Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-08-11

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erford county Republican, who had
made himself extremely obnoxious to
every decent man present, by reason
of his profanity and blackguardism,
precipitated a fight, out of which he
come a muchly carved and badly
bunged up fellow. With drawn
knife he rushed into crowd of Demo
Gratis cutting right and left. He was
promptly knocked down. As soon as
be regained his feet, he attacked
young Orange baltimore, son of Mr..
John Bynum baltimore, who drew his
own knife in self defence, and resisted
the assault, indicting a number of
gashes upon his assailant. While the
fight was in progress, one Frank
Queen, cowardly fusionist, rushed up
and discharged his pistol point blank
into the struggling crowd of men,
combatants and on-combatants. He
shot three times, one shot striking
John Dan baltimore in the leg, but not
inficting serious wound. Just as
soon as he had fred the three shots,
like the miserable coward he is, he
turned and ran. As he ran he dis
charged his pistol again, presumably at
G. R. Hoye, but the bullet struck MIR.
Ed. Hamrick who was standing by
Mr.. Hoey. A watch in Mr.. Hamrick's
vest pocket possibly saved his life.
The watch was shattered to pieces.
As Queen fed, he was the target for
at least 20 pistols. He was pursued
by the enraged crowd but made his
escape. We learn that he was wound
ed in the back and thigh, but how se-
riously we cannot learn, as he is fu-
gitive from the officers of the law.
Bracket was thought to have been
fatally wounded just after the row,
hut we now learn that he was not
seriously wounded. Orange baltimore
received a bad cash on the leg and an
ugly cut on the head. The assault by
Bracket was entirely unprovoked and
outrageous. That he escaped 30
lightly is attributed to the misunder-
standing as to the extent of the inju-
ries he received. Mr.. Hoey, after
things had quieted down, found that
a knife thrust intended for him had
ruined his new stiff hat. Neither
Bracket nor Queen have, as yet, been
apprehended by the officers.
LANCASTER Ledger, August g.:
Mr.. R. q. Welsh brought us two bolls
of open cotton on Monday, 9Th instant.
This was the first of the season. 1t is
of the early King variety. '.'''''"Da Daniel
Belk, colored, of Van Wyck, was tried
by Magistrate Hyatt for stealing an
old sitting hen and sent to the gang
for 80 days. s.....'."County Auditor Jno.
A. Cook, who has been prostrated the
past five weeks with fever, is slowly
recovering; but is not yet able to sit
up. 1t will be impossible for him to
make the canvass with the other can
didates, and his absence from the speak
ings will be accounted for by his ILL
ness. ..'.".'A Negro picnic at Mt. Tabor
church, up about the North Carolina
line, last Friday, ended in general
row. Whisky was the cause. Shoot
ing became promiscuous but it seems
that only two or three got wounded
and the wounds were very light. Lee
Ivy's wife caught stray ball in one of
her feet, and Sam Hough, from across
the line, got cut in the neck. Others,
it seems, were bruised up little, but
nobody was seriously hurt. .''''''''''The
plans and specifications for the new
cotton mill are on exhibition in Presi-
dent Springs Office. These were fur
nished by Architect g. B. Smith Wha'
ley, of Columbia, and are certainly up
to date. The building will be 125x36o
feet, on line with mill No. 1, with
street 100 feet wide between the two
buildings. The new building will be
four stories high. On the side facing
the S. G. & G. Extension railroad will
be two handsome towers, one provided
with a clock, with large dial facing
near the top on each side indicating
the time to the employees. The oppo-
site side, facing the l.. & G. railroad
will be similarly constructed with tow
ers and clock. The ends of the build
ing will also be very imposing. The
structure will indeed be handsome
one. Within the next 10 days Presi-
dent Springs expects to let the contract,
and within the next II months it is
expected to have everything in readi-
ness for the machinery.
WELLINGTON TURNS DEMOCRAT.