Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-05-18
LOCAL LACONIcS.
Until January I, 1910.

LOCAL LAcoNIcs.
Until January 1, 1910.
We will send The Yorkville Enquirer
from this date till January /, 1910 for
$1.2S.
The Kings Mountain Monument.
The Kings Mountain monument Is
finished, all but the polishing and the
carving work The last stones were set
last Saturday, and the polishing, which
has commenced, will require two or
three weeks for completion. 1t will be
a month or more before the sculptured
designs at the base are completed.
Released on Bond.
Chester Reporter: Chief Of Police
v. d. Potts of Fort Mill, who shot and
killed Jack Jackson, colored, at Fort
Mill Saturday evening, while the negro
was resisting arrest, appeared before
Judge Geo. w. Gage with his attorney,
Mayor John R Hart Of Yorkville, at
noon today and applied for bond, which
was fixed at $500.
Death of Mrs. A. O. Parks.
Charlotte Observer, Tuesday: Mrs.
Ann oliver Parks, aged SO years, died
at the home Of her daughter, Mrs. ]. A.
Boyd, in Fort Mill, 8. c., yesterday
morning after an illness Of about two
weeks. Three children survive her,
Mesdames r. A. Miller Of Lowell; L. A.
Robinson Of Providence and ]. A Boyd
of Fort Mill Mrs. Parks was an aunt
of Mr.. John B. Ross of this city, and
also of Mrs. r. M. Miller, Jr, Mrs. L.
D. Hargraye, Miss Eldora Ross and Mr..
Baxter Ross. Mrs. Mary Matthews of
Monroe, is a sister,. The funeral will
take place in Fort Mill this morning.
Mrs. Parks was the widow Of the late
Mr.. H. L. Parks of Providence town.
ship, and one Of the best beloved and
most estimable women in the country.
She was a lifelong member Of the
Providence Presbyterian church.
"A Joint Snake.
DR.. Miles Walker Of Yorkville ran
upon a joint snake out on the Char
lotte road the other day. 1t was dead.
Somebody had already killed 1t; but
that made no difference with the doc
tor. He had to investigate 1t, to see
whether 1t had poison fangs, and just
how the disjointing business worked.
There Is a common idea," says the
doctor, that the joint snake Is a rep
tile which flies to pieces when struck
and that the pieces afterward get to-
gether again. That, however, Is a mis-
take. The snake Ia in sections for
about half the length Of its body from
the tip Of it's tail toward the middle.
When struck a sharp blow, disjoint-
ment takes place at one or more OF
these sections, but that is all. There
is no reunion Of the disjointed sections.
The snake looks like he might be pois-
onous, but he has no poison fangs."
Policeman Kills Negro.
Fort Mill, May 16: Chief Of Police v.
D. Potts shot and instantly killed Jack
Jackson, colored, at 1890 o'clock last
night. The killing occurred in the
Sprattville section Of the town through
which the negro was passing en- route
to his home at Grattan. Jackson had
been drinking and cursing on the
streets and was overtaken by Officer
Potts at the point mentioned above.
When arrested the negro, q burly man
of 200 pounds, agreed to return with
Mr.. Potts, but had gone only few
steps when with great force he seized
the officer and threw him to the ground.
Mr.. Potts reached for his pistol and this
was seized by the drunken negro. The
officer then pulled another gun from his
pocket and the negro also attempted
to wrench this from his hand. The two
were again on foot, and engaged IN q
lively tussle for possession Of the wea-
pom, when Officer Potts finally felt
Jackson's grip slacken and jerked one
of the pistols, a 3S-calibre Smith &
Wesson, from the negro's hand. With
this the officer fired four shots, two OF
which struck Jackson. One bullet en-
tered the heart and another lodged In
the shoulder. Jackson fell dead in the
street. Jackson was a powerful man,
and, while Officer Potts regrets very
much the necessity Of having to shoot
the negro, 1t was purely case OF self
defense. The county coroner is expect
ed to hold an inquest today.
Killed on the Track.
Train No. 35 on the Rock Hill and
Marion division Of the Southern rail-
way ran over and killed negro man,
q short distance east Of Tirzah last
Sunday morning. 1t seems that the
negro was lying close beside the rails
and could not be seen until the engine
had approached within too close dis
tance to admit of a stop. Steam was
shut off, the bell rung and the brakes
applied; but too late. The drunk man
was struck in the head by pet cock
on one of the cylinders, his head was
split open and he was otherwise man
gled. After some little delay, the train
came on to Yorkville, and the killing
was reported to the agent here. The
negro had previously been identified as
Will Tate, about 81 years Of age, and
the testimony Of negroes that he was
drunk was still further confirmed by
the presence Of a bottle Of liquor In his
pocket. Coroner Louthian held an in
quest, commencing Sunday, and ad-
iourning over to Monday morning for
the convenience of the train crew that
was able to testify as to the circum-
stances. The finding Of the coroners
Jury was in accordance with the facts
as stated, and no blame was attached
to the railroad people. 1t had been
suggested that possibly the negro had
been killed and put on the track; but
the coroners jury was satisfied that
this could not be the case, the abund-
ant flow of blood showing that death
had not occurred until after the man