Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-08-07
LOCAL LACONlCS.
We Will Send The Enquirer,

From this date until January 1st,
1907. for so cents.
Farmers Mutual Life.
The annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Farmers Mutual Life
Insurance company and the Mutual
Live Stock company was held IN
Yorkville today; but at the hour this
is being written it is not practicable
TO get a definite statement OF what
has been done.
Nsely's Creek Church.
The Neely's. Creek church is nearing
completion. The roof is on, there have
been a couple of coats Of paint on the
outside and coat Of oil on the inside:
The floors are now being laid. The
building when completed will have cost
something over $4,000 and the congre-
CATION will have splendid value for Its
money.
Mr.. Whitener Gets eiond. g
In charge Of the sheriff, accompanied
| by his attorney, Thomas F. McDow'
ESQ.,, Mr.. w. ]. Whitener went before
Associate Justice Jones at Lancaster
last Friday on a writ Of habeas corpus.
Justice Jones granted the writ and al
lowed bail In the sum OF $1,000. The
amount was promptly raised and Mr..
Whitener returned to his home Friday
afternoon.
Politics In Cherokee.
They are having somewhat unusual
politics over in Cherokee county this
year. People from that county say
that the candidates for senator and
sheriff have each surrounded them
selves with bodies Of sluggers whose
business 1t is to make trouble. Par
tisans representing different factions
are charging the opposite factions
with responsibility for the situation;
but taken altogether the outlook is
rather ugly. -
From Natural Causes.
Coroner Louthian on Sunday held an
inquest over the body Of Bertha Alex
ander, negro woman Of Bullock's
Creek township. The testimony was
to the effect that the woman left her
home last Friday, after telling her chill
dren that she would be back within
short time. She was not seen any more
until Sunday morning when her broth
er found her dead body in a near by
pasture. The verdict Of the coroners
Jury was to the effect that the woman
came to her death from natural causes.
Broad River High.
There was a report on the streets OF
Yorkville last Friday to the effect that
Broad river was twenty-seve feet
high at Mr.. ]. ]. j. Robinson's short
distance above Howell's ferry and that
all the crops on both banks were gone.
From Broad River township people
who were in Yorkville yesterday, how
ever it was learned that this was a
mistake. The highest water reported
at Mr. Robinson's last Friday was sew
enteen feet, which is not nearly so bad.
Much corn was destroyed, but the
QdIHdBe was uOl ilCdiiy oo oASeAS eS -
the water had been up to the twenty
seven foot mark.
Tried Himself.
Mayor John Q. Little tried and fined
himself in the Gaffney police court
yesterday morning. The charge was
disorderly conduct. 1t grew out Of the
fight described elsewhere in this issue.
When the mayors court convened Mr..
Little called attention to the fact that
on one occasion he had fined an alder
man $5 for fighting and he would in
flict the same fine upon himself. He
pulled out five dollar bill and turned
it over to the clerk. No charges were
brought against Mr.. Little's nephew
and son, who were also engaged in the
melee. The people thought the whole
proceedings rather high-handed, and
the understanding yesterday was that
the case was to come up again this
morning before the whole council.