Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-10

or serve fifty days on the chalnSaHS'
Pratt Ghent and James Threat, for
shooting and disorderly conduct Sat
urday night, who were fined $50 and
so respectively. which they paid.
CHESTER.
Lantern, April I: Messrs. II. c.
Brenneck and ]. H. Mccarthy and Mrs.
]. @. Hood and little Miss Adeline
Hood. attended the Fiddlers' conven-
ton in Rock Hill Friday night.
Messrs. Brennecke and Mccarthy and
Miss Hood expected to compete for
prize. but as they were awarded only
to those who were present both even
ings they did not come in. Henry
lMcMaster, colored, a "trusty" on the
chaingang, tired of durance vile Sat-
urday evening and took advantage OF
the liberties granted him to make good
his escape He took with him 40
calibre Colts revolver and several 9TH
er articles by which to remember his
stay in the stockade. McMaster was
sent up five years ago to serve SIX
Years for hOuSebreaking and larceny.
He was from the start regarded as
model prisoner and was made trusty.
He is about six feet in height, weighs
about two hundred pounds, and is OF
ginger cake hue. The home of Mr..
William Lee near the Eureka mill was
the scene of a quiet wedding Thurs
day evening when Miss Eva Phillips
became the bride of Mr.. S. M. Porter.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
IJ. S. Snyder, pastor of the Baptist
church. only few invited friends and
relatives being present. The bride is
we'll known young lady, while the groom
| is the manager of the Wylie mills store
and a capable young business man. 80.
Mrs. NJ. F. Mills of WinnsborO, spent
Saturday night with her brother, Mr..
]. D. Boyd, near COrnwell, and attend
ed the communion service at HopeWell
Sabbath. She returned to Winnsboro
yesterday morning after spending Sab
bath night with her son, Mr.. j. NJ.
Mills at Alliance. The registrars
| are at the court house today and will
be tomorrow to register voters. Re-
member that there is to be an entirely
new registration. Old certificates may
| be used in the approaching city cleo
ton but will be worthless after that
time. The board is preparing certifi-
Gates from the old books for those they
know to be entitled to them. They
expect to have these ready by tomor-
row afternoon, and ask that they be
called for Whenever the registrars
are doubtful. however, certificates will
not be made out until they are called
for OF course all who have not been
registered in the county heretofore
cannot vote until they secure certifi-
Gates. Mr.. P. II. Hollis showed us
| such as were used in the time of
Washington. How long they have
been in the family is not known, but
they belonged to Mr.. Hollis's grand
father, who was thirteen years old at
the close of the Revolutionary war.
He left them to Mr. Holliss father who
willed them to him, and left to him
also his hunting horn and a copy of
MOrgans Light on Masonry, with in
structiOns to leave them to a reliable
son. If these buckles could talk their
| story would be interesting. Two
young white men, Howard and Lowe
| by name, were before Mayor Caldwell
Saturday morning on the charge Of
peddling goods without a license. The
pair claimed that they were merely
taking orders, but the mayor decided
that they We're guilty as charged and
fined them each twenty-five dollars.
The two are out on bond pending the
receipt of a remittance that they are
expecting. w Mrs. Fannie Crosby,
| aged about 80 years, wife of Mr.. David
p. Crosby, died suddenly this morning
about $50 o'clock at her home on Nc
Lure street near Evergreen cemetery.
She had a severe attack of acute in
digestion yesterday, but was relieved by
a physician and seemed as well as
usual this morning. Mr.. Crosby had
gone TO his work and all the children
except one had gone to school when
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