Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-12-09

April, and, of course, is not his son
MIR. A. A. Owens left Sunday fol
Tennessee, where he will spend some
time visiting his brother and otbel
friends. He will visit Arkansas alst
while he is gone. Mr.. Owens has beer
looking forward to this trip for years
but was waiting till he had some one
to leave in charge of his affairs. Now
he has son taller than himself, and hi
can 90 off and feel easy. 1--WE tolc
about Hugh Boyds terrpin farm no
long ago, but there are others. Jot
Curry is also in the industry. HI
found one of these armored reptiles
few days ago bearing the inscription
~. B. 1867" The initials are suppos
ed to be those of the late Mr.. (Big) Johr
Boyd. 1t was still on his plantation
and seemed content to stay. Mr.. Cur
nv renewed the date and set it outside
of the clearing. Mr.. Curry himself
dated one iu 1876, and again in 1886
and 1898. In the % years it had not
travelled so yards from where it was
first found. ..........Last night about mid
night, passenger coach attached 10 d
northbound freight train, was siietrack
ed and left here in care of the sheriff
and police. 1t was full of Negro rail-
road hands returning from work on q
new railroad below Columbia. Among
them was the dead body of Isaiah Scott,
of Rock Hill, with pistol ball through
his heart; and also John Woodward
the slayer, whose home was on Mr.. 5.
T. McKeown's place, in this county
There seems to be little if any dispute
about how the shooting happened.
The Negroes were generally drunk, ,and
between Winnsboro and White Oak
some dispute arose. Woodward came
up and asked what the fuss was about,
and about the same time drew bis pis'
tol and fired. The whole crowd was
lock ed in the coach, which was brought
here and cut off, as stated above.
Sheriff Cornwell went through the
crowd and captured four pistols, but
the Negroes say that dozens of them
were thrown out of the windows along
the road. Coroner Shannon is holding
an inquest at this writing.
GASTON-Gastonia News, Novem
ber 5: MIR. Thad Thomas, Of near
Glover, was in town Monday on busi.
ness. ..:...Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Presley,
of Clover, were in the city shopping
Yesterday. .."..'."Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Leslie, of near Glover, were in town
Monday shopping. .''.''''''Miss Barbara
Barber, who has heen visiting her
brother, Mr.. J. R. Barber, left Satur-
day night to visit relatives in York
Vile. Miss Kate Smith, who has
been visiting her cousin, Mr.. W. J.
DeVinney, returned to her home in
Yorkville yesterday. .'''''''''Miss Marie
Carroll, of Yorkville, is here to spend
the winter at Mr.. R. l.. Durham's, and
will take music under the direction OF
Miss Kate Flemming. ..'.''''''A hunting
party, consisting Of Messrs. Labe Falls,
Frost Terrence, Monroe Whitesides
and Henderson Long, left this morning
for a weeks hunt at Cheatam Ford
bottoms, in South Point township. '''''
A colored man by the name OF belton
McCray, fell from a 2O-foot scatfold
while at work on the new Lutheran
church yesterday afternoon and broke
his left arm near the wrist. ''''''''At a
regular meeting of Gastonia Lodge,
No. So, K. of p, held Monday night,
the following officers for the ensuing
term were elected c. c., R. l.. Dur
ham; V. c., R. B. Darlington; P, H.
B.. Moore; NJ. w., F. H. Brawley; X.
of R. S., ]. E. Curry NJ. F., J. W.
Carroll NJ. E., J. L. Robinson; M. A.,
J. F. Johnson; I. G., Geo. Smith, 0.
G., Walter Head. ....'.."Mr. D. R. Bell,
one of Growers enterprising business
men and manager of the telephone
exchange, was in town Friday and
called to see us. He reports Grover
on a boom. They are to have q new
depot soon and a cotton mill, princl'
pally Charlotte and Grover capital,
The telephone exchange is growing
right along and now has 25 subscribers.
We are also informed from a reliable
source that Grover has candy factory.
Gazette, December Z: Misses Kate
Cody aud Margaret McCorkle, of York
Vile, were the guests of Mrs. T. W.
Wilson, last week. '''''''''Invitations
have been received in Gastonia to the
marriage of Miss Ada Bramlett, of Au'
gusta, to Mr.. Aug Peters, of the same
city. Miss Bramlett has many friends
here, having visited Gastonia last SUN
mer. She is sister of Mrs. T. 1.
Heath. .....'...Rev. L. c. Hinton, OF
Chester, spent several days in town
this week. Although he is past 70 he
is still active and Jealous in the work
of the Lord. He made new friends
while here and renewed acquaintance
with his old ones. At present he is
engaged in distributing Bibles and re-
ligious literature. Originally he was
from Raleigh. For 25 years be was
pastor of the Baptist church in Ches.
ter, where he has lived for over 80
wears. ........The power house for the
electric lights will be situated just this
side of Mr.. J. E. Pages factory. The