Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-05-10

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the mayors court. Strain is not yet
able to appear for trial.. 1.-THE sad in
telligence received yesterday of the
death Of Wylie Patterson. only son of
Mr.. r. B. Patterson, of Heath Springs,
was a great shock to the young mans
friends at this place. His death occur
red during the morning Of pneumonia,
after an illness of only q few days.
His condition had not been considered
critical and death came unexpected
his father being on the plantation at
the time. Wylie Patterson was about
% years of age, member OF the Pres
byterian church, and an excellent and
exemplary young man.
GAsTON.
Gastonia Gazette, May s: Capt. G.
A. Patrick, Mrs. Margaret Craig, Of
Gastonia, and Mrs. ]. M. Huffstetler,
whose combined ages are about 225
years, spent last Saturday at Mr.. M.
C. Huffstetler's. They are all Of large
families and are the last living mem-
bers of each. Of course. they spent
pleasant day together. Two inter-
esting Spanish silver dollars are owned
by Mr.. John Frank Jackson. They are
alike except in the dates they bear,
one having the date of 1900 the other
1906 The coin of 1906 was given to Mr.
Jackson five or six years ago by his
aunt, Eliza Adams, who died year or
two ago. A kinsman, Robert Carrigan,
carried the coin through the war OF
1872, since which time it has never been
out of the family. 1t contains dent
which might have been made by bull
let. The older coin Of 1900 was plowed
up on Mr.. Jackson's place week before
last by a Negro, and from him Mr
Jackson bought 1t few days ago. Tne
coins are in q most excellent state OF
preservation and contain the we'll
known columns common on Spanlsi.
coins. Mr.. D. A. rage left yester-
day morning for Monroe, La. where on
Thursday, the Sth, he will wed Miss
Jessie Loftin, Of that city. The mar
riage will be quiet home affair, after
which they will leave for Gastonia,
stopping a short while in Atlanta to
visit relatives. They are expected to
arrive Monday. The bride Is native
of Lincoln county, Is cousin OF Mr..
G.. 7. Loftin, Of our town, and has made
many friends in Gastonia while visiting
here. Mr.. Page is one of the city's
prominent young business men and
has scores of friends who congratulate
him upon his great good fortune In Sc
curing so fair bride. He Is son OF
Mr.. ]. f. Page, of the Page company
and is a member Of the wholesale gro
Gerry firm of Messrs. ]. Flem Johnson
& Co.......A phone message from York
Vile yesterday afternoon brought the
news to his mother, Mrs. Fannie Nor
row, and brothers, that Marsh Nor
rows improvement was such that he
was able to attend the funeral of his
companions and that he had been pro-
NOTED to third lieutenant's place for his
desperately brave attempts to save his
companions from their tragic fate.
Mr.. Morrow is light and spare in build
but 1.-the, wiry and grave: and those
who know him here are not surprised
to learn that he did his whole duty in
an awful ordeal that greatly tried
heart, mind and body. ..Ordinarily
the barn yard hen Is regarded as very
successful bug-exterminator. but case
is reported to us wherein the tables
were turned and the bugs exterminated
the hen. At least, it looks that way.
A few days ago, a hen belonging to
Mrs. M. E Adams, near Pleasant
Ridge, began to squawk and choke and
give other signs of physical and mental
distress about o'clock, and at II the
hen died. The unusual circumstances
attending her sickness and death sug-
gested that useful or satisfactory in
formation might be derived from a
post mortem examination. This was
accordingly made, with the result that
the hens crop was found to contain
two fishing worms, 4S grains of corn,
and 80 big black bugs about twice the
size Of a grain of corn. The question
Is, what caused her death? True, there
were other articles Of diet to be con-
sidered, but the suspicion is, that the
bugs form the 80 articles of diet that
did the fatal work.