,
Mr.. Digby, Ellie Parker, Will Hasty,
Sam Hopper and Miss May Harris,
Russell Sparks, Paul Morgan, Isham
Richardson, Misses Mamie Cora Rich
ardson and Mary Brown, Dever Little,
Lewis Wood and Miss Lillian Wood,
John Geddes and others whom we
could not learn of. All report having
had a most enjoyable time. ''''. About
l O'Clock Sunday the people of Blacks
burg were startled by the sound of d
pistol which had been fired in the su-
burbs of the city. Investigation soon
followed and it was found that a party
of six Negroes had been gambling and
Walker Meek, one of the party of
gamblers, had shot and killed Will
Price, another one. From an inter-
view with Chief Duncan, of Blacks
burg, The Ledger learns that Price
won SO cents from Meek, and that
Meek demanded the money back from
I,