Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-02-19

kin, a prominent farmer Of KershaW
county, has written to Representative
Finley, asking his support Of the
to have the government es-
tablish a weather signal station on the
Catawba river somewhere between
Mount Holly, N. c., and Fort Mill, S.
C.. Mr.. Finley will take the matter up
with the secretary Of agriculture and
see what can be done. Captain Boy
kin, in his letter to Mr.. Finley, says
that the farmers are greatly in favor
Of the proposed weather station, as 1t
will be Of incalculable benefit to them
in warning them Of approaching
storms and floods. There could be no
better point for the establishment OF
a weather station than the Catawba
river bridge on the Southern railway
or the Catawba Power company's dam,
and we hope Mr.. Finley will insist
upon it's being located at one or the
other of these places.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, February Is: Watson's
blacksmith shop at Kershaw, was
burned early yesterday morning. The
building belonging to Gardner & Est
ridge. There was some little insurance
on it. Mr.. Watson lost his tools. 1t Is
thought in Kershaw that the fire was
Of incendiary origin.......Mr. Foster
Taylor, of the Dwight settlement, lost
his bedding and clothing Wednesday
afternoon by fire. His wife had moved
the things out into the yard for a
cleaning up and was waiting for the
floors to dry before putting them back.
In the meantime she went to a neigh
boris for some milk. During her alb
sence the children set some leaves In
the yard afire, which burned the bed
doing and set fire to the house before
she returned. Willie Cauthen, COL
ored, of Heath Spring, started from
his home to Lancaster, Thursday with
a hot brick in the foot Of his buggy.
When within a few miles Of town he
was congratulating himself on how
warm and comfortable his feet were
keeping, when a little breeze got un-
der his lap robe and to his surprise 1t
blazed up. He was not long in hust-
ling it out Of the buggy. The two
story building being erected by Sheriff
nearly opposite the Manus
place, is nearing completion. The up
stairs will be used by the Jr. o. U. A.
NJ. as their society hall. The first floor
will be used for a store room.. Frank
Bill Rollings and Picket
all colored, were up before
Mobley at Heath Spring
charged with violation of
the dispensary law.......M Mrs. Martha
T. Crenshaw, of Van Wyck, widow of
the late Joseph Crenshaw, died at the
home of her son, Mr.. w. j. Crenshaw,
night, after an illness of
several weeks of heart affection. She
was 81 years Of age.
CHEROKEE.
Gaffney Ledger, February IA: The
State B. Y. P. U. convention will meet
in Gaffney on April Sd to 9Th. Three
hundred delegates will be in attendance
and our people should make prepara-
tions to give them a royal reception.
Gaffney's citizens are noted for their
and on this occasion they
should not fail to prove worthy Of the
The Blacksburg dis
pensary was broken open Thursday
between midnight and day
break, the safe was blown open with
glycerine and about $50 belonging to
Mr.. Phillips, the dispenser, and a check
for $50 belonging to the state, on the
National bank Of Gaffney, were stolen,
also a few bottles Of the Chemically
pure" a part of which, regardless OF
law, the burglars drank before leaving
the house. The burglars entered the
building by way Of the front door
which they unlocked with key. At
ter securing the Doodle they left the
house by the door in the rear Of the
building, which they left open. One
Of the burglars left a neck tie which
had some mud on it, and which had
been slightly burned. Since the bur-
glary it is remembered in Blacksburg
that two unknown white men were
lettering about the city Wednesday
and Of course they are suspected
They had disappeared Thursday morn
ing and up to our last information nc
clue was found by which it was hoped
the culprits would be discovered.
GAsToN.
Gastonia News, February IA; Cap
tain ]. A. Woodliff, who has for the
past few years been conductor on the
C. & NV, has gone into business at
Lenoir. His successor as conductor Is
G.. D. Horne. The Gastonia Daily
Observer suspended publication Tues
day after a brief existence Of eight
days. The managers learned that q
daily paper didQ't pay in Gastonia
......M. L. Mauney, the cotton weigh
er, says he weighed the largest bale OF
the season Wednesday. 1t was raised
by J. w. Blackwood and weighed 662
pounds. It was sold to Mason & Co..
at 81 cents and brought $56.27.. Little
Grace Byers, the three year old child
of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. S. Byers, near the
Avon mills, is seriously burned. She