Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-05-31
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FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
New. and Comment That II Of More
or Less Local Interest.
YORK.
Rock Hill Herald. May %: By an
| act of the last legislature, approved
February 26, the county boards Of con-
troll hold their meetings monthly, and
the dispensers are required to report
their profits monthly. instead Of quar-
terly as heretofore. The profits are
then equally divided between the city
and county, and are turned over on the
fourth Monday in the month following.
..IEaptain S. E. White has been con-
flied to his home in Fort Mill for the
past week or longer. His daughter,
Mrs. Leroy Springs, is with him, as is
Mrs. ]. M. Odell, a sister-in-law, OF
Concord. Captain White has some
trouble on his neck and recently 1t has
been growing worse. Officers Part
low and Jenkins captured five gallon
keg of booze at the Southern depot
Monday night. The whisky was in the
possession of Walter Hunter, colored.
...,.R Rev. ]. H. Thornwell received
painful injuries at his home in Fort
Mill Sunday by accidentally falling
down the staircase. One Of his ankles
was sprained and he was otherwise
injured. He was suffering very much
Monday. .fgames S. Hemphill, a ma
tive of county, and for several
Years a merchant in Yorkville, died
at Mosher, Poinsett county, Ark, on
the 18th instant. He leaves his wife
and three children Mr.. Hemphill was
a first cousin Of Mrs. E. ]. Erwin, of
this city.
CHESTER.
Lantern, May q: Miss Louise Ratch-
ford returned from Yorkville yester-
day evening. .... Mr.. E. A. Crawford
returned from Jackson, Miss, Friday
evening. Mr.. Crawford was delegate
to the general assembly Of the Presby-
terian church which held it's session at
that place. He says that the trip was
a long and tiresome one; but that ne
dwelt on the fat of the land while
there. The assembly was composed of
pretty sober set of fellows, he says.
Clerk of Court John C. McFad-
den has furnished us with the number
of pensioners in Chester county and
the amount each receives, as follows:
Glass A, 1, $96. Class B, 4, $72-$2SS.
Class C-1, 8, $4S-$3S4. Glass CO, 62,
$19 65-$1,21S30 Glass C-3, Q, $48-$432.
Glass CA, 80, $19.65-s62S.SO. From the
above it will be noticed that there are
116 persons drawing pensions In the
county and that the total amounts to
$3,047.10. A very small amount re-
mains in the hands of the clerk, the
old soldiers generally having already
received their apportionments.. Mr..
D. E. Boney, of Yorkvile, has been in
the city for the past few days in the
interest of the Home Mutual Life In
surance company, which he represents.
There has been considerable change
and improvement at the Springstein
mills the last few months. A base
ment is now being made and the ma
chine shop and cloth room will be
moved into it. Already a part Of 1t
has been completed. This is being
done to make room for 200 looms which
are being put in. Captain j. S. Will
son says that he is independent, as he
is not a candidate and is not going to
be one. He says he has held his office
long enough. He has been probate
judge for the past II years and was
elected without opposition every time
except the first. He is now 81 years
old. The old waiting room of the
L. & c. railroad was torn down yester-
day. The old engine house, it is said,
will also be torn down and the brick
will be taken to Lancaster or sold here,
When these old buildings are removed
things will present altogether differ
ent appearance in that part Of town.
GASToN.
Gastonia Gazette, May q: Miss
Luta Jenkins returned to her home in
Yorkville yesterday after a visit OF
Miller. Miss Dolly Ford returned
Tuesday from Yorkville where she
has been visiting the Misses Williams
......The Negro, John Hart, who was
fined $50 at the May term of court for
an assault with deadly weapon, was
taken to Yorkville Saturday by Deputy
Sheriff Currence, of that place, to an
swer two charges for carrying conceal
ed weapons. -. Sunday afternoon be-
tween 2 and 2.30 o'clock the little vii
lage Of Pleasant Ridge suffered quite
| heavily from a severe wind, rain and
hail storm. Two Negro cabins on Mr..
John Bells place were blown over, as
was also one at Mr.. W. M. Nolens. A
number Of trees were laid low. One
large tree at Mr.. V. G. Grier's store
was blown down, breaking a hole in
the roof, while the rear end of the post
| office was demolished in a similar
manner. The cotton crop of Mr.. Meek
Crawford was almost entirely de-
stroyed and other crops in that section
suffered heavily from the wind and
hail. For Is years Mr.. John Harvey
has been farming on Mr.. NJ. H. Shu-
ford's place near Grouse. Saturday
afternoon, Mr.. Harvey came over to
Gastonia to spend the night with Mr..
Shuford. Strange to say, we found one
man who had good wheat crop. Mr..
Harvey sowed As acres, and says he
has better crop than last year, in fact