Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-10-05
Hlisrellanto1s Reading.
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News and Comment That II Of More
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News and Comment That II Of More
or Less Local Interest.
YORK.
Rock Hill Herald, October 2: The
Charlotte News Of Monday says that
with her husband in Jail under bond
of $780, and she a bride Of only eight
months, Mollie Hill finds herself in sad
surroundings in Charlotte. Jim Hill,
the husband, married the girl in Fort
Mill last January. About two months
ago they came to Charlotte. Hill
makes a living peddling chickens. Of
ten when he has been out at work 1t Is
stated that he would lock his wife In
the room, where she remained until his
return. The girls mother says that
on one occasion she was locked In from
one o'clock in the afternoon until near
midnight. Hill was arrested Saturday
night for assaulting white man and
Is now in jail resting under bond Of
$3.50. His wife, who is only about 21
years old, showed great grief when her
husband was locked up. The girls
mother is also in Charlotte and Chief
Irwin advised her to carry the girl
back to Fort Mill. Hill cannot be tried
until the next term of superior court in
November and as he will, in all proba-
bility, be unable to give bond, he will
remain in JAIL. .....Mr. John Cowan,
who was at one time cotton buyer In
Rock Hill, is now at Kosciusko, Miss,
where he is associated with a large
cotton firm. We clip the following
from a letter recently received by his
brother, Mr.. George Cowan: "The crop
in this section Is very poor. The peo-
pie say the crop Is not more than half
Of what it was last year. What saw
on the road certainly is very bad. The
cotton Is not more than knee high and
open from bottom to top. don't know
enough about it yet to give you any
idea Of the crop. Middling to good
middling selling here at u to 7a.......
Mrs. F. E. Brodie, who Is visiting her
brother at Leslie, had quite an expe-
rience Monday. While in the city that
day the horse she was driving became
frightened when near the depot and
ran away, going down White street;
but when it came to the corner at the
home of Mrs. Mills, one of the wheels
struck the cubstone with the effect
that the singletree broke and the horse
was loosened from the buggy. Up to
this time Mrs. Brodie had held heroi-
cally to the lines and was remarkably
composed under the exciting circum-
stances. She was not hurt, and the
only damage sustained was to the sim
gletree. :. Johnnie Mcdonald, boy II
years old, met with a very serious ac-
cident at the Chicora Cotton mill last
Saturday. While at work his left arm
was caught in the breaker between the
roller and the lap pin in a loom and
was badly mashed from the wrist to
the shoulder. While the hurt is pain
full and very serious, amputation may
not be necessary. Charlie Lyle, who
was charged with the murder of young
Lanier, of Fort Mill, whose body was
found just outside the incorporate linn
its of Charlotte, about two months ago,
was arraigned for trial in Charlotte on
last Saturday, but the grand jury re-
fused to find a true bill against him.
Monday morning Lyle was again ar
raigned for trial, the charge being lar
ceny Of property belonging to Lanier
to the amount of $40. He was convict
ed and sentenced to twelve months on
the Mecklenburg roads.
CHESTER.
Lantern, October 1: Married, by So
licitor Henry, at his residence, Septem-
ber 29, 1901, Mr.. John Alexander Cope
and Miss Eta McCaw.......Mr.G George
Wright, step-son Of Mr.. C.. ]. Moore,
died Saturday night at the home Of
Mr.. VIM. Carter. He had been employ
ed at the knitting mill in Union. He
was on his way home, but was unable
to get farther than Mr.. Carter's. We
learn that he was operated on for
something like dropsy. He was per-
haps about % years old. ...One even
ing last week, just after the north
bound train on the Southern railway
pulled out from Blackstock, rock
crashed through a window and was
shivered to pieces on the end Of the
seat in front Of Major J. W. Reed.
Thrown just an instant later it would
have struck him. Though he was
tough enough to pull through the war
whole and resist reconstruction sue
cessfully for 36 years, he is not sure
that he could grind up rock.......
The Rev. ]. P. Knox, Of Columbia,
preached at the A. r. P. church last
Sabbath, two excellent sermons. He
also presented the claims of the "Cen-
tennial" church to be built In Colum-
bia in commemoration Of the Associate
Reformed Synod Of the South, at the
"Old Brick Church" in Fairfield coun-
ty, in 1903. Mr.. Knox has an admira-
BILE way of presenting his case. He
simply explains the purpose in a forci-
BILE but dignified way, then asks the
people to do what they believe Is their
duty, and has the deacons supply small
envelopes, which he furnishes, for con-
tributions in cash or subscriptions.
The amount raised on this occasion
was $361.55, which will probably be in
creased somewhat.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, October 2: The 13-year-old
son of Mr.. R. J. Harper met with a
painful accident on Monday. He was