Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-06-19
Miseellaneuus Reading.
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News and Comment Cleaned From
Within and About the County.
CHESTER.
Lantern, June 16: Mrs. j. f. Thom-
as and child and Miss Sallie Mcdaniel
of McConnellSville. went to WimsbOro
Saturday on Il visit to Mrs. \. II.
Young. .. Mrs. w. B. Williams of
Yorkville. passed through yesterday
morning on her way home from Car
Isle, where she had been to see her
brother. Mr.. w. X. Thomas. who is
in i'll health. .... Mr.. and Mrs. w.
H. Lowrance, have returned from
few days visit to Mr.. and Mrs. c. j.
Hughes, in YorkVille.. A sweet
and impressive marriage was solemn
lied this morning by S. ]. Cartledge,
at the handsome home of Mr. and
Mrs. H. w. Hafner, on York street,
when their second daughter, Miss
Leila, became the bride Of Mr.. Eras-
tus North Rudisille, a prominent
young business man of Lincolnton.
North Carolina. ..... Miss Margaret
Wages died Sabbath, June IA, 1908,
at the home of Mr.. w. o. McKeown
at Cornwell after an illness of about
two months with some heart and
dropsical affection. She would have
been 81 years old in October. The
funeral service was at the home yes
terday morning, conducted by Rev.
]. A. White and the burial was at
Hopewell church. .... Postmaster j..
w. Dunovant has received a letter
from the department at Washington
telling him that the contract for the
new government poStoffice i'm this
city has been awarded to the Blue
Ridge Construction Co., of AsheVille,
n. G. The letter also states that the
building is to be completed on or be-
fore July. l, 1909, instead Of Dec. l,
1909, as at first specified. Work may
now be expected TO commence almost
any day. as the change in the time
of completion of the building will rem
der it necessary for the contractors
to get busy at once.
LANCASTER.
News, June II: The Ebenezer Pres
byterian church, Rock Hill, has eX-
tended a call to the Rev. ]. T. Den
dy of Kershaw. .... An unknown per-
son attempted to break into the res
idence of Mr.. j. K. Harris, in the
Heath Springs section, Sunday night
about II o'clock. Mr.. Harris was not
at home, having come to town to at
tend court, he being a grand juror.
The party first tried a window, and
then the hall door, but ran off when
Mrs. Harris went to the door. She
secured a gun and fired at the scoun-
drel without effect. ..... .Thad Nc
Creary, a negro who escaped from the
Chester Jail on the Goth of last Octo-
Der, was captured in this county Fri
day by Deputy Sheriff /. T. Hunter,
near StOneboro, and has been return
ed to Chester. The sheriff of that
county had offered a reward of $25
for his arrest. The negro has been
working on Mr.. Fraser McGilpS farm
since last December and has conduct
ed himself we'll He is said to have a
good crop and is a splendid hand to
work. The charge in Chester against
him is that of robbing the store of
Mr.. Joe Jordan at BascomVille. The
negro claims that he was paid Sc by
81 pfn, y.if1 h
the understanding that he could take
out of the building before burning 1t
what goods he wanted by way of fur
ther compensation for the job. But
when he got into the store, says the
negro, he saw so many nice things
that his heart failed him. .... Court
convened here Monday morning,
Judge Gage presiding. When the
clerk called the roll Of the grand and
petit jurors every man answered to
his name, making a most remarkable
record, as the judge remarked at the
time His honor's charge to the grand
jury was both fOrceful and impress
sive. He began by commenting on the
prevalence of crime in this country
not only in Lancaster county, but
elsewhere as well. He said he had
examined the calendars here and
found that in the past ten years for
ty-siX homicide cases have been tried
in this county. He made a similar
investigation as to Fairfield during
the recent term of court held by him
at Winnsboro, finding that county's re-
cord of homicide cases in the same
period of time to be fOrty-five. He
has not yet held court at Chester and
York, but hopes to find better records
in those counties. White men do not
steal in this country because they dare
not, and white women are virtuous
because the men demand it, and yet
human life is taken. No law, said
the Judge, is worth a fig" unless sup
ported by a sound, wholesome public
sentiment. If the homes and the
churches were to do their full duty,
there would be no use for court houses,
which are monuments to a peoples
shame and not to their integrity. The
duties of Jurors in relation to the sup
preston of crime and the maintenance
of law and order were emphasized.
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