Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-29
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CHEROKEE-The Gafney Ledger,
March "a: Traffic Manager Emerson,
of the S. C. & Ga. railroad, came into
the city Tuesday or his special car,
and spent the day looking over the
ground for the new road. .''.'...'Dr. W..
Anderson, of Blacksburg, spent some
time in the city Wednesday,. ..'''''''The
county pension board has been in ses-
sion this week, and finished its work
Wednesday. We learn that the num-
Der of pensioners has been considerably
increased. ....".At the request of many
of the members, the pastor of the
First Baptist church has arranged for
series of Gospel meetings to begin on
the second Sunday in April. '''''''''A
young Negro man stole pair of shoes
from w. o. Lipscomb & Brother yes.
terday. He was detected, captured
and promptly tried by Magistrate
Phillips, who gave him 10 days. '''''The
county chaingang was moved to the
east side of Broad river Thursday.
There are 10 men on the force and if
the weather continues good they will
make some good roads in Cherokee
township in short time. .'.'''''''Squire
Henry G. Gaffney, now in his S5th
year, drove into the city from his sur
burban home few days ago. Squire
Gaffney was born in the present limits
of the city and has lived here all bis
life. He is in good health, takes in.
terest in his church and public affairs
and his friends wish for him many
more years of health and happiness.
.....""Wednesday night, Mr.. Thomson
Clary's store, some six miles above the
city, was broken into and robbed.
Mr.. Clary and his neighbors were soon
on the lookout yesterday morning, and
before great while ran up on Negro
man named Hamlet Littlejohn, with
the goods in his possession. He was
brought to the city and committed to
Ijail by Magistrate Phillips, to be tried
at the May term of the court of gener'
al sessions. ......'..'A young white man
from North Carolina was arrested here
Tuesday by the city police for selling
whisky, and while he was endeavoring
to give bond he suddenly made rush
and escaped. Chief Camp put the
bloodhounds on his track and ran him
a few miles, when the fugitive got on
a wagon and thus eluded the dogs
The chief, however, had his course and
followed on and rearrested him about
four miles above the city, brought him
back and committed him to Jail
Wednesday morning he was brought
before Mayor Littlejohn for trial, and
from the evidence brought out it was
apparent that the young man was not
only guilty of the specific case fol-
which he was being tried but that he
had for sometime been doing a consid'
cradle whisky business in Gaffney. His
method seems to have been to bring il
to the city in kegs, and then measure
lit out to his customers. He was found
guilty and sentenced to pay fine Of
800, or to serve 80 days at hard labor
on the county chaingang.
| LANCASTER-The Ledger, March
I25: Mrs. w. D. Lemmond is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. P. G. McCorkle, al
Rock Hill. ......'"'On the night of 3Oth
of December last, the stable of Mr.. r. j
Flynn, of Newcut was destroyed by in
cendiary fire. The next day Jas. Black.
mon was lodged in Jail charged with
the burning-his shoes fitting in the
tracks made by the supposed incen,
diary, patch on the sole of one shoe
showing plainly in the track made by
that shoe. Later the governor offered
a reward of $3.50 for the capture and
conviction of the incendiary of Mr..
Flynn's stable. Blackmon was tried
and convicted at the recent term OF
court. The State, last Wednesday,
saws Blackmon was run down by a
committee of which Mr.. w. G. A. Por.
ter was leader, and Governor Ellerbe
will pay a reward of $3.50 to the cap
tors of Blackmon. ....'....'Our citizens
were deeply interested in the trial of
our townsman, ]. It. Green, Esq, in
Chester, this week, on the charge OF
obtaining money under false pretences.
The case grew out of his compromising
claims against gentleman in Chester
county placed in his hands for collec-
ton, being authorized by his client to
do so. The prosecutor was the party
against whom the claims were held.
The case terminated Wednesday in a
verdict of acquittal. We are told by
a gentleman of the Lancaster bar, who
was present and heard the testimony
for the state, that there was really no
evidence to sustain the charge and
that the judge would have been war
ranted in directing a verdict of &C.
quittal, but that Mr.. Green perferred
vindication by the jury.
GASTON-Gastonia Gazette, March
%: At the home of her brother, Mr..
J. R. Warren, on Main street, Mrs. E.
J. Stewart departed this life last Fri
day morning. She had been in failing
health for year or two, and for sew
eral months had been rapidly de-
clining. Mrs. Stewart was the daugh-
ter of the late James S. Warren, OF
York county, and her brother, at whose
home she spent her last days, is now
the last of the family left. She would
have been 81 years of age had she
lived until April -.
CHESTER The Lantern, March
"a: Rev. A. n. Brunson spent last
night in the city, on his way from COL
umbia to his home in Yorkville. '''''''''
Rev. P. r. Elan, of Kings Mountain,
claims to have discovered flow OF
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