Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-24

the chaingang. Cole and Nabors were
trying to arrest Springs at the time
of the shooting; but 1t appears that
they had no warrant, and this fact
made the killing manslaughter 2in-
stead of murder. After the killing
Springs escaped into Fort Mill town
ship,~ where he was arrested by Con-
stable Mills and others who received
a reward OF $500 from the North. Car
olina authorities for their work.
Put Flowers on His Grave. -, -,
In a conversation with the reporter
d day or two ago citizen OF Betael
made casual mention Of the. fact that
along about Christmas two men and a
woman, coming from where, our In
formant did not know, visited The
grave of. VIM. Young. the safe crack
er who was killed near wrights ferry
on. November Q, 1903, and decorated 1t
with flowers, The, grave is ip an pid
burying ground, IN an out Of the way
place a. short distance from where
Young was killed. The:party- did not
remain a great while in. the neighbor.-
hood, but after cleaning of the. grave
and leaving the flowers. blazed out a
path on the trees to the road.'f .''''
A Distressed Family.
Mr.. r. w. whitesides Of Smyrna
on yesterday gave the reporter infor-
nation Of the distressing condition OF
the family Of his neighbor Mr.. J. 1.
Bolin, near Smyrna. One daughter,
Miss Eunice,. died recently Of prieufno-
mia, and last week. son. Wesley, 6ied
Of typhoid fever. Three other chill
dren are down with typhoid fever at
the present time. Mr.. and Mrs, Bolin
and five children are able to be up,
but all Of the older members of the
family are pretty well worn out as the
result Of the terrible. strain. to which
they have been subjected. "Mr. Bo-
lin," says Mr.. Whitesides. "is as good
a citizen as we have In our !. whole
neighborhood, and our people are doing
all they can for him In his distress. o.
New School Buildings. eDf@
Among the most important amend
ments. to the school law is one which
relates to the erection Of school build.
ings, as follows: "That when, the
friends. y patrons or trustees t.of any
public school In any school district
in any county in this state shall raise
by private subscription, special tax.
sale of old buildings issuing Of bonds,
or otherwise, funds for building q
school house In such district 1.-The
county board Of such county may turn
over to the trustees of such school,
from funds set aside for such purpose
under this act Atty dollars ($50) TOR
each one hundred dollars ts100) SO
raised by such friends, patrons or'ttus-
tees for constructing such school build
ing: Provided, No one school shall re-
ceive more than three hundred derlars
under the provisions Of this act: Pro
vided, further, That no more than one
school In any. one district In any one
year shall receive such aid. The coun.-.
ty boards Of education shall give the
preference to school districts which
have combined and consolidated two
or more school buiidings ! .Any school
district availings itself, Of the spre0is-
ions of this: act shall comply With
plans and specifications approved by
the state board of education" ~
An Ideal Sunday School.
Yorkvilie correspondence OF the CO.
lumbia .state:. Your correspondent
spent most enjoyable day last. Sun
day with the good substantial Asso-
ciate Reformed Presbyter1ans :. Of
Smyrna. 1s miles west OF Yorkyills, oF,
the Southern railway. I was the .Siop-
ored guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Julius A.
Hope and, received most hospitable
treatment. This congregation has
just installed handsome and power
full organ in their church and the sing
Ing was exceedingly good, all particle
pating In this part Of the eisNership!
Rev. ]. L: Oates, the highly tsstaemed
pastor iof this and Hickory Grove
churches, preached an able i sermon,
After church services, Sabbath school
was held and this was indeed an OBJ
ject lesson to all congregations. All
remained for this service, which was
conducted by Mr.. JEFF D. Whitesides,
who, makes a model superintendent
IT was a pleasure to see every one, old
and young. taking part and reciting
the lesson. Mr.. John D.. Whitesides,
over 80 years Of age, took his place In
class and recited the lesson. This
old gentleman Is hale and hearty and
Ii looked UP to as sort Of a patriarch
of that community. The people Of that
section are among York's best citizen
ship and are prosperous farmers and
business men. The matrons .ars ,yex-
ceedingfy kind and courteous .anS the
young ladies' and girls are a fasclnat-l
ing, rosy checked set. enjoying fine
health. such as can be obtained
amongst the hills Of western York.
The Late Mr.. r. B. Dean.
The Anderson Mail Of Tuesday has
the following about Mr.. R.. B, Dean.
who was drowned near Micanopy. Fla.
last Saturday: Robert Baylus Dean
was son Of Moses Dean. whose faith
er emigrated to this section from Vir-
ginia at the early settlement Of this
country. Moses Dean married q Miss
Lewis, Of the family Of Lewises that
emigrated from Virginia at the same
time, and their family connections are
very extensive throughout this and
Oconee counties. They were Of good
old Revolutionary stock and a branch
of the family still resides on the IA
nous Rappahannock river in Virginia.
Mr.. Dean was born at his fathers
farm near Starr, April 8. 1887, and
would have been 6S years old at his
next birthday. When he was quite
a young man he was married to Miss
Amanda Burris, a daughter Of the late
Reuben Burris Of the, Mountain Greek
section. and to this union were born
nine children, of whom six are living
They are: Messrs William and Luther
Dean of this county; ]. NJ. Deanfof Ty-
ler, Texas. a former. member Of the