Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-09


brook to the house Of Mr.. John M. Will
liford. IF the farmers IN the neighbor-
hood will then cover with clay the sand
bed near the home Of Mr.. J. A. Will
ford, and that just beyond the old
Crook homestead, mixing the clay we'll
with the sand, there will be most sat-
isfactory improvement in the roads Of
that section.
Glover Review, March 7: Mr.. P. A.
Killian went to Yorkville today on bus
mess. .. Mr.. Edward Bales, Of
Gastonia, N. c., was in town last
Sunday. Mr.. Hope White. of Cas-
tonia, came in last night. HMr. Sam
Clinton Of Bethel, was in town yester-
day.. hr M. L. Smith went to Lin
colnton Monday and returned. q. Miss
Matte Bell, of Hickory Grove, S. c.,
visited here last week. She was the
guest of Rev. and Mrs. S. H. Hay.......
Mr.. w. E. Morton left last week on a
business trip to Mississippi. His fam
lily went with him as far as Atlanta,
d.. L.
substantial farmer, who lives about
two miles from here on the Kings
Mountain road, had little unpleasant
experience last Saturday night. About
9 o'clock he was out in his back yard
when he heard a long drawn whistle
which he could not locate as to course.
After waiting a short time he heard
another which he thought was out on
the main road, but as that was the
last of it, as he thought, he went In
and retired. About II o'clock he was
aroused and found the timber land east
Of the house, on fire. He and Babe
Starr, a colored man who lives on the
place, went out with rakes and worked
for a while, and when they came back
found that someone had priced open a
window and had been in his kitchen.
He supposed they got frightened and
left before they got through, for he
missed nothing but two axes. They
had about this time with matches,
started fire in the woodland west Of the
house, was soon put out. Next morn
| ing his axes were found near by with
both handles cut off, By their tracks
he traced them a short distance to the
main road and then ne could go no fur
ther. Mr.. Wallace thinks their object
was robbery, and by setting the woods
on fire they would draw him away
from the house and give them better
chance. Evidently it was Negroes, as
that is an old time trick Of darkies. If
they cannot get rabbit out Of hole
any other way, they will "smoke him
out"
CHEROKEE.
Gaffney Ledger, March 5: The court
of common pleas and general sessions
opened in Gaffney at 10 o'clock yester-
day morning with Judge D. A. Town
send presiding. Solicitor Henry was at
his post, the attorneys were all in
their places and large crowd Of wit
nesses and spectators filled the court
room. Judge Townsend's charge to
the grand jury was logical and clear
as to the duty Of that body, and con-
tanned no intricate references to the
law. Especial mention was made Of the
county poor The judge said in part:
"Great sympathy should be shown
these unfortunates. Their sun Is
sinking fast and they have no one to
look to but you, and you should go
there in a body. It would not mean
a great deal to you; but they would
appreciate it. Sympathy is a great
thing in this world and we should not
withhold it from the unfortunate poor
to which it is due. Then again, you
should visit the Jail and see that the
prisoners are properly cared for. I as
sumo they are: but you must not as
sumo anything. You must know it..
Prisoners are not to be punished until
they are found guilty and sentenced by
the court. They are to be made COM
Portable while confined in Jail: but are
not to live in luxury. In fact, none Of
us can live in luxury. You are to see
that the treasurer's books and the
books of the other county officers are
correctly kept. I assume that they are:
but you must know 1t. This is about
all have to say. except this: You are
the representatives of the county. You
come from all sections and represent
the entire county. You have the ad-
vantage of the six holdover jurymen.
and these. together with your own in
telligence. should enable you to per-
form your duty with little trouble. and
have no doubt you will" Solicitor
Henry then presented a number Of
bills to the grand jury and that body
retired to the grand jury room. Judge
Townsend then began the reading of
the docket. during the course Of which
Jim Jeter was placed in the dock to be
tried for the murder of st. Anna Tate.
The following cases were mol pressed:
Clifton Smith. for assault and battery
with intent to kill. W. Ellis Ray, as
e. B. Wilbur, assault and battery.
VIM. Robinson and Thomas Quinn, for
using abusive language to an officer.
Case against j. L. Perry for disposing
of property under lien was remanded
to magistrate. Pet Littlejohn, colored,
plead guilty to the charge of house
breaking and larceny and was sentenc-
ed to II months Imprisonment in the
penitentiary or on the county chain
gang. Harry Williams, colored, plead
guilty to house breaking and larceny
and was sentenced to hard labor on the
chaingang or state penitentiary, II
months George Stone, a white boy
about il years of age, plead guilty to
the charge Of louse-breaking and lar