Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-27

for 38 cents.
Death of Thomas Caskey.
Messrs. John F. and w. S. Gordon
of Yorkville, went to Chester yesterday
to attend the funeral of their uncle,
Mr.. Thomas Caskey. who died at his
home near Pleasant Grove church in
the Wellridge neighborhood at l o'clock
yesterday morning. Mr. Caskey had
been i'll for several months, and his
death was due to heart disease. The
funeral service was held at Pleasant
Grove church yesterday afternoon at
8 o'clock by Rev. C. G.. Brown, and
the body was laid to rest In Pleasant
Grove churchyard. Mr.. Caskey was a
died, having been born in about a
quarter of mile from Pleasant Grove
church. He was in his 74th year. He
enlisted in the army Of northern Vir-
ginia and served till the close Of the
struggle. Mr.. Caskey was a man Of
the highest character. He was quiet
and unassuming in bearing and dispo-
sition, but was always to be found on
the side of the right For practically
all of his life he was a loyal and con-
sistent member of Pleasant Grove
church and for the last several years
had been an elder He leaves a widow,
who was Miss Matilda Wallace, and
four children, as follows: Mrs. H. O.
Tenant, Miss Bessie Caskey and
Messrs. Hugh and Joseph Caskey.
DR.. T. 3. Meacham Dead.
DR.. Thomas Boyd Meacham, a we'll
known and highly esteemed citizen Of
Fort Mill, died at his home in that
town last Sunday morning. He had
been in failing health for a year or
more; but had been confined to his
bed only about two weeks. DR.. Meach-
am was born in Jackson, Tenn, in
1886. His father died when he was
quite young and with his brother, Mr..
Samuel Banks Meacham, he was rear
ed by his uncle, Mr.. Allen Robertson
near Rock Hill. He began the study Of
cured his diploma in 1860. The war
broke out shortly after he commenced
to practice and he volunteered, going
out as first lieutenant in the White
Guard from Rock Hill, Of which A. E.
Hutchinson was captain. Upon the re-
organization Of the troops, he became
a captain in the Seventeenth regiment.
For a while after the war he practiced
medicine with the late DR.. r. H. Hope.
Later he moved to Charlotte, lived
while in Pineville and Gaffney and set
tied in Fort Mill in 1891, where he con-
tinued to make his home up to the time
of his death. He was a member Of the
Baptist church. On November 18th,
1862 he was married to Mary Ann
Waters Of York county, from which
happy union six children were born,
Walter Banks, Thomas Boyd, Bartlett,
Mrs. Bessie Sellers, Mrs. Mamie Reaves
and Samuel Lewis, all Of whom sur
vive him, with their mother, except the
third child, who died in infancy.
Clever Tiger Outwitted.
Rock Hill special of October "a, to
Charlotte Observer: One of the clev-
crest pieces of detective work ever
done by the local police force was car
ried to successful close by Patrolman
Langley today, when a trunk checked
from Salisbury, N. c., containing about
twenty-five gallons Of the 20! be joy
full" in one vessel was seized at the de-
pot here Mr.. Langley's attention was
attracted Thursday evening by very
large trunk being checked by one OF
the colored helpers at the depot to
Salisbury Keeping his eyes and ears
open he worked his way to the side of
the trunk and, testing its weight, found
it very light His next step was to To-
cate an indentification mark, which he
did in the trunk number (40S) on the
bottom. The trunk was checked by the
colored man for some one else, sup
posedly q white man, and was not ac-
cOmpanied in person by It's owner TO
Salisbury, the owner merely mailing
duplicate tag to whisky men in Sails
bury. Mr.. Langley felt sure the 4O8
trunk would show up yesterday even
ing and was on hand. He was not dis
appointed, for when No. q rolled in
and the baggage man had to call for
help to handle 40S, Mr.. Langley knew
his labors had not been in vain. The
trunk came with an excess tag of 20
cents attached, it weighing over 200
An eye was kept on it from
that moment until noon today, when
an order was obtained by Chief Partlow
from Commissioner Marshall to seize
the trunk Upon investigation 1t was
found to contain a large galvanized tin
receptacle holding possibly twenty five
gallons of corn whisky. By the ar
and fixture it was shown to
have been in use for some time, and
there is no telling the journeys it has
made to the town of booze, and but
for the watchful eye of Officer Langley,
it probably would have made many
more. The owner, whoever he was,
got on to the detection and gave his
a wide berth This work Of
Ohicer Langley has also brought to
light the looseness with which trunks
are checked without first seeing tickets. |