Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-31
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News and Comment That Is Of More or Less
Local Interest.
YORK-RQck Hill Herald, October
q: Since our last issue. the ladies of
the s. D. Barron Chapter U. D. c., of
Ebenezer have received another tele-
gram from Bill Arp, in which he stated
that he would be in Rock Hill, Friday,
November I'd, and would lecture in the
armory that night, his subject being
Behind the Scenes" The object Of the
ladies Is to erect monument to the
memory and in honor Of the Confeder-
ate soldiers, living and dead, who went
into the service from Eastern York.
They intend to place the names of all
such soldiers on the monument and
the task therefore becomes one Of large
undertaking. All the people Of this
section should enter into this patriot
ic work with the energy and love which
characterizes the efforts Of the Ebene-
zer ladies. There Is scarcely family
in all this community that is not per-
sonally interested in the erection "of
this monument in the ancient burial
ground In Ebenezer, where so many Of
the rude forefathers," as well as so
many Of the soldiers Of the Confeder-
acy sleep, and in the name Of all those,
whether living or dead, who 80 freely
end so bravely fought the South's bat
ties for independence, we call upon the
people Of East York to come to the
support of the patriotic projectors Of
this great work Of love. Aside from
the fact that Bill Arp is to be honored
by aSlarge attendance, the ladies' must
not be discouraged. at the inception Of
the task they have undertaken. Let
there be D crowded house next Friday
nigfit..:... :. On Tuesday night Of THIS
week, the store of Mr.. Solomon Seagal,
on Railroad avenue, was entered by a
burglar, who broke pane Of glass out
Of the front window. He carried away
lot of goods, about dozen shirts,
three pairs Of shoes, a cot, three pairs
pants and a lot {of notions. There was
no positive clue Until yesterday morn
ing, when Mr.. John Sandifer being out
hunting in the blackjack woods south
Of town, discovered lot Of goods in
the woods, and suspectng that they
had been stolen went to the home Of
Mr.. J. w. Westerlund and got Mr.. AL
va Westerlund to help him take the
goods to the latter's home. for; safe
keeping. Mr.. Alva Westerlund went
with Mr.. Sandifer, and as they ap-
preached the place in the woods where
the latter had found the goods, they
discovered Arthur Neil, well known
thief, offering some Of the articles for
sale to a gypsy camped nearby. They
went up nearer and Neil showed that
he intended to run, but Mr.. Sandifer
pointed his gun at him and command
ed him to surrender; but instead the
Negro threw his coat and vest off and
leavings the jgoodss behind, burned the
wind" and made his escape. The
goods recovered, consisting Of five
shirts, coat, a pair Of shoes and two
pairs Of drawers, have been Identified
by Mr.. Seagal and they are now In his
possession. 80. old Jim Scott, a we'll
known colored man of this city, was
again discharged from the chain. gang
last week. He was re-arrested frnme-
diately, however, on another charge
Of whisky selling. Jim Is suffering for
some blind tiger, for whom he is mere
ly a go-between. This old darkly de-
serves better fate and would Se cared
for If he would not allow himself to be
used by the whiskey sellers IN town.
He has a good record as: 8. faithful
slave. He was the servant Of Lieut..
David j. Logan, Of this county, father
Of our sheriff. and when the lieuten-
ant entered the service of the Confed-
eracy, he took Jim with him. Lieut..
Logan was, as Jim remembers, men,
ber of the 18th regiment, and was killed
the day he was promoted to a captain
cy and! before he could assume the
place. While acting as officer of the
day he was shot when standing on the
breastworks by Yankee sharpshoot-
er, who was in a tree nearly a. mile
away. Jim took charge Of the body
according to his statement, carried it
from the field, and buying a coffin in
Petersburg with his own money, and
going to the mayor Of the city obtain
ed permission to bury the body in the
Petersburg cemetery, which he says he
did. Jim says he intended to bring the
remains home but the bridges over the
rivers had been burned and there was
no way in which he could do so. This
Is a very remarkable story Of faith
fulness, and for his devotion and hero
ism he ought to be rewarded with the
good opinion and help Of the whites of
this community. and would be If he
would behave himself. Scott voted for
Hampton in 1876 and we believe every
vote he has ever cast has been DEM
ocratic ballot. Little Miss Jinks
Johnston has been sick with malarial
fever for about a week. Mr.. ]. G.
Lindsay has been confined to his home
now much better. Mr.. ]. D. Scruggs
was on the Main street last Friday for
the first time in several weeks. He is
better but is very weak. The Rock
Hill High schools team will play the
Columbia High schools football team
in Columbia Wednesday, during the
fair. Hal Brown caught a 'possum
Thursday night in Jack Knox's yard
on Black street, within 300 yards of the
business portion of the town. What do
you think Of that Mr.. Chester Lam
term. DIR. J. Miller Moore, passed
assistant surgeon Of the u. s. navy,
who is absent from duty on leave, has
been in the city since Tuesday, and
his friends-and everybody is Millers