Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-01
LANCASTER.

News, December %: Mr.. Wilkin-
son Of Washington, D. c., inspector of
rural routes, was here this week and
made complaint of the condition OF
our roads. He stated positively to
the postmaster that If the people did
not take more interest in and keep up
the roads that some of the routes
would be discontinued. ... Mrs. Jane
Hammond, wife of Mr.. P. B. Ham
mond of the Heath Springs section,
died Wednesday, Dec. 26, after a pro-
tracted illness. She was about seven
| ty years of age. Her husband and two
children survive her She was mem
Der of Beaver Creek Baptist church,
and a devout Christian woman. Her
remains were inferred Thursday at
Beaver Greek church after funeral ser
| vices conducted by her pastor, Rev.
S. n. Watson. The store Of Mr..
Ellison Plyler, some miles north of
Lancaster was burglarized Friday
night. Mr.. Plyler's son-in-law, Mr..
Howie heard a noise in the store dur
mig the night and on going to the
building found a man inside. He
| fired on the intruder but missed him
and upon his gun refusing to discharge
the second time he broke the weapon
over the burglars head. The latter
escaped however. The next day Sher-
if Hunter arrested and lodged in Jail
a negro named Beauregard Robertson,
suspected as being the guilty party.
Robertson's shoes exactly filled the
tracks made at the store by the burg
lar. Miss Eloise Foster, who is
the primary teacher in the Abbeville
| graded school; Miss Gertrude Fos-
ter, one Of the teachers in the Chester
city schools; Miss Katherine Foster,
who teaches at Magill, and Miss Jose
| phine Foster who has school at Min
eral Springs, all spent the holidays
with their mother in Lancaster. .....
Cards are out announcing the ap-
preaching marriage of Miss Meta
Jones, the eldest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. w. Jones, to Mr.. Frederick B.
Beaufort of this state. The ceremony
will be performed at the home here of
the prospective brides parents next
Wednesday evening, Jan. End, at 7.3O
o'clock AS is well known, Miss Jones
is one of our most cultured, accom-
plshed and popular young ladies. and
the entire community will be loath to
see her leave Lancaster. But for
the difficulty between two negroes. Jim
Haden and Lovich Heath in which
the latter was killed, the Christmas
holidays passed off very quietly in this
county. The difficulty between Heath
and Haden occurred Christmas day in
the eastern suburbs Of town. Whisky
was the cause of the trouble between
Them each having accused the other
of selling II illegally. In the difficulty
Haden was wounded and stepping in
to a house picked up shot gun, step
ped to the door and fired at Heath, the
load taking effect in the side of his
face and neck. The wounded man died
| from the effect of the wound about two
hours afterwards. Haden fled but was
| ldleI Captured ny SHeilll Iluilei anu
lodged in Jail. .... Mr.. Westley Beck
ham, highly esteemed citizen of the
Pleasant Hill section, died suddenly
some time during Tuesday night last
Mr. Beckham had been out hunting
that day and was apparently in his
usual health when he retired to bed
that night. Some time during the
night his wife awoke and discovered