Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-09
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IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
News and Comment Clipped From
Neishboring Exchanges.
LANCASTER.

LANCASTER.
News, July 6: The COLOSSUS Colo
mine near Waxhaw was sold at pub
lie auction this week. The mine ano
its equipment brought $241,00O....'
Mr.. and Mrs. P. F. Mcdaniel are Wis
iting the formers mother in York.
Miss Maggie Beckham of this place
is visiting her brother, Mr.. Jane:
Beckham at Yorkville. Mr.. K. A
Dobson. superintendent of the Laur'
ems graded schools, is spending few
days here with Mrs. Dobson, who /:
visiting her parents, Judge and Mrs
Id. A. williams. Miss Annie Blud'
worth Of Yorkville, who was for
merly with the Williams-Hughes COM
pany, has accepted a position WITT
Manager Walter Davis at the cottor
mills store. 80. Miss Carrie Gregory
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Greg
ory, was taken to the Pryor hospita
in Chester this week, where she was
operated on for appendicitis. She Is
now getting along nicely. Miss Pear
McManus, daughter Of DR.. and Mrs
IR. C. McManus, who underwent 6
similar operation there some days
ago is doing we'll and able to sit up
| Mr.. Sam Crenshaw was pain
fully hurt yesterday at the Willow
Branch trestle, on the L. & c. road
He was operating a steam shoVei
when the slipping of a pulley caused
some part of the machinery to strike
him on the legs, bruising them Sc
verely. His injuries were dressed by
DR.. Crawford.
CHESTER.
Lantern, July s.: Mrs. r. w. Boney
Is spending today in Yorkville. Hell
little son Elmore, who has been In
Yorkville a few days with his grand
father, will come home with her.
Tuesdays special primary held FOL
the purpose of nominating a judge OF
probate to succeed the late Col. ]. K
Culp resulted in the election Of Mr.
| j. A. Blake by a majority Of thirty
Very little interest was manifested In
the election as is shown by the light
vote. Mr.. w. H. Stevenson, who
underwent an operation for appendi-
citis at the hospital ten days ago, Is
getting along nicely now, and his en-
tire recovery is expected. ....- Mrs
r. M. Stevenson of Glover, left for hel
home Wednesday morning after
spending a week here with her son
Mr.. w. H. Stevenson, who is in the
hospital. The court OF genera
sessions for the county adjourned
Tuesday afternoon after disposing OF
all cases that were ready for trial
The grand jury found no bill in the
case of Ernest Wilson, charged with
arson. James Dixon was convicted Of
acting as an emigration agent without
license and was sentenced to pay
fine of $1,000 or spend four month:
on the county chaingang. 1t is need
less to say, however, that Dixon chose
the latter alternative. Eli Hayward
charged with assault and battery witt
intent to kill, plead guilty to assault
and battery Of high and aggravated
nature, and was sentenced to eighteer
months on the chaingang. .... .Johr
Cunningham, indicted for the murder
of Johnson Cunningham, was founc
guilty Of manslaughter. and was sen
fenced to six years on the count!
chaingang or in the state penitentiary
Reuben Hall, indicted for attempt t.
ravish, was found not guilty. Hal
conducted his own defense and show
ed conclusively that there was moth
ing in the charge against him. Yes
terday morning was devoted to equit!
business. The house occupied b.
Mr.. c. S. Fudge and family to TIT
rear of Mr.. B. f. Wright's home Oh
West Lacy street was almost com
pletely burned down about S.3'
O'Clock yesterday evening. The fir
started in the closet and its origin i
unknown. There had been no fire II
the stove in eight hours and not ever
a lamp had been lighted at the time
Mrs. Fudge had gone to a neighbo
house, only a few feet away afte
supper and il was burning through
the roof when she noticed 1t. On
nice bedstead and nearly all Of Mrs
Fudge's clothes were burned, but TIT
most of their other things were saved
though badly abused. The house ad
joining, occupied by Mr.. Arthur Or
and family caught fire, but was pu
out by the fire company before 1t wa
badly damaged. Mr.. Orr's thing
were all taken out of the house ant
were damaged to some extent. MI
Fudge had no insurance. The house
both belonged to Mr.. B. E. Wright
and were probably insured. On ac
count of the distance to a hydran
and the inaccessibility of the location
the house was almost burned dowl
before the fire company could play
stream of water on the fire.
GASToN.
Gastonia Gazette, July 5: Mr.. Sta
Wood, a former Gastonian now will
the Thomson company, at Yorkville
was in town this morning. He left oil
No. IL for Greer's S. c.. Miss Cor;
Clarke. who has been in Charlotte 70
the past several months, was in Gas
tonia Wednesday. She left yesterda.
morning for cambridge, Tenn, to Wis
it Mrs. NJ. ]. Clarke. .... Mr.. j. +
Dixon has gone to Piedmont Springs
near Kings Creek, S. c., to spend
week. ... Capt. w. 1. Stowe wa
wearing a new hat Tuesday. or rathe
it was a hat no one had seen hin
wearing beforehand thereby hang
a tale. Monday Clerk c. c. Cornwell
who is an ex-officio member of the pen
sion board, invited the other member
to dine with him. The invitation wa
accepted and the other three member
repaired to Mr.. Cornwell's hom
where they enjoyed a most excellen
dinner. While they were enjoying tn
repast. however Mr.. Cornwel's bul
4 dog was doing likewise out in tn
yard. He had dined on hat and tina
hat was Capt. Stoves. His host gra