Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-12-14
aHiseellaneons Grading.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That II of Nor
or Less Local Interest.

News and Comment That Il of More
or Less Local Interest.
YORK.
Rock Hill Herald, December IL: A
new postoffice ruling has gone into ef-
feet, imposing a fine Of $500 or one
years imprisonment on any one who
carelessly or otherwise takes mail not
belonging to them from the office and
fails to return 1t Immediately. This
applies to newspapers as we'll as let
ters and other valuable mail. People
when taking mail from the office
should examine it before they leave the
building; it will only take a moment
and save a great deal Of trouble. TO
say it was the postmaster's fault will
cut no figure under this rule. ..1nvi-
tations have been received in the city
to the marriage of Mr.. ]. Palmer Smith
and Miss Mary Crouch, at Mt. Pleas
ant, S. c., on the 18th instant. Mr..
Smith was at one time principal OF the
Ebenezer academy and has many
friends in and near Rock Hill.......
Only one of Mr.. A. L. Lineberger's
children is now in bed. Frank, aged
about s years, was attacked with the
disease, typhoid fever, but he Is now
convalescing. Since August nine MEM
bers of Mr.. Lineberger's family have
been attacked, with two death, his
wife and one child dying. Hon. j.
C. Wilborn left Monday night for
Washington, D. c., to attend a meet
ing Of the executive committee Of the
National Railroad Commissioners. At
this meeting plans will be perfected
and a programme arranged for the an
nual meeting, which will be held IN
Charleston on February 18th, 19O2.....
Messrs. E. W. Hall and ]. K. owens
attended the County Normal institute
at Yorkville last Saturday. Owing to
the cold weather only few teachers
were present, so the regular work was
not taken up. Several questions, how
ever, were discussed. ..Mr. w. B.
Steele, Jr., the efficient and accommo-
dating day telegraph operator at the
Southern depot, accompanied by his
wife, went to Yorkville yesterday to at
tend the marriage of Mr.. Steele's Sis
ter, Miss Annie, to Mr.. G. w. Foster, OF
verdrey, Greenwood county. The we'd
ding was a quiet home affair, only the
Immediate relatives Of the contracting
parties being present.
CHESTER.
Lantern, December 10: We see from
the programme Of some special public
exercises Of the Montague literary So
ciety of Furman Fitting schooi. that
Watkins Nichols is president Of that
society. A friends who has seen his
report assures us that Watkins is hold
ing up the credit of Chester. He is
the son Of Mr.. L. T. Nichols, and 1t Is
not hard for him to be bright. The
home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. McFadden
on West End, was the scene OF pref
ty wedding last Thursday evening
The occasion was the marriage OF theiI
daughter, Miss Louise. and Mr.. j. H
Means Beatty. Coroner GLADDEN.
held an inquest Friday over the body
of Josie Boulware, who had been found
murdered along the railroad neal
Smiths. 1t appeared that the deed had
been committed by John Stroud, with
whom she had been living as wife
They were together the last time she
was seen alive, two shots were heard
soon after, and a few minutes later ne
appeared at house and wanted to sell
his pistol. It was remarked that two
chambers had just been shot on, ano
he said he had fired them off few min
utes before. Having gone In the direc'
ton Of Charlotte, he was pursued ano
captured near the river by other Ne
groes. When he was brought back tc
Rock Hill the Negro population had
become 80 threatening that the police
took charge and notified Sheriff Corn
WELL Deputy D. E. Colvin went and
brought him to Jail Friday night
Stroud said two other men took the
woman from him and he shot at them;
II he killed the woman it was with
bullets intended for the men. Alto
gether, the evidence against him seems
conclusive. Married, by Rev. j. S
Moffatt, November rs, 1901, Mr.. G. W.
Pope and Miss Mamie H. Gates, of the
Eureka Mills, Chester, S. C.......By
Rev. J. S. Moffatt, December 8, 1901
Mr.. James McGinniss and Miss ]. Anna
Hudson, both Of the Eureka mills.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, December IL: Dispensary
profits the past week were: At the Lam
caster dispensary, s1s7.92; at the Ker-
shaw dispensary, s107.03. This looks
like "hard times and worse acoming.'
.. On Saturday morning last, the lit
tie son Of Mrs. E. E. Gregory, who lives
several miles east Of town, caught afire
while he was playing around a fire IN
the yard where they were killing hogs
and the little fellow was badly burned
before the flames could be extinguish-
ed. He died yesterday morning. L't-
tie Robert was 8 years and months
old. -. Miss Cornelia Elliott will leave
today for Yorkville to spend several
days with her father.... Limitations
have been issued to the marriage OF
Miss Margaret Elizabeth Belk to Mr..
Lewis Marcellus Clyburn, Tuesday
evening, December oath, at 3 o'clock
The ceremony will be at the home OF
Mrs. Ellen r. Belk, mother of the
bride, at Dixie. The groom to be is