Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-04-22

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White is captain, and he will organize il
at an early date under the name and
style of the Kings Mountain Rifles. '''''
Tom Dellinger's house, near Grover,
was destroyed by fire on Friday after
noon, April 7. All the furniture and
household effects, and his supplies for
the year were burned. The cause of
the fire is unknown. The house was
small one. The people of Grover
have made up some money to help him
out. ...'..'.'Mr. Lemuel Page, aged SO,
died Tuesday, April 11th, at his home
in No. II township and was buried on
the following day at Mt. Moriah
church graveyard. Deceased was a
member of the Methodist church and
good man. ..........J. P. Booker, editor
of the Cherokee Investigator, of
Blacksburg, S. c., who formerly lived
at Cherryville, met with serious
accident while attempting to get on
moving train in Charlotte last Satur-
day night. The fast mail train star
ted, he had some bundles in his hand
and his foot missed the step, throwing
him partially under the train. His leg
was horribly mangled and had to be
amputated. He was % years old.
GAST0N-Gastonia Gazette, April
90: The man with the red rooster
and covered wheelbarrow struck the
town Saturday morning. He spent
Saturday and Sunday in Gastonia and
left early Monday morning. He says
his Job is to make the circuit of the
United States without asking help and
without going more than 100 miles in
land. But he was more than $50 miles
from the coast when in Gastonia. If
he makes the trip o. K. he is to get
SIS, 1000. In his personal habits be did
not appear quite so cleanly as the
rooster, but despite this the natives
flocked about him as if he had been
Aguinaldo. His glib tongue kept them
entertained and be proved himself just
little bit slicker than those who gave
him of their good money. MIR. j.
E. Osment, of Gastonia, and Miss Daisy
Jenkins, of Bessemer, were suddenly
married Saturday night at 8 o'clock at
the residence of Rev. A. r. Surratt in
Bessemer. The bride is daughter OF
the late Robert Jenkins, and we under
stand that the match was runaway,
OIL account of the opposition of the
home folks. Mr.. Osment brought his
bride home at once and they are keep
ing house on York street. ''''""'At the
Y. NJ. G. A. hall last Wednesday night
a movement was undertaken to build
an Episcopal chapel in Gastonia.
Bishop Junius Horner and Rev. W. II
Wetmore were present at the meeting.
One or two gentlemen and some of the
young ladies had in charge the raising
of subscriptions the next day and
reached the amount of S400. The to-
tai now subscribed is S466.5O. One of
the subscribers gave 500. We under.
stand that the building is to be erected
on lot near the cemetery which Is
owned by the Episcopal people. .''''''''
Mrs. Tom Jeffreys, of YorkVllle,
made a trip to Charlotte last Fri
day and was the guest of Mrs.
Pelham Morrow between trains. ''''''''
The case of the State vs.. Phons Rhyme,
appealed to the supreme court, was
argued in Raleigh Tuesday by the at
torney general and Jones and Tillett
for the state, and by D. w. Robinson,
by brief, for the defendant. 1t is not
vet known what the decision of the
court will be. The opinion is expec-
ted to be handed down next Tuesday.
Rhyme was to bave been executed to-
day. .....".People who have been think
ing that smallpox was made for no.
body but niggers and circus people
and soldiers in the army had as well
wake up to their error now as later.
Mr.. W. A. Sossamap, a well-known
travelling man who a year or so ago
had quarters with his family here at
Falls house, didn't believe in vaccina-
ton while the scare was on in Char
lotte sometime ago and wasn't vacclna-
ted. He kept on travelling for his
Charlotte house, however, and now ne
has the smallpox. His family lived In
Chatham, Va. but he was taken SICK
at the Dixon house in Charlotte,
week ago last Saturday night. On the
following Wednesday doctor was
called in. The eruption was thought
to be chickenpox; but on Sunday it
was pronounced smallpox. Excite
ment and great alarm, Of course, en-
sued. The patient was carried to the
pest house Tuesday, and the Dixon
house with Is inmates was quaran'
tined. There is no telling to what ex-
tent the contagion was spread IN the
household while the doctors were miss
ing the diagnosis.