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

mains were inferred Monday at Fork
Hill. Mr.. Lewis Clyburn was elect
ed superintendent Of the chaingang by
the county board Of commissioners at
the meeting Monday, in lieu of Mr..
Barton, who declined to stand for re-
election. There We're 16 applicants for
the position. ...... Governor McSweeney
has declined to increase the reward Of
$1O0 offered for the capture Of Up
church, who killed Robert Belk, Of this
county, at the Fishing Creek factory.
The application for the increase was
made by parties at Laurinburg, N. c..
who think they can locate and capture
Upchurch. 80. Mr.. A. j. Dunlap's
mules ran off with him while on his
way home from town Monday efter-
noon, breaking up his wagon, throw
ing him out and painfully hurting him.
He was brought back to town and ex-
amined by a physician, but no bones
were found broken.
CHESTER.
Lantern, March S: Mr.. Joseph Levy
has been in Chester a few days rep
resenting the Sprague Collection Agen-
cy, of Chicago. He had met Miss Will
lie May Reid, of Atlanta, and she
pleased him we'll. He proposed over
the telephone and was accepted. He
had work laid out which he could not
leave, so it was arranged to get
rid of the distance between them
by her coming to Chester. She arrived
over the Seaboard Sunday evening, and
they went to the Methodist parsonage
at $50 and the Rev. T. E. Morris pro-
nounced them husband and wife. Mrs.
Levy left for Atlanta again on Mon
day morning. Mr.. Levy will join his
wife in about a month. after complet-
ing a business tour that will require
about that time. He has many friends
among travelling men and they are all
congratulating him.. Rev. and Mrs.
Leon T. Pressly, of Edgmoor, were in
town yesterday. Mr.. Pressly expert
enced, probably for the first time, how
| it feels to stand on the pavement and
await developments while ones wife Is
shopping. Mrs. Julia Corkill was
called to Bishopville last Wednesday by
telegram saying that her brother.
Mr.. A. J. Mccoy, was extremely Ill
from the effects Of grip. When she ar
rived she found him better, and he Is
reported as still improving. Mr.. E.
D. Wilkes yesterday sold lot Of corn
in the ear, peas and hay. This is not
the first lot he has sold nor will 1t be
the last He was asked how 1t hap
pened that he had so much of such
things for sale when others have to
buy. He did not answer the question
directly, but said If others would keep
their stock off his grain he would have
wheat and oats for sale, and he would
rather have his grain than money for
taking up their stock. Mr.. S. j..
lFerguson's house, near Capers's Chapel,
was burned Sunday soon after the fam
lily returned from church. Fire had
been startd in the cook stove and u Is
believed that a spark set the roof afire.
The house was a very large one-the
old Ephriam Abel house. There was
$4,000 insurance on the house and sou
on the furniture. ...... Yesterday Joe
Isom's handsome young filly came
down from Brooklyn and UP Columbia
street, trying to outrun the wagon that
was hitched to her. Opposite Mr.. j. K.
Thompson's the rear end Of the wagon
gave up the chase and went into the
gutter, leaving a plowstock in the
street. The runaway turned into
Crowder's stable and went through
without serious injury to the vehicles
standing in the passage. While she
was making the circuit of the lot, Mr..
Crowder thought to shut the back door,
and succeeded far enough to shut out
the wagon. but the horse went through.
| leaving the remainder tangled mass
Of ruin. Ned Bell, who had been driV-
| ing, said he could not control the ami
NAL with the bride he had. He was
thrown a sommersault on his back IN
the road. Saturday morning as Mr.
Amzi Triplett was coming to town, the
delivery wagon of Lightner colored
grocer, ran into his buggy, breaking
wheel and springing the axle. MIR.
Triplett thinks he was saved from Sc
rious injury by colored preacher who
happened to be in the buggy with him.
We did not learn the latter's name.
The driver of the wagon had lost con-
troll of his horse, in fact, did not have
hold of the lines at the time, which
was probably due to previous care
lessness. He was thrown out on his
head and it was thought for sometime
that the coroner's services would be
demanded. The Presbyterian church
has opened a mission room on the
grounds of the Springstein mills. 1t Is
in the old Alexander house. which was
burned sometime ago, and has been re-
paired. The Rev. James Russell, evan
gelist, is in charge. Service on the 1st,
Sd and 5th Sabbaths of each month at
II and 7.30 o'clock. All are cordially in
vited to attend.......M Mr.. ]. w. Dono-
want has just bought a standard bred
horse that Is a splendid specimen. 1t
will be remembered that he sold horse
at the State fair which attracted the