Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-05
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News and Comment About Things In
and Around the Country.

d. Mcconnell of McConnellSville, is
visiting her son. DR.. H, E. Mcconnell.
Her husband, Capt. ]. d. Mcconnell. IS
here for treatment. Boyd Nc
Keown, the little three months old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Stewart, died
July %, 1910 The sympathy of the
community is extended the bereaved
parents. Mrs. Amanda GLADDEN.,
widow of the late J. B. GLADDEN.. died
Sunday at her old homestead in the
Rossville section. death being due to
old age. The funeral and burial took
place at Ebenezer church, of which the
deceased was loyal member. She is
survived by the following children:
Mrs. r. ]. Dye. Mrs. David Higgins,
Miss Matte GLADDEN., Mrs. Eunice
Brown, Mr.. ]. Frank GLADDEN., all of
Rossville, and Mrs. Mamie Terrell OF
Stephens, Ark. She was a beloved
woman in her community and her
death is a great loss to every one who
was fortunate enough to know her..
A negro woman named Mag Carter,
was shot in Mr.. II. w. Hafner's quar-
ter above the Southern depot Sunday
morning by a fellow named Charlie
Brown, so ii is alleged. The details
surrounding the affair are meagre. but
it is stated that the woman was called
to the door and bullet put in her
head. She was seriously wounded. The
fellow who did the shooting has not
yet been captured. .... The burning
of the shops of the Carolina and
North Western railway here on last
Friday morning was unfortunate in
more ways than one and this the ChCs-
ter people fully realize. 1t was blow
to the road to have all this machinery
and equipment destroyed and it was
equally unfortunate in resulting in en-
who work in this shop. 1t comes par
ticularly hard just at this time for all
parties concerned. But more than this
it is hard on Chester as a whole. .....
Last night when Sheriff Colvin went
to lock up the prisoners in the cells for
the night one of them, Ike Deal, COL
ored, hid himself behind a bench and
then made a dash for liberty while the
sheriff was locking the door. The fact
that the negro who works around the
jail was in the range of fire prevented
tIa ,l,n oh ha o.
negro. The down stairs door was un-
fastened and Deal got through this
and escaped for the time. But Sheriff
Colvin never allows a prisoner to get
away and he and Mr.. A. d. Sanders got
a buggy and drove down to the Dur
ham place where the negro lived and
went up to the house where they
thought he was in hiding. Sure enough
he was there but darkness was in his
favor and he escaped through win
dow and took to the bushes. But the
trail and located him in a canebreak
about daylight and finally captured
him. He was returned to Jail and
didn't even miss a meal. .... .Wolter
Attels colored, was fined $50 or thirty
days yesterday morning before Mayor
Hardin for stealing some cocaine from
the Standard Pharmacy. He also stole
a bottle of morphine from the same
place at the same time and the double
stealing made his sentence heavy. He
was unable to pay the fine and was
sent to the gang. Saturday evening a
little before dark Attels sneaked into
the back door of the Standard Phar-
macy, the only one in at the time be-
ing Mr.. Theodore Tinsley and he was
case where the cocaine and morphine
is kept and helped himself to a bottle
of each. Hearing a noise. Mr.. Tinsley
went to to the rear and found the ne
gro. who told Mr. Tinsley that he want
ed some rhubarb and soda. Ques-
toned as to why he had come in the
back door he said that he had hitched
his mules in the rear He was given
the medicine asked for and left. Mr..
H. NJ. Williams came in a little later,
and looking around, saw that the NOR
phine and cocaine were missing. Mr.
Tinsley then set out in search of the
negro, whom he at once suspected and
found him, and brought him back up
street, telling him that they wanted to
have little talk with him. When just
in front of the telephone office the ne
gro said, Il know what you want with
me-" and hit at Mr.. Tinsley, at the
same time breaking away and running.
Up Saluda street went the negro with
Messrs. Tinsley, Stewart Cassels and
Sheen full tilt after him. Coming to
the street leading towards the Spring.
stein mill, the negro turned and lodged
into Mr. Coleman's back yard where he
ensconced himself. as he thought,
safely under some vines. But his feet
were too large To hide and his pursucrs
had no trouble in catching him. He
was taken to the lookup.
Rock Hill Herald, August 2: Miss
Bessie Connolly has gone to her home
in Yorkville on vacation. Messrs
G. d. Cunningham, II. II. White, S. II.
Hay, w. w. Miller and Jno. A. Black
have returned from their excursion trip
over the ncwly-opened Clinchfield road.
They report a grand time. Among the
points visited We're: Dante, Va, the
Clinchfield coal mines and the NatiOn-
al Soldiers home at Johnson City...
on last Wednesday evening, Miss Am
mie Leslie and Mr. J. Robert Hope,
both of this city, drove down to Leslie
and We're married by Rev. Mr. Steven
son of the Neely's Creek A. r. p.
church. Mrs. Hope is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. LeSSlie and is a
young woman Of many attractive quail
tiles. Mr.. Hope is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. II. w. Hope of the India Hook
neighhOrhOOd and holds a responsible
position with the Southern railway.
They will make their home here. ....
Three small 1wnlliupS an West Main