Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-08-18
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CHESTER-The Lantern, August
IA: Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Newbold
who have just been sorely bereaved
are now in anxiety over their baby
who is very sick. Mfrs. G. E
Tenant, of Cornwell, has chicken
that has no eyes. There is no place
for eyes, the skin and feathers being
continuous over the place where the
eyes should be. Last Saturday, when
Mr.. Tenant told US about it, the
chicken was about a week old, and
was healthy and doing we'll. 1t will be
a curiosity worth taking to fair if ii
lives. .....'...Saturday morning there
was a deplorable tragedy on Mrs
Stienkuhler's place, about five miles
east of town, in which Mr.. W. T.
Stroud's hands were stained with the
blood of his neighbor, and Mr.. John
Peay lost his life. According to the
most reliable report we can get, Mr.,
Stroud was passing Mr.. Peay's house,
on his way to town, when the latter
accosted him and asked him about
some report Stroud was charged with
having circulated. After few words
Peay struck, or attempted to strike,
Stroud, who jumped out of his buggy
at the opposite side, the mule started
off, and the two men engaged in q
drumming fight" as it was described by
Jerry Boulware, an old colored man,
who was the only eye witness. When
they got into the edge of the field,
Stroud drew his pistol, then Peay
picked up stick, the former fred, and
and the fighting continued, Stroud
retreating or being forced back. Shots
were fred at intervals by Stroud, four
in all. About the third shot, Jerry
thought, Peay appeared to be getting
tired or weak, and at the fourth his
head sank forward and he fell. Stroud
then ran off, coming on to town and
surrendering to the sheriff. The. first
shot, it is supposed, plowed furrow
over the top of Peay's head, and the
other three entered his chest, and
either of the three would have been
fatal. We have not heard Stroud;
version of the affair further than that
he says Peay knocked him out of the
buggy with a stick. Mrs. Peay and
her two children had gone 70 Edge
moor to visit her family, the Clintons,
when the difficulty occurred, and Mr..
Peay was preparing to 60. Mr.. Stroud
has wife and one daughter.
EGASTON-Gastonia News, August
A. Mr.. J. Frank jackson, of Clover,
was here yesterday '""'Dr. J. W.
Campbell, of Glover, was up to see his,
brother, Mr.. I. w. Campbell, yesterday,
.........Little John Warren, the nephew
and adopted child of Mr.. and Mrs. W.
G. Brown, of Charlotte, died Thurs
day night at the residence of Mrs.
Browns parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l..
Thompson, and was buried at the
cemetery Friday afternoon, Revs. W.
F. Watson and G. H. Detwiler conduct
ing the funeral. ...'.'."Sunday morning,
about 10 o'clock, Fred and Ruth Long,
10 and 13 years old, the children OF
Mr.. N. R. Long, of Knoxville, Tenn,
who are visiting relatives here, told
their mother they were going to Kings
Mountain to spend the day. 1t was
taken as a joke; but they were missed
later and Mr.. Bynum Long took the
train for Kings Mountain. He saw
them from the platform two miles west
of Bessemer standing on the embank'
ment. A team was secured at Kings
Mountain and they were met at the
Dilling Mill and brought back to Gas:
tonia, having walked distance of II
miles from 10 to 2 o'clock. The Ga.
zette, August 16: Our mayor has
many accomplishments, and now he
has shown his proficiency in another
line. At the intersection of York
street and Franklin avenue, the ground
is underlaid to an unknown depth
with hard granite rock. In order for
the sewer pipe to pass through, it
would be necessary to blast all the
way. Besides the great expense OF
this it was very annoying to the resi-,
dents of that part of town. The may
or put his brain to work to find some
solution to this problem of sewerage,
without going through that rock. He
devised the following: "Let the
sewers come up to the corners of the
streets and there stop. The sewerage
will then run hack to the intersections
and flow on off," He told his plan to
Mr.. White and he submitted it to Mr..
Ludlow, who said it would work o. K,
and that is the plan the engineers are
following. So the town is saved at
least 1000, and the residents of that
neighborhood annoyance by the fertile
brain of our patriotic mayor. '''''''''
Mr.. John W. Reid received g. ''compli.
ment" the other day which he failed
to appreciate. Squire Garrett, Mr..
Wiley Rankin and some others were
standing in front of the court house
on Monday, and not far of was
another group of gentlemen pleasantly
chatting, and among them was Mr..
John Reid. After looking in that di'
rection for a little bit, Squire Garrett
remarked: "Ain't that Marion But,
ler? 1t looks something like him.
wonder what he is doing here" 1t so