Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-05-30
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY
chiIdren's Day at ST. John's-Work.
man Old Home Place 6urned-5oy.
kin MobIey Arrested-slind Tiger

Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock HILL, May 3O.-Sunday was
Children's day In and at st. Johns
Methodist church. Sunday evening,
when the hour arrived for services TO
,egin the church was literally packed
With people. The children, who COM
,osed a good part Of the large audi.
,nce, were. given the front seats and
we're made to feel that their presence
vas, not only important, but was es-
,ential to the success OF the occasion.
4 beautiful programme OF exercises
lad been prepared by superintendent
7. G. Anderson and a committee ap-
pointed for that purpose. The exer-
Uses consisted principally of songs ana
.ecitations by the children. The chill
iren had all been well drilled and re-
learsed in the exercises before hand,
md every one knew his part well, and
lid II to perfection. The day VIII be
ong remembered by the children.
The old home place Of the late Capt.
Frank Workman a few miles south
west Of the city, was totally destroyed
oy fire about Q o'clock Saturday morn
ng. II was an old log building built
years ago, but had been ceiled
and weather boarded and was still a
good house. The property was owned
by Mr.. J. 8. Stultz, and the house was
by family Of negroes who
lost practically all Of their house ehoid
effects In the fire. The fire started In
the stove room and as usual Is attri-
buted to a defective fiue. II had gain
ed considerable headway before the
inmates were aware that their home
was being destroyed. When they did
find It out 1t was too late to save any
thing Of any consequence. There was
no Insurance, either on the building
or the household goods.
Boykin Mobley who caused so much
down In the Ogden neigh
borhood last Wednesday evening by
to shoot his two brothers
and his neighbor, William Baskins,
from whom he had q farm rented, was
Monday morning by Consta-
bles M. B. Dunlap Of Ogden and j. +.
Wingate Of this city. 1t was learned
that Mobley had been at the horne OF
his father in the Manchester mill VII
lage since the shooting, and armed
with warrant for his arrest, the con-
stables went In search Of Mobley Mon
day morning. They went to the home
of Mobley's father. who told them that
his son had been there in the forenoon,
but had left. The officers asked the
privilege of searching the house, which
was readily granted. They searched
the first story and were ascending the
stairs to the second story when they
heard window sash drop heavily on
the second floor as IL some one had
made a hasty exit through the window
and failed to fasten up the sash as
they passed out. Mobley was on the
second floor and when he heard the
officers coming he raised window and
passed out onto q piazza roof ana
Jumped to the ground and was leaving
the house at quite a lively gait when
the officers got view OF him. They
hurried down and pursued Mopiey
about $50 yards. They called on MIN
to halt and fired their pistols and MOD,
lev dropped to the ground as IL he had
been shot. He made no resistance,
whatever, when the officers came up
to arrest him. He was taken to Ogden
and given a hearing before Magistrate
Nunnery late Monday afternoon on the
charge contained In the warrant, as
sault and battery with intent to Kill.
The charge was sustained by the mag
istrate and in default Of $500 bond,
Mobley was committed to jail Monday
night to await trial In the circuit
court. Those who are in position TO
know most about the affair, DO not
think Mobley really meant to shoot his
brothers and that the row between
the Mobley brothers was an hatch
ed up affair to draw Baskins into the
difficulty In order to get an excuse 10
assault him. But Ii Is not known Wnat
grievance they had against him: IL
appears, however, that Mobley had De-
come dissatisfied on the farm ano was
seeking some excuse to go on ana
leave his crop.
lob Stowe. colored, a noted blind IT,
ger of Rock Hill, will be given a hear
ing before Magistrate Glenn Of Eoene-
ger township "wednesday on three
charges, resisting and assaulting an
officer and transporting contreband
whisky In the night time. State Con-
stables ]. H. B. Jenkins, OF this city,
and Mulligan Of Spartanburg, ran up
on Job and his brother, Ike, near tne
Catawba river bridge one night last
Christmas week with quite a gus. 1tity
of whisky in their possession. Tney
were arrested and the whisky seizeo.
The officers had left their buggy some
distance from where the capture was
made and while Mr.. Jenkins was gone
after the team Job assaulted Mr.. Null
ligan with q knife and In the scuftie
and excitement that followed, made
good his escape. Mr.. Jenkins has been
on a. close lookout for him ever since
and succeeded In locating him In Char
lotte last week. A warrant for his ar
rest was forwarded by mail Friday ana
the Charlotte police soon had JOB be-
hind the bars. Mr.. Jenkins acconIpan-
led by Magistrate Glenn, went to Char
lotte Saturday afternoon and brought
the prisoner to Rock Hill and placed
him in the city lookup for safe xeep-
ing until the trial comes on Wednes-
day morning. Mr.. Mulligan, the chief
witness In the case, is expected to ar
rive from Spartanburg Tuesday even
ing. Job Is an old offender antl has
given the revenue officers much trou-
Bile for several years, but he will pro-
bably have to answer for some OF his
sins now.
A man by the name Of Crawford and
his wife from Lando, who have been
at the home Of James Parker In the
Highland Park mill village for the past
week have both developed genuine
case of smallpox The Crawford wo-
man has been sick for several days
and a physician was called In to see
her on Friday Of last week. The ply
sician did not suspect, however, at
that time that the woman had small
pox as there was no eruption or any
other symptoms 10 lnulcate tndl the
patient was suffering from SMALLPOX.
But Monday afternoon DR.. w. g. Ste
vens was called In to see the husband
who appeared to be very sick when the
doctor arrived. Crawford was Just
beginning to break out with some dis
ease. DR.. Stevens diagnosed 1t as
smallpox. The Crawford woman was
also broken out with what appeared to
be the same disease. DR.. A. s. Lynn
was called in consultation and he also
the disease smallpox. 1t
has developed since that Crawford and
his wife had both been exposed to
smallpox and they were aware Of 1t
when they came to Rock Hill. They
and the family with whom they were
stopping have been quarantined In an
Isolated part Of the village and pre-
are being taken to prevent
spread Of the disease.
A match game Of ball In which
more than ordinary interest has been
centered since last Friday when the
game was arranged, was played Mon
day afternoon between the c. M. A
team and the Rock Hill League. The
latter team won out In the game by a
score Of 10 to Z, but 1t was a hard
Rght for victory. both sides doing
some very good playing.