Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-05-17
Miseellaneous Readin9.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.

-, FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That II of More
or Less Local Interest.
YORK.
Rock Hill Herald, May IA: Mr.. l..
Shurley died at his home in Pleasant
Valley Saturday afternoon after an ILL
ness Of only a few days. His wife sur
wives. Deceased was about so years OF
age and was a brother of Mr.. j. A.
Shurley, of Ebenezer, and Mrs. M. j.
Bowen, Of Yorkville. Mr.. Shurley was
member of the Baptist church and
was one of tie most prominent men IN
that section. Funeral services were
conducted Sunday in the Baptist
church at Pleasant Valley. A number
of years ago, Mr.. Shurley was a resi-
dent of Ebenezer, where he taught
school .....A colored woman living not
far from Waxhaw, has given birth to
what the doctors pronounce "mon-
strosity." 1t has the body and limbs
of q fairly we'll developed infant, but
its head is very much like that of
huge frog. The head is almost flat at
the back, the eyes being large and In
top of the head. It's face has some
what of an owlish appearance; but is
perhaps more like that of frog. Drs.
H. c.. Houston and ]. V. Hunter made
an autopsy and found that 1t had no
brain whatever it's spinal column ex-
tending clear up the back Of the head.
It had no neck at all. Photographs OF
both front and side views were made
and will be preserved. Communion
services were conducted at Bethesda
Sunday by Rev. J. K. Hall. Of Guth-
riesville. A large crowd was in attend
ance, a number from Rock Hill being
present.
CHESTER.
Lantern, May 13: Messrs. L. T. Mich
OILS and Sam Leard and Miss Annie Da-
wilson, of the c.. & NV, visited the
Charleston exposition some days ago.
Miss Kate Cody and Mr.. and Mrs.
P. M. Grimes, of Yorkville, passed
through the city Saturday on their
return from the exposition. Chief
Taylor went to Winnsboro Saturday
for a Negro who rented a bicycle from
John tlnckney a few days before. and
liked 1t so we'll that he concluded to
steal it for his own. He was arrested
in Winnsboro while trying to trade
| it. He first gave his name as John
GLADDEN.: but afterwards D. M. Gather
and this name was signed to letter
which he wrote to his wife. In this let
ter he said that he was afraid the devil
had got him. The commentators must
decide as to the apnlication of the re-
mark. Some of the Negroes said they
had seen Gather ordained to the min
istry .. Mr.. and Mrs S. r. Clowney.
of Blackstock, have been called upon to
mourn the death of little Jean, their
5-year-old daughter, whose spirit
passed from her on last Saturday
night. The funeral services were con-
Quoted at Concord Presbyterian church
Sabbath afternoon at 4 o'clock by the
pastor, Rev. M. r. Kirkpatrick. and the
body was laid to rest in the cemetery
nearby. Mr.. and Mrs. Clowney have
the sympathy of their friends in their
sore loss. Mr.. w. o. Guy showed US
yesterday morning a double chicken.
There is a single neck and head, at
tached to a double body, having all the
llegs, wings and tails Of two chickens
as fully developed as any chicken
when Matched. The two bodies are
Joined breast to breast without any
line of division, their sides being con-
tinuous. If the chicken had been per-
mitted to live and walk, 1t would have
been necessary to use leg Of each
part of the double body, the idle pair
being turned upward. ..On last Fri
day evening number of young people
were entertained by Miss Sadie Mckee.
The beautiful lawn was furnished with
suitable seats and the young people
present had a royal time in the open
air. Miss Mckee was untiring in her
efforts to make those present enjoy
themselves. and she succeeded admira-
bly, in her undertaking. This will &c
clal gatherings of the season. Follow
ing are the names of those who were
in attendance: Misses Josie Oates, May
Carpenter, Kate Glenn. Lutte Bewley,
Alice Whitlock, Marie Carpenter, Eve
lyn Woods, Maud Sledge, Sallie Leard;
Messrs. R. E. Sims, Walter Waters, B.
F. Burns, Auburn Woods, Will Cald-
we'll, j. McF. Nicely, Ed. Morehead,
John Dunbar, Gin Mcclure, Will Sledge,
Enie Boney, A. Thornton, E. G. Car
son. R. G. Marshall, Richard Cousar.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, May 13: Mr.. A.
NJ. Whitesides returned Saturday night
from Texas and Arkansas. He says
he went squirrel hunting in an Arkan-
sas cotton patch, which was in the
thick woods. The trees had been chop
ped around to kill them while standing.
The soil was very rich and the cotton
with four leaves was growing right
along. The number who failed to
pay poll tax In CASTOR before the first
of May is not over 600 or 700, says
Sheriff Armstrong. OF these not over
200 are white and very few of these
are Democrats. I'VE learned over the
phone late yesterday afternoon that up
to that hour 700 people had been vacci-
mated at McAdenville. and that the
mill was running all right with vacci-
mated people only. The authorities
took the matter in hand vigorously and