Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-05-27
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CHESTER-The Lantern, May %
Much sympathy is felt here for Mr..
J. w. Ferguson and family in the loss
of their home near Capers Chapel
which was burned Friday night. We
learn that there was considerable diff
ficulty In getting some of the children
out, as the door Of their room was
locked on the inside. Nothing was
saved, not even the ordinary wearing
apparel of the family. .'''''''''Mr. T. G.
Hafner, whose sudden death we re-
ported in Fridays issue, was buried
at Pleasant Grove Presbyterian church
on Friday, funeral exercises being con.
Quoted by Rev. ]. H. Marlborough, OF
Blackstock. Mr.. Hafner was son OF
the late John A. Hafner, and broth
er of Mr.. H. w. Hafner, of this city,
and was 40 years old. He lived at the
old family home, near Cornwell. He
left widow and three little sons. ''''''
Captain J. W. Reed has two pieces OF
historic lumber for material to make a
gavel for use at the veterans reunion
here in July. One of them is of white
pine from the Confederate presidents
mansion, in Richmond, and will be
used for the head of the gavel. Miss
Isabella Maury, regent, certifies to the
genuineness of the relic. The other
piece is pine wood from the platform
of the 12-inch mortar that fired the
first shot at Fort Sumter, at 4 a. m.
April 12, 1861. R. Lebby, NJ. D., fur
nishes certificate that this is genu-
line. 1t will be used for the handle OF
the gavel.
GASTON-Gastonia Gazette, May
25: Jailer Bob Rhyme was among
Gastonia's visitors Tuesday. He re-
ports II prisoners in jail-16 county
prisoners and one federal. Not one OF
them is doing time-all awaiting trial
at next term of court. Oh, there'll be
plenty of business on hand by the time
court rolls around again. ''.'Charlotte
is glutted with strawberries. The
Observer says the merchants find it
hard to make them 60 at any price
and there are 60 bushels in the express
office. ........'Moonlight nights of last
week were pleasant enough to entice
the serenaders out. The editor &C
knowledges with pleasure Call Friday
night by troupe composed Of Messrs.
J. w. Holland, Will Craig, Rob Will
son and P. w. Hall. The last named
furnished all the music-performing
on harmonica, guitar and triangle all
at the same time. The others went
along to "keep time. "'''''''''The petit
ton for the new public road at Pleas
ant Ridge, of which our readers have
recently heard through these columns,
came up for a hearing before the COM
missioners the other day, but was post
poned to the first Monday in July.
There'll be hot time that day. If
there's any business hotter than "love
in August" it must be settling road
disputes in July. y..'.''''''We suppose
that the smallest spot of ground for
which deed was ever given in Castor
county changed hands in Gastonia last
week. In buying wall connections
with the New York Racket, Messrs.
Craig & Wilson wished their wall to
run further back than the Racket wall.
A trade was made and Mr.. Heath gave
them deed for strip 16 inches wide
and SIS feet long. 1t is about 8 and
one-seventh square yards or one 61Oth
part of an acre. .........About a year
ago, Frank, a grown son of Mr.. Elan
Robinson, was kicked in the groin by
mule, causing rupture and other injur-
les which disabled him for life. DIR.
Frank Robinson took him to Char
lotte, but it was decided that no opera
ton could give him relief The
young man steadily declined in health,
and on Monday morning about 2
O'Clock breathed his last. He was
about % years of age, and was good
boy, an excellent boy, as attested by
all who knew him. The funeral was
preached at home that afternoon by
Rev. G. H. Detwiler and the body laid
to rest at Olney. y....''''''About the first
of this month a Negro named Will
Williams stole saddle from Mr.. John
Carson, near All Healing. He carried
it on his back to Bill Aliens, above
Dallas, and there sold it for so cents
good saddle, too. Hearing that Al
len had the saddle, Mr.. Carson set to
work and learned the facts set forth
above. Constable Kendrick had the
thief before Esquire Stroup in the city
hall Saturday. Williams was sent to
iail in default of bond of S100. ''''.'''
Touching the dust theory as to the
cause of death among his Berkshires,
Mr.. P. M. Rhyme writes: "The gen
tleman's suggestion as to dust killing
my hogs may be probable, as they
slept under my cowshed; although
they were in 25-acre pasture and had
full access to the South Fork to wallow
in. Have lost none now in two weeks,
and what have left are in close pen
and seem to be perfectly healthy"
LANCASTER-Ledger, May "a {:
County Treasurer w. G. Cauthen was
painfully hurt while being lifted from
the train at the S. c. & G. Extension
depot at this place Thursday. He
was dropped from his rolling chair
o,d o,a of b;. lare hodly hurt His