Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-12-12
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Chester Lantern, December 8: A
small sensation was created at the
College street school building yester-
day, when it was thought for short
time that the building was on fire.
Glasses were hurriedly dismissed, but
the fire was easily extinguished with
the use of chemicals without calling
on the fire department. 1t was thought
that the fire was caused by an ac-
lcumulation of SCOT under the registers.
Very little damage was done. Hattie
Esther, the youngest child of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. E. Bailey, of the Rodman sec
tion, died on December 1st, after a
two weeks illness. Mr.. M. w. Me-
haffey, a well-known citizen Of the
city, died here Wednesday night, after
short illness He belonged to the
K. of P. lodge at Lockhart, and on
yesterday afternoon was buried with
Pythian honors. Funeral services
were conducted, by Rev. F. v. Robert
son, at 4:3O o'clock, at East Side
church.
Rock Hill Record, December 8: Mrs.
w. B. Blankenship received a message
this morning telling her Of the death OF
her nephew, Mr.. Mason Grier, whose
home was five miles south of Charlotte.
Mr.. Grier was 19 years of age, and was
taken with typhoid fever while at
tending a business college at Char
L. a
Lawrence Boyd, the negro porter at
the Commercial club, got full of mean
blind tiger" whisky Tuesday night,
and went home bent on the idea OF
carving up his wife. He used knife
on her very severely about two years
ago and served a term on the gang
for it. He seems to be anxious to kill
the woman, but this time she skipped
out of the back door and yelled for
help. Oficers promptly appeared and
took the negro to the lookup. He was
tried before Magistrate Wingate yes
terday morning and bound over for
court
Gaffney Ledger, December 8: 1t
is stated on good authority that the
Peoples bank of Blacksburg will soon
undergo some decided changes. 1t is
said that the capital stock will be in
creased to $25,000 and that the busi-
ness will be changed from a bank to
a combined banking, real estate and
insurance business. The new business
is to be known as the Peoples Bank
and Mortgage company. Mr.. H. P.
Dew, who has been cashier Of the
bank, has organized a banking insti-
tuition in Charlotte, N. c.. and it is re-
ported that he will soon go there to
assume charge. :. Mr.. D. D. Harrill
died at his home in Shelby, N. c.,
on Monday morning at o'clock. Mr..
Harrill had been i'll for only a few
days when the end came, and his hun
dreds Of friends will be shocked to
learn of his sad end. Mr.. Harrill was
So years of age and is survived by a
wife and three children. -. .Considera-
BILE interest was excited in a case
which was called before Magistrate
Phillips on Wednesday morning. Joe
Byars, a young white man Of the city,
faced the magistrate on the serious
charge of having written a letter to
a young lady Of the city, Miss Mae
Ross, in which he told her that the
moment he saw her in company with
another man, he intended killing her
and that he would also kill the man
she was with. This, however, was a
case Of loves labor lost" because Of
the fact that the message was en-
trusted to q bearer instead Of to Un-
Gle Sammy's mail. The letter was de-
livered to the home of Miss Ross but
fell into the hands of her mother, who
proceeded to open the missive and
peruse it to some extent. She found
the dire threat therein, and immediate
ly took steps to have the young man
placed in a position where he could
do no harm. At the hearing held be-
fore Magistrate Phillips on Wednes-
day morning the young man asserted
that the message was sent in a spirit
Of fun, and that he had no desire
whatsoever to arouse any apprehension
on the part of Miss Ross. He further
explained that the entire matter was
a joke-that not for wealth untold
would he cause Miss Ross to enter
tain the slightest uneasiness. He re-
ferred to Miss Ross, who was present
with her father, and asked if she took
the message in the spirit in which it
was sent. To this she replied in the
affirmative, but at this point Magis-
trate Phillips interrupted the conver-
sation and informed the ardent lover
that "funning on paper was very poor
policy" This was accepted by the de-
fendant as information. After investi-
eating the case the magistrate decided
that it would be best to put Mr.. Ryars
under peace warrant, binding him
to an observance Of the law for the
space of twelve months and one day.
The bond of 5000 was put up and all
parties concerned went on their way