Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-02-12
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Western freight train jumped the track
short distance south Of Gastonia last
Monday afternoon. Two box cars were
smashed, Negro brakeman was
slightly scratched, and some goods
were damaged. The wreck delayed
the passenger train about two hours.
fReyhirinR the Telephone Damage.
| The work of repairing the lines Of the
Bedford Phone company broken down
by the recent freeze, is progressing
steadily. The Bethel and Glover lines
are in operation, and the Rock Hill line
is in operation to Tirzah. 1t is expect
ed that communication will be estab-
lished over the other lines during the
present week.
| Sounds Good.
A Rutherfordton special to the Char
lotte Observer says that there Is a
story in Rutherfordton to the effect
that the Southern has taken charge of
the South Carolina and Georgia Exten-
sion, and that in few days it will put
on vestibuled trains to run through
from Marion to Charleston daily. This
sounds good. but the probability is
that the story Is rather previous. The
Southern will hardly make move Of
this kind until the general assembly
acts on the Hydrick bill.
Cherry Tree People Bound Over.
h Rutherfordton special Of Friday, to
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/ H. L. Clover, c. D. Wilkie, G. w. Rol-
Inns and c. F. Geer, Of the cherry
tree concern, who have been on trial
for the past two days charged with
having used the mails for fraudulent
purposes, were bound in bond Of
81, 900 each for their appearance at the
next term Of the Charlotte Federal
court This makes II Of the cherry
tree men who have been bound over,
and there are yet other arrests to be
made. District Attorney Holton and
C. E. Enteman left for Greensboro last
evening.
Sick on the Gang.
A Negro named Sam Lewis, known
to the guards as Cripple Dick, died on
the chaingang last Wednesday, after
long illness with consumption. He had
been sent up for eight months for the
crime Of housebreaking, committed at
Hickory Grove, and had served two
months Of his sentence. Another Ne
gro named Will Mcconnell was dis
charged last week nearly dead with
consumption. Will Fewell, who Is
serving a long sentence for attempted
poisoning, is very sick, and for awhile
last week it was thought that he was
about to die; but he is now somewhat
better and it is thought that he may
get well.
! Found In a Pine.
Ar. ]. E. Thomas, who lives on the
Adafr's Ferry road, showed the reports
er, on Saturday, a bullet that he cut
out a pine tree near Beersheba church,
recently. The bullet was about the size
of buckshot and was evidently ball
from a squirrel rifle. 1t was found In
the heart Of pine that was about 20
inches in diameter, and which had been
dead for more than 20 years. There
was nothing to indicate the track Of
the ball through the grain Of the wood,
nature having mended the way per-
fectly, and Mr.. Thomas Is Of the opin-
ion that taking all the circumstances
into consideration, this bullet must
have been in the tree something like a
hundred years. The point at which the
ball was found was about Is feet above
the earth.
Burglary In Rock Hill.
Burglars made an unsuccessful at
tempt to enter the store of the Smith
Fewell company, in Rock Hill, last
Sunday morning at about o'clock, by
smashing one Of the plate glass win
dows that fronts on the street. Officer
J. H. B. Jenkins heard the crash and
frightened the burglars away before
they could complete their work. He
had warned a Negro preacher, named
Titus Land, out of an adjoining alley
short time before, and suspecting the
Negro began searching for him. There
was a lot Of blood about the broken
window, indicating that somebody had
been badly hurt there. A few hours
later, Land was found In the Office Of q
Negro physician, having a badly lace
rated arm dressed. He said that he
had been cut in a fight the night be-
fore; but was Of course arrested.
Bloodhounds followed a trail from the
window down the South Carolina and
Georgia Extension railroad to point
across the river, but did not bay their
quarry.
The Turkey Creek Hill.
The Turkey creek hill, on the Pinck-
ney road, is reported to be In dan
gerous condition on account Of a great
gully some eight or ten feet wide and
ten or twelve feet deep having eaten
its way into its side. At one place the
passage for wagons Is scarcely more
than ten feet wide. On one side Is a
steep bank and on the other the yawn-
ing gully, the perpendicular wall OF
which undermines the road. A gentle
man who passed there Monday said
that had it not been for the fact that
the ground was frozen he was not GER
tain that his wagon would not have cut
through the edge of the gully and turn
ed over. 1t is probable that the road bed
will have to be changed before safety
can be assured. 1t has been suggest
ed more than once that it would be a
good idea to relocate the road at this