Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-17
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FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That IL of More
or Less Local Interest.
CHESTER.
Lantern, July 12: There were sixteen
candidates for the Winthrop scholar
ship. The. Rev. H. c. Buchholz, who
went to Aubun, N. Y, to preach ded-
ication sermon, had an experience that
was peculiar. A few hours before time
for the service, he was hundreds OF
miles away, and the trains behind time
or off connection. The services were
to begin at 7.2O, and he arrived about
500, made a hasty toilet and hurried
to the church. When he entered there
was a subdued hum all over the house.
Despairing Of his arrival, another min
lister had been substituted and had
been preaching perhaps 10 minutes, but
he announced that he would retire and
give place to the minister that was on
the program. Mr.. Buchholz then en-
tered the pulpit and preached his SER
mon >. There will be basket picnic
in w. ]. Cornwell's grove at Harmony
Station on Tuesday. July 20. The pub
lie Is cordially invited. Will have
public speaking and have made ar
rangements for refreshments and bar
bacue :. Congressman D. E. Finley
was in the city from Wednesday fore
noon till this morning. He attended
the funeral Of the late Mrs. Anna 5.
Brice at Hopewell yesterday. Mr..
G. G. Nesbit says the best crops he has
seen are between Lewisville and Ches-
ter, some of them as good as usual.
He makes special mention Of Senator
Glenn's cotton, which he says is good.
CHEROKEE.
Gaffney Ledger, July IL: One night
last week State Constable Dillingham;
and Policeman Williams, Of Cowpens,
went out on a scout for Illicit whisky
peddlers, and succeeded in capturing
two men, a horse and buggy, and four
gallons of the fiery liqour. the men
were driving along the road near Cow
pens. They were tried at Cowpens and
one came clear, while the other got 80
days on the chaingang for his part in
the affair Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Bailey are two Industrious white peo-
pie who live just outside of the city
limits on lands belonging to the Gaff-
ney Land and Improvement company.
On Monday afternoon, when Mrs. Bal
ley went to her work in the field, she
carried her two children with her, as
is her custom, and placed them on
pallet in or near the field. One Is a
young baby and the other Is little
girl about three years of age. Some
time in the afternoon, when Mrs. Bailey
approached the pallet where the chill
dren lay, she was Mortified to find a
large snake of the pilot species lying
between the two children and just in
the act Of striking the youngest one
the baby. Instead of instantly becom-
ing paralyzed by the terrible situation
and greater danger that threatened her
infant offspring and screaming for
help, Mrs. Bailey Immediately seized
the baby and snatched it away from
the vicious reptile. Not to be cheated
of a victim, however, the snake in
stantly turned and buried its poison
Gus fangs in the foot Of the other child
the little girl-before the distracted
mother could pull it out Of reach. DR..
Nesbit was Immediately summoned
and he cauterized the wound and did
wnat he could to ease the little ones
pain, to stay the course Of the poison
and to pacify the anxious mother. He
soon had the child resting we'll and or
der restored. At last account the child
was rapidly recovering from her
wound, and it is not likely that she will
long suffer any inconvenience from her
peculiar accident. The snake was Of
a very poisonous kind, though, and the
wonder is that it's bite did not produce
more serious results. We did not learn
whether the snake was killed or not,
but presume that in the excitement Of
the moment, and having satisfied his
desire for human meat Cor pure devil
ment,) he came to the conclusion that
discretion was the better part Of valor
and made himself conspicuous by his
nowhereness.
GAsToN.
Gastonia News, July IL. a very
humiliating incident happened to a
Gastonia boy at High Shoals one night
last week. He spent the night there,
and got permission from gentleman
to put his horse in his stable. The
young man went to the stable, turned
out the calf and put his horse in, and
went away happy as lark. But there
was trouble in store for him. He very
probably called on some pretty High
Shoals girl that night. and returned to
get his horse next morning; but he
found the stable door securely locked
and the lady Of the house informed
him that the calf must be brought up
and housed before he could get the
horse. The young man is very popu-
lar clerk in one Of the stores here. and
had on his store clothes, and didn't
know much about hunting calves. But
what has to be done just must be
DONE" and he started for the lowland
on a calf hunt. After faithful search
through briar patches and among the
hooks along the river banks, the two
months old was started from it's hid
ing place and chase like unto those
painted in the Roman amphitheater
began. The young man proved him
self hero worthy of Grecian honors,
for after a chase of nobody knows how