Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-12-01
.ItDCilI lIACONICS.

TiOCAL I.ACONiCS.
Ds6th At Sharon.
" Mrs Stacy Duncan, wife Of w. T.
Duncan, died at Sharon last Wednes-
day. She leaves a husband and one
child.
II Was Il Success.
The Thanksgiving oyster supper at
Sharon, from S to 10 o'clock, p. M, on
Thursday, was largely attended and
was a social and financial success.
| lCp<scent Cotton Mill to be Resoid.
y In the case of Samuel Freidheim vs.
the Crescent Cotton Mill, A. E. Smith,
receiver, Judge Klugh, on Monday,
signed decree ordering the sale Of the
mill on December 81. The upset price
was fixed at $4,000.
OY One Appeal.
h/So far as can be learned, there will
be only one appeal from judgments OF
the recent session Of common pleas.
The case Of J. Edgar Poag against the
Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer company
will be taken to the supreme court.
rhorn-s, Not wrigit's.
It Is Thorne's ferry that is located
two miles above the works Of the India
Hook Power company, instead Of
Wright's. Wright's is seven or eight
miles above. The statement was made
incorrectly through inadvertence. 1t
| Is not thought that back water from
the dam will extend as far up as
Wright's ferry.
Carelessness with Gun.
Jim Carroll, Negro boy aged IA or
Is years, was killed near Sharon on
Thursday as the result Of hunting
accident. He was out with crowd OF
Negroes. They cut a tree for squir-
rel, and Carroll started away from the
spot dragging his gun by the muzzle.
The hammer caught against twig
and the gun was discharged. the load
taking effect in the small Of the boys
back and in the left kidney. He died
shortly afterward.
shot Through..The Foot.
Will Smith, a 14-year-old boy, who
lives with Mr.. C. H. Smith, five miles
south of Yorkville, met with serious
accident while out rabbit hunting on
Thursday morning. It is supposed that
he was carrying his gun cooked with
muzzle down. Anyway the piece was
discharged, ard the load passed through
his right foot. Examination by DR..
Mcdowell showed that possibly one
toe could be saved, and later there has
developed a hope that both the big
toe and little toe can be saved.
Pages Factory Burned.
]. E. Page &. Co.'s door, sash and
blind factory at Gastonia, N. c., was
DESTROYED by fire last Wednesday,
shortly after noon. Mr.. ]. ]. Keller,
of Yorkville, was in Gastonia at the
time, and saw the fire. He says the
flames probably originated IN the en-
CINE room. Mr.. Page estimates his
loss at $4,000 or $4,000; he was unable
to give exact figures. He had no In
surance, however. II hate 1t very
much" said Mr.. Keller. "Mr. Page Is
one Of the cleanest men ever dealt
with. AS to whether he will be able
to rebuild I do not know; but certain
ly hopesu:
fWhpn 1t Becomes Lake.
When, with the completion Of the
dam of the Indian Hook Power COM
pany, the river above becomes great
!ake-the largest sheet Of water any
where in this part Of the country-it is
probable that it will become quite re-
sort for water fowl Of all kinds, and
there may some day be some fine hunt
ing in the neighborhood. But whether
there is hunting or not, such large
body of water will have it's attractions
to the people Of the vicinity, and 1t Is
quite likely that numerous picnic places
will be established along the banks,
and the river will become Of import
ance in still other ways.
Eioped From Charlotte.
Charlotte Observer, Thursday: There
was considerable Of scene at the
Southern depot last night, when a Wo-
man rushed up just after the train Tor
Columbia had pulled out. 1t transpfred
that she was the wife Of Edward NC
Gahey, a well-known ward politician OF
Charlotte. McGahey had got on on
the train in company with a woman
known as Jessie Lewis. McGahey ana
the woman had tickets for ROCK Hill.
Mrs. McGahey arrived at the depot just
after the train pulled out. She came
up town and reported the case to the
police. kilograms were sent out re-
uuesting the arrest Of the eloping cou-
pie.
stole a Bale Of Cotton.
]. H. Shugart, one-armed white
man from Rock Hill, Is In jail charged
with stealing bale Of cotton from
Roddey's ginnery on the Robinson
place" Shugart first rolled the cotton
away from the ginnery to place where
he thought it would be securely hid,
and then going to Rock Hill, sent
wagon after it. The cotton had been
discovered by Mr.. Ferguson, and when
the wagon came he made inquiries
which resulted in his following the cot
ton to Rock Hill. Shugart undertook
to sell the cotton in regular form, ana
about the time he had made his sale.
the police appeared. The fellow ran;
but was caught under a platform and
taken before Magistrate Beckham, VINO
sent him up for trial. Shugart IS
Young man and does not appear to
have very good sense.
Cats and Cats
Says a Sheboygan, Wis, dispatch of
the oath: "a maltese cat jumped into a
large flywheel of the Plymouth Refrige-
rator company's engine yesterday az
ternoon. AS the engineer could not
very we'll stop and shut off light to re-
lease the animal, he waited until the
usual time for shutting down. On
stopping the engine he found the cat
alive and clfnging to the flywheel.e The