Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-06-02
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.

Royal Arch Degree Conferred-king's
Daughters and Sons-The Case Of
Job Stowe-Death of Mr.. J. c. Clin-
ton-cannon for the Dogs-Bis Stur-
aeon Caught from Catawba.
Correspondence OF the Yorkville knquifer.
Rock HILL, June 2.-Bratton Chap
ter, No. "a, R. M. A, held quite an in
teresting meeting Tuesday night, the
occasion being the administering Of
the Royal Arch degree. There were
four candidates to receive the degree,
viz: Hon. D. E. Finley and j. ]. Kel-
Ter of Yorkville; Messrs. B. ]. Barber
and G. B. Green Of Rock Hill. The
visiting companions present were: DR..
Vile; Joseph Lindsay and w. D.
Knox of Chester, Rev. DR.. ]. B. Mack,
c. S. Link. L. A. Harris, Walter Mea-
cham of Fort Mill; L. c. Harrison and
w. T. Williams of Lancaster. When
the ceremonies at the hall were con-
cluded, the members and visitors all
repaired to the Carolina hotel, where
the local lodge had arranged with the
proprietor, Maj. A. II. Greene, to have
supper served. 1t was an elegant re-
past, served In Major Greene's usual
pleasing style and his guests showed
their appreciation of his efforts and
pains in their behalf by partaking
quite freely of the beautiful spread.
The meeting was one full of interest
and the occasion was thoroughly en-
joyed by all whose pleasure 1t was to
be present.
Miss Jennie M. Greenwood Of St.
Louis, Mo-, is in the city, the guest Of
Mrs. ]. B. Johnson on East Main street.
Miss Greenwood is a member Of the
International Order Of Kings Daugh-
ters and Sons. Tuesday night pub
lie meeting Of the local circle OF the
order was held at st. Johns Methodist
church at which Rev. W. B. Duncan
presided. assisted by Rev. A. s: Rog--
ers and Miss Greenwood delivered
quite an interesting address on the no
BILE purposes and splendid results ac-
complished by the organization. She
spoke for sometime to q good sized
audience and not for a moment did her
hearers lose interest In Miss Green
woods remarks.
Job Stowe, the noted blind tiger,
whose arrest in Charlotte was men
toned in my last letter. was given q
hearing before Magistrate Glenn OF
Ebenezer township Wednesday after
noon. Although there were only two
witnesses to be examined, State Con-
stables J. H. B. Jenkins of this city
and Mulligan of Spartanburg,. the
hearing consumed about four hours
time. The charges named in the war
rant were, resisting and assaulting an
officer and transferring contraband
whisky in the night time. The magts-
trate reserved his decision until to-
day. w. M. Dunlap, Esq, represented
the prosecution and the prisoner was
defended by Messrs. w. B. Wilson. Jr,
and P. d. Barron.
News has been received here OF the
death of Mr. James G. Clinton at
Newport, Ark. on May 9Th. Mr.. Nin-
ton was about siXty-four years old
and was a brother Of Mr.. Jeffie Clin-
ton of Edgmoor He was born and
raised in the Edgmoor neighborhood
and had many friends throughout this
section who will learn with much re-
gret of his death, which was very sud
den and Is supposed to have been due
to heart failure.
The deceased was an uncle Of Mrs.
s. E. Steele of Ogden, and he also has
a number of relatives in this city. He
moved to Arkansas in January last,
and his only child, Edward Clinton, a
grown and married son, was the only
relative with him when the end came,
ones.
Since Mr.. E. M. Robbins began to
canvass this school district taking a
census of the polls and the number OF
dogs in the district and by whom own
ed, there has been quite a number or
deaths among the canine race. On
Wednesday Health officer w. ]. Cav
eny hauled away fifteen dead dogs.
The owners. who are negroes, claim
IL oil nd
at once" But the truth Is these peo-
pie did not return their dogs to the
county auditor and expected In this
way to dodge the dog tax Of fifty cents
for each dog: but when the census
taker began to make house to house
canvass in the district, taking down
the number of dogs at each house the
negroes saw their game was spoiled
and are now getting rid Of their dogs,
expecting by so doing to also get rid
of paying the tax next fall. Mr.. Rob-
bins, l understand, is getting list OF
polls in the district considerably In ex-
cess of the number returned to the
county auditor.
Mr. ]. II. ThomaSSon, who moved
from this section to Fairfield county
last fall, was in the city yesterday
and reported having caught monster
sturgeon fish in a trap in Catawba
river a few days ago. The fish meas
ured feet and inches in length, and
weighed 23S pounds. weighed and
measured by Mr.. Thomasson himself.
Mrs. w J. Johnson, sister Of E. E.
Cloud of this city. died at her home In
Ridgeway Wednesday night and was
buried yesterday. Mr.. Cloud was call
ed to Ridgeway Saturday night on ac-
count of his sisters illness and he
found her condition so serious that he
did not leave her bedside until the end
came.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno F. Bolt of Lau-
rens. are spending a few days In the
city the guests Of Rev. and Mrs. w.
B. Duncan Mr.. Bolt has been clerk
Of court for his county for a number
OF years and Is very prominent In
church and county affairs In Laurens.