Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-11-29


pino prisoners killed three American
guards on Mahali island last Friday,
and seizing the dead mes guns, made
their. escape. .
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
- The State Baptist convention con-
venes in Chester this week.
A Darlington negro drank six bot
ties of soda water In rapid succession
one day last week and died soon az
terward. ..--. -sE
Richard I. Manning, senator from
Sumter county, Is prominently men
toned as a probable candidate for gov
ernor In 1906. .'...a'' D .
The Junior Order Of United Amer
lean Mechanics presented a flag and
q Bible to the d. Laurens cotton mill
school last Friday.
THE Lexington Dispatch reports
that several cotton blooms were
brought to its office one day last week
by a citizen Of Lexington county
- Moses Willis. an inoffensive ne
gro was assassinated near Parksvi!ie,
Edgefeid county, last wednesday
night. Unknown parties fired at him
from the roadside. .'E
Harrison Gaston,. young white
boy, was accidentally shot and killed
near Greers last Friday by Cleveland
Ellis. boy about his own age. The
boys were hunting together. They
were on the best Of terms and there
is no reason to suspect foul play.
= Congressman JOS. II. Johnson has
mailed to Robert Farmer Of Cleveland,
Greenville county, check for $lSo.
L. tla ~
claim for the loss Of a horse and sad
die taken by Union soldiers after the
surrender Of Lees army In April, 1866.
M Nancy Sturkey was killed
near Swansea last Friday by the acs
cidental discharge Of a gun In the
hands of Jay Jeffcoat. 1.-The: accident
occurred while Jeffcoat was trying to
remove q cartridge. The load struck
the woman squarely In the face and
killed her instantly. Both parties are
white. r. :. ..r! -. ,i-! =
- Spartanburg special of Saturday to
Columbia State: The Spartanburg Gun
club is taking action relative to the
fnfringements Of the game law, by 10
cal dealers offering for sale partridges
which they buy from pot hunters.
Several merchants who conduct small
establishments and eating houses,
have been indicted. The cases will be
tried before Magistrate Paslay, and
the outcome is Of general interest.
The members Of the gun club and 9TH
er true sportsmen claim that the rea-
son they do not bring In the partrtdges
when returning from hunts and why
the feathery tribe Is so hard to find
is due to the fact that the birds are
shot and. butchered on the ground by
persons who are anxious to make
money on the game, and. who, after
the slaughter bring the quail TO the
city and offer them for sale.
A thief who undertook to steal a
wagon load. Of cotton seed from Mr..
Davis Gregory in the Santuc section OF
Uriion county a few nights ago lost
| his, wagon :apd. team for his pains.
Passing Mr.. Gregory's house late at
night on their return from dance,
two young men saw somebody loading
a wagon at the gin. Suspecting that
something was wrong, they woke MT.
Gregory up and all three went to In.
vestigate the trouble. The thief had
taken the alarm In the meantime ana
gone down the road. The party fol.
lowed for a distance Of two miles and
finally came upon the abandoned wag-
on, which they carried to Union. No
body being able to identify the wagon,
It Is supposed to have come from con-
siderable distance. At last accounts II
was understood that the wagon and
team would be disposed Of as aban-
doned property.
r Dispensary constables, says a Co
lumbia correspondent, have been IN
specting the books Of the internal rev.
enue Office with view to finding out
whether licenses have been taken out In
Cherokee. 1t was reported that tWen-
ty-five had been paid for, but 80 far
as the records show not one has been
issued. The constables are keeping IN
touch with such things and In view or
Cherokee's action in voting away the
the dispensary a special lookout TOT
licenses in that county has been Kept.
Seneca special Of Nov. 2S to tne
Columbia State: In a row Sunday
evening about Q o'clock between Bub
Wright and Elias Hammond, both col
ored Wright hit Hammond In the head
with an axe, crushing his skull. Ham
mond died this morning. The cause OF
the difficulty Is not known, but II Is
said that 1t was an old grudge De-
tween the two. Wright has not been
arrested. He, Is at Townville, where
the killing took place and, 1t Is said'
he is making no effort to escape.
The South Carolina college, when
now has the greatest attendance IN It's
history, will celebrate on the Sth, stn
and 10th Of January next, the ,centen-
NAL Of its first opening, which was on
the 10th Of January, 1905. Prepara-
tions are being made In Columbia Tor
a gathering Of alumni and friends or
the college, from all parts. OF the
country, and an attractive pro-
gramme has been arranged for the
three days, beginning with a sermon
on Sunday, the Sth, in the morning by
the chaplain and in the evening by
DR.. John A. Rice, a graduate of the
class Of 1885,, and now pastor OF, the
First Methodist church Of Montgom-
cry. Ala. While Tuesday, the 10Th,
Will be the great day the program for
Monday will render that day OF no
less interest and significance. The eX-
ercises will open on Monday with
brief addresses Of welcome by Presi.
dent Sloan, Governor Hayward and
Mayor Gibbes, with responses by In
vited guests representing other edu-
cational institutions. On behalf OF the
colleges Of the state, DR.. Harrison Ran
1olph will make the response.