Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-11
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Gaffney Ledger, May 8: Sunday was
great day at Unity Baptist church,
York county. Rev. w. 7. Thomp-
son CT this city, is the pastor, and he
is held IN great favor by the people.
The special occasion Sunday was a
rally, the exercises of which took up
the greater part Of the day. The sun
day school exercises were especially
interesting, the honors being carried
off by Dewitt Westmoreland, the baby
of the school. Master Dewitt Is but
two years old, but to illustrate the
precociousness of the lad the follow
ing story is told: When asked why
Adam bit the apple, he replied,
Cause he had no knife in his pocket
to cut it with" There was an over
flow of people at the IL o'clock meet
ing. The pastor preached a strong
sermon on Power" from Acts |, 8.
A recess of one and half hours was
taken for dinner and handshaking,
both of which was a success, especial
ly the former. The magnificent dis
play of good things to eat proved that
the people are in good circumstances
and the tempting manner In which 1t
was prepared showed that the ladies
know how to reach the heart OF men.
At the evening service the pastor
preached a strong temperance sermon
on the theme What is My Prayer?'
illustrating in forceful style from the
Scriptures that it should be the pray
er our Saviour taught his disciples.
The collection of the day amounted to
$41.67. All in all the event Is one
long to be remembered by both pastor
and people. "A negro who gave
his name to the officer who made the
arrest as Tesh, and to Jailer Hammer
as Julius Fares, is in jail awaiting
trial on the charge of burglary. He
entered the home of Mr.. John Lash
NIT, a resident, of West Salem, about
9 o'clock Thursday night. After Mr.
Lashmit retired he was awakened by
a noise in the hall. Upon investiga-
ton he found a negro man. When
the supposed burglar saw that he had
aroused the house." he fled, Mr.
Lashmit going in pursuit. The negro
ran about two blocks before he was
caught by Mr.. Lashmit and several
boys who Joined in the chase. Before
he was captured the negro was struck
on the head with a rock, inflicting a
painful but not serious wound. He
was turned over to the chief Of police,
MCGEE, of Salem, who carried his
prisoner to Jail.
CHESTER.
Lantern, May 8: The meeting in the
interest of organizing a fair associa-
ton was held yesterday, according to
ed to the chair and A. M. Aiken acted
as secretary. No other sentiment was
entertained than that the association
will be a reality. The following exec
utive committee was elected: John
Frazer, chairman; j. B. Wylie, ]. w.
Dunnovant, w. w. Brice, R. B. Cald-
we'll, A. M. Aiken. A resolution was
passed that the capital stock be $4,000
in shares Of $40 each. A good num-
Der of shares were taken 1T once
and the following committee was aD-
pointed to solicit further subscrip-
tons: D. Gober Anderson, P. L. Har-
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w. Byers, ]. c. Wolling. r. L. Cum
ningham, John L. Miller, Hall Fer
guson. The purpose is to buy the old
fair grounds and prepare them for
holding annual fairs or rather stock
shows in the spring and general in
dIstrial fairs in the fall. The fol-
lowing veterans will receive crosses
of honor Thursday: w. B. Agnew,
Daniel Bigham, w. E. Carter, Jas. S.
brennan, John l.. Kee, j. ]. Levin, A.
Leard, w. M. Leckie, G. w. Quinlan,
las. A. Thomas, B. B. Wright, Jas. F.
Woods. The crosses of DR.. E. S. Bah
cock, Capt. Joseph Lucius CASTOR and
Capt. o. A. Wylie, all deceased, will
be presented to their oldest lineal de-
scendants, viz: DR.. ]. w. Babcock.
Mrs. jamie CASTOR Gage and Mrs. w.
H. Hicklin, respectively. A small
negro boy. a stranger, about twelve
years old, created quite an excitement
in Mr.. I. Med. Hoods back yard Sab
bath evening by going into the house
Of his cook. Laura Archer and insist
ing or staying all night. Laura was
equally determined he should not
stay and in her struggle to get him
out he disrobed. her of her waist. His
screams alarmed the neighborhood
before a negro man acting police, sue
Yesterday morning Mayor Hardin
sent him to the chaingang for thirty
days for disorderly conduct. :. Bur
glars, or a burglar, entered the me-
chanical department of the Lantern
office a second time Friday night and
made search through several drawers,
tumbling their contents up generally.
Nothing was missing so far as could
be seen. 1t evidently was not the
same one that broke in before or he
would have known that there was no
money in a newspaper office. Some
one suggested that he must have been
crazy. The entrance was made
through the back door where a large
pane of glass had been broken out
and a thick paper pasted in it's place.
The next places entered were the
law offices of A. l.. CASTOR and r.. B.
Caldwell Saturday during the dinner
hour. Here everything was searched
through to which they could get ac-
cess. but nothing was missed except
two punches of keys and a copper
out of the desk in the small office used
by Miss Susie Caldwell. The entrance
was made through a window in the
side of the building next the old office
Of S. E. McFadden. which had been
left open. During the same day Mr..
John Moore's house on Center street
was entered, his trunk broken open
and a ring taken which was not of