Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-02-22

who are opening their doors Wlder
and wider to foreign commerce. We
desire and need our full share of it,"
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
Summary of the News That Is Being Pub
Iisned by Exchanges.
GASTON-Gastonia Gazette, Feb.
ruary 16: Along with the cold and
snow, there was an earthquake shock
last Monday morning. 1t was felt at
Charlotte, Winston, in South West
Virginia, and East Tennessee. The
shock was felt in Gastonia about 4.30
o'clock. The editor felt the house
shaking distinctly and beard the noise
while one of the early morning factory
whistles was blowing. ..'...''''There has
been but little suffering in Gastonia
on account of the paralyzing cold, and
that little was promptly relieved. A
committee of investigation, headed by
Policeman Carroll and Williams made
a tour of the town Monday. They
found few Negro families on Happy
Hill destitute of wood and provisions ;
but no white people were found in
destitute circumstances. A few, very
few white families ran out Of wood
Monday or Tuesday. The needy were
promptly supplied by the town coun,
Gil acting as a charity committee. Thir-
teen colored families and one white
family received relief at the hands OF
the committee to the amount of $25 or
$35, all of which will be covered by pri-
vate subscription. The list in Police
man Carroll's hands contained about
ISOLATE yesterday afternoon. ..'...''"The
country people" writes one of our cor
respondent, "are deprived of many
of the privileges that the town people
are blessed with, especially in these
cold, snowy, rainy, winter Sundays
when they cannot assemble themselves
together for worship. But ur'coun-
try folks can build themselves big
fires, read their Bibles and religious
papers and be content. So taking
town and country all in all, I guess
they are about even."
CHER0KEE-Gafney Ledger, Feb.
ruary Is: The many friends of Pro.
fessor R. o. Sans will regret to learn
that while working around his premis.
es Saturday he cut his right foot Sc.
verely with an axe. The cut is severe
and will confine him to the house for
some time. .'........L. w. Cooper & Co.,
contractors, of this city, have been
awarded the contract of building The
new cotton mills at Clover, s. c., for
the Clover Cotton Manufacturing Co,
..'...".James T. Coyle, who has been
for some time a guard at the county
chain gang camp, has been made Cap.
tain and put in charge of the gang
John Blanton takes Captain Coyle's
place as guard. Thursday, Char.
les Hill, colored, plead guilty of as.
sault and battery and was sentenced
to three months on the county chain
gang. The court heard some uuim
portant cases appealed from the mag
istrate's courts, and adjourned till
Friday morning. Friday the case ol
Amos Rutherfordord vs. the Southern
Railroad company was taken up. j
G. Jefferies and Mr.. Hayesworth ap
peared for Rutherford and Major D.
R. Duncan for the railroad. This
was suit for damages in the sum
of nineteen hundred dollars for injuries
received while in the employ of the
company. The jury gave verdict
for 1926 for plaintiff. The next case
which consumed the week was Haw.
kins, Administrative, vs.. the Southern
Railroad company for killing Ed
Hawkins on February 22nd, 1897. 1,
was pressed with vigor on both sides
and went to the jury Saturday af
ternoon. The jury remained out till
late hour and failed to agree. The
liudge ordered mistrial. A few min,
or matters were disposed of when the
court adjourned and jurors were dis
missed. .'''..''..L Ledger, February 18th
Judge Gary granted writ of habeas
corpus last Saturday. Two children
of Bryant Bonner, who have been liv'
ling with their aunt, Mrs. Mary Lock.
hart, were brought before the judge on
said writ. Their father wished to get
possession of the children and give
them to his brother Ed. Bonner, who
resides in Arkansas. The case was
hotly contested by Judge ]. E. Web.
ster, for the father, and Captain J. B
Bell, for Mrs. Lockhart. After exam.
lining the children as to whom they
preferred to live with, the judge signed
an order allowing the children to
choose for themselves as to where they
should reside, dismissing the writ with
costs.
CHESTER-The Lantern, Februa.
Try II: Taxes for Chester county this
year are: state, 5 mills; ordinary
county tax, 81 mills; interest on rail.
road bonds, 1 mill; general school
tax, 8 mills; total, 124 mills. And
% special school tax in court house
district, making Is mills. We have
no definite information about special
taxes in other districts. ......'.'The col
ored men who drove wagons and haul
ed wood in snow and cold deserve
honorable mention. Of course they
were paid for their labor; but it is
fortunate to get men to work for pay
in such weather. .........Credit is GER
tainly due Mr.. Jas. Hamilton, Jr., for
his self-sacri6cing work in getting
wood to the needy people of the city.
He began early Sunday morning, went
himself with the wogons all day in the