Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-11-04
a9liseellaneous 8eaaing.
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
Summary of the News That Is Being Pub
Iished by Exchanges.

engaged in rebuilding the burned
bridge across Broad river on the South
ern railroad last week, white man
had the misfortune to break his leg
We were unable to learn his name
This was the unfortunate mans first
attempt to work on a trestle and be
was advised not to undertake it but
he would not heed the warning. He
was taken to Blacksburg for treatment.
........Oscar Wheat, son of Mr.. Will
Wheat, a former resident of Gaffney
but now of Greenville, was found in
an unconscious condition Sunday
morning near the Southern depot
Good Samaritans rendered assistance
and he was conveyed to the home Of
his sister, Mrs. John Spencer, where
he now is. He received his injuries
from an attempt to alight from a train
that was moving too rapidly. ..'''. Rev.
Up. R. Davidson and N. T. Burris, oi
Sunny Side, were in the city yesterday
in attendance on the quarterly confer
ence held in the First G. M. E. church.
Rev. Davidson is pastor in charge Of
missionary work in this church, and
Burris attended as delegate from Pleas.
ant Grove church. Both are as hard
colored workers for the missionary
cause as any in the state. They came
in to see The Ledger this morning and
were interested spectators of the art Of
printing. Judge Buchanan has rem
dered his decision in the case of Polly
La. ender, plaintiff, against w. T.
Humphries, Edward Harmon, D. R.
Lavender, ct al. The decision is in
favor of the plaintiff, who was repre-
sented by J. C. Jefferics, Esq. Messrs.
Simpson & Bomar, of Spartanburg,
representing the defendants.
CHESTER-The Lantern, October
|31: The store of w. A. Cornwell, at
Leeds, was burned Sunday night. The
safe was found to have been broken
open, which showed that burglary
had preceded the burning. We have
heard that $137 was in the safe. Mr..
Cornwell had $1,000 insurance in the
agency of w. H. & E. H. Hardin. '''..'
Rev. J. L. Hemphill, of the A. R. P.
church, died last Sabbath at Moore.
land, Ga. He was brother of Gener-
al R. R. Hemphill, of the Abbeville
Medium, and Major J. c. Hemphill, OF
The News and Courier. ..'''"'Mr. Hugh
S. Hood was down at his old home a
few days ago, and found vine with a
second crop of well developed grapes.
Some clusters were about ripe and 9th.
ers not quite so far advanced. '''''''''
Louis Bagger & Co., patent attorneys,
Washington, D. c., report that on last
Tuesday, Mr.. S. M. Neely, resident
of this place, obtained valuable pa
tent for improvements in fish hooks,
and to other residents of this state two
patents were issued on the same date.
......Court was called yesterday morn
ling, Judge Buchanan presiding, and
The other usual officers in their places.
No general charge to the grand jury
was deemed necessary at this term.
Several true bills were brought in.
The first case called for trial was that
of Bessie Williams for robbing the
store of Hollis & Castor. He bad
broken Jail and was not tried with bis
accomplices. Plead guilty, and sen.
fenced to 10 months. Then followed
the following cases: John Peterson,
housebreaking and larceny. Plead
guilty. Eighteen months. Stewart
Grant, stealing money from Henry &
Lewis store. Plead guilty. Two
years. Charles King, burglary and
larceny. Plead guilty. Eighteen
months. Joe Rosborough, housebreak-
ing and larceny. Plead guilty. Eigh-
teen months. Walter Price, Charley
Stratford, Nath Mcclellan, Bill Corn
we'll and Jim Abel, charged with
gambling. All except Abel plead
guilty and were sen enced to 20 days
or 500. The first two have paid their
fines. Abel went to trial, defending
himself. He lost his case and was SEN
fenced to three months or $50. n. P.
Varnadore and John Phillips, white,
plead guilty to riot and were SEN
leuCeu, tut lOTucI W IulCC honehS VI
$50, and the latter to three months or
$25. Phillips has paid. The case OF
H. B. Howie for shooting Jos. A. Walk,
er was taken up yesterday afternoon
and is unfinished.
LANCASTER-Ledger, November
l: Mr.. John NJ. Jones, a big bly, es'
teemed citizen of Jones' Cross Roads,
a few miles south of town, a brother OF
George w. Jones, died last Friday
night, after short illness of conges-
ton of the brain. ......'."Two convicts
have escaped from the county chain
gang the past week. Wyatt Cunning
ham, colored, who had about 80 days
more to serve, made his escape Satur-
day night. On Sunday night, Henry
McIlwain, colored, who was sentenced
at the term of court, to Is months for
housebreaking and larceny, made his
escape. Neither of the parties have as
yet been captured. ''..''.'Alex Gillian,
colored, charged with stealing mail
pouch from the l.. & c. depot in Ches-
ter, was acquitted in the U. S. court at
Greenville last week. ..'.'''''On and af-
ter today it is no violation of law to
kill partridges. The birds are plenti-