Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-05-22

was at the point Of death. All the re-
suit of whisky. ......E. F. Baumgar-
den, a young weaver in one Of the
Clifton mills, was drowned in Pacolet
river near Clifton one night last week.
Mr.. Baumgarden was in seining at the
time, in company with George Holt
and ]. c. Riddle, both Of Clifton.
They had crossed the river and were
returning, when about half way over
the young man suddenly fell and was
drowned before assistance could reach
him. 1t Is supposed that he was seized
with cramp, as the water was only
about waist deep where he fell; though
in his struggles, he probably got into
deeper water. He shouted for help
when he went down and Mr.. Riddle
tried to save him; but he sank out Of
sight before his would-be rescuer could
reach him. Efforts were made to find
the unfortunate mans body that night;
but not until 1 o'clock the next after
noon was it recovered. The coroner
held an inquest and rendered a YER
dict that the young man came to his
death by accidental drowning and that
no blame was attached to anyone.
Frank Baumgarden was about "a
years Of age, Of good habits and indus
trious. He was a native Of Cleveland
county, North Carolina, and married
a Miss Bachelor, daughter Of Alonzo
Bachelor of Cherokee county, about
eight months ago. His body was TAX
en- to Cherokee Falls for burial. A few
days after he was buried a report got
out that in looking over his clothes, his
father-in-law found blood on them,
and holes indicating that the man had
been stabbed. His relatives insisted
on an examination, and, accordingly,
the body was exhumed Wednesday.
DR.. Forest McKeown made thorough
examination; but found nothing Of a
suspicious nature, and the body was
reinterred at the same place. The
suspicion, 1t seems, originated at Cher
okee Falls.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, May IS: Mr.. Joshua Carnes
celebrated his 18th birthday last Mon
day with a big family reunion at his
home near Wild Cat. There were 142
persons present and the day was very
much enjoyed. Mr.. Carnes has about
140 descendants. Mr.. H. ]. Hickson
came up from Charleston this week,
and left Thursday for Baltimore, where
he will undergo treatment at the Johns
Hopkins hospital. His step-father,
Sheriff J. P. Hunter, accompanied him.
Mr.. Hickson's many friends here, the
home Of his boyhood days, are sorry
to know that there has been no change
for the better in his condition since his
ertson, a little seven year old boy,
while swinging on to some shifting
cars on the L. and G. railroad, at the
cotton mill last Tuesday afternoon,
had the heel Of his right foot cut off
by a car wheel running over it.....The
assignee Of T. A. Covington sold the
stock of goods Of Covington yesterday
to S. M. Mathis & Co., at IS cents on
the dollar. The stock amounted to
$50. 1t brought 1869, just about s69
more than the face Of the mortgage.
Two horses, which Mr.. Uriah
Jordan was driving to carriage last
Wednesday, ran away with him. They
ran from the Cunningham hotel to the
vicinity of the factory, before they
stopped. Miss Bessie Mackey was in
the carriage, having started to the de-
pot to meet her sister, and narrowly
escaped being seriously hurt as she
Jumped from the vehicle at the Lem
mond place. She escaped, however,
with only a sprained wrist. A Mr..
Mosier, who attempted to stop the
runaways, was knocked down and had
one of his arms painfully hurt.
UNION.
Times, May II: Old man Jackson
Powell, an inmate Of the county home
for Is or 20 years, died Wednesday of
heart disease. Mr.. Powell was possi-
bly, the oldest man in the county. He
was born in 1906. He was therefore
95 years Of age. He retained conscious
ness to the last and was sitting up the
day before he died.. The farmers
are up against a pretty tough prob
lem. With corn and lard and meat
jumping up in prices as it has been do
ing recently, with good prospects for
still higher prices, and a large acreage
Of cotton planted, the result will more
than likely be 13 to IA cents meat and
lard and rs to 80 cents corn, and about
7 cents cotton. What are you going to
do about it. Better apply the only sue
cessful remedy, by preparing for
good crop Of shoats and a well-flled
corn crib. 49,. Mr.. Oliver Frazier and
Miss Laura Willard were married at
the home Of the brides parents on
Sunday, May 5th, at $50 a. m, Rev.
w. A. Massabeau officiating. Rev.
e. A. Dow rendered his resignation as
pastor Of Duck Pond church last Sun
day. The congregation accepted the
resignation with much regret. The
congregation has called Rev. -. Z.
Freeman, who has accepted and Will
preach the second Sunday in June.
WE NEED THEM ALL.