Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-09

the only living representatives Of their
respective families. May their remain
ing days be their happiest.. Some
reports of smallpox near Broad river
have come to town. Several cases are
reported somewhere near Leeds, as we
are informed. Other cases were report
ed, but they have now been pronounced
chickenpox.. Robt. Clark, OF
Cornwell, died Friday, January 25th
and was buried at Woodward church
Saturday, the Rev. J. H. Marlborough
conducting the funeral services. Mr.
Clark was 40 years old and left wife
and eight children, some Of them
small. One daughter is married.
Mr.. Charlie Colvin, who called at this
office on business Saturday, Informed
us that Major G. W. Faucette, of Feas-
terville, died on Friday. We have no
further facts about the death. Our
Feasterville correspondent, in a letter
published Friday, mentioned Major
Faucette's sickness, but at the time of
writing he appeared better. 1t was
stated in the same correspondence that
| he was S5 years old. d....... Mr.. Calvin
Wallace died last Saturday, at Lando,
where he had been living perhaps 10 or
IL years. He must have been 80 years
old or more. He had at least five sons
and one daughter living in different
parts of the county. He formerly lived
in the Torbet neighborhood.
GASTONIA.
| Gastonia Gazette, February S: Mrs.
! T. M. Fayssoux is very sick.......E. S.
Prather, of Begonia, called to see us
Saturday. He is a nephew of Miss
Colly, one of the old ladies who was
| burned lately near Charlotte, and will
inherit her estate. The plantation is
valued at $4,000, and he will get half
of it. Miss Cathcart, the half-sister of
Miss Colly, was not his aunt, and her
half interest in the estate has been
sold by the agent of the State Univer-
sity. The friends Of Mr.. Prather will
be glad to learn of his fortune. Mrs.
M. G. Stewart, Of Greensboro, N. c.,
died in Florida, Saturday night. She
was niece Of our townsman, Mr.. S. F.
Stewart. She had been married for
about two years. She had been in
Florida for her health. 80. .Gastonia
has long escaped being inflicted with
smallpox. But Friday it came. A man
and wife came here about two weeks
ago by the name Of Jake Hollings-
worth. He lived at the old mill and
worked at the Avon. He was suspect
ed, but said that physicians declared
it chickenpox, so he was not quaran-
tined, but was asked to quit at the
Avon, more as precaution than
| thought of real danger. His wife now
has smallpox; so has Aug Summey, his
near neighbor. The yellow flag Is also
out at Mr.. Hansels'; his son is sus-
Happy Hill. A Negro was discovered
on the hill Saturday morning that
| looked suspicious, and was put under
guard. DR.. Harrell, of Statesville, state
specialist, was here Sunday, and con-
| firmed the opinions of the local physi-
cians All the houses are being closely
guarded, and a pest house will be built
as soon as possible. ...... .Thirty-four
bales Of cotton were burned on the
platform at Kings Mountain Thursday
afternoon. The fire is supposed to have
originated from a spark from freight
engine. The cotton belonged to the
Enterprise mill.
| LANCASTER.
Ledger, February 6: The clerk of the
court sold two tracts of land Monday.
The Gordon land, 244 acres, was bid off
by Green G. Hines, attorneys, for $445.
It was announced before the sale of the
Gordon land that parties out west
claimed it and would seek to recover
it. The Gibbon tract, $50 acres, was
next sold. 1t brought $1,250 and was
bid off by Mr.. H. Hines. .... Mrs. Jane
McCorkle, wife Of Mr. Thomas McCor-
kle, Of the Creek section, died last Sun
day shortly after noon, after a pro-
tracted affection Of the heart. She was
about 70 years of age and was twice
married. She was the mother Of four
children by her first maria ge-Mr.
Neal-Mrs. Belle Arant, Chesterfield;
Mrs. Sallie Morris, Mrs. Mary Smith,
this county; and Mrs. Maggie Halle. of
Hickory, N. c.; and one by Mr.. Nc
| Corl,Ia Mro IJo rr;af Hp;obf Che 1uo g
a member of Zion Methodist church for
many years and bore her sufferings
| with that patience and fortitude char
acteristic Of the true Christian. Her
remains were inferred Monday after
| noon at Zion church. ...... .Elvin Kelly,
| colored, who was convicted about three
years ago Of housebreaking and lar
ceny and sentenced to 1S months on the
gang, but who made his escape three
months after going to the gang, sur
| rendered to Mr.. D. L. Adams last Sun
| day night and was brought by him to
| this place Monday and turned over to
the superintendent Of the gang. Elvin,
since his escape, has served a two
years sentence in the u. S. penitenti-
ary for robbing a postoffice. On the
expiration of his term he says he de-
termined to return to Lancaster, sur
render to the authorities and serve
out his sentence if he could not prevail
on his friends to secure him pardon.
So Elvin is back on the gang.