Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-06-21
aiseellaneous &eaains.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That In OF More
or Less Local Interest.

CHESTER.
Lantern, June II: Mrs. jamie Will
liams, who has been sick long time
and seriously so for some time, died this
morning at the home Of her daughter,
Mrs. ]. S. Colvin, where she made her
home Jake Shealey, a colored man
living on Mr.. w. r. WiX's place, brings
to our notice the second cotton bloom
we have heard Of this year. He
brought it to town yesterday and says
he came to town with the express pur-
pose of bringing that cotton bloom. 1t
was not plucked from a garden patch,
he says, but out of the field and plenty
more were left. His entire crop aver
ages knee high and over, he also as
serts. DIR. Sumter M. DaVega died
this morning after long Illness dur
| ing which he appeared several times
to be at deaths door. Mr.. j. Will
son Mcconnell went to his home at
McConnellsville yesterday morning.
The latter part of this week he will go
to New York and will work for the
New York Tribune during the summer,
being stationed in the Berkshire
mountains, in Massachusetts,. At the
beginning of next session he will go to
Pantops academy, at Charlottesville,
Va, and will teach English In that in
stitution.. Mr.. William McKinnell
and daughter Jennie, leave on the 26th
for a visit to Scotland, the land of Mr..
McKinnelrs nativity. On the 2Sth they
sail from New York on the steamship
Columbia of the Anchor Line. and Will
land at Glasgow. From there they will
go to Dalbeattie, where Mr.. Mckin-
nelrs parents live. On their return
/ they will sail from Glasgow, August
21st, on the Astoria, and will reach
Chester about September 1st. 1t has
been Is years since Mr.. McKinnell left
his home and this will be his first vis-
it. The tickets have been in his pos
session for about three weeks.
GASTON.
| Gastonia Gazette, June II: At a few
minutes past o'clock Sunday after
noon, Margaret Miller died, aged II
years. She was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Y. Miller, and took sick
at Due West, S. c., on Sabbath before
her death. Mrs. Miller went to Due
West on Saturday to attend the COM
mencement exercises, but returned on
the following Wednesday on account
of the child's sickness. The little pa
tient grew rapidly worse till the end
came after the lapse Of week; death
resulting from cholera infantum. The
funeral service was conducted at the
A. r. P. church yesterday afternoon at
o'clock, by DR.. ]. c. Galloway and
the body was laid to rest in the city
cemetery. The lands known as the
A. X. Loftin farm were sold at the
court house door yesterday under
deed of trust. The crier was Esquire
A. r. Anders, and the land was knock
ed down to Mr.. T. L. Craig for $l,2l5,
for the Oneida farm, to which 1t Is con-
tiguous The farm contains So acres
and a fraction, and Is desirable piece
of property. The insurance on the barn
which was destroyed on this place by
fire a few days ago will be adjusted
with Mr.. Loftin, who was the owner
at that time, the transfer under this
sale embracing only the farm and i'm
lprovements as they stood on the day
Of sale. AS soon as the sale was con-
cluded, Mr.. D. ]. Craig, who was inter-
ested in the deed Of trust, asked Mr..
Loftin how he felt about the sale, or II
he was satisfied with 1t. Mr.. Loftin
signified in sudden and emphatic terms
that he was not satisfied: but on the
contrary felt too sore to discuss 1t at
that time. One word followed another
quickly and then came blows before the
lbystanders could scarcely realize what
had happened. Both men are heavy
weights and there was a pretty lively
mix up for a few moments. When they
were separated, Mr.. Loftin had a
bruise under one eye and Mr.. Craig's
face contained some f1nger-nail marks.
| The northbound c.. & NV. train
yesterday morning, found itself up
against more than it wished to tackle
on reaching the South Fork bridge be-
yond Dallas. as consequence of which
Captain Ross and his crew spent a
quiet day at the county seat. The old
bridge over the Fork Is being replaced
f1, %t,o ,fn 10 r1
and in the meantime a false bridge is
being used. When this bridge was
reached yesterday morning the high
waters of the South Fork beating
against the temporary structure ap-
peared to be so threatening that Capt
Ross decided that day in Dallas was
preferable to a possible trip in the di-
rection that McGinty went. The faith
full little train showed up at the depot
here last night on schedule time and
the crew looked as calm and happy as
if nothing had happened. A lot OF ice
consigned to points up the road came
back to the express office, several
pounds lighter, however than when 1t
started. The mail, too. came back ana
will probably go by way of the South
ern this morning. When asked by the
reporter as to the trip for today, Cap
tain Ross said he thought it would be
made on schedule time provided no
more heavy rains should swell the
river.
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