Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-11-03
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LANCASTER.

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LANCASTER.
News, Nov l: A telegram received
here yesterday from Colonel Leroy
Springs in Baltimore, states that his
son. Master Elliott, is getting along
nicely The Baltimore doctors have
concluded that the lad has typhoid few
er. Mr. L. C. Payseur returned
Saturday night from his visit to his
daughter in Columbia, Mrs. Poore.
Mrs. Payseur is still In Raleigh with
their daughter Mrs. Gatling, who con-
tinues quite sick. 49,. Col. Sam Hin
son, a well known citizen Of the east
ern portion of the county, died last
Thursday, at his home at the Black
mon mine He was Confederate We
teran and was about 7S years old.
He leaves a widow. Mrs. Eliza
beth Client, wife Of Mr.. B. F. Client
of this place, and only daughter Of Mr..
E. K. Plyler, died Monday night, after
FIVE weeks illness. She was about 30
years old and leaves, besides her hus-
band, three children. She is also sur
vived by one brother Mr.. ]. S. Ply
ler, of Waxhaw, N C. The burial was
at Tabernacle yesterday.
CHESTER.
Lantern, Oct. 81: Mr.. James Dye
Gibson, son of Mr.. Abraham Gibson
of Rossville, died Friday afternoon at
the home Of his sister, Mrs. w. r..
Robinson, in this city, on West Lacy
street For more than a year he had
been bookkeeper for the Lancaster
Mercantile company in Lancaster. He
came to his sisters just a week be-
fore his death, but had been sick for
ten days or two weeks with typhoid
fever. Had he lived until yesterday
he would have been 22 years old. He
was a young man Of much promise
and many noble qualities. The re-
mains were taken to Rossville Satur-
day and laid away in the cemetery
at Ebenezer, after funeral services In
the church, conducted by Rev. c. P.
Carter. When death came he was
surrounded by his father and all his
full brothers and sisters except two,
Mrs. Jane Lewis Wallace Of Bushnell,
n. c., and Miss Mary Gibson. who
was at school at Leesville and did
not get the message in time to reach
here until after his death. go. About
two o'clock yesterday afternoon
strange negro who had been sitting
around in front Of Mr.. John Hoods
residence on Center street, went In,
opened the front door and took Mr..
Hoods overcoat, which was hanging
on the rack, and went out, closing
the door behind him. Mrs. Hood
heard the noise and went to the door
to see who was there and he was go
ing toward the gate with the over
coat over his arm. She called to him
to bring 1t back and he turned and
looked at her and walked leisurely
along. The cook ran out and he
started to run, turning up Pinckney
street. and she called to some street
hands to catch him and he threw the
coat down and disappeared down the
alley by Mrs. Holst's. Mr.. Hood says
he would rather have lost two coats
than failed to get the negro. Miss
Anna Steele McCaw Of Yorkville,
spent from Saturday evening until
yesterday at the home Of her aunt,
Mrs. ]. NJ. Caldwell, on her way
home from Columbia Court con-
SnnniQl
Judge F. B. Gary presiding in the alb
sence Of Judge w. H. Townsend, who
is sick. Solicitor ]. K. Henry, Stenog-
rapher Harry McCaw and the other
regular officials were in attendance.
Only a formal charge was made to
the grand jury. The first case taken
up was that of John Mills for assault
and battery with intent to kill. He
was found not guilty. Octavius Simp-
son was arraigned for attempt to
ravish and pleaded guilty. Judson
Glover was tried for assault and bat
terry of a high and aggravated nature
Not guilty. Marcus Mccullough
pleaded guilty of assault with intent
to ravish. Jim Hall pleaded guilty
of assault and battery Of high and
aggravated nature. Sentence, two
months or $50. James Sanders and
Arthur Whitener are now on trial for
murder. VIM. Hood was found guilty
of assault and battery of high and
aggravated nature. Son Heath, alias
VIM. Heath, was found guilty of as
sault and battery of a high and ag-
gravated nature. $500. Mrs. Mary
Johnston Wylie, aged 50 years, widow
Of the late Samuel ]. Wylie, died at
about IL o'clock Friday night at her
home in the Wellridge neighborhood.
after an illness of less than SO hours.
She had not been strong for several
years, but was in her usual health
until perhaps five o'clock Thursday
afternoon when she was stricken with
| paralysis in the back yard near the
| stove room steps. She had gone out
to feed the chickens and was coming
| back with a bucket of chips when
some one heard her fall and went to
her assistance. She was unconscious
for a while and had several convul-
sions, but later regained conscious
ness and remained so until a short
time before her death. Drs. Cornwell
and Durham were called in at once
and everything that human hands
could do was done, but God took her.
She was born in the Wateree section
of Fairfield county, but moved to
what is known as the Johnston place,
within a mile of the place of her
death, with her parents when she was
but a girl. She first joined Catholic
Presbyterian church. but after her
marriage to Mr.. Wylie she changed
her membership with him to Hope
we'll A. r. p. church and was ever
loyal and devoted member Of the
church of her adoption. Two sons,
Messrs. John ]. and S. Erasmus Wylie,
and three daughters. Mrs. T. c,
Strong Of Cornwell, Mrs. T. S. Har-
ris of Columbia, and Miss Vangie Wy
| lie, and several grandchildren, with
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