Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-04-12
LOCAL LACONICS.

Until January LIST, 18OO.
The TwICE-A-WEEK ENQUIRER, filled
with the best and most reliable up-to-date
news, will be furnished from the date Of
this issue until January 1st, 1900, for $l.4O.
Cheap Rates to the Reunion.
The railroads have published the
rates they propose to the Charleston
reunion on basis of cent mile for
each mile travelled. The rate from
Rock Hill will be S4.15, and from
YorkviIle, $40.
Death of Thomas b. Dendy.
A Walhalla dispatch Of Saturday to
The News and Courier says: Thomas
H. Dendy died at Richland, his home,
this morning at o'clock. Oconee
mourns the death of an influential cit
izen and successful farmer. He was
the father of w. E. Dendy, superin-
tendent of the Yorkville Graded
school, and J. T. Dendy, of the Golum-
bia theological seminary. The burial
takes place tomorrow afternoon at 8
o'clock at Richland Presbyterian
church. d.
Circuit Court.
The circuit court resumed the con-
sideration of common pleas business
and is still in session. Monday and
the greater part of yesterday was TAX
en- up in the consideration of the case
of J. B. Johnson and others against
the city council of Rock Hill, involv-
ling the validity of the waterworks
franchise recently issued by the city
council. When The ENQUIRER went
to press, the outlook was that the
court of common please would adjourn
sine die today or tomorrow.
Death of Mrs. Moss.
Mrs. Lucetta Moss, widow of the
late Joseph R. Moss, died at her home,
three miles southeast of Yorkville, last
Sunday morning. She had been un-
we'll for about week, and on Satur-
day was stricken with paralysis.
Death came the next morning at about
8 o'clock. Mrs. Moss was in the 84th
year of her age. She leaves four chill
dren living Mrs. Ross Love, Mrs. J.
B. Scott, Miss Mary Moss and Mr..
James l.. Moss. The funeral took
place ON Monday morning, the services
being conducted by Rev. E. S. Reaves,
assisted by Rev. B. H. Grier, and the
interment took place in the Yorkville
cemetery.
BuIlock's Creek Stream Cleaning Case.
The case of the State against N. w.
Hardin and William Crawford, of Bull
locks creek township, charged with
failing to clean out the streams run
ming through their lands, during the
month of August, was tried before
Magistrate w. S. Plaxco and jury
last Thursday. The jury was COM
posed of J. c. kirkpatrick, foreman
J. B. Stephenson, H. ]. Sherrer, w. G..
Plaxco; J. E. Bankhead and ]. A.
Maloney. After hearing the evidence,
which was of a somewhat conflicting
nature, and the charge of the magis-
trate as to the law in the case, the jury
retired and returned in about five
minutes with verdict of "not guilty."
Transporting at Night.
In his correspondence to The News
and Courier of Monday, August Kohn,
reproduced The ENoUIRERs statement
as to what Judge Gary held on the
question of transporting liquor in the
night time, and also added the follow
ing: "There is now case before the
supreme court, en- banc, on the ques-
ton involved. Judge Gary did not sit
in the Holleman case involving the
identical issues that developed in the
York cases. 1t is understood that the
supreme court, sitting en- bane, will
decide against the circuit judge who
held contrary to Judge Ernest Gary.
1t may be intimated also that the at
torney general is not disposed to have