Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-03-01
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Rock Hill Herald, February %:
Wednesday Magistrate Nunnery sent
a Negro man, calling himself Sam
Barber, to the chaingang for 80 days
for cruelty to a child. Barber claims
to be from Columbia and was tramp
ing from that city to Charlotte, being
accompanied by little boy. The child
broke down and could go no further
than a mile or so above Ogden. Be-
coming enraged with the child, Bar
ber knocked him down and stamped
him in the face several times with the
heel Of his shoe, producing painful in
juries. Persons in the neighborhood,
feeling indignant at the cruelty of the
brutal man, had him arrested, with
the result that he is now in chains at
the county chaingang. Mr.. E. q.
Neely, who lived in the eastern part
of this township, died at his home at
an early hour Wednesday morning,
and that evening his remains were
buried in Laurelwood cemetery. Mr..
Neely was about 80 years of age, a
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. D. Frank Nicely.
He was married, his wife being
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Mil
holen. He leaves two children and
Phis wife. For some time Mr.. Nicely
has been a sufferer from appendicitis.
On Friday Of last week, DR.. J. A. Mas
sey, Jr., performed an operation, re-
moving the appendix. This was sue
cessful and the patient was doing we'll
but a stubborn locking up Of the bow
els followed and from this cause death
occurred. Mr.. Nicely was member OF
Walnut camp, w. of W., and was In
sured in that order for $4,000, the pol
ICY being payable to his mother.
@Mr. Laurence Wilson, who died from
injuries sustained as the result Of the
bursting Of a fly wheel in Spartan
burg, Wednesday night, was broth
er of Mrs. T. A. Barron, Of Ebenezer.
He was raised at Davidson College,
where his father and family live. The
body was taken to Davidson Thursday
night for interment yesterday. Mrs.
Barron, accompanied by her husband,
left Rock Hill the same night for her
old home at Davidson.
| Rock Hill Herald, February 26: A
few days ago, on the farm of Mr.. j. w.
Roddey, at Roddey's, the wife of Ike
Domain, was burned to death. Domain
and his family had moved into the
house only about an hour before. Dom
am, however, had gone to the store at
Roddey's, and when he returned he
found the body of his wife lifeless. The
woman had fallen with her head In the
fire; her eyes were burned out and her
face horribly charred. She had evident
ly dropped dead and had fallen as indi-
Gated. Two young children were pres
ent when their mother fell and they
gave the alarm. No inquest was held,
as the neighbors deemed that was un-
necessary. The removal OF Mr.. de
Loach from the county and the accept
ance by Mr.. Elder of a position in the
dispensary department in Columbia,
eliminates two prominent men from
county politics and makes 1t a certainty
that two Of the York county legislative
delegation will not be candidates for re-
election. It is understood that Messrs.
Halle and Beamguard will be in the
field for endorsement. The York dele
cation was one Of the most patient and
painstaking in the legislature. The
members voted at nearly every roll call
and for what they deemed the best in
terests Of the people of the county and
Of the state. They were criticised for
failing to urge the large appropriation
for Winthrop college, but they under
stood the conditions better than their
critics and say they are prepared to de-
fend their action, or, rather, inaction.
Monday morning a little colored boy,
accompanied by his sister, children of
Ike Kennedy, aged respectively and
years, were sent by their mother to a
store across Fishing creek. In order to
accomplished their mission they had to
cross the creek on long footlog few
feet below the ford at Cornwell's mill.
At this point the creek Is swift ordinar-
lily; but Monday it was swollen and In
consequence the velocity was much in
creased, the water being about five feet
in depth. The children crossed the log
safely in going to the store; but upon
their return they had several bundles
and thus hampered they stepped upon
the log, hand in hand. When about the
center of the log the little girl lost her
balance, careened and finally fell head
long into the creek, her body disap-
pearing at once. The boy kept his foot
ing with difficulty, and when the girl
was careening and finally in falling re-
leased his hand, he came very near fall
ing, but managed to get to the bank
and was thus saved a watery grave.
He did all in his power to hold the lit
tie girl on the log, but perched as he
was had not the power to do so. When
the boy reached the bank he saw his
sisters body rise to the surface of the
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He ran down the creek, hoping 10 be of
aid to her, but the only part Of her body
he ever saw again was one foot 1t rose
above the water about rs yards below
where he had seen the body rise. When
the alarm was given in the neighbor-
hood, a number of persons went to the
scene and the creek was thoroughly
dragged for long distance without any
trace of the body. The girls sack and
hat were found and recovered, however.
A number of neighbors went to the