Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-02-17
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.

Summary Of the News That Is Being Pub
lished by Exchanges.
CHESTER-The Lantern, February
13: Friday evening, Charley Stroud
was shot in the neck and shoulder by
John Gillespie. The latter came to
town under escort and surrendered.
He claimed that he was violently at
tackled and shot in self defense. The
trouble grew out of dispute about a
fence. Their home is near Knox
station. We do now know whether
Stroud's wounds are dangerous or not.
.........Several deaths have happened
about which we have very little in
formation. Mrs. Ballard died Friday
and was buried in the cemetery.
Willie, the 7-year.old son of Mr..
Edward Grant, of Armenia, died Sat-
urday night of yellow chills, and was
buried at Armenia. A child of Mr..
A. A. Godfrey, of Eureka mills, died
this morning and will be buried in
Evergreen cemetery. 1t was always a
very delicate child, and was some IS
months old. Mr.. T. ]. Cunningham,
supervisor of census for this district, is
receiving many inquiries about the ap-
pointment of enumerators, and some
no doubt do not understand why ap-
pointments are not made. He is act
ing upon orders from headquarters.
He goes 10 Atlanta today to meet
the assistant director. When be re-
turns he will send out the required
"test schedules" blank prepared for
applicants to fill out, which will serve
as a kind of examination to determine
their fitness. When these have all
been returned to him he will make the
appointments. Of course be will not
wait for any that may not be returned
within reasonable time.
CLEVELAND-King's Mountain
Oracle, February l3: Mr.. Charley Ford
aud Miss Della MulIinax were happily
married at Grover last Tuesday. Both
the contracting parties live at Crow
der's Mountain mill. .''..."".The wife of
Mr.. Rob Ellis, of near Crocker, died on
Sunday morning and was buri d in the
cemetery at Antioch Baptist church on
Monday. The deceased was II daugh,
ter of Rev. Mr.. Mullinax, II Baptist
preacher at Grover.
GASTON-Gastonia News, Februa-
ry 13: Miss Lou Bradley, Of Kings
Creek, S. c., spent several days visit
ing relatives in and near Gas onia last
week, returning home Saturday. ''''''''
Yesterday the body Of Mrs. Mary K.
Lynn was brought over from Charlotte,
where she died of chronic hepatilis
Sunday, and was taken to Crowder's
Creek for burial. She was daughter
of Mr.. Will Forbes. .'....'The secretary
and treasurer of the Trenton mills
tells US that he is expecting a man to
arrive in few days to make survey
of the site for the new Trenton mill,
and prepare plans and specifications
for the same. The main building is to be
54x176 feet and two stories high, and
is to be equipped with the latest, up
to date machinery. The contract for
the tenement houses has already been
awarded, and work will begin as early
as spring opens. .........Yesterday morn
ing at l o'clock, Mr.. William Rankin
died at his home at New Hope church,
after brief illness of only 10 days, of
pneumonia. Mr.. Rankin was one of
the deacons in New Hope church for
many years, and a good man who was
well thought of by all who knew him.
The deceased was the father of our
townsmen, Messrs. Wylie T. and E. ].
Rankin. He was 81 years Of age.
The funeral services were held today
at II o'clock by the pastor, Rev. r. A.
Miller, at New Hope, and the inter-
ment took place at New Hope ceme-
terry. Saturday afternoon, Sergeant
Lee X. Davis, of the Thirteenth U. S.
infantry, who has seen about eight
months in Uncle Sans service in the
Philippine islands, arrived in the city
after six weeks travelling. Mr.. Davis
talks very interestingly in regard to
the war in the Philippines and the
Filipino people. He was discharged
on the oath of October, and for two
months he was in the hospital at
Manila suffering from malarial fever.
On the 2Sth of December last, he
sailed on the transport, City of Pekin,
for the United States by way Of China
and Japan, arriving at San Francisco
on the 29th of January. He says he