Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-07-22
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- Chester Reporter, July 81: Sher-
if Colvin was called to Armenia al
about nine o'clock last night by tele-
phone message stating that the home
of Mr.. Pierce Grant had been fired into
and that there was great excitement
in the neighborhood on account or the
supposed outrage. Mr. Colvin set out
Immediately for the scene Of the oc-
currence, accompanied by Mr. Richard
Sanders, and arrived after rapid
drive to find number of neighbors
present and great excitement existing
The shooting happened about nine
o'clock, and one shot was fired. No bull
let hole was found in the house, and
it is not known whether the revolver
shot struck the house or not. care
full search was made around the neigh
borhood for the perpetrator, but no
evidence was found sufficient to justify
the sheriff i'm making an arrest.
- Orangeburg special of July 20 to
the Columbia State: According to G.
G.. FeatherstOne, in 1898 a man could
not be elected to office unless he told
the people that the state dispensary
was the best solution of the liquor
question. Realizing that great re-
forms move slowly, he said that three
years ago the dispensary should
be voted out county by county until
there was such an overwhelming ma
jority against the sale of liquor that
it could be expelled from the entire
state Mr.. FeatherStOne said that he
was i'm favor of a state wide prohibi-
ton law with the necessary machinery
to enforce it, even If the people of
the state had to go down into their
pockets to pay for it. If he were
governor and had such q law at his
back, he promised to enforce it in
all parts of the state, even in Charles
ton. "if it took all the state troops to
do it."
- Chester special of July 81, to the
Columbia State: The Chester County
Sunday School convention adjourned
at noon yesterday after a most pleas
ant and profitable session of two days.
The attendance of delegates and visi-
tors was double that of the convention
of last year. Rev. j. G. Snyder was
president of the convention and Rev.
d. NJ. Mcleod secretary. The address,
es of the speakers assigned to the va
riuus themes: Rev. }. s. Cartledge of
Chester, Miss Vandiver of Spartan
burg. Rev. +. w. Gregg of Gaffney, and
Messrs. j. X. and j. l.. Glenn of Ches-
ter, were strong and impressive. The
report of the executive committee
shows that there are forty-One sun
day schools in the county, with 1873 Of
ficerS and teachers, the enrolment OF
pupils 1,451. The following were elect
ted officers for the ensuing year:
President William Mckinnell; secrc-
tary and treasurer. J. r. Dye; eXecu-
tive committee, n. w. White, chair
man; Walter Simpson of Armenia
Methodist church, j. y. Boyd of Pleas
,;,,,, gl,,t A.
Ferguson of Harmony Baptist church,
Rev. r. \. Lummus of Union y. K. +.
church,; elementary superintendent,
Mrs. 4. G.. Brice.
Anderson Daily Mail, July 20: Hon.
Joshua W. Ashley, one of the repre-
scntatives of Anderson county in the
legislature, was called out of his bed
yesterday morning about > o'clock by
the ringing of the phone in his home
near Honea Path. For some time he
tried, shivering and muttering, To get
somebody to answer, when he had
made known his presence by speaking
into the instrument. But nobody an
swered. And Mr.. Ashley decided that
the wires had in some way gotten
crossed, and the ringing of the bell was
due to the wind. He went back To bed.
After getting inside his room, Mr.. Ash
Il.
that while he was standing in the hall,
he had seen form pass the door. 1t
was the form of Il woman. And there
had been a noise on the piazza. He
was certain. Then he went To inveSti-
gate. There was no noise To attract
his attention as he opened the door.
and il was dark, too, in tn" Shad" OF
the piazza He almost stumbled over
something, and stopped down To in
vcStigate. His hand came i'll contact
with sumething soft and downy. He
shivered a bit from the cold and felt
further. 1t was round, soft bundle.
and il moved Then all at once there
was n shrill cry-Mr. Ashley gasped
with momentary fright, then seized the
babe in his arms and rushed into his
house. When n light was set going 1t
was found that Mr.. Ashley had been
presented with a fine, black-headed
baby boy. 1t was apparently about
four or five weeks old-hale and
hearty: but almost frozen to death.
The little fellow has been taken in by
Mr.. Ashley. and if it is not claimed.
he will care and provide for ii. Mr..
Ashley says he doesn't know why tn"
phone rang. and he doesn't know who
sent him the baby: but he's glad all
the same.