Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-05
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News and Comment That Is Of More or Less
Local Interest.
| CHESTER-LANTERN- 81:
Mrs. L. T. Nichols and children, and
Miss Leila Davidson returned last
night from Blowing Rock. oliver
Walker, who killed Tom Scott Saturday
night, surrendered to the sheriff We'd
nesday morning and now occupies a
room in the Jail. The Rev. James
Boyce, president Of the Due West fe-
male college, came in yesterday morn
ing, and is in the county in the inter-
est Of his institution. Mr.. Thomas
Hyatt, of the New Hope neighborhood,
died Tuesday, aged about 81 years.
His death was the result Of injuries
received from fall few days before.
Mr.. Hyatt Joined the Methodist church
some two years ago. He had been nv-
ing in the neighborhood perhaps 65
years.. Mr.. and Mrs. James Hemp
hill returned last night from Catawba
Springs. Colonel Hoyt received 577
votes in Charleston. Undoubtedly
there are more than that number Of
prohibitionists and personal friends Of
Colonel Hoyt in the city. But Of
course, some of these are also personal
friends Of other candidates and voted
for them on this account, so that 1t
must have been only the most ardent
Of the prohibitionists and his friends
that voted for him. There Is no room
therefore for the barkeepers among his
supporters. But suppose all these SIT
voters were representatives Of the IL
quor element; who got the votes Of the
others? Dispensary Candidates declar-
ed that there were 600 open barrooms
in Charleston. OF course, several per-
sons were connected with each Of these,
and these again represent only small
fraction Of the liquor men Of the city.
For whom did the others vote? or
course, everybody can see where the H.
quor vote went, but we just want to
nail securely that "unholy alliance"
slander, and emphasize the unreliable
ity Of demagogues.
GAST0N-GAsToN1A NEws-August
81: Prof. L. c. Glenn arrived from New
York Wednesday, where he has been
engaged in making government geo.
logical survey in the southwestern part
Of the state. He was sweltering in
heat, for he has been sleeping under
cover at night in New York. On the
18th Of September he will be married
to Miss Nellie McCully, one of the
charming young ladies Of Darlington,
S. c., and he and his bride will go di-
rectly to Nashville, Tenn, where Mr..
Glenn becomes professor Of geology In
Vanderbilt university. Prof. Glenn Is
rapidly coming to the front. as an edu-
Gator and CASTOR county should be
proud Of him. 80. Mrs. j. B. Starnes
died Tuesday afternoon at her home.
She was 55 years old, had been In bad
health for sometime and her death was
not unexpected. Mr.. Stowe Is just
completing a large culvert over the
branch just north Of town. It Is "a
feet long and is built of granite taken
from a cut in the road near by. VIII
Crowell, the white man on the gang,
| has served as mason, and has done the
county some good work. The fill will
be Is feet over the culvert. Machinery
has been ordered for macadamizing,
and pretty soon we will have macad-
am drive between Gastonia and Dallas.
There are at present % men on the
gang, II Of whom are serving without
sentence awaiting court. During court
week there will be but five men on the
gang. The board Of aldermen have
condemned land for a street extending
Marietta to the new road being built
| by the chain gang and it will result In
some damage suits by the owners.....
The Negro who was so badly hurt by
jumping off the train last Thursday
night, near the Avon, is still living.
He has not yet gained consciousness,
but he has been identified as Lamey
Nance, instead Of Jackie Whitmore,'
the name he gave at the time he was
first discovered. He has relatives here
and was coming to them. There was
another Negro with him, who escaped
luninjured, and deserted him.
UNION N-TIMEs-August 81: Last
Saturday evening a severe flash OF
lightning struck the telephone and elec-
trio wires, and burnt out some phones
and transformers. The phones were
promptly attended to, and 1t was sup
posed, Of course, that the electric light
people had looked into the effect OF the
flash upon their wires. But 1t seems
that was not done, carefully at least
On Sunday night the people began to
gather at the Methodist church as it
had been announced in The Times that
regular services would be resumed;
but the situation can be better imag-
ined than described, when they congre-
gated around the church door, and were
Informed that the transformer that
conducts the current from the pole to
the church had been burned out, and
there was no light. The church looked
dismal and dark inside, and the people
continued to arrive from every direc-
ton until a goodly congregation had
assembled in front of the church where
they discussed the situation, and some
Of the remarks were not flattering to
the electric light people. The question
| is: why did not the electric light peo-
pie test these transformers, and see
that they were in working order before
Sunday night?.. There was some
thing of storm out near the Buffalo
mills Thursday evening of last week,
which blew down a number Of trees,
and also wrecked a gin house on Col.
II. c. Duncan's plantation. The roof of
the pumping station was also blown off.
The wind was also accompanied by
| very heavy rain. I'VE understand
that there are three men in this coun-
ty who worked the dead beat game for
all it was worth during the campaign.
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