Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-11-10
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1908.
LOCAL lACONICS.
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The Kings Mountain Monument.
The foundation work on the Kings
Mountain monument is not yet quite
completed. The contractors expect,
however, to begin laying stone next
week.
Aged One Hundred Years.
There died in Yorkville on the 23d
day Of last month, a negro woman who
Is commonly credited with having lived
one hundred years. Her name was
Mary Ann Beckham. She is said to
have been born in Chester county In
October, 1908, and 1t is stated that she
was a member of Galilee negro Bap-
tist church for IS years.
Shot at a Party.
A negro named Walter Rainey was
committed to Jail last Saturday night
by Magistrate r. L. A. Smith Of Hick-
DRY Grove to await the result Of in
juries he is charged with having in
flicted on - McCaw at a party"
the night before. The party was in a
house on Locust HILL" about three
into a row that resulted in shooting.
Rainey shot McCaw with a pistol. The
wound was quite a serious one and
there is reason to believe that it may
terminate fatally.
The Farmers Union.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
York County Farmers Union was held
in the court house last Friday,
The business transacted that Is Of
public interest was the adoption Of a
resolution requesting the county board
Of commissioners to build two miles
experimental sand and clay road-one
in York and the other in Catawba
township. The next regular meeting
Of the Union will be held in the court
house on Thursday, December 8, and
on that occasion there will be an
award of prizes in the corn contest.
Typhoid at Winthrop.
Prof. James P. Kinard, acting pres
ident Of Winthrop, made the following
statement last Sunday: 1.-TWO Of the
suspected cases of fever at Winthrop
have been pronounced typhoid. This
makes in the infrmary today six cases
af o1c In
the infirmary nine suspected cases. /
reported yesterday one additional sus-
pected case, but in some way the cor
respondent from Rock Hill failed to
get the work additional" DR.. Boyd
reports that the sick girls are doing
well. Miss Nellie Ray, who has been
very i'll, is better today"
Burglary In Fort Mill.
Fort Mill special of November 6, to
the Charlotte Observer: A genuine
sensation was caused in town this
morning when it became known that
efforts had been made during the
night to burglariZe two of the leading
stores here. The store Of Meacham &
Epps was entered through the back
door and robbed of many articles, such
as shoes, stockings, cloth, etc. The
stock was pretty thoroughly torn up
and scattered over counters and
shelves. No very accurate estimate of
the loss can be made, but 1t will un-
doubtedly count up into the neighbor-
hood of 500 or more. Entrance was
made by boring out hole in the back
door large enough to insert hand,
unlock the door and remove a bolt
which secured it. A similar effort was
made upon the store of E. W. Kim
brell & Co., but was unsuccessful
the parties either being frightened
away or giving up the task as hope
less one. The auger with which the
robber or robbers worked was left
sticking in the door, The tools used
were secured by breaking open me-
chanic's chest in the new Parks store
building nearby. There Is no clue as
to the identity of the perpetrators of
the robbery. A gentleman on the ear
ly train from Charlotte reports having
seen two men with bundles on their
backs walking beside the railroad be-
tween here and Pineville. This clue is
being followed up, but so far has given
no definite results. Magistrate Nc
Elhaney, his deputy and the local po-
lice are on the alert, following every
suggestion of a clue that might lead to
apprehending the guilty parties.