Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-25

ing before to attend an entertainment
given by the Edgmoor Dramatic club.
They report themselves as having been
delighted with the entertainment.
Mrs. R. L. Mcconnell came over from
Spartanburg last week to visit Mr..
McConnell's family. He came Satur-
day night and they returned yesterday.
Lyle now presides over a Linotype
machine. ......M Mr.. r. N. Plaxco, one
of York countys most progressive far
mers, in company with his daughter,
came down from Yorkville Friday
night. Miss Plaxco was on her way
to Ora, where she will be instructed In
music by Mrs. B. H. Grier. Mr.. Plax-
co returned to Yorkville Saturday
morning .....AI the meeting Of the
stockholders Of the Exchange bank.
Mr.. M. S. Lewis was elected a direc-
tor in place of Mr.. T. H. White, who
had sold Mr.. Lewis his stock, and ]. K.
Henry, Esq, was elected in place of
Mr.. James Hemphill, deceased. The
directors elected ]. L. Glenn, Esq,
president, in place of Captain j. l..
Agurs, who wished to retire. BY re-
quest of the new president and cash
ier, Captain Agurs will retire grad
ually, continuing in the office for con-
sultation for awhile. ......A number OF
practical farmers who have been In
town this week report the oats killed
by the cold weather to such an ex-
tent that replanting will be necessary
in some places. Wheat is also consid-
erably damaged.
CHEROKEE.
Gaffney Ledger, January 21: Pro-
badly the most bloody fight that has
occurred within the bounds Of Chero-
kee county since the battle Of Cowpens,
occurred last Friday afternoon between
5 and 6 o'clock, between Bub Cobb,
Son Cobb, James Cobb and ODE Par
ker on one side. and Pink Norman,
Mack Norman, Charles Sexton and a
man named Walker on the other; and
it is said Fred Norman, a youthful son
of Pink, was engaged on the Norman
side and that Negro named Mucham
lent helping hand to the Cobbs. All
the parties as far al we know are cit
liens of Cherokee township and live
near Cherokee Falls. From the best
information that we can get, some Of
the Cobb boys and Pink Norman have
had one or two fights before this, and
that bad blood had existed between
| them for some time. Saturday morn
| ing the Cobbs hitched their team to
two horse wagon and all came over to
town on business. Some time after
the Cobbs arrived in the city the Nor
mans came. Pink in buggy and his
friends on horseback. Both sides, we
learn, availed themselves of the oppor-
tunity afforded by their state through
her great moral institution" to i'm
bibe her chemically pure" rather free
| ly, but not to an extent to make them
disorderly, although some thought that
at one time there would be collision
in the city. A short while before the
time above mentioned the Cobbs, Par
ker, a man named Martin and the Ne
gro named Mucham left the city in
their wagon for home. A short time
after they left the Normans left. and
about half mile beyond the city limits,
on Cherokee avenue, between the resi-
dences Of Mr.. Tillman Huskey and
Mr.. w. o. Lipscomb, the Normans
caught up with the Cobbs and the fight
began. At first 1t seemed between
Pink Norman and Son Cobb, who both
used double-barrel shotguns, firing at
each other until their guns were emp
| ty, and then met, both shifting their
guns and fighting with the breech un-
til Norman fell from the effects of both
charges of Cobb's gun, one of which
entered his right breast and the other
his abdomen. Norman was also shot in
the back with 32-calibre bullet.
While these two were fighting it seems
that the whole party became engaged
with pistols. gun barrels-which had
been broken from the stocks-knives,
rocks and everything else come-at-
able, and with determination and mar
velous bravery on both sides, and until
every one on both sides had been hid
eously beaten, cut or shot. except the
youth, Norman. Parker and the Negro.
Pink Norman died in about 40 minutes.
Son Cobb, who killed him, was badly
beaten over the head and face; James
| Cobb was shot through the side; Bub
hit on the head with a rock. Mack
Norman and Charles Sexton and
Walker. soon left and their where
abouts are still unknown, but persons
who saw them making their way to-
wards the river, say that Sexton was
shot through the arm and across the
forehead and otherwise badly used up;
that Walker was badly beaten, and
that Mack Norman was shot, badly
beaten and severely stabbed in the
back, and when last seen seemed to be
in a precarious condition.
LANCASTER.
Ledger. January 90: Mr.. w. P. Stog-
ner was struck on the side of the head
by piece Of plank at his saw mill,
last Saturday morning, and knocked
insensible for an hour or more. A Me-
gro was carrying lumber from the saw
and accidentally let piece fall against
the saw, which threw it off with such
force tnat had Mr.. Stogner been stand
ing nearer he would have been in
stantly killed. The two story resi-
dence on the j. F. Clyburn place, in
the Waxhaws. was burned by an ac-