Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-23
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Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs OF
| Cherokee, Cleveland. CASTOR. Ian.
caster and Chester.
Chester Reporter, July 19: Mr.. Earle
Stevenson, who was wounded at the
shooting in Winnsboro on June 14th,
and who has been at the Magdalene
will be able to leave this week. Mr..
Stevenson was badly wounded in the
left arm, and had a close call, but Is
now mending rapidly, and will soon
have his strength back. ..... County
Treasurer 8. E Wylie reports that the
/ total Communication tax collected in
Chester county this year amounts to
$4,4S2.50. Last year the total collected
was $S,270, which shows that this years
collections are Off about so per cent.
900. Mr.. John Dove, one Of the coun-
tys oldest citizens, died Friday after
noon at the home Of his daughter, Mrs.
w. A. Weir, on the Key place, three
miles east Of Chester, and was buried
Saturday afternoon at Bethlehem M.
E. church near Cornwell. Mr.. Dove
was member Of Co. F, 23rd South
Carolina regiment, and made a brave
and faithful soldier. ..... Mr.. E ]. Dye,
a we'll known citizen Of the county,
died at the home Of his brother, Mr..
]. C. Dye, six miles south Of Richburg,
Saturday evening, and was buried
yesterday afternoon at Mt. Prospect
M. e. church, after funeral services by
Rev. ]. B. Davis. 49,. Mrs. j. A. Haf-
ner, who is sick with typhoid fever at
her home on Pinckney street, is pro-
crossing satisfactorily. Mrs. H. M.
Williams, who also has fever, has
thus far failed to manifest typhoid
symptoms, but Is believed likewise to
be sick with typhoid. AT a meet
ing Of the county board Of education
organize two new school districts,
Lando district, No. 81, and Pryor dis
trict, No. 80. The former will COM
prise the territory around the town Of
Lando and the latter will consist Of
several miles Of territory around DR..
s. w. Pryor's central farm on the
| Lancaster road. DR.. s. w. Pryor was
elected a member Of the board Of trus-
tees of Courthouse district, No. 1, to
succeed DR.. ]. G. Johnson, resigned.
Gaffney Ledger, July 20: ]. P. Bur-
CESS, mill operative 35 years Of age,
died at his home on Railroad avenue
Saturday morning after several
months illness. Death was the result
Of a complication Of diseases. He is
survived by his wife and four chill
dren.. D. Bonner Of the Couch
er section Of the county, was sentenc-
ed to pay fine Of SO or to serve ten
days on the public works Of the county
by Magistrate Phillips upon being
convicted Friday Of having sold the
flesh Of an animal that had not been
slaughtered in the regular manner.
Mr.. Bonner had q calf that was in
jured by a mule kicking it while it
was in the stable. He Immediately
slaughtered the animal and sold a
part Of the meat to the county chain
gang, neglecting to tell the circum-
stances Of the calfs death. Accord
ing to. the state statute, the flesh Of an
animal that has met accidental death
may be sold. providing the manner OF
it's death is told the purchaser at the
time Of the sale Is made. Mr.. Bonner
neglected to state the facts to Mr.. l.
F. Allison, the chaingang boss, who
made the purchase, and the latter filed
complaint against him Mr. Bonner
has given notice Of appeal from the
magistrates decision. He plead ig-
norance of the law requiring him to
state the nature Of an animals injury
before being slaughtered, and says his
infraction Of the law was Of the letter
and not the spirit. Mr.. G. W..
Speer has been appointed by Federal
Judge J. T. Johnson as referee In
bankruptcy for Cherokee county. Mr..
Speer held this position for several
months, until it was abolished by
Judge H. A. M. Smith when he con-
solidated Spartanburg, Union and
Cherokee counties into one district.
A new Federal district was recently
made with Mr.. Johnson as judge, and
he has appointed a referee for each
county. :. Talmage Moore, the 49,
year-old son Of Mrs. Robert Moore,
Branard street, died Friday night in a
Charlotte hospital, following an i'll
ness Of about four months. He is sur
vived by his mother and two sisters
Misses Pacolet and Bonnie Moore.....
All of Gaffney was saddened when II
became known that Mr.. w. D. Cooksey
had died in a private sanatorium at
Columbia Saturday, following a short
Illness Death was due to a complica-
tion Of diseases.
Rock Hill Record, July 1s: Mr. and
Mrs. w. A. Douglas have returned
from their bridal trip to the mountains
Of North Carolina, and are at home
to their friends at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. A. Black on Academy
street. go. Rev. C. Fritz Beach filled
the pulpit Of st. Johns M. E. church
yesterday morning for DR.. P. B. Wells
and he preached splendid sermon.
....... There are many farmers In
York county and julius Friedheim
Is one Of them. Last week he harvest
ed his millet from a plot one and one
fifth acres. He got S,240 pounds from
this piece Of iand--four tons and an
eighth. This shows what York coun-
ty land can do, provided 1t Is we'll
drained and in good shape. This crop
was sown on April Is, and he expects
to get another cutting from the same