Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-14
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IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
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CHEROKEE.
Gaffney Ledger, May 10: party
headed by Messrs. q. A. Robertson and
Sam Fort went snipe hunting last
might Prof. Louis Blossom, orchestra
leader of the Edsall- Winthrope Stock
company now playing here and direct
from New York, was left to hold the
bag. Owing to the course Of the wind
the snipes were hard to get up and 1t
was a long time before they were
herded for driving. When they reach
ed the place where the bag was left
it's holder had departed and the catch
was lost. 1t will be tried over again
tonight. It was estimated that there
were at least $50 snipes in the drove.
There is rather a striking case
of the miscarriage of justice in Cher
okee county at this time. 1t seems
that one Arthur Chambers, colored,
was charged before Magistrate Ruppe,
with cursing on the public highway,
and also another charge involved In
the same transaction. The magistrate
convicted the negro and sentenced him
to thirty days on the chaingang on
each Of the charges. After the trial an
other negro told that the wrong negro
had been convicted, that he was the
guilty negro at the time-whereupon
the magistrate tried the other negro
and convicted him. During all this
time the innocent negro was serving
time on the gang. T. B. Butler, Esq,
wrote the governor giving a history or
the case together with the affidavit OF
the witness on whose testimony the
guilty negro was convicted; this was
on the 22nd Of April. The governor
replied that he required the affidavit
of the prosecutor setting forth the
facts, and stating that Chambers was
not guilty. This affidavit was for
warded to the governor on the oath Of
April, but no action has as yet been
taken in the premises. In the mean
time an innocent man is suffering the
penalty for a crime which he did not
commit.
CHESTER.
Reporter, May 8: The venerable DR..
A. F. Anderson is seriously Ill at his
home near Lowryville. 49,. Tuesdays
municipal election evoked great deal
Of interest as had been expected, and
the pooling booth was crowded at 4
o'clock when the voting ceased and
the counting commenced. The votes
stood as follows: For mayor, r. B.
Caldwell, 259; w. H. Harden, ITS: For
alderman, ward l, JOS. A. Walker, ST.,
4S, E. A. Crawford, 2S; ward 2, ]. T.
Peay, 81, DR.. w. B. Cox, %; Ward 3,
S. E. McFadden, 1873; ward 4, u. V.
Davidson, 130.. The annual election
of teachers for the city graded schools
was held Monday afternoon and re-
suited as follows: First grade, Misses
Mary Thomson and Barnette Spratt;
second grade, Miss Kate Mcclure; third
grade, Misses Frances Abel and Kate
Glenn; fourth grade, Misses Agnes
Douglas and Kate Rosborough; fifth
grade, Misses Gertrude Foster and
Nellie Schorb; sixth grade, Miss jamie
Burns; seventh grade, Mr.. r. G. Nc
ALLEY; high school, Mr.. ]. NJ. Ariail
and Miss Ethel Tenhet. Mr.. F. c.
Easterby and Miss Susie Williams de-
clined reelection.
Lantern, May 10: Mr.. and Mrs. T.
L. Fowler have sent out invitations to
the marriage Of their daughter Burdie
Livingston to Mr.. John Mack Wood
side, Wednesday evening, May %, at
5 o'clock, at the Presbyterian church,
Blackstock, S. c.. Mrs. Emma Alex
ander Woods, widow Of the late Mr.. T.
B. Woods, died at IL o'clock last
night, May 9, after long and linger-
ing illness at her home on West End
street. She was a daughter Of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Sample Alexander
/ good woman and bore her sufferin
and was reared in this city. She was
silently and patiently. She Is surviv-
ed by five children, Messrs. Auburn,
Butler and John, and Misses Evelyn
and Emma Woods, all at home. She
is also survived by two full brothers
and one sister, Messrs. c. II. Alexan- |
der Of Union, and Norris Alexander Of
Fayetteville, and Mrs. E. T. Atkinson
Of this city, and two half brothers, Rev.
William Alexander Of Memphis, Tenn,
and DR.. Lewis Alexander Of Scranton,
Pa....... The L. & c. morning train
which leaves here at $50 o'clock on
it's return to Lancaster, was wrecked
at the 17mile post, one mile below
Bascomville yesterday morning. Five
jumped the track at a curve and the
track was pretty badly torn up for
perhaps sixty yards but no one was
hurt. Conductor King says if the train
had been running fast the wreck
might have been serious, but fortu-
nately they were slowing up to leave
two cars loaded with chain gang out
fit and material at that place. A force
of hands went to work and laid a track
around the wreck and the train came
in yesterday evening about two hours
late.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, May 10: County
Physician L. n. Glenn went to Cher
ryville Wednesday to look into the
smallpox situation there. He found
four cases in the family Of Mr.. Frank
Harrelson, near the CASTOR MILL three
of which were of a serious nature
While there he vaccinated over twenty
people who had been exposed to the
disease. At Grouse. he says, there are
twenty or more cases, the status there
being about as it was when first men
toned in the Gazette a week or two
ago. ...... At the home of the brides
parents at the LOray Wednesday, Miss
Ella Waldrop was married to Mr.. John
Horne, the ceremony being performed
by Rev. j. A. Hoyle. These are both
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