Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-11-06

Rock Hill Record, Nov. 2: The re-
vival services at st. Johns M. T..
church will continue through TINS
week. Services every evening at '.3O
Io'clock and there will be open-air SER
vices some afternoons at o'clock on
Main street. The First Presbyterian
church Yesterday called off its even
ing service and will also call off the
prayer meeting service Wednesday
evening in order to cooperate with
st. Johns in the revival services.
Mr.. w. w. Miller city engineer, IS
inow busy numbering the houses or
the city correctly. He states that 1t
will possibly take him the balance OF
the week to finish the job. The eX-
hibits at the state fair made jointly
by the operatives at the Arcade and
Victoria Mills of this city won the
first prize of SIS. The second prize OF
$40 was awarded to the operatives OF
the Ware Shoals Mills. All OF this
work was under the direction of Prof.
| ]. L. Carberry the government agent
| in charge of mill village Improvement
work. The local demonstrator. J. Nj.
Ferguson, and the Ware Shoals DEM
Ionstrator, H. NJ. Sides, were in charge
of the exhibits at the fair and render
ed valuable assistance to Prof. car
berry in placing the exhibits and eX-
planning the purposes of the work to
| the people. Prof. Carberry will leave
December 1st for his new work at
Beaufort He says that for year ana
half he has had this offer, but would
not leave his work at the mills untll
he had the plans perfected and capa-
BILE men in charge. Mr.. j. X. Roach
was called TO EbeneZer yesterday on
account Of the illness Of his father,
Mr.. Jeff Roach. He is reported better
today.
Chester News, Nov. 8: Mr.. Joe r.
Terry. valued employee OF the Cheso
ter branch of the Southern Public
Utilities Co., lies near deaths door
this afternoon from being shot this
morning by Mr.. T. n. Bennett at the
formers home on Pinckney street
Mr.. Terry lives next door to Mr.. Ben
nett. having recently moved into ms
new home. This morning about '.3O
O'clock Mr.. Terry was returning from
his barn where he had fed his horse
He saw Mr.. Bennett in his yard ana
greeted him with a CHEEKY good morn
| ing. Mr.. Bennett it is said uttered an
oath, remarking that he had no good
morning for him. or something to that
effect Before Mr.. Terry was aware
| of it, Mr. Bennett, it is said, lifted ms
old style rifle to his shoulder and hred
on him. The bullet. which must nave
been of 3S-calibre, struck him in the
head. 1t plowed through the back OF
his head up through the top, making
hole about an inch wide ana three
inches long and then split ms Skull
down to his eye brow. Drs. w. M.
Love and A. NJ. Wylie were quickly on
the scene and conveyed him to the
Magdalene hospital where his wounds
were treated He has only bare
chance of recovering. The wound Is
severe one. Some of the brain It's
sue made it's way out. Mr.. Benefits
actions from early this morning, II is
said, indicated that his mind was de-
ranged In fact, Sheriff Gown salu
that he was going to secure papers
from Judge of Probate Mcdaniel to-
day so that he might take him to the
insane asylum at Columbia. About
o'clock this morning, 1t is SAID, ne
| awakened his wife and threatened 10
| kill her. Luckily she managed to get
away from him and ran away 10
| neighbor's house in her night rope. Dr.
! Love was sent to see about MT. BEN
uett's condition, soon after he ran ms
wife off, it is said. Before DR.. Love
could communicate with Sheriff Col
vim informing him of Mr.. Bennett
condition, the shooting had occurred
and Mr.. Bennett had surrendered 10
the sheriff. DR.. Love, Sheriff Colvin
said. was talking to him over the teie-
phone Just as Mr.. Bennett walked In
Mr.. Bennett it is said, told Sheriit
Colvin that he had had some trouble
and shot a man. Mr.. Saml +. Nc
Fadden has been retained by Mr. Ben
nett as his attorney. The shootlng
created a tremendous sensation in the
city and has been the one theme OF
conversation today. Both men were
highly esteemed by their many friends
and there is great sympathy for the
families of both Mr.. Bennett has
wife and two grown children: Mrs. 5.
w. Harry of Salisbury, y. c., and Mr.
| Gill Bennett of Birmingham Aia''
while Mr. Terry has a wife and baby
IT is thought that Mr.. Bennett was out
in his yard looking for his wife when
he saw Mr.. Terry across the fence and
fired at him.