Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-05-24
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CHESTER.
Lantern, May 20: Captain w. H.
Edwards, Major ]. w. Reed and
Messrs. H. w. Hafner and w. D. Knox
are wearing a Southern cross of honor
these days. the gift of Mrs. R. F.
Dalton, treasurer of the chapter OF
daughters of the Confederacy at
Greensboro. N. c.. These crosses were
made Of broken fragments of cannon
used by the Confederates. 1t was Mrs.
Dalton's desire to have them here by
the 10th, but she had $50 to deliver,
and most of these she pinned on, and
they did not arrive until Friday
morning, the 18th. In her note to Ma
jor Reed she expressed her regret
that she was unable to pin on the ones
sent to this place. This act Of Mrs.
Dalton is most highly appreciated by
the recipients of these crosses of hon
or. On Friday morning little Thom-
as, the 7-months-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. B. Ferguson, met with an ac-
cident which resulted in his death.
Mrs. Ferguson was in the buggy going
to the home Of her sister, Mrs. j. M.
Boulware, and she had in her buggy
with her four children, the youngest
of whom was seven months old. On
the way the beast became frightened
and all were thrown from the buggy
except one of the children, who stuck
to the buggy and didn't receive any in
juries. Mrs. Ferguson and three chill
dren were more or less injured. The
baby, it was learned, received the
worst injuries Of all, and at 3 o'clock
the following night its spirit passed
from it. 1t is thought that its skull
was fractured in the fall. What could
be more heart-rending than an acci-
dent like this? On leaving home it
was happy and in only a few minutes
it was subject to suffering and pain
which ended only in death........ Mar
ried, on Sunday, May the 18th, at 10
o'clock, at Lando, Miss Carry Godfred
and Mr.. Alex Smith, of Bessemer City,
N. c., Magistrate Chambers perform
ing the ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
left for Bessemer, where they will
make their home, yesterday morning
over the C. & N.-W.......Mrs. Julia
Campbell, Mrs. D. N. Mclaughlin,
Mrs. A. G. Brice, Mrs. L. T. Nichols
and Misses Julia Spratt and Bertha
Stain left this morning for Spartan
burg to attend the federation Of wom-
ems clubs .... Mr.. w. L. Williams,
assistant train manager of the South
ern at Columbia, received some very
painful injuries at the Southern depot
yesterday morning. He was on the
through freight going north, which is
due here about 1890 and was on the
top of a boxcar. He was walking
backwards on the car when he passed
the depot and the water spout at the
tank struck the back of his head, which
threw him forward and he fell between
the boxcars and lodged on the coup
ling. He received a very painful scalp
wound and a number of bruises, but
none are thought to be serious. He
was placed in one Of the c. & NV.
cars at the depot and has been resting
as easily as could be expected. His
wife was sent for and arrived last
night to be with him. He was taken
to Columbia on the 9.45 train this
morning. >. "A house belonging to Mr..
S. Heyman, near the depot, was par
TALLY destroyed by fire Saturday night.
The house was occupied by Mrs. Low
ry and Mrs. Doster and the fire origi-
mated in Mrs. Lowry's portion of the
house by lammp exploding about 1.3O
O'Clock. A portion of the roof was de-
lstroyed, the flames being checked be-
fore the house was totally destroyed.
Mrs. Lowry's furniture was right bad
ly damaged by being thrown out. The
damage to the house was about $3.50.
The loss was covered by insurance.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, May 81: Last Sunday at
lDavis's Stand, colored church about
Ieight miles north Of this place, VIII
Faulkner and Henry Body, both COL
cred, had a difficulty about some trif-
ling matter In which the former was
severely stabbed twice in the left
shoulder and once in the right. The
funeral of a colored woman was being
preached in the church at the time.
Body fled after the cutting, Faulk-
ner firing a shot of two as he depart
ed but without effect. Mr.. S. A.
Cauthen, and we are told some others
of the Dry Creek section, who were so
badly damaged by the hail last week,
have found it necessary to plant their
cotton again -. The grounds in front
of the new cotton mill are to be graded
at once. 1t will be done by the S. c..
G. Ga. Extension railroad and their big
steam shovel will be usel in doing the
work. Mr.. Hay Sims, son Of Mr..
r. G.. Sims, Of Kershaw, died Monday
morning after a protracted illness Of
consumption. He was q years of age
and leaves no family, his wife and
only child having died less than year
ago. His remains were inferred at
kershaw Monday afternoon.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, May 20: Rev. w.
b. Arrowood, Of Bethel, spent yester-
day in Gastonia. He was on his way
to Red Springs where he has daugh-