Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-11-30
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That II of More
or Less Local Interest.

object lesson will be of unquestionable
value. 1t is a pity that progressive
young farmers-men like ]. A. Will
ford, N. B. Williams, D. P. Leslie, j.
H. Steele, r. H. Peacock, A. B. Fewell,
and others whom we might mention,
had not been selected to attend the
convention. Men like these gentlemen
are interested, of course, but it Is their
enthusiastic influence that Is needed
to accomplish the reforms that are
needed in our road system. Dave
Hagins and his wife Ida, both colored.
who were arrested for the murder Of
Polly McKenna, at Van Wyck last
week, are now in the Lancaster jail.
They have confessed that they COM
mitted the bloody deed and that they
killed the woman, who was sister OF
Ida, for her money. They only got $50,
which has been recovered. They plot
ted the deed some time ago; but an
opportunity was only presented last
week. Four other Negroes have been
arrested for being concerned in kill
ing the beef that was stolen from Mr.
E. D. Tillman; but as yet they have
not been connected with the murder
of the woman. Examination of the
cotton bolls in the fields warrants the
belief that they will not open, at least
that a large per cent. will not open.
The heavy frosts several mornings last
week killed the bolls and many are
now soft, the seeds being mushy and
without life. In several fields we visit
ed last week 1t was calculated that
the matured bolls If they would open
would furnish a thousand pounds Of
cotton in the seed to the acre; but 1t Is
doubtful if they will open. Monday
night as the southbound passenger
train pulled into Rock Hill from Char
lotte a keg Of whisky was thrown from
the train just above the overhead
bridge. Policeman Jenkins, always on
the alert, was soon on to the scheme
and at once went to the place where
the whisky was supposed to have been
thrown; but upon arriving there, how
ever, the whisky could not be found.
vending his way back towards the
depot two men, supposed to be the
owners Of the whisky, were seen 60
ing across the street in the direction of
the city hospital. Mr.. Jenkins at once
fa OH RI q
mile through the woods; but the tigers
were too fleet of foot for the officer
and they escaped with their "booze." "
x. ..Messrs J. P. Crowder and ]. H.
Brown were here last week from the
B. D. Springs farm, near Fort Mill.
They had in their charge 20 convicts,
whose lease had expired, and they
were conveying them to the peniten-
tiary in Columbia.
CHESTER.
" Lantern, November 26: Mr.. Samuel
Poag died last week at the home Of
Mr.. w. N. Elder, near Guthriesville.
He had been in bad health and had
been at Mr.. Elders receiving care and
attention some six months. He was a
half brother Of Mrs. Melton and Con-
federate veteran. Mrs. James Jones
died suddenly at her home, a few
miles east of Blackstock last Wednes-
day. Her remains were taken to Ken
lucky for burial, by Mr.. w. B. Dixon.
Mr.. Jones was not able to go, being
very frail now. Mrs. Jones was, like
Mr.. Jones, a native Of Kentucky.
We have Is miles Of standard broad
gauge track laid now, beginning at
Chester and reaching this way to Bas-
comville," said Mr.. A. P. Mcclure, au-
ditor of the L. & c. railroad yester-
day morning, land the work Is NOV
ing right along and will be completed
to Lancaster by the first Of January"
The surveyor is upon the ground now
laying off a Y south Of the depot here,
which will be used instead Of a turn
table. The Y will be located on the
lot where the circus was held a few
weeks ago. The purpose Of the man
agement is to have the graded and
the iron laid by the time the tracklay-
ing reaches here so that the broad
guage rolling stock can be put on by
New Years day. The rolling stock
has been bought and will be ready for
use as soon as the track is completed.
Every bridge on the line will be Of iron.
Most Of them are already completed,
and the others are under way and will
be ready for use by the time the track
Is ready. The little trestles from 30
feet in length down are being filled
in and permanent waterways made
with large terra Gotta piping. Thus it
will be seen that the little old Narrow
Gauge that was completed to Lancas-
ter nearly 81 years ago, and has served
such a good purpose during that time,
will soon pass into history and be su-
perseded by standard gauge Of
standard construction.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, November q: Mr.. J. F. Grif-
fin, who killed Mr.. Mack Robbins in a
difficulty in Massey e. Adams store
on Saturday night, 18th instant, was
granted bail by Judge Gage, at Ches-
ter last Friday afternoon. The bond
was made on Saturday and Mr.. Griffin
was released from custody.......One Of
the new cottages at the cotton mill, oc
cupied by Mr.. Charles Campbell, was
burned early yesterday morning, and
two of the cottages adjacent were
badly scorched on one side. The fire is
thought to have originated from a de-
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