Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-26
aaiseellansaus 8eaaing.
FROM NEIeHsoRINe EXCHANGES.
News and Comment That Is Of More or Less
Local Interest.

News and Comment That Is Of More or Less
Local Interest.
CHEROKEE-GAFF LEDGER, Sep
| tember 21: Tuesday night, at the resi-
dence of w. s. Gossett, on Limestone
street, Robert Poole and" Miss Edna
Byars were pronounced husband and
wife by Rev. G. E. Robertson, In the
presence Of few intimate friends VINO
had gathered to witness the ceremony.
The causes which led to the ROCK
Hill tragedy have not been divuiged
except in outline. The two Brattons
are in Jail and prudently refuse to talk
for the public. 1t Is understood In
general way that Brown and Jonn
Bratton's wife had been too intimate,
and that the Brattons killed him to
avenge the blight Of John Bratton,s
domestic life. The killing was cold
blooded murder, but the sentiment In
South Carolina is. such that no jury
will convict a man for Staying the IN
vader of his marital kingdom. And
we do not know but that public sentl-
ment is consistent, If not right. BY per-
sistently refusing to enact a divorce
law, the state proclaims the sacred
ness of the marriage relation and de-
clares that no law-making power has
any right to annul it, and the inference
is easy that the individual who would
corrupt it and virtually abolish 1t,
does so at the forfeit Of his life...
The appeal in the case Of F. ]. Pelzer
ct al, against the Pacolet Manufactur-
ing company. has been withdrawn by
Mordecai & Gadsden, and the Paco!et
Manufacturing company will now take
steps towards building branch cotton
mill at GAINESVILLE, Ga. Sometime ago,
lit will be remembered, the Pacolet
manufacturing company decided to In
vest It's surplus earnings In q cotton
mill near Gainesville, Ga, but Mr..
Pelzer, and several other stockholders
protested and commenced proceedings
against the company from carrying
out its plan, claiming that company
chartered under the laws af this state
did not have a right to engage In bus
mess in another state. The question
was argued before Judge Aldrich at
greenwood some time ago, and he de-
cided in favor of the Pacolet company.
The plaintiff gave notice OF appeal,
but few days ago decided not to fight
the case any further.
CHESTER-LANTERN September 21:
Chester will be represented at nearly
every college in the state. Erskine
and Winthrop colleges have the biggest
| lists. Mrs. J. w. Marshall, of Rock
Hill, is visiting Mrs. ]. A. Graham.....
Mrs. w. A. Barber and children expect
to leave for their home in New York
this evening. >. 1t seems that the Nor
mon elders are meeting with warm
reception in every section Of the state
where they try to operate. Not long
ago they were driven from Union coun-
ty and yesterday they were driven from
the Higgins Ferry section of Saluda
county. 1t seems that the best people
Of that community protested against
Mormonism among them; but no active
steps were taken against the elders
until land was given and money raised
with which to build a Mormon church.
The citizens soon let them know that
their presence was no longer desired.
We have no doubt but that these are
the same elders who paid our city a
visit recently. died near Montfort,
Texas, Annie Faust Massey, daughter
Of Mr.. r. B. Massey, formerly Of this
city, aged years, 3 months and 18
days.. Wednesday night the alarm
of fire was given at 7.30 o'clock. Some
thing went wrong with the electric
light lights in the Springstein mill and
the lint cotton that had accumulated
on the wires took fire. Immense crowds
flocked towards the mill; but Of course
all was over before many reached
there. -. Arthur Smoot, colored, was
shot accidentally In the thigh at the
Seaboard depot yesterday. Howev-
er, the Negro who did the shooting has
fed. Mr.. Sidney Davidson left We'd
nesday morning for Columbia, where
he has accepted position with MINI
naugh & Co. He has been head sales
man in the dry goods department Of
Jos. Wylie & Co., for number Of years
and his friends here sincerely regret
his departure.
UNION-TIMEs, September 21: Mr..
w. E. Ray informs us that his famous
hog is dead. This hog was certainly a
curiosity, freak Of nature not often
seen. It had horns on it's fore feet
that had the. appearance Of goats
horns. Some Of the horns were IS
inches long. He had the hog on exhibit
ton last fall, and great number went
in to see the curiosity. He had been
keeping it in his back yard this year,
and it had got so fat and clumsy that
it could not get about before 1t died.
.....O'Dell Thompson, convict In the
county chaingang force, took leg bail
Saturday. He had sometime ago broke
into the house Of Will Gill, and stolen
a watch, a pistol and four dollars. He
was arrested on minor charge, and
put on the chain gang to serve out his
sentence. In the meantime q warrant
was gotten out for him on the graver
charges oe housebreaking and larceny.
Getting wind Of this, Thompson gave
the foreman the slip, and he Is still at
large. 1t develops that the pistol, he
stole, was already stolen property. The
pistol belongs to a gentleman In town,
and 1t had been stolen from him some
time ago by someone. This Negro has
been captured since the above was
written. He broke into Mrs. Coleman's
house in the Goshen Hill section, and
stole a number of things. A hunt for
him was Immediately begun, and he
was captured in the woods. He was
brought in and put in Jail Wednesday
evening. He should spend few years
in the penitentiary and no doubt he
Union, have our sympathy in their be-
reavement. Their little boy, Philip Ar
mour, died Tuesday evening". Judge
Benet is holding court here this week;
Solicitor Sease and Stenographer
Campbell are in their places. There
was not much Of criminal docket to
handle and the docket was cleared
Wednesday. The crowd Is not as large
as usual court week, but all the farm
ers seem cheerful and In good spirits,
notwithstanding the long drouth and
short corn and cotton crops. The fol-
lowing cases have been tried so far:
Balaam Lyles, resisting an officer
and assault with intent to kfll-guilty,
four years on public works or in the
penitentiary. James Moss, larceny
plead guilty, IS months on chain gang
or in penitentiary. John B. Glenn, lar
ceny from the field-not guilty. Tom
Hutchinson, murder-not guilty. Thos.
Morris. violation Of the dispensary law
continued. Wanzo Little. murder
not guilty. Geo. w. McCombs, larceny
mol pressed. F. B. Culp and ]. G.
Mabry, false imprisonment-nol pross-
ed. Civil case pending. VIM. Beck
nell, bastardy-nol pressed. James