Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-09-17
Miseellaneous &eaaina.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That II Of More
or Less Local Interest.

YORK.
Rock Hill Herald, September 13:
| Young House, colored, was arrested
Thursday by state constable, j. T.
Thomasson for transporting whisky.
He was given a hearing before Magis-
trate Anderson and plead guilty to the
charge and was sentenced to 80 days on
the chain gang. -. Willie Smith, lit
tie grandson of Mr.. ]. D. Devinney,
was badly mashed Wednesday while
in Laurelwood cemetery. A tombstone
that had been broken and put together
with cement, fell upon him while he
had his hands upon it. Owing to the
manner in which it fell, the child was
not seriously hurt, but as it was he was
mashed and bruised considerably. -.
The children Of the seventh grade in
our graded school held an election last
Tuesday as to their choice for govern
or and United States senator. The
teacher, Mr.. Owens, thought the day
of the primary an opportune time to
give his class a lesson in elections,
their purposes and the manner in which
they are conducted. He supplied the
pupils with the regular State tickets,
such as were used in the precinct elec-
ton at the polls that day, and the chill
dren were instructed how to proceed.
A ballot box was prepared, managers
appointed, oath explained and the vote
tabulated in the regular manner. At
tention was called to the duties Of the
several officers, length Of term, etc. No
electioneering was allowed. Hayward
received 26 votes, Talbert 8, Latimer Is,
Evans IA. Their vote for senator forms
nearly true proportion with the vote
at this precinct that day.. Thursday,
Bob Lee, colored, was before Judge
Beckham for running his bicycle over
a Negro child. breaking one Of its
legs, mention Of which was made in
The Herald at the time. His sentence
was $3.50 or 80 days, the fine being paid
by Lees mother, who had to sell her
cow to raise the money. Otherwise the
fine would have been $40. The same
day Frank Pearce, colored answered
charge of carrying and concealing a
pistol of less than 20 inches in length
and Of weight less than three pounds.
500 or 30 days was imposed. At the
same time he was tried and convicted
of stealing a watch from John Reeves,
his sentence for this offence being $40
or 20 days. He took the days in both
cases.
CHESTER.
Lantern. September 12: w. A. Bar
Der, Esq, arrived from New York
Wednesday morning. He spent the
summer at Blowing Rock, and returns
to business in fine health. .Beulah,
daughter of w. M. Simpson, died We'd
nesday and was buried at Union ceme-
terry, Richburg. She was three years
and six months. 80. Miss Rhoda Num-
merry, daughter of Mr.. Ralph Nunnery,
died at Fort Lawn on Thursday even
ing. She was about 20 years old. She
was sick only two days. Yesterday
about o'clock, Mr.. w. r. Wallace left
his mule and wagon on cemetery street
near Mrs. Timmerman's and went In
to look at a stove he was thinking Of
buying. His son was in the wagon
holding the team, a mule and horse.
A colored boy, Frank Barnes, was out
riding for his health presumably, and
as he passed stroked the mule on the
nose. Frank asserts that this is un-
true, but others say it is. He may have
intended it all as a joke, but the mule
didn't know how to take it, so he broke
away from the wagon and when caught
had on only a bride. The boy in the
wagon held the horse, but the mule,
being tougher mouthed. broke away.
Mr.. Wallace wants the harness paid
for and is reasonable in his demand....
The streets were crowded Tuesday with
voters and those who came to see the
circus which was billed to be in town
that day. A slow rail fell almost all
day, as is usual on election days. A
crowd was at the Seaboard depot to
welcome the show. This train didn't
come till nearly o'clock. Trained ami
mails of all kinds were the chief feat
ure. On account of the late arrival Of
the train and wetness of the ground the
manager concluded not to show at all.
The disappointed small boys and the
merchants with pictures in their win
dows no doubt comforted each other
THE water is very low in the stand
pipe. The water in the we'll is not
exhausted, but the machinery is out
Of order. When the piston of the pump
forces the water up out of the we'll,
it forces the water through a valve
and this valve is closed by the pres
sure of the water above it. A riYet
Kindred this valve from closing and the
water ran back into the well, so of
course the standpipe soon became emp
ty. This valve has been taken out and
is being repaired as rapidly as possible
The man who is repairing it when ask
ed how long it would be before the pipe
would be refilled, said it might be "a
hours or six months, he didn't know
exactly which.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, September IL: DR..
]. C. Galloway left yesterday after
noon for Mooresville, N. c., to assist
Rev. r. c. Davidson in a meeting at
that place. His pulpit will be filled
Sunday morning by Rev. ]. ]. Kenne-
dy... Mr. ]. T. Henry, who has been
a member of the Southerns clerical
force here for the past year and q half,