Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-08
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Lantern, June b: Mr.. w. u. CniluS,
has added something to the cant
remember" literature of investigation
No, sir; can't remember, because
it might reflect upon somebody and 1t
would be unjust to reflect upon them.
A memory under perfect control,
that. Billy Mobley, Jr., was found
dead in his bed this morning, at his
home a few miles below town, from
gunshot wound supposedly inflicted by
his own hand as a gun was lying near
by. He lived alone in a cottage near
his father, his wife having died a few
years ago. He leaves no children.
The burial will be at Woodward
church sometime tomorrow. Chris
ty Haywood, a mill operative at the
Wylie mill, was sentenced to thirty
DAYS on the chaingang this morning
in Judge McLure's court, for disorder
ly conduct at a game Of baseball at
the mill Friday afternoon. The
grounds are provided with seats for
which the occupants pay ten cents
each and while the game was In
progress Haywood rid the place of the
ladies. He had a pair of metal knucks
which added to his offence. Little
Miss Cleo Partlow went to Yorkville
yesterday to spend two months with
her sister, Mrs. George Wallace. ....
Mrs. Mary Davis Hardin, widow Of
the late D. N. Hardin, died Saturday
morning, June 2, 1906, at 1880 o'clock
at the home of Mr.. Will Smith in the
Armenia neighborhood. She had
measles in April, followed by dyen-
terry and has been on the decline
since. She would have been seventy
five years old next September. She
leaves several grandchildren, but no
living children. The burial was at Ar
menia Sabbath after funeral services
conducted by Rev. J. M. Fridy.
One night last week Sam Gist colored,
broke into a freight car at the South
ern depot and removed four sacks Of
sugar, a box of hardware. which he
thought was canned goods, and a box
of books which belonged to Mr.. Burr
Randall. He was caught with sack
of sugar on his back, by Mr.. B. E..
Wright, and lodged in Jail. Next
morning Mr.. Starnes found one of the
sacks of sugar in his delivery wagon
at his yard and delivered it to Chief
Taylor. Gist is still in jail. ..... Fra
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chaingang for a few months for car
breaking, sawed his chains off last
night and was making his escape when
he was shot by trusty who was keep
ing guard, and is seriously hurt. He
was brought to the hospital and an
operation was performed by DR.. S. W.
Pryor but as his intestines were pune
tured in twenty odd places it is not
probable that he will recover. He is
a brother Of Sam Gist. who was lodg-
ed in Jail last week for a similar Of
fence. .. Mrs. Jos. Gilbert and lit
tie daughter of Abbeville, spent Sat-
urday night with Mrs. w. G. Johnson
on their way to Rock HILL. Miss
Anna Lewis of Yorkville, came yester-
day to visit her cousin, Miss Wrenn
Hunter. Mrs. Eliza Moore with
her two granddaughters, little Misses
Hattie Meek and Leona Moore of
Rock Hill, came down Saturday to
visit her brother, DR.. S. G. Miller, and
returned yesterday afternoon.
Misses Marie and Susie McCrorey Of
Richburg, were guests Friday night of
Mrs w. F. Marion. The former went
home Saturday morning and the latter
went to Rock Hill to attend COM
mencement. Miss Marie and Mat
tie Cornwell of Rock Hill, who have
been visiting relatives at Fort Lawn,
spent Saturday night with their un-
Gle, Mr.. w. A. Cornwell, on their way
to Baton Rouge to visit other rela-
tives.