Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-25
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LANCASTER Ledger, July 81:
Muskrats are doing great damage to
corn on Hanging Rock creek. Messrs.
Louis Cauthen and James e. Bennett
have made war on the varmints twice
the past week, killing seven muskrats
and three minks. .....''"An infant child
of DR.. and Mrs. Edgar Mellow, of
Heath Springs, was buried in the fam
lily plot in the new cemetery at this
place Thursday afternoon. 1t died
the night previous. ''''''''' Sheriff C'y.
burns residence narrowly escaped
destruction by fire about noon last
Thursday. 1t is supposed to have
caught from spark from the stove
hue. But for the timely discov-
cry of the fire the building could not
have been saved. .......".The following
young ladies contested for the Win
throp scholarship in the competitive
examination held in the courthouse
yesterday: Misses Rose Moore, Pearl
Hammond, Connie Davis, Hannah
Mobley, Nora Hough, Anna Bennett,
Eunice Beatty, Josie Taylor and Ma
rie Craig. ........"Kershaw will not be
without school. The special levy
failed to carry but its citizens deeply
interested in education have determin.
ed to establish a good school on the
subscription plan. T. J. Gregory, ).
1. Bowers and w. F. Brewer are the
trustees. Prof. T. N. Rhodes has been
elected as principal and will be given
two assistants. Kershaw is assured of
a good school. ........Mr. A. Tanner, of
Spartanbulg, has taken a contract to
make 100000 brick for the new fac
tory building and started a force of
hands at work yesterday. He will
operate two brick machines with ca
pacity of ofseveral hundred thousand per
week. The work will be pushed as
rapidly as possible and it is expected
to have the machinery placed within
twelve months.
CHESTER-The Lantern, July 20:
1t is publicly stated, with offer OF
proof, that Jim Tillman was gathering
information for the campaign against
prohibition. He wrote to all the may
ors of the towns in the state of Maine
for reports as to the working OF
prohibition in that state. After re-
ceiving their replies, however, he de-.
termined not to use his notes. Those
who are fighting prohibition will find
that it will suit their purpose better
to avoid definite facts, and depend on
general assertions based upon the
vague reports of liquor dealers and guz
zlers. ....'....Janie Elder, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. R. M. White, died of dys.
entery Wednesday night and was bur-
led at Old Purity yesterday afternoon.
The funeral services were conducted
by the Rev. C. G.. Brown, assisted by
Rev. J. S. MoHatt. The child was two
years and five days old. '''''''''No one
hesitates to say that he is in favor OF
good roads, the greatest of all improve
ments to any community. Those who
fear an increase in taxes have been
misinformed for excepting the pay
ment of a 50 road tax, which the law
already requires US to pay or work out,
there will be no additional tax needed.
The county contributed S7,150.0O to
the road fund last year; So head tax
will bring near sS,OOO.Oo, making am
pie funds to carry on the improve
ments and make permanently good
roads. Who can object to it then Z?
........Mrs. w. L. Ferguson and
daughter Mildred, ofWylie's Mill, and
Eta and Clara Mccullough, of this
city, left this morning to visit relatives
near Greensboro, N. c., and will be
gone about three weeks. '''''."' A
young lady at the picnic Wednesday
propounded a conundrum to one of
the candidates, namely: eff a goat
should swallow a rabbit, what would
be the result ?" When he gave it up
she asked, "Wouldn't there be hare
in the butter ?"
UNION-The Times, July 90: A
shooting scrape occurred near Cross
Keys, on Mr.. Isaac Murphy's place,
about sun-up Monday morning between
John Gist and Austin Domoh, both
colored. John shot Austin twice, one
of the balls entering the left side of the
head the other going through the
lips. Austin Domah lives on Mr..
c. B. Bobo's place, and John Gist lives
on Mr.. Hiram Murphy's place. We
could not get the particulars but 1t
seems that Austin had had some kind
of difficulty with Johns children, and
had driven them home. John had
gone to see Austin about it. He found
him in the field, and the difficulty took
place with the above results. '.'''''.A
double tragedy occurred Wednesday
near Carlisle. The parties Involved
were Negroes. S. K. Sims stole the
daughter of Jeff Tucker, at Carlisle,
aud got married. On his return home
with his bride he was met by jeff
Tucker and the girls mother, near DR..
E. A. Hancock's. Jeff came into the
road from concealment in the bushes,
and seized the horses reins and said,
- you, 1 am going to kill the
whole business" At coroner's in
quest, witness testified that S. K.