Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-10-01

S. D. and w. D. Robinson, the three
last named with their aged and esteem
ed father, survive. She also leaves "a
grandchildren and great-gran9chil-
dren. Mrs. Robinson had been an in
valid for more than so years. She was
an estimable lady, devoted wife and
mother, and lived an exemplary Chris
tian life, having been faithful MEM
Der of Shiloh A. r. P. church for more
than 60 years. ......A special from OK
ford, Miss, September oath, says: Will
Mathis (white) and Orlando Lester
(colored,) were hanged here today at
noon for the murder Of Deputy United
States Marshals John A. and Hugh M.
Montgomery. The crime was commit
ted November 16 last, Is miles from
Oxford at Matthis's home, whittier the
officials had gone to arrest him for IL
licit distilling. The mutilated and char
red bodies of the deputies were found
in the ruins of the Mathis house the
day after the intended raid. Mathis
escaped to the swamps Of the Yocona
river, where for three days he success
fully eluded large posse with blood
hounds. He was finally forced to sur
render and Orlando Lester, the Negro,
who was working for Mathis at the
time the murder occurred, Bill jackson,
Geo. Jackson, Whit Owens, Matthiss
father-in-law, and Mrs. Mathis also
<1I ohnr
in the crime Mathis and Lester made
confessions which they later repudiated,
but they were found guilty of murder,
and sentenced to death. Whit Owens
also was found guilty and will be
hanged October "a.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, September 26. Mary
Jemima, the oldest daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. T. M. Fayssoux, died at 5.45 a.
M, Wednesday, after a brief illness
of only II days. She was taken i'll with
typhoid fever which resulted in peri
tonitis, the cause Of her death. The fu-
neral took place Wednesday afternoon
at o'clock in st. Marks Episcopal
church, of which she was member.
The ceremonies were performed by the
rector, Rev. D. T. Johnson, assisted by
DR.. w. R. Wetmore, of Lincolnton.
There was a large attendance at the
funeral, many being unable to gain ad-
mittance. An impressive feature OF the
funeral was the attendance In a sor-
row-stricken body Of the little girls
schoolmates, so or 60 in number. The
interment took place Immediately af-
forwards in the city cemetery.
The rattlesnake story which re-
Gently appeared in the papers, serv-
ed to remind one of The Gazette's old
subscribers, who is also a prominent
citizen of the town, of an experience
he had with rattler many years ago.
I'm the year 1897" he said, II was at
tending school at the old Sugar Creek
academy, three miles east of Char
lotte. I was sitting under the shade OF
q large tree near the school house one
still, quiet morning, deeply absorbed IN
reading .Sallust, when, accidentlaiy
raising my eyes, I saw directly IN
front of me and at distance of only
few feet, a large rattlesnake. You
can easily guess that I was not long in
moving myself. The entire school,
which was taught by Mr. Robert 1.
Mcdowell, turned out and we soon had
the rattler killed. 1t was as large as
my arm, had thirteen rattles and a
button, and was several feet long,
though I do not remember the exact
measurements. Quite number of rat
tiers had been killed on farms in the
neighborhood and it was afterwards
discovered that they had a den under
the floor of the old Sugar Creek church,
which was destroyed by fire during the
Civil war. The church was heavy
brick structure and they came and
went through the ventilating holes
near the ground. This incident hap
pened sixty-five years ago, but so vivid
were the impressions made that
creepy sensation comes over me when
think of the first sight 1 had of that
snake"