Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-15

had hung in the balance. '''''''''The fol-
lowing party left last Friday for the
Seashore Hotel near Wilmington. Mr..
aud Mrs. R. c. G. Love, Misses Mamie
Love, Lille Harris, Mary Bradley,
Bessie Wilson, Bright Terrence and
Cynthia Ruddock. Messrs. Frost Tor
renee, Bob Love, John Craig and Dr.
Frank Wilson. Misses Bright Tor
renee and Cynthia Ruddock and Mr..
Bob Love returned last Tuesday and
report delightful trip. The remain
der of the party expect TO be back
next Tuesday. ....'.''"Gastonia's second
team the Midgets, have tried their
hand on two occasions within the last
few days. The first game was played
on the Oakland High school grounds
last Monday evening. 1t was pretty
game played well by both sides. The
score resulted in II and 10 in favor OF
Gastonia. The features of the game,
were Smyre's batting and Lineberger's
home run. The Midgets tackled Nc.
Adenville yesterday and this resulted
in victory for Gastonia. The score
was 26 to "a. The features of this
game were the large scores on each
side. .........At the noon hour last Sat-
urday there was a blow amounting to
little hurricane at Bessemer City.
The furious part lasted about five min
utes. q storm of rain and some hail ac-
companying it. A number of big trees
were snapped off like sticks 10 feet
above the ground. The boiler room
of the Southern Cotton mills sustained
considerable damage. The roof was
blown off and the south wall almost
totally demolished. Beyond Bessemer
the hail was severe. At Gastonia the
storm moderated into only stiff wind
and a good rain. '''''''''There was
shooting affair on Mr.. Ephraim Hol-
lands place near town last Monday
morning, in which Mr.. Holland and a
cropper name Jim Weatherspoon were
the active participants. A Negro boy,
who is a brother of Weatherspoon,
was blowing a mule belonging to Mr..
Holland, and Mr.. Holland went to the
field and attempted to take the animal
from the boy, also threatening to use
a pi,chfork which he carried. Wealth
erspoon who has been sick with fever,
seeing Mr.. Holland and the pitchfork
and anticipating trouble, put pistol
in his pocket and went down to where
the parties were, and when he had
gotten at a close shooting distance,
drew the weapon and fired at Mr.. Hol-
land three times, none of the balls,
however, taking effect. Some of Mr..
Hollands neighbors hearing of the
trouble, armed themselves and went in
search of the Negro, but he had He'd.
DIR. Miller Moore and sister, Miss
Katherine, stopped off here last Friday
and went to Blowing Rock next day.
DR.. Moore is surgeon in the U. 5.
navy, and was during the naval. fight
ing at Manila stationed on the Monitor
Monadnock, and returned with the
Raleigh from Manila. Among the
many interesting experiences be had,
he was a guest at the banquet in New
York when Captain Coghlan of the
Raleigh made the remarks in speech
on that occasion with reference to the
German government which caused such
sensation. At the time he was sit.
ting by ex-Mayor Strong, and asked
him if there were any reporters pres,
ent, and was told that they were ex-
cluded. 1t is familiar to our readers
how the entire affair was reported in
the papers next day.