Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-07-24
Tuesday, July "a, 1906
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.
Trouble Among the Nesroes-Work
of the Mayor-Personal and Other

Trouble Among the Nesroes-WorL
of the Mayor-Personal and Other
Notes.
Correspondence OF the Yorkville Enquirer.
RocH HILL, July 23-There was al
exceedingly live session of Esquire
Beckham's court Monday morning
The trouble was a free for all, catch
as-catch- can, every man for himself
and the devil take the hindmost fight
indulged in by the attendants at re-
ligious meeting at Mt. Hebron coloreG
church near Leslie Sunday. The court
room was jammed full of colored cit
izens and the overflow extended al
the way through the narrow hall
down the stairway into the street
The situation was one better to i'm
agine than to breathe. There were
two charges against Charley Young
Isaac Wilson and John Davie, to wit:
assault with intent to kill" the re-
spective targets being Judge Biair
Charley Young and Ben Fewell. The
other charge against them was: dis
turbing religious worship and carry
ing concealed weapons. Each OF
them was fined $25 in the first and
$35 on the second charge. On the
charge of assault they were bound
over to the circuit court In the
amount of 5000 each.
Mayor Roddey's strenuous meth
DDS have caused a dearth of applica-
tons for treatment at his dispensa-
tory which Is open on Monday morn
Ings. This monring however, ii SEEM
ed that an epidemic had struck the
town Judging from the numbers OF
of heroic doses administered by the
city's chief executive. After it was
all over Chief Partlow was seen
vending his way to the bank with
both hands bulgingly full of all KINDS
of money. The mornings practice
amounted to about $295 booked. one
hundred of this, however, was not
collected as 1.-The lady" preferred the
alternative of leaving the city never
to return, a riddance long desired.
Messrs. Chas. L. Cobb and Saml
Friedheim, Sr., two Of our popular
citizens who have been sojourning in
the city hospital for several weeks,
recovering from operations, are again
at their homes. Mr.. Charles w. +.
Spencer is still confined to his room
but is getting along finely and eX-
poets to be out in a week or two.
Rev. w. c. Winn, who has been
stationed here for several years On
the North Rock Hill circuit has
has been compelled on account of the
nealIn nlHlScll dllu ~ o.
up his ministerial work for the pres
ent. He and his family have gone on
a visit of several months to relatives
in Arkansas. Rev. Mr.. Youngblood
will take charge of Mr.. Winns cir
cult during the latter's absence.
Rev. e. ]. Ransom occupied the
puIpit of the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian church Sunday morning.
He is making a canvass OF the
churches to solicit aid for the Spar
tanburg Mission of which ne mas
charge.
Miss Herbert Bays, after a visit to
her sisters in this city, has returned
to her home in Charleston.
DR.. and Mrs. Clarence Kuykendai
have returned from Cleveland
Springs. u
Misses Agnes and Louise Fewell,
Carrie Bell Poag and Lille Earle
Sadler, are spending the summer at
Montreal, n. c.
Misses Robbie Miller and Emma
Bell left Monday for Yorkville and
other points. =,
visiting Mrs. Lillian Adams.
Misses Louise and Sidney Gage OF
Union have returned home after
visit to their aunt, Mrs. d. P. Steele.
Mrs. Jno. W. O'Neal and children
are visiting relatives in Winnsboro.
Misses Mary Love and Bessie Bar
ron are in Winnsboro for Miss MI
riam Jordan's marriage.
Mr.. John johnson Of Marietta, Ca
is a visitor in the city.
Mr.. Albert Friedheim is visiting
in Norfolk, Va.
Misses Mary and Hattie Meek
Moore will go to Asheville this week
to visit their grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. Leonidas Moore.