Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20
miscellaneous Reaaias.
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.

IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
News and Comment Clipped From
Neiehboring Exchanges.
LANCASTER.
News, September IS: The First A.
| r. P. presbytery met at Shiloh yester-
day and formally installed the Rev. ..
w. Carmichael as pastor Of the Shiloh
and Lancaster churches. The minis
ters present were the Rev. Oliver
Johnson of Neely's Creek; Rev. c. E..
Mcdonald of Chester, and Rev. Mr..
Lummus OF Richburg. An account
of the killing of Mr.. James T. Thom-
asson of Fairfield county, last Friday
In Chester county, in the neighborhood
of Great Falls, was published in Sat
urday's issue Of the News. His slayer
was a negro, JEFF Murphy. who is now
in jail at Winnsboro, having gone
there and voluntarily surrendered. 1t
appears from what we have been able
to learn that at an early hour FRIDAY
morning, Mr.. Thomasson went to
negro house in the vicinity OF Great
Falls to get a gun upon which he had
n claim, the negro in whose possession
| II was supposed to be having been at
one time a tenant on Mr.. Thomasson's 8
place. Not finding the weapon, Mr..
Thomasson went to the house Of an
other colored man in the neighbor-
hood, where he suspected that II was
concealed. In prosecuting his searcn
for the gun he raised or started 10
raise some bedding, when a woman In
the house jumped up on top Of the bed
and forbade him to take of the COW
ering, saying that there were some
things under the bed which a man had
no business to see. Mr.. Thomasson
showed her aside with a gun which he
had In his hand, and in doing so ne
made a slight abrasion OF the skin on
her forehead. AS he warded her OH
he was shot in the head and instantly
killed by Murphy, who was in the
house at that time, though 1t is not
thought that Mr.. Thomasson was
aware Of his presence. Murphy Is not
the husband Of the woman. The wea-
pom he used was a shot gun. Murphy
walked out the house, got his horse
and left for Winnsboro. Two white
men, 1t is said. were present but they
did not arrest the negro.
CHESTER.
Lantern, Sept. II: Miss Carrie Bell
Poag of Rock Hill. who is the guest
o. Mrs. ]. A. Hafner, accompanied by
the latter and Mrs. M. ]. Melton, went
to Hicklin Saturday to visit Mrs. w.
|C. Hicklin. Mr.. Hafner went over and
returned with them today. ...... Mrs.
James Darby Of Lowryville, was In
the city yesterday morning on her re-
turn from Fort Mill, where she has
been for ten days helping to nurse her
SON. law, Mr.. Harvey Witherspoon,
Who has recovered from an attack OF
diphtheria. Mr.. w. w. Lewis and
two children Of Yorkville, came Sat
urday to visit his sister, Mrs. r. X.
Hafner. Mr.. Smith Gordon, VINO
lived near Blackstock, on the Fairfield
side, died early Sabbath morning after
three months illness, Of some stomach
trouble, and the remains were buried
at Concord yesterday. the Rev. G. q.
Mayes conducting funeral service
Mr.. Gordon was born in Belfast, Ire
land, about 80 years ago. He came to
this country when he was IS years old
He was married to Miss Margaret
Wilson, by whom he was the father OF
six children, three Of whom survive,
Mr.. David Gordon of this city, being
one of them. He served through the
war in company I, Sixth regiment,
having gone out In 1861 with the Ches-
ter Blues. AT a cabin located on
the corner of Ashford and Columbia
streets on Saturday night last, VIII
Johnson shot and killed Sumter wise,
both of the men being colored. Mr..
M. ]. Wallace heard the shooting and
as he was starting out Of his house saw
the negro, Will Johnson, running up
the street. Mr.. Wallace suspected that
something was wrong and on arresting
Johnson found that he had a pistol.
He was locked up in the guard
house, Mr.. Wallace having no inkling
of the true state Of affairs. On going
back from the guard house Mr. wal
lace heard the facts. 1t seems Hattie
Heath, who had been separated from
her husband for some years and who
was living with her children, was
looked after by both Johnson and
Wise. Naturally there was no love lost
between the two. On Saturday night
Wise was at the house when johnson
came up and in a fit Of jealously shot
Wise to death. Johnson fled and was
arrested as described above. On
searching the house the body Of Wise
was found by the officers and soon the
tale was told Of how the shooting was
done. The woman said that when the
shot was fired she ran out of the house
and hid in a cotton patch. A jury was
empaneled and after viewing remains
the coroner adjourned the hearing un-
til Sabbath morning. On the following
morning the jury with Mr.. r. E. Cou-
sar as foreman, after hearing the evi-
dence returned a verdict that Wise
came to his death from wound in
flicted with a pistol in the hands OF
Will Johnson. Johnson is now In jail
and will have to stand trial for his
life.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, Sept. II: Sheriff
Shuford, assisted by Deputy Bob
Rhyme and Supt. w. P. Eddleman yes
terday afternoon captured Rufe Duff,
negro who escaped Friday from the
chaingang. He was caught on the
farm of Mrs. Policy Rhyme above Dali
IlaS and was hiding in a corn field.