Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-01
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
e Of the Yorkyille Enquirer.

j. S. McTeer, a colored school
teacher, was shot by his brother-in-
law, Malcolm Durant, near Branch
vile, Friday. Durant escaped.
e. S. Tillery was shot and killed
by w. S. B. Tate at Ferguson, Sat
urday. They quarreled about gun.
R. A. Adams, under sentence OF
death for the murder Of Henry Jac-
ques Of Colleton county four years
ago, has, through his attorneys filed
petitions with the state pardon board
Clemson college will not be re-
opened until January 8 on account oil
shortage Of the coal supply.
Mr.. William I. Laval, chief clerk In
the state treasurer's office retired to-
day after being connected with the
office forty-seven years.
Patrick, Chesterfield county, Dec
%: Frank Perdue, white man aDout
twenty-four years old, was shot 10
death Monday night by Duncan wilkes,
another white man about twenty-eight
years old. Wilkes escaped. The wea-
non used was a 32-calibre pistol. Both
were drinking. Magistrate Ousley
held an inquest and a verdict that
Perdue came to his death by a gun
shot wound from a gun in the hands
of Duncan Wilkes was returned.
Patrick, Chesterfield county. Dec.
2S: M. D. Smith, a young white man
who lives about five miles north OF
Patrick, was burned to death Monday
night at his home. Smith had been
to Cheraw and was thought to have
imbibed too much Christmas whisky.
He was found dead in the yard. HIS
clothes were burned off. Smith De-
longed to a good family and for. sever
al years taught school in this county.
The house and contents and an out
house were burned. Mr.. d. A. smith,
a brother of the deceased, was also In
the house but escaped with few inJu-
ries. No clue can be gotten as 10 the
origin of the fire.
Greenville special Of December 81,
to Charlotte Observer: Col. John Z.
Boyd, adjutant and inspector general
elect, was stricken with paralysis this
afternoon between and o'clock
while he was visiting his daughter on
College street. He was quickly re-
moved to his apartments at the Nor
mandie hotel, where he Is resting
quietly this evening. Col. Boyd came
to Greenville from Columbia several
days ago to spend Christmas. He has
been on the streets every day and was
out on the streets at o'clock this af-
ternoon looking we'll. The stroke was
very sudden. In speaking OF his con-
ditiOn tonight the attending physician
said that he considered Col. Boyd Sc
riously i'll and he doubts very much II
he will be able to take the oath OF Of
flee on January Is. The attack was
on the right side and that side Is ut
terly helpless this evening. The COL
onel has been conscious at all times
since the stroke and said tonight that
he had been feeling unwell only today.
-Laurens special Of December %,
to Spartanburg Herald: A big cooking
main was nulled off yesterday in Laur-
ems county between some sports or
North Carolina and South Carolina.
The main was held on Saludt river
twenty miles south Of this city on the
premises of a prominent planter. 1t
is difficult to learn much Of the event,
but some local sports and visitors from
Spartanburg and Gaffney who attend
ed the main and who returned to
the city last night state that the purse