Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-20
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Lantern, March l6: Mrs. S. E. COL
vim and children are spending today IN
Yorkville. Mr.. Neill Little of Frank
lin county, Ga, arrived I'm the city
Wednesday and left yesterday morn
ing with Fletcher Eberhardt. the negro
convict, who was captured here few
weeks ago. Eberhardt has several
months of a twelve months sem
tence to serve on the public works
of Franklin county. y........ Mrs. w.
P. Love and baby, with her mother.
Mrs. H. r. Neal Of Yorkville, who have
been visiting her sister, Mrs. w. II.
Gwin, on Center street, left for their
home Wednesday morning. ....... The
mayor on yesterday morning Imposed
fine of SIS each upon Lucille Bur-
roughs and Mary Nelson, two colored
damsels, who were charged with con-
duct unbecoming lady and strictly
against the code Of law and ethics
prevailing around here. There was
ample evidence to establish the guilt
of the accused; and the mayor showed
no hesitancy in pronouncing the afore-
mentioned sentences. Sid smith,
who is by occupation a machiaist. fired
four shots at Tom Howard, the COL
ored porter at the Nicholson hotel'
Tuesday afternoon at the Southern
depot. Smith is a quiet, we'll ordered
fellow when sober, but he is a bad
man" when in his cups, and he was In
this condition Tuesday afternoon when
Howard crossed his path. The latter,
who is a mouthy offensive sort of ne
gro is said to have applied some i'm
proper remarks to Smith and to have
thrown a piece of iron at him when
demonstrated with. Smith wouldn't
submit to anything like that, and in
moment he had whipped out his gun
and opened fire. None Of the shots
took effect, either for the reason that
they went wild or that Howard outran
them. His speed in getting to the
hotel was such as would have put to
shame Barney Oldfield or any of the
rest of the crowd that are trying to
lower the record for a mile 10
the fraction of a second. Smith escap-
cd and has not yet been apprehended.
..... Alex Marion, colored, who 1t will
be remembered made an attempt to es-
cape from the county Jail several
weeks ago, made another attempt few
days ago. His plan this time seemed
to be to burn away portion OF the
wood work and then dig his way out.
He was detected, however, by Sherln
Peden and placed in close confinement.
He will be closely confined from now
till the time of trial, and will be given
no opportunity to escape. .... Mr.. Will
lie Spence, who went to Panama rev
weeks ago, returned Wednesday after
noon after working ten days at that
place. We have not seen Mr.. Spence
yet, but hear the death list around him
each day was so great he decided TO
return. He says the first thing they
do when a man arrives there is to take
his measure for a coffin. 49,. The peo-
pie near Sandy River station, on the
Seaboard Air Line, are moving FOR
some accommodation for passengers
at that place and have asked the
railroad commission to take such steps
as may be necessary to bring about the
desired result. They ask only such
building as the Importance Of the place
will justify and as will be creditable to
the corporation concerned. We believe
there is not so much as a shed at San
DIV River to protect patrons of the rail-
road from rain and storm, and they
certainly deserve some consideration.
We suppose that a suggestion to the
Seaboard people will be all that will be
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