Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-08

lacks and McConnellSVtlle mines, the
score standing II to in favor Of the
Blackjacks. At night the young people
lenjoyed lawn party at the home OF
Mrs. Nancy Duncan. 1.-The knight
, degree team, with other members Of
Oakland lodge, K. of P, Of this city
visited the Fort Mill lodge Monday
night and conferred the knight degree
on Candidate Macon, and also assisted
in raising a Mr.. Gossip to the esquire
rank. The visit was an unusually
pleasant one and the knights will al.
ways be glad to visit Electra lodge.
i GASTON-GAsToN1A NEws-Sept. 4:
Mr.. VIM. Hicklin's little sons arm was
broken Thursday and his store was
broken into Saturday night. 1t is sup.
|posed the burglars were after money
as they took nothing from the store
Saturday morning the vulcanizer
lin the mechanical room Of DR.. w. II
Hoffman's office yielded to the ravages
of "a years. service and extreme pres
sure, and exploded with terrific force
The top Of the cauldron went through
the overhead ceiling, the body of 1t
took out several window panes, and the
water, ETC., left their marks on the
wall. The heat pressure was about 212
degrees. DR.. Hoffman had left the
room only moment before the explo-
sion, or otherwise there might have
been serious results. Mr.. J. H. Ken
nedy was in the Office chair and DR..
Boyce was also in the office. DR.. Boyce
is said to have remarked very coolly
as he started for the door after the ex-
plosion, that he thought such explo-
sions rather dangerous, and so far no
one has contradicted the doctors state
ment. Mr.. G. M. Riddle, Of Bowling
Green, was in town yesterday. He is
building him a nice residence near
Bowling Green. .Messrs. Gus. Nc
Lean, John Ramseur, Of Old Furnace,
D. s. Craig, Of Begonia, and Price Hall,
of Belmont, will leave for Davidson
this week. Mr.. Hall will enter the
medical department. Mr.. Craig will
graduate this year. The others are
new students. The remains of
Capt. M. V. Moore, Of Auburn, Ala,
passed through yesterday to his old
home in Caldwell county, accompanied
by his son. Capt. Moore was quarter
master Of the Sixth N. c. regiment un-
der Col. G. N. Folk in the Civil war.
Mr.. G. w. McLaughn, Of our town,
was member Of the regiment.
CLEVELAND-SHEL AURORA
Sept. S: We are glad to learn that Mrs.
Dick Hughes, who was so seriously
burned and injured by the stroke of
lightning last week, Is improving. Her
condition for time was quite serious.
..... Mr.. Beattie Murry, an old Shelby
boy, who has been living for several
years in Rock Hill, has accepted the
position of bookkeeper and stenogra-
pher for ]. J. McMurry & Co. Mr..
Murry is an efficient Office man and is
cordially welcomed back to the home of
his childhood. . Miss Marion Logan,
the attractive daughter Of Sheriff Jno.
r. Logan, Of York county, visited Mrs.
Cletus Hoard last week. She left Sat-
urday for Patterson Springs, to visit
the family Of r. B. McBrayer.......
Maud Doggett, the little daughter of
Geo. B. Doggett, fell Saturday after
noon, and sustained a painful disloca-
ton of the arm. Her sufferings were
most excruciating for a time; but we
are glad to state she is now resting
easily.
ER-LANTERN-Sept. 4: The
Rev. J. S. Mills, Of Louisville, Ca, was
in town yesterday morning on his way
to Blackstock, to visit few days. His
first point will be Mr.. r. E. Shannon's,
where he will look into the face Of his
first grandchild. He came over from
Abbeville, having attended the meeting
Of the Second A. R. P. presbytery at
Mccormick. Jake McFadden went
to the chain gang Saturday, and he
went with much clamor. He left in
a buggy with two companions not of
his own choosing. He was trying to
play crazy, and at every breath, he ut
tered a yell that made the welkin ring,
but the party was making time, and
| it was soon another Welkin. He was
reported as cool as a cucumber yester-
day morning, and settled down to
work. AT the meeting of the Asso-
ciate Reformed presbytery, at McCor-
mick, S. c., last week, the Rev. j. S.
Mills, a native Of this county, who is
from the shoulders up taller than most
men, was assigned to a room with a
Mr.. Presley, who Is built on the same
style Of architecture. In the morning,
Mr.. Mills remarked to Mr.. Carlisle, Of
Newberry, There was just 13 feet Of
us in the bed" Mr.. Carlisle responded,
And only four feet after ALL" Mr..
Mills then remembered a conundrum,
which he propounded. Two Germans
went up in a balloon. When about a
half mile high, the balloon collapsed
and they were precipitated to the
ground. The question is, Of what ma
tionality were they when they reach
ed the ground? This was too hard for
Mr.. Carlisle, and he was given the an
swer. One of them came down a rush.
in and the other lodged on the tele-
graph wires and came down Pole.....
A Negro, who gave Henry Johnson as
his name, was arrested by Officer
Westbrook a few days ago. He SEEM
ed to be travelling around following the
business of gambling, and his artillery
was something formidable. He had a
Colts six shooter of tremendous size
and calibre, and the other Negroes say
he used it as winning card In the