Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-02
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News and Comments About Things In
and Around the Country.

and Around the Country.
Gastonia Gazette, November 29: Rev.
DR.. S. B. Turrentine, the newly ap-
pointed presiding elder of the Shelby
district, Western North Carolina con-
ference, will preach at Main street
Methodist church next Sunday MORN
ing, December 4th, and at West End
Methodist church Sunday evening.
Mrs. E. S. Pegram of Statesville, VINO
has been the guest for several days OF
Mrs. NJ. c. Pegram, left yesterday al
ternoon for Charlotte, where she will
visit friends before returning to her
home in Statesville.. >. Mr.. j. T. Spen-
Ger brought to the Gazette office yes
terday quite a freak in the shape Oh
chicken several days old that has no
ewes. 1t is a Buff Cochin chick, and
is perfectly formed except for the TACT
that it is totally blind, having no sign
of an optic organ.
Lancaster News, November 80: Mr..
n. P. Robinson returned yesterday
morning from Due West, where he
spent a few days with his son, the
Rev. r. l.. Robinson, president of the
Woman's college, who, as published at
the time, had the misfortune recently
to break his leg. The many trlenos
here of the beloved minister will be
pleased to learn that he is getting
along very nicely-fully as well as
could be expected considering the seri-
Gus nature of his injuries. 1t Will De
recalled that both bones Of the limb
were broken above the ankle when In
the darkness he fell from high en-
bankment. .... .Messrs. w. j. and I. ).
Hendrix of Cedar Creek township had
the misfortune to lose by fire their gin
house last Wednesday night. together
with about eight bales of cotton, five
in the seed and three ginned and pack
ed, and several hundred bushels OF
cotton seed. Two of the burned bales
belonged to DR.. T. ]. Straight OF TINS
Mace The loss is between $1,000 and
$1,000, with no insurance. 1t is thought
that the fire was of incendiary origin.
The gin had not been operated since
the Monday previous. 1t was only
about six weeks ago that Mr.. w. j..
Hendrix had 500 in bills stolen from
his dwelling in broad daylight. The
money was in small box in his trunk
and the empty box was afterwards
found near the we'll. No clue to the
robbery has yet been discovered, .....
The fowl house Of Ed Craig, colored
tenant on Mr.. Gilbert Lazenby's Cou-
sar place in this vicinity, was burned
before daylight Sunday morning, eight
chickens perishing in the flames.
Craig's dwelling narrowly escaped de-
struction also by fire, owing to its close
proximity to the burned building. The
fire was probably of accidental origin.
Craig's wife had burned lot of nests,
etc., in the house the evening previous,
to get rid of mites, which likely ac-
counted for the burning of the building
later.
Chester Lantern, November 2e: En-
ma Dye, colored, was shot and killed
by a negro, Zeke Anderson, on the
plantation of Mr.. Will Stevenson, in the
Rossville neighborhood on Saturday
morning early. Two shots were fired
by the negro man, one of which took
effect in the heart, causing instant
death. The slayer escaped but after a
lively chase by posse, headed by Con-
stable Henry Gibson, he was caught
and brought here to Jail. An inquest
over the remains was held Saturday
afternoon and Zeke Anderson was held
by the jury for murder. .... Last night
about 10. 80 o'clock a negro house in the
Jetersville section of the city, was
completely destroyed by fire. The fire
department was called out, but the
building being of resinous pine was
consumed in a very few minutes, and
had burned so rapidly that the fire
company could do nothing. 1t is not
known how the building caught fire, as
it was unoccupied at the time. Mrs.
Rebecca Latham, wife of the late S. P.
Latham, died at Austell, Ga, on No
vember "a, in her 18th year. She had
been an invalid for many years and
made her home with her daughter, Mrs.
S. A. Shelton. She is survived by one
sister, Mrs. Jane Wright of Chester,
seven children, and number of grand
children and greatgrandchildren