Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-05-21

neighborhood and said that Mr.. Sig
mons wneat beats any that he has seen.
Mr.. Wylie thinks that the prospects
for good crops this year are very ia
vorable. Corn and cotton, generally,
are good stand. ..... Mr.. S. T. Weir, of
Avon, was telling us yesterday about
the rain storm in his neighborhood
Wednesday afternoon. A very heavy
rain fell and also some hail; but the
hail was small and did little damage
to crops. The streams were swollen.
Lightning killed a mule on the Glow
ney place near Avon. Two colored men
were plowing and had unhitched and
were just ready to start from the field
when a stroke of lightning killed one
of the mules, shocking the men and the
other mule. The man was getting on
the mule when it was struck. He was
knocked senseless and hasn't been able
to speak since; but it Is thought he will
recover. The colored people living
nearby made their way to the victim
and little child endeavored to follow,
but fell into gutter which was filled
with water, and was washed away.
Efforts to find the body were suspen-
ded until yesterday morning. 1t had
not been found when Mr.. Weir left
home yesterday morning. heavy
shower Of hail fell in the neighborhool
of Halsellville the same evening and
some damage was done to the small
crops. Mr.. j. M. Fudge returned
from his western trip Tuesday night
He is loud in the praise of what he saw
and heard of. The west is truly land
flowing with milk and money, but even
that could not induce Mr.. Fudge to
forsake his native Carolina, and money
could not influence him to leave her
soil and become a citizen Of strange
land He says that he had Just as
lovely a time as man can have. He
did not remain in Dallas more than "a
hours. He was on the go soon after he
arrived in tnat crowded city. Very lit
sessions of the veterans. He visited
points in Texas, Arkansas and Ala.
bama, where his son, Mr.. Walter, Is
| teaching school, His school is out now
and he has been reelected for another
term. Mr.. Fudge thinks that Monticel-
10, Ark, is the garden spot of the
world. He visited his nephew. Mr.. j. j
McCloy whose parents went from this
country. Mr.. McCloy is a merchant
and has made quite fortune merchan-
dising. Mr.. Fudge has a beautiful
knife which he prizes very highly, II
being a present from Mr.. McCloy. Mr.
Fudge says that if he is living and not
sick he is going to the New Orleans re-
union in 1903.
GAsTON.
Gastonia Gazette, May Is: Mr.. Ar
thur R. Caldwell an operative at the
Avon, died Monday afternoon about
o'clock at the age Of 49, He was sor
of Mrs. Laura D. Caldwell and had
been confined to his room for some
time. Several months ago he had a
severe attack of pneumonia from the
effects of which he never recovered
Tuesday, for burial, the funeral being
conducted by Rev. B. L. Hoke, of Nc
McAdenville. ......At the stockholders
meeting Wednesday Of the Cherokee
Falls Manufacturing company. a div
| idend of five per cent. was declared
A dividend of three per cent. was de.
clared by the mill last February, which
with that declared this week. brings
the total annual dividend up to pei
cent. Most Of this Ave per cent divi.
dend was earned during the past five
months, and while spinning high-pricet
cotton part of the time. We are graf.
| flied to publish this good record of the
Cherokee Falls company, and hope thai
good fortune generally may attend the
cotton mills this year. Mr.. William
Weaver, a young man about 25 years
old, and a son of Mr.. j. w. Weaver
who lives at the Trenton, was arrested
Wednesday afternoon on a peace war.
rant sworn out by his father, and Was
tried before Esquire A. r. Anders al
the city hall. On the testimony Of the
father that he had several times threat
ened to kill his mother and was accus.
toned to curse and otherwise abuse
other members Of the family, he was
placed under a bond Of $25 and COM
mitted to Jail by Sheriff Armstrong
The action of the young man in the
court room and at the jail door, where
he endeavored to get away from the Of.
fcers, seemed to indicate that he is the
victim of mental alteration.