Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-27

o'clock, at the home OF the cnarinlIt
brides father on Cemetery street.
was a quite affair. only few relative!
and intimate friends being present
The ceremony was performed by DR.
lJ. II. Boldridge, pastor of the F'irs
Baptist church. 49,. Sam Reed, an in
dustrious colored farmer who lives Ol
Mr.. r. f.. Wylie's Tank plantation
had the misfortune to lose his dwell
ing and practically all his household
goods by fire Wednesday afternoon o
this week, caused by bolt of lightning
striking the building. Reed and hi:
family were in the field picking cotton
and but for the timely arrival of Mr.
II, b. Perry nothing would have beel
saved. Through his assistance how
ever, a small amount of goods were
saved. 4 small child of Reeds wa:
knocked down by the bolt, but fortu'
nately was not seriously. Sam Cum
ningham, colored, was drowned a.
Great Falls Friday Of last week. He
and two other men were in boat
crossing a body of water, when theil
boat capsiZed. One of the party swan
to the shore, while the other one was
rescued after strenuous efforts, ano
was only resuscitated after heroic
treatment was applied. Cunningham
body was not recovered till Monday on
| this week, when it voluntarily arose
about twenty feet from the place II
sank. The water in which the tragedy
occurred is said to be about sixty feet
deep. Henry Witherspoon, young
negro. was discovered in the act of at
| tempting to burglariZe the Lancaster
Pharmacy Yesterday morning just be-
| fore daylight. the discovery being made
by Mr.. Wayne Green, one of the clerks
who was in the store on the lookout fol
a thief, as some money from the till
and articles from the stock of goods
have from time to time disappeared OF
late, at night after closing hours. The
negro effected an entrance through q
rear window, but or letting himself
down on the inside, he caught q
glimpse of Mr. Green and started tC
retreat, whereupon Mr.. Green shot al
| him, which had the effect of making
him hasten his flight. Getting back
through the window he quickly disap-
| peared. Search was made for him
| without delay, and he was finally To-
Gated in Fort Lawn, where he was
arrested and brought back here last
night.
Rock Hill Herald, September "a: Ar
oil painting Of the lamented Capt. w
| l.. Roddey is now gracing the bank
|
bank. The work is beautiful and il
is an exact likeness of that grand old
citizen 1t is the work of a talented
artist, Miss Clara B. Strait. 49,. The
newsbutcher running from Marion to
Kingville was arrested here this
morning by Constable Sanders on the
charge of selling whisky on the train
to Sectionmaster Peter Mooney and c,
n. Jolly, Thursday afternoon. The
two men were going up on train NO
113 when they claim that they bought
quart of 20 be joyful" from III. w
| Barfield. Jolly left his pocket book
which contained something over $12
| in the closet and Jolly claims that the
newsbutcher followed him in and took
the money for it shortly afterward
Jolly boarded the train this morning
| at Blacksburg and demanded the
money from Barfield, who claimed
that he had not seen it. At Yorkville
Constable Sanders boarded the train
| and between Old Point and Rock Hill
Barfield returned $12 to Jolly. Jolly
claimed that he had $40 bill on the
National Bank at Kings Mountain
and when the money was refunded to
him he found the $40 in question
Barfield stated this morning that he
did not take the money, that he had
to borrow the money from friend
that he gave to Jolly, which he paid,
he thought, to keep out of trouble.
Barfield denies also selling the whis-
ky. Handsome invitations reading
as follows have been received in the
city Mrs. A. Carey Field requests
the honour of your presence at the
marriage of her daughter Isabel
Clark to Mr.. Julian Boyd Johnson on
Saturday, the eighth day of october
- ,Ni,, lrnl nd
at three o'clock, 65 Bowdoin Avenue,
Dorchester, Massachusetts,. ..... The
Yorkville Enquirer claims that Dr. j.
H. Saye complied with the rules of
the Democratic party Of South Caro-
lima i'm filing his pledge to become a
candidate for the house Of represen-
tativeS. Among other things the En-
quirer says that there Is no dispute
of the fact that DR.. Saye's pledge was
mailed to the county chairman before
the time limit expired For the
purpose of keeping the record straight.
the Herald has investigated the facts
in the case and we beg to inform the
Enquirer that DR.. Sayes pledge was
mailed on the train in the afternoon
of the day set apart for the final fill
ing of the pledges. The time expired
at II o'clock noon that day. and DR..
Saye's pledge did not reach Rock Hill
until go p. m., and the county chair
man did not receive it until the fol-
lowing morning The Enquirer has
been misinformed as to the facts in a
number OF instances. 1t says: THE
executive committee considered the
matter before the campaign opened
The matter was considered at a meet
ing of the executive cOmmitte at the
TirZah meeting instead of before the
campaign opened. We do not want
to appear obstinate, but in order to
give a true version of the matter and
for the purpose of keeping the record
straight, we feel it our duty to publish
the above.
Gastonia Gazette, September "a: A
letter from the superintendent of the
state asylum for the insane at Nor
canton to Mr.. w. Y. Warren states
that Mr.. j. Lon ThomaSSon. who was
taken to that institution in June from
GaStonia, shows no improvement. Ply
Sically he is in good condition but his
mental arrangement shows no i'm
provement whatever. This will be un-
welcome news to his Gastonia friends.
... FOrty-nine acres of land, part
of the Jacob Rhyme place lying on the
west side of the York road two miles
south of GaStonia. was sold this week
to Mr.. w. r. Rankin and brought a
good price. This is said to be one of
the best pieces of timbered land any
where near GaStonia. Castor coun-
ty superior court, which has been en-
gagged the past week in the trial of
civil cases, adjourned yesterday and
Judge B. +. Long and the visiting at
tOrneVS left for their respective homes.