Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-31
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FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That Il of More
or Less Local Interest.
GASTON.
Gastonia News, July 26: The many
friends of w. D. Glenn, Of Crowder's
creek, will be sorry to learn that he Is
still afflicted with rheumatism. He has
been confined to his home, and to his
room most of the time for the last six
months. u. A. White saw two blue
mountain eagles flying over town early
Wednesday morning. They are
thought to be from Kings Mount
ain, and were on the way to visit
their relatives on Spencer mountain,
as they were headed in that d.
rection. -. Mrs. J. F. Thomson has
invited her classmates to spend few
days with her and they arrived yester-
day. About ten years ago, Miss Josie
Garner, Of Pinckney, now Mrs. j. F.
thompson; Miss Ada Smith, Of Glenn
Springs; Miss Lizzie Craig, of Laurens,
and Miss Otis, of Spartanburg, now
Mrs. w. H. Smith, Of Horse Shoe, N.
c., were the graduating class of Cliff
ford Seminary, at Union. They were
happy covey of jolly young girls. To-
day they are together again at Mrs.
Thomnson's and school days are being
lived over. They are expecting other
schoolmates from Chester. A royal
good time they will have together......
We gave note some time ago stating
that we were Informed that H. S. Sell
ler's thresher passed the residence of
Newman Sellers and spark from the
engine set the barn on fire, burning up
his crop of wheat. We have a note
from H. S. Sellers giving the facts
in the case. It Is true about the barn
burning; but mistake as to the origin
Of the fire. Mr.. Sellers passed the
barn with his thresner about 1920 p.
m, and the barn caught fire about
or 6 o'clock that afternoon. VIM.
Smead saw a stroke Of lightning strike
the barn during rain shower, and
the barn was soon in flames, Mrs. Lee
Seller had ITO shocks Of wheat burned
and J. B. Sellers 80 shocks. We very
gladly make these statements as they
are due Mr.. Sellers. &c. T. Stowe. OF
Belmont, the large Catawba river far.
mer, was in town yesterday to see his
son-in-law, E. ]. Rankin, who Is sick.
Mr.. Stowe brougn. to The News Office
specimens of ore taken from copper
vein on one Of his plantations. For
the past few weeks a company COM
posed Of Messrs. w. c. Maxwell, Tom
Rich and Mr.. Morris of Charlotte, have
had a force of expert miners getting
out specimens with a view to estab-
fishing a copper mine. The promoters
are confident that the vein is several
yards in diameter and is parallel to
the surface. The vein is near the old
Leeper gold mind, once considered one
of the richest in this section.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, July q: VIM. Gaskins, white,
was arrested by Sheriff Hunter, We'd
nesday morning, charged with stealing
a COW from VIM. Gaskins, colored, at
Westville, in Kershaw county. 1t
seems that Gaskins disposed Of the COW
at Heath Springs. He then hired to
Mr.. Mike Conder and came in a buggy
with him to this place for some stock.
The sheriff had been notified by tele-
nh nd h,,cr {,1cf M
town and following it on to town and
made the arrest after Gaskins arrived
here. The sheriff Of Kershaw was no
titled of the arrest and came up from
Camden for Gaskins Thursday. Mr..
Erwin M. Carnes, son Of the late ia
cob Carnes, aged about As years, died
at the home Of his brother, the Rev.
Cyrenas Carnes, near the cotton mill,
on Wednesday evening last, after a
protracted illness Of consumption.
Another estimable lady has been call
ed from this world of sin to the man.
sions of the celestial on high. Mrs.
Martha Agnes Taylor, wife Of Mr.. ].
N. Taylor, Of Craigsville, after weeks
of patient suffering from cancer, quiet
ly fell asleep at the old home, sur
sounded by the family and some
friends, last Wednesday afternoon.
Had she lived until next Thursday she
would have celebrated her 18th birth
day. Mrs. Taylor was an excellent
Christian lady and was the second
wife of Mr.. J. N. Taylor, having been
married to him about A years. Her
husband, one son, Jno. D. Taylor, OF
this place, and three step-sons, S. D.,
J. E., and w. H. Taylor, the latter Of
York county, survive her. She was a
member of Shiloh A. R. P. church and
her remains were inferred there on
Thursday shortly before noon, after fu-
neral services conducted by her pastor,
the Rev. w. G. Ewart.......A Negro
woman, about 80 years of age, wife of
Abe Smith, who lives on the J. B.
Hagins' place near Elgin, dropped dead
last Thursday evening. Her husband
was feeding his mule and had just left
his wife sitting in a chair in front of
the door when she fell forward out Of
the chair to the ground and had ceas-
ed breathing when he reached her.
She had made no complaint whatever
Deputy Coroner Perry held an inquest
yesterday. It is supposed she died Of
heart disease.
CHESTER.
Lantern, July 26: The committee
which has the matter in charge, has
fixed Saturday, August 10, for the big
political meeting here. The exact loca-
ton at which the speaking will take