Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-02-16
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IANcASTER.


effect of paralytic stroke. Mr.. Hough
was a gallant Confederate soldier, was
member Of Kershaw's brigade, and
was twice desperately wounded In bat
tie. He had many friends In the
county who will be panied to hear OF
his death. :. Mr.. o. P. Heath, one or
Charlotte's we'll known capitalists, who
is largely interested in Lancaster, his
old home, was in town last Saturday.
..A notable instance Of dog
devotion to its owner occurred in this
community a few days ago. Mrs. Ju-
| Illus Blackmon, who recently died IN
Lancaster, as noted in the News at the
time, owned a little "fice," to which
she was greatly attached. Having no
children, Mrs. Blackmon was wont to
pet the dog a great deal. And when
she died the grief of the little flee"
was inconsolable. 1t howled most pit
eously for several days and nights
refused to eat anything and finally
died =. . Sheriff Hunter went to Char
lotte Monday afternoon after John Bal
lard, a colored servant at the Central
hotel who is wanted here to answer to
the charge of larceny. He is expected
to return with his prisoner today.
There seems to be a similar charge
against Ballard in Charlotte but he
will be brought here for trial first. .....
The residence of Mr.. ]. T. Thomasson,
manager Of the Lancaster telephone
system, narrowly escaped destruction
by fire Sunday morning, about lO
o'clock. The roof was set afire by a
spark from the chimney and about six
feet along one Of the valleys was burn
ed before the flames were discovered.
The timely discovery of the fire no
doubt saved the building.
CHESTER.
Lancaster, February Ia Alex Gillian,
colored, a thief Of more than local
notoriety and an all around crook,
is in jail at Woodbine, KY. Sheriff
Peden has been apprised of the fact,
and already requisition has been
made. 1t will be remembered that
Gillian is wanted in this city for lar
ceny. He was in Jail at Somerset,
KY, a few months ago, but escaped
while negotiations for his extradition
were pending. .... On Sabbath al
ternoon If one heard several pistol
shots in rapid succession he might
have been justified in thinking a
company of the U. S. army had dis
embarked in Chester and were be-
quilting the time with a little target
practice; but not so. 1t was only
little shooting that Luke Mccall, an
operative in the Springstein mills was
indulging in as a mark Of good fell
lowship or comraderie toward Will
Key, another operative, for there
seems to have been no personal ami
mus back of the affair. AS young
Key came by the Springstein offices
he was halted by Mccall, who was
lounging in the neighborhood, and
commanded to go through one or
two performances. which appeared
highly amusing to Mccall but didn't
strike Keys fancy little bit. When
the latter demurred and then refused
Mccall reached for his shooting iron,
and the firing began. None OF the
shots took effect, but this was evi-
IDENTIFY due to McCall's poor marks
range of his target. After emptying
his revolver Mccall put off in hot
haste. Chief Taylor and officer
Howe put out in pursuit. but the
fleet footed artillerist succeeded in
getting away. Mr.. Adolphus Bo-
ney Of Yorkville, spent from Satur-
day until yesterday with his sister,
Mrs. s. E. Colvin. Master Edwin
Colvin went home with him.
Messrs. w. H. Newbold Of the local
bar, and J. G. Wilborn of Yorkville,
appeared before Judge G. w. Gage
at chambers in this city Saturday as
attorneys for w. T. Castles, admins
traitor Of the estate Of John Morrison,
who was lynched at kershaw on Oct.
/, 1904. Messrs. Newbold and Will
born asked that the suit Of Castles
against Lancaster county for $5O,-
900 be moved to this county, as they
deemed it impossible for their client
to get justice in Lancaster county on
account of the feeling prevailing
there against those connected with
the case. MeSsrs. w. G. Hough and
Ernest Moore, both Of the Lancaster
bar, appeared to oppose this request.
They introduced affldavits from prom
inent citizens of Lancaster in the eff
fort to show that fair hearing could
be had in our sister county. Messrs.
Newbold and Wilborn introduced af-
fidavits from the following persons:
w. T. Castles, w. H. Newbold, ]. P.
Gardner, a drummer, and Mrs. John
Morrison, widow Of the man lynched.
All these affldavits tend to show that
great bitterness of feeling exists all
through Lancaster county towards
the deceased, Morrison's wife and her
legal advisers. and that 1t would be
we'll nigh impossible to get a fair
hearing in Lancaster county. Solic-
itor Henry was next sworn. Mr..
Henry stated that in his opinion 1t
would be hazardous for Castles and
his witnesses to go to Lancaster and
attempt to prosecute the case. He
also substantiated what Messrs. New
bold and Wilborn said in reference to
the Lancaster grand juries refusing
to hear evidence connected with the
case. Messrs. Hough and Moore In
troduced a number Of affidavits tend
ing to show that a wrong impression
exists as to the state of feeling in
Lancaster. Many prominent men
state that there will be no difficulty
about securing a fair trial when the
case is called. Affidavits were also
introduced from Sheriff Hunter, Mag
istrate CaSkey, Mayor Welch Of Ker-
shaw, and Chief Of Police Rateman,
the purpose being to refute what the
other side had attempted to bring out
in regard to the carelessness with
which the case against the lynchers
was pushed, ana the mlSapprenen-
sion that exists in regard to certain
demonstrations in Kershaw several
months ago that the plaintiff and his
friends interpreted as being hostile.
Judge Gage is busy at work on the
case. He will probably render a de-
cision some time today.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, February 13: Mr..
T. l.. Clinton is laid up on account
of an old trouble with his foot, with
which he has suffered off and on
ever since he lost his leg in time of
the war. r..... Mr.. Clyde Mauney who
has been making Yorkville his home
for some time. spent yesterday with
his parents Mr. and Mrs. NJ. l.. Mau-
ney. Emanuel Christopher, a de-
serter from the United States army
was arrested by Messrs. o. NJ. Daven-
port of Waynesville, and w. r. Har-
per of Clifton, Friday morning at the
Loray mills Christopher had been
employed at the Loray mills for sew
eral months and became somewhat
out of humor when arrested by civil
ians who were only seeking a reward
of $50. Christopher was taken to
Ashevile and turned over to army
recruiting officers. -" The Piedmont
Telephone and Telegraph company