Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-01
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FROM NEIeHBoRIRe EXCHANGES.
News and Comment That Is Of More or les'
Local Interest.

ER-LANTERN-AuS. 20. ~
licitor Henry's quondam we'll foot IL
now sore. Although he has been cut
off from the canvass, the indications
are that he will be an easy winner
probably in the first primary. Mr.. D
w. Steadman's house, near Harmony
was burnt Saturday. 1t caught In the
roof from fire in q chimney. Most OF
the furniture down stairs was saved
The house was valued at $1,50o, and
was insured for $1,000, in the agency OF
Childs & Edwards. The furniture was
insured for $500, which we suppose
would cover the part burned.... 1--WE
find pleasure in congratulating the
YoRKv1LLE ENQUIRER on it's enterprise
and evidence Of prosperity in Install
ing a machine to set its type. AS will
be seen in another column, the machine
did not have to be put into fnexperi-
enced hands to operate it,. deputy
Sheriff D. E. Colvin went to Monroe
and brought back last night, Thomas
Lowery, who two months ago left his
wife and children at Lando, and ran
off with Miss Martha Ida McManus,.
handsome girl Of that place. He 1s
North Carolinian.. Miss JAMIE May
Carroll, Nellie Lathrop and jamie Col
vim won the scholarships in the COM
petitive examination, In the order
named. Miss Carroll declined and her
place was given to Miss Margie Leckie,
who stood next.......Tom Scott, COL
ored man, was shot Saturday evening
about o'clock, on York street, opposite
the residence Of the late Mr.. Joseph
Wylie. The ball entered his bowels
and he died about II o'clock. He was
for some time; but re-
vived somewhat later and said that he
was shot by Frank Jones, which, 1t
seems, was found not to be true. He
probably did not know what he was
saying, owing to the effects OF the
wound and liquor, as he seemed to be
drunk. Another man and woman
who witnessed the shooting, said 1t
was done by Oliver Walker. and &C
cording to their testimony, Scott had
his pistol drawn on Walker, before the
latter drew his. It is to be borne IN
mind, however, that these witnesses
were in company with Walker and pre-
sumably his friends. Another man,
who was at little distance behind,
testified tnat at the request Of the
party going up the street, he had tried
to prevent Scott from following them;
but he had followed and overtaken
them again. When Walker shot he ran.
The witnesses say Scott leaned up
against the fence and they went on,
not knowing that he was struck. Mr..
A. M. Hardee came along little later
and found him on the ground. A pistol
was found by him that had not been
fired. >. %. Mrs. Amelia McNinch, who
lived about four miles south Of town,
died last Thursday and was buried in
Evergreen cemetery Friday, the Rev.
D. N. MCLAUGHLIN conducting the fu-
neral exercises. She was about &c
years old. Mr.. T. o. Chalk was
killed in Columbia Sunday night by a
shifting train while on his way home.
He attempted to pass under a car and
it started before he got through. 1t
was thought at first that he might sur
vive, but he died two or three hours Ia
ter. He was about 46 years old and
leaves a widow and several children.
He was a brother of Mr.. G. w. Chalk,
Of Chalkville. Mr.. Chalk went to Lock-
hart and then to Columbia, and was
working in the CRANKY mill.
CLEVELAND AURoRA-Au-
gust 20: A copy Of the first mortgage
Of the Seaboard Air Line railroad to
the Continental Trust company, of Bal
timore, for the sum Of s62, 2,5UU0,000, was
received by the register Of deeds last
week for registration. The mortgage
is a printed document containing 80
pages of pamphlet size, and is made to
secure the payment Of so year per
cent. gold bonds, which may be issued
from time to time to a sum not ex-
ceeding $75,O00,00O. Amount Of reve-
nue. stamps attached to this mortgage
is $19,217, and they certainly have oc-
casion to Remember the Maine" The
mortgage Is registered in every coun-
ty in the state through which the Sea-
board runs, and the registration fee for
each county amounts to about $50.
AS we go to press we learn that Mr..
w. H. Flack, prosperous and promi-
nent citizen of Forest City, was shot
and instantly killed by Negro en-
ployee Tuesday morning. The murder
er was himself shot twice and captured.
Deceased was the father of the Messrs.
Flack, our felow-townsmen. Particu-
lars will be published next issue. Later
Telegram says that the Negro has
been lynched and that the mob has
started with the Negroes wife. Suppose
they will lynch her also. We under
stand that Flack and the Negro had a
little trouble about some fruit. This
morning Flack was passing the Ne
gro's house when the Negro's wife
handed her husband the shot gun.
He took it and fired at Mr.. Flack with
the above result. "A note from Rev.
]. A. Bowles announces the death Of
his father, D. A. Bowles, at his home
in Greensboro, n. c., on last Saturday
morning. Mr.. Bowles was 6S years old,
and died of Bright's disease. He had
been twice married and had II children
by his first marriage. He had been a
faithful member Of the Methodist
church for 4S years and was a useful
and highly esteemed citizen. The
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