Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-24

Lonzo Smith was found not guilty o
resisting an officer, and Hamlet Little
john, colored plead guilty to burglar.
and was sentenced to nine months OF
the county chain gang. A sealed sen
tence from Judge Gary against COTE
Smith for assault and battery wa
opened and read to defendant, whicl
gave him three months on the count,
chaingang or a fine of fifty dollars
Benjamin Sans, a white man, wa
convicted, in his absence, Of selling (
mule upon which he had given mort
gage and sealed sentence against bin
was left with the clerk. The granG
jury returned a true bill in the case o
the state VS.. Mason w. Smith for man
slaughter. Munro and Bell, Butler
and Osborne and Judge J. E. Webster
appeared for the defence and the case
was laid over till today on account o
the forced absence of Mr.. Munro, the
chief counsel. 1t will come up today
and the trial will be proceeded with OF
a day set for it at this term of the court
True bills were found by the grand
jury against Cal. Tate and Jim Tate
both colored, for arson. The work o.
the court was somewhat impeded by
the grand jury bringing in bills slowly
but the grand jury is most excellent
one and will give all matters coming
before it due consideration. ''''.' Major
John F. Jones, of Blacksburg, was in
the city yesterday. Major Jones has
just returned home from an extensive
trip to New England. .''''''".Mr. T. J.
Stacy would like information concern
ing his 14-year old son, Roland, who
left home last Wednesday afternoon
without his fathers consent. Mr.
Stacy has no tidiugs of his where
abouts and is uneasy about him
When Roland left home he wore nc
coat, had on a striped pair of knee
pants, shoes and stockings and straw
hat. Any information will be thank.
fully received by Mr.. Stacy, whose
postofice address is Gaffney, S. G.
LANCASTER-Ledger, June 21
Contractor w. S. Langley has the con:
tract for rebuilding the L. & G. depot
recently burned at this place. The
work will be commenced at an early
date. The depot will be about the
style and dimensions of the one burn.
ed, except that the passenger waiting
rooms will open on Main street. ''''''
Conductor McCrorey and Mr.. Chas. E.
Carter returned from their trip through
western North Carolina yesterday,
having enjoyed their trip immensely.
.........Jim Barnes, colored, was sent
to the changing Monday for 80 days.
He was convicted before Magistrate
Caskey for violating laborer's con-
tract. .........J. w. Walters, of Trades
vile, brought us cotton boil yester'
day which was plucked on the 18th.
He says he has plenty of cotton now
with two and three bolls to the stalk.
MIR. Spurgeon Cherry exhibited
curiosity in the way of rat to the
editor few days ago. 1t was rat
in everything except that it had the
head and color of leatherwing bat
and made a noise like bat.
GASTON-Gastonia Gazette, June
June %: In this section the ground
has not been wet since the 10th OF
May. Early this "wednesday morn
ing, Mr.. Anderson Davis saw his sign
of rain-saw the clouds in the east
redden and fade again. He says when
that happens, water is nightly apt to
fall that day. By the time our readers
see this they will know how well the
sign hit or missed. Esquire A.
c. Stroup is short some SIS or SIG
owing to an unexpected visit from a
rather oficious thief last Monday
night. He came in after midnight
through the front door, which was un-
locked, swiped the pants from a chair
within five feet of the sleeping owners
bed, unlocked the back door, rfled the
pockets, threw the pants aside in the
back yard, Immediately sought a
change of climate and environment.
Nothing else was missed. Matches
different from those used in Mr..
S,roup's household were found at two
or three different places around the
house. The following interesting
item was sent US by our Mt. Holly cor
respondent: Ex-Mayor Bowman, who
runs livery stable here, hired team
to some parties, (who, it is reported,
had on board more "korn licker," than
they could digest and at the same time
keep in the middle of the road. who
drove the horse most to death and
made a total wreck of the vehicle.
After the parties returned, Mr.. Bow
man was so mad that he took the whip
which had been used with such deadly
effect upon the faithful horse and pour
ed out a good portion of his wrath
upon the back of the violators to the
extent that it is very uncomfortable
for them to either walk about or sit
down. .'..'.'".'A party of capitalists,
Messrs. Caruthers, Tate and Fisher,
from Jackson, Tenn, were in town
Tuesday to see Gastonia's cotton mills.
They had been piloted over from Char
lotte by S. w. Cramer and were here
taken in charge by Captain J. d. Moore
and Mr.. G. A. Gray. Having seen
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