Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-27

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Piedmont Spring Hotel.
This well known resort will be OPEN
ed to the public next Wednesday. un-
der the management of Mr.. w. o.
Johnson.
Baseball at Glover.
There is to be baseball tournament
at Glover on June 9, 10 and la South
Carolina university team against the
locals. The local fans are looking for
ward to the occasion with much inter-
est, and there Is no doubt that the
event will be an unusual one.
Case of Aaron Howell.
The case of Aaron Howell, the York
county man, who killed c. c.. Arm
strong in Columbia. on January 90
last, was taken up by the Richland
grand jury on Wednesday, and true
bill was rendered. The case will prob
ably be tried this week or next.
Rural Carriers Association.
Next Monday being a legal holiday,
the Rural Carriers association of
York county will hold it's annual meet
ing, which takes place in Yorkville.
There will, Of course, be no mails over
the rural routes. The occasion of the
holiday is the national decoration day,
May 80.
Death of Mrs. John S. Mintz.
Cherokee News, Thursday: Just
before going to press the intelligence
was received in Gaffney that Mrs.
John s. MintZ of the Buffalo section
had died yesterday morning and
that the remains would be inferred
today. The deceased was a good wO-
man and leaves besides her husband
several children to mourn their loss
Hurt In Baseball Game.
Mr. Aubrey Willis, son of Mr. NJ c.
Willis Of Yorkville, was quite painful
ly injured in Lancaster last Monday by
being struck i'm the face by batted
ball The ball struck the point Of the
nose and lower lip, with such force
that the young man was unconscious
for several hours. After receiving Sucn
immediate attention as was necessary.
Mr.. Willis was removed to the Fennel
nfrmary at Rock Hill on Tuesday,
and is getting along very nicely. His
injuries are not especially serious.
Whisnant VS.. Whisnant.
In it's report Of Mondays proceedings
of the CASTOR superior court at Dallas.
the Gastonia Gazette has the following
to say about the case Of Whisnant VS..
WhiSnant. This was u proceeding
brought by Mrs w. r. Whisnant of
Charlotte, against her husband. w. r.
Whisnant, for the possession of their
infant child. which. it will be remem-
bered, the father got into his posses
sion in q rather sensational manner
on Monday morning of last week at the
Southern passenger station in Char
lotte by snatching it from the mothers
arms and making his escape in an au-
tOmObie. 1t was admitted in the pro-
ceedings at Dallas yesterday that the
child was in the care of Mr.. Whisnant's
mother at Glover, S. c. Mrs. Whisnant
was represented yesterday by Mr.. Nc
Call of Charlotte, while Mr.. Whisnant
was present in person to answer the
summons, being also represented by
Mr. Thaddeus w. Adams of Charlotte.
The child, however. was not produced
as the writ of habeas corpus COM
manded. Instead the father presented
a physicians certificate to the effect
that the child was too i'll to be brought
to court without danger To its life and
health. The child Is twenty months
strongly in an effort to have the re-
turn of the writ accepted and final GUS
tody of the child determined at once,
but the judge Overruled this motion.
continuing the case to be heard Mon
day, June 9Th. in Charlotte. giving as
one reason for his ruling that the child.
being in South Carolina, was not in the
actual custody of the court. AttOr-
neyS on both sides were also ordered to
file copies of their affidavits with OPP
posing counsel within five days, so that
each might have opportunity of an
swering the allegations of the other
These atfidavitS were not made public,
but were read privately by the judge,
who intmated in his ruling that both
contained extremely serious charges.
which the opposing "arty should have
an opportunity of answering.
Nearo Fiend Shot In Charlotte.
Charlotte Observer, May %: Because
Will Ross resisted an arrest on a
charge of attempting to criminally as
sault Miss -- at Fort MILL ;.
c.. he was shot In the back by officers
yesterday morning and may die from
the wound. At present he is In the
Good Samaritan hospital and the ply
sicians entertain only a slight hope of
his recovery Tine bullet entered at his
left shoulder blade and ranged To the
right puncturing his lungs and passing
through his body. "Wednesday after
noon Ross attempted criminal assault