Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-18
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| Gaffney Ledger, August 10: MT.
Eddie Dobson of Holmes & Dobson,
will leave this morning for his vacation
which he will spend in Yorkville and
| Columbia. .....A small tenant house
owned by Mr.. Doc Ross and occupied
| by Charlie Reynolds, caught on fire
Sunday at noon and was practically
destroyed. BY reason of the fire whis-
tie being moved it was impossible to
sound an alarm other than the ring
ing of the bell at the city hall and
this proved to be very ineffective.
Few people knew of the fire until 1t
was over. The case against the
nine near-beer retailers was contin-
ued in Magistrate Phillips court Fri
day morning. The case was tried In
the court house and quite large num-
Der of spectators was present to hear
the trial. The evidence was heard in
the morning, the witnesses examined
and the arguments of the lawyers were
heard after which the court adjourned
until o'clock when the magistrate
announced his decision. He acquitted
Ramsey and Childers and bound the
other defendants over 20 await trial
at the next term Of the court Of gen.
eral sessions. They are all under
bond. :. Mr.. ]. E. Sarratt Of this city,
made a trip to Shelby, N. c., Sunday
which ended most disastrously for
him. He, in company with Messrs.
/ HnUln nanial Albert
Elmore and George Stevenson made
the trip over in the morning and in
the afternoon. directly after the rain,
Mr. Sarratt started out in Shelby for
ride DR.. Gregg and son, both of
Shelby, were with him. While going
at a moderate rate of speed buggy in
front Of the machine attempted to
turn down another street. Mr.. Sarratt,
seeing that an accident was unavoid-
able, put on the emergency brake,
locking the wheels. The machine
skidded, struck a tree, and all of the
occupants were severely injured, es-
pecially DR.. Gregg, who had his knee
cap knocked off. The machine was
badly damaged and will cost quite a
good deal to be repaired. Mr.. Sarratt
sustained quite a painful, though not
serious injury to his foot.
Lancaster News, August is: Mr..
Virgil P. Elliott, who was one of the
News most faithful and efficient print
ers, left here Saturday afternoon for
Denver, Colo, where he will reside in
the future in the hope of regaining
his health, which has not been good for
some months. His family is expected
to join him later. "A good two-room
tenant house in Flat Creek township,
belonging to Mr.. M. N. Johnson and
occupied by Henry Gilbert, colored,
was destroyed by fire last Thursday
night, together with it's contents, Gill
bert and his family being absent from
home at the time. :. Mr.. John Black
mon, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin c.
Blackmon of Lancaster died last Sat-
urday at his home west of town, after
an illness of two weeks. He was about
25 years of age and leaves widow and
one child. He is also survived by his
parents and several brothers and sis
ters. go. Mrs. w. D. Robinson met
with a painful accident a few days ago
at Hiddenite, N. c., where she and her
son and daughterin in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. r. B. Robinson, were spending a
week. She fell on the grounds and Sc
verely sprained one of her limbs. She
was brought home Monday night, on
the L. & c. train, by her son. and
daughter-in-law, and was reported
yesterday as getting along very nicely,
having stood the trip well. The
little negro girl who was shot at Ker-
shaw recently by B. Stradford, negro
man, who was shooting at another ne
gro, died last Saturday. An inquest
was held by Cononer King. Stradford
was arrested and brought to Jail here
the day after the shooting. 49,. One
of the greatest revival meetings. held at
Flat Creek Baptist church in many
years closed there last Friday. The
meeting was conducted by the pastor,
the Rev. T. A Dabney. whose earnest,
forceful and appealing sermons made
most profound impression on all who
heard them. The attendance was good
throughout the meeting and great in
terest was manifested in the various
services. There were twenty-four ac-
cessions to the church and general
spiritual revival among the church
members.
Gastonia Gazette, August IS: Mrs.
P. r. Huffstetler and children have
been visiting Mrs. ]. w. Kirkpatrick
at Yorkville, S. c.. Mr. ]. f. Thom-
son and Mr.. Starr Wood will leave to-
morrow evening for Baltimore and
New York to purchase fall goods for
the Thomson Mercantile company here
and the Thomson company of York
Vile They will be away about two
weeks. 49,. .McAdenville defeated High
Shoals in a game of ball Saturday by
the score of 6 to 5. This was one of
the best ball games in the county this
| summer as the teams were evenly
matched and both played snappy ball.
These same teams will play again next
Saturday, the 10Th at McAdenville
when another good game is promised
the patrons. .... Mr.. and Mrs. j. c.
Hardin of Rock Hill, an account of
whose marriage appeared in last Fri
days Gazette spent Sunday night and
Yesterday in GaStonia with Mr.. and
Mrs. L. l. Hardin. They left yester-
| day afternoon for Glover, s. c., where
they will visit Mr.. Hardins mother,
Mrs. Ida c. Hardin, before returning
to Rock Hill. .... The fire department
was called out at 4.3O yesterday morn
ing by an alarm from Rhyme street,
where a small house formerly belong
| ing to Charles Jenkins, colored, was
destroyed by fire. The efforts of the
fremen were directed to saving ad-
jacent buildings, the Jenkins house be-
| ing almost a total loss before they
arrived. The loss was partly covered