Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-05

upon Aunt" Cisley. and he had gone
there To have it out with her. Aunt
Cisley defended herself with a fire
shovel but the poor boy who had been
sick for two years. and was not able to
defend himself in the least, was pulled
from his pallet and his head was Sc
verely bruised from the lickS. Both
the boy and his mother ran across the
railroad to prevent further trouble, and
Caldwell lit rag" for nearby thick
ct. Deputy ]. +. Wingate and Super
visor c.. +. Gordon left the city Sunday
afternoon in search of Caldwell and
they were not long in locating him.
He was resting calmly on the side OF
brier thicket when the officers first
spied him. He had two of his small
children with him and upon seeing the
officers he high-div into the brlers
with his eyes shut. One shot was fired
by Mr.. Gordon and the negro went in
to the thicket. The thicket was sur
rounded and in few moments Mr..
Wingate demanded that he hold up
his hands "Yessir,, please don't shoot,
l am shot now," said the prisoner.
The blood was streaming down his
face and no doubt he thought he was
shot. but it was only the scratches he
sustained in leaping into the thicket.
The following cards, issued here
today, herald an event of statewide
interest: Mr.. and Mrs. SaXby Chaplin,
invite YOU to be present at the mar
riage of their daughter, Ethel Leo
nora, to Mr. Charles William Fraser
Spencer, on Tuesday evening, August
16, 1910, at $50 o'clock, st. Johns
Methodist Episcopal church, Rock Hill,
s. C. The bride to-be is the youngest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. SaXby Chap
| lin of this city, and is young woman
of fine mental qualifications and per-
sonality She is one of the many
splendid young women whom VIM
throp has sent from her doors. The
groom elect is the worthy son of a
| worthy father, Mr.. c. +. Spencer OF
1OrkNllle. ne rams dS oiiS VI 'HN
brilliant young lawyers in this section
of the state, being the Junior partner
| i'm the we'll known firm of Spencer &
Spencer of this city. Mr.. Spencer has
had excellent training for his chosen
profession, being an A. B. graduate Of
Hampden- Sidney college, Va, and
holding the degree of B. L. from Wash
ington and Lee university. He has a
host of friends in this and other states
who will read with interest of the ap-
preaching happy event. The ceremony
will be performed at St. Johns church,
by Rev. H. r. Mills, after which the
couple will take an extended bridal
trip through Canada.
Lancaster News, August 8: A valua-
BILE young COW belonging to Col. T. Y.
Williams was Shot and killed on his
Waxhaw plantation a day or two ago,
by some unknown miscreant. The
animal was in the pasture at the time,
and with her was her calf about two
weeks old. No effort should be spared
to find out the party guilty of so das-
tardly a deed. . Work on the public
roads is progressing apace. Practical
ly all the roads in the county have
either been worked under the new sys-
tenn or contracted to be worked, we
are told, and it is now up to the coun-
ty authorities to see to the carrying
out of the maintenance feature, that
is to say. the keeping of the high
ways in good condition. A contract
was let recently to Messrs. Hyatt e.
Ashe of thirty miles to be worked in
the Pleasant Valley section. There are
also a few roads, we understand, still
unworked in Flat Creek township. 49,.
The 53rd annual meeting of the TirZah
Bible society held at Tirzah church,
just over the line in North Carolina,
last Saturday, was one of the best
within its history, many citizens OF
both Carolinas being present. The
orator of the occasion, the Rev. w. A.
Hafner of Fort Mill, delivered an able
and scholarly address. The collection
amounted to about $153.. Little
Ruby, about five years old, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Threat of the mill
village, died suddenly Sunday after
noon, though she had not been well OF
late. DR.. Laney happened To be pass
noon, and hearing some one screaming
in the house, went in to ascertain the
cause. He found the little girl in con-
vulsions, and despite his prompt efforts
to relieve her. she expired in short
while The mother and child returned
last Friday from 4 visit to relatives in
North Carolina. Mr. w. w. Hance,
an estimable citizen of the cotton mills
community, died Monday afternoon of
paralysis. He had been sick about ten
days. He was about "a years of age,
and was originally from North Caro-
lima. removing with his family to Ian
caster a few years ago. He was a
good man and a w-abiding citizen.
He leaves a widow and several chill
terday To Kings Mountain, n. c., for
interment at Bethlehem. Mr.. Sam
uel Graham. the aged citizen who re-
Gently fell and fractured his leg in at
tempting to mount his mule. as pub
liShed in the News at the time. died
Friday evening of his injuries at his
home, four miles east of Lancaster. He
was a son of William Graham, was in
his S5th year, and was never married
He is survived by one sister, Miss An
ME Graham. Mr. Graham was a Con-
federate veteran, an honest man and a
quiet, peaceablc citizen. There is a
tradition that the ancient house in
which he was born, lived and passed
away is where George Washington ate
dinner on the occasion of his trip
through this country. The many
friends and acquaintances in Lancas-
ter county. his old home, of Mr.. ID. Ell
Dunlap will he panied Ia hear of his