Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-07-12


morning. Mr.. J. L. Barton, superin-
tendent Of the gang, went up to Char
lotte and brought them back to the
chaingang quarters yesterday. Dur
ing the storm Monday afternoon, light
ming struck the steeple Of the Metho-
dist church tearing open the zinc cov-
ering, knocking out the ventilators on
two sides of the belfry and the brick
down one corner Of the tower, being
conveyed off by the guttering on each
side of the tower. The damage will
amount to probably $50. During the
thunder storm last Saturday afternoon,
lightning struck the barn of Sam
Crockett, colored, on Judge Jones'
place, east of town, setting 1t afire and
killing his horse. The horse, barn and
contents were all burned mourning q
heavy loss on Sam. Mr.. Ira Adams,
aged about 20 years, son Of Mr.. G. r.
Adams, Of this place, died at his faith
er's home at the cotton mill mere last
Saturday after a lingering illness OF
consumption. The dwelling Of Mr..
George Sims, of the Longsville section,
was robbed and burned on Sunday last.
He and his family were spending the
day at his fathers when the house was
broken into, robbed and set afire. 1t
was thought the fire was accidental
until the meat box emptied of its con-
tents was found in the yard after the
fire. There seems to be no clue to the
perpetrators of the crime. Several
farmers Of the vicinity of Elgin, had
their entire crop ruined by the disas-
trous hail storm which visited that
section last Saturday afternoon. Mr..
R ]. Harper, Mr.. J. B. Hagins, Ed Sad
dler, colored; and several others had
their entire crops-corn and cotton
destroyed. The leaves and stems even
were all beaten off the stalks of cotton
leaving them bare. We are told that
Mr.. Harper cannot make a bale Of cot
| ton on q four-horse farm. 1t was the
most disastrous hail storm which ever
visited that section. Mr.. Robert Phil
lips and Alex Harper, colored, also had
their crops entirely destroyed by this
storm, and Mr.. J. D. .Baileys was bad
ly damaged. He will probably lose a
two-horse farm on his place adjoining
Mr.. r. ]. Harper's.
CHEROKEE.
| Gaffney Ledger, July 8: On Saturday
afternoon about o'clock, as north
bound train on the Southern was ap-
preaching the depot in this city, Mr.
Robert Kiser, Jr., attempted to cross
the track and was knocked down and
his left foot and hand run over. His
foot was crushed off just above the an
kle and fingers on his hand were cut
off about.ehe first joint from the hand
and he received several severe scalps
wounds and 1t is thought that his skull
is slightly fractured. white man
named Samuel Powell, charged with
murder, was arrested on Miss Jane
Moore's farm, near Gaffney, Saturday
morning by Sheriff Thomas and Deputy
Sheriff Butler, of Rutherford, N. c. He
was arrested without trouble and Dep
uty Sheriff Butler left with him Satur-
day afternoon for Rutherford. The kill
ing was done some months ago..
On Saturday evening last at $50, in the
ladies' parlor Of. the First Baptist
church, Miss Annie Brown and Mr.
Charles Humphries, two of the bright
est and best known young people OF
Gaffney, were united IN marriage. The
wedding was very quiet and informal.
Rev. Arch c. Cree, the pastor of the
church, officiated. MIR. w. H. WIKI
erson and Miss Belle Bridges were mar
ried last Wednesday evening at the
home Of the brides parents, Mr. and
Mrs. w. M. Bridges, in this city, by
Rev. J. B. Bozeman. ....E. A. French,
formerly designer at the Gaffney Man.
ufacturing. Company's mill and Miss
Edna Graham, were married recently
| by Rev. j. B. Bozeman. Charles
Turner, Of Grover, N. c., temporarily
residing in this county, was arrested In
this city yesterday by Constable j. II.
Allison. of Blacksburg, on a warrant
sworn out before Magistrate A. M.
Bridges, of Blacksburg, charging him
with assault and battery Of high and
aggravated nature. After the arrest,
Constable Allison conferred with Mag
istrate Bridges by phone and was In
structed to hold Turner. He then COM
mitted him to Jail but in short time
he was granted bail by Magistrate Hall
in the sum of $500. The bond was read
| lily furnished and Mr.. Turner was re-
leased.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, July 8: Mrs. w. s..
Loughridge, Of Yorkville, came up last
Thursday to visit Mrs. John Lindsay.
Mrs. Lindsay and the children will re-
turn with her Saturday. The ball
game Friday afternoon between Besse-
mer and McAdenville mines resulted In
score of II to in favor of the latter.
For the first three or four innings 1t
| looked as If Bessemer was to have n
walkover. but the tide turned and Nc
Adenville came out with flying colors.
The game was witnessed by about $500
people and the crowd would doubtless
have been much larger but for the ex-
treme heat. .... Last Friday afternoon
Mr. Robert ]. Groves, cashier at the
freight depot. had his right foot badly
mashed by the Narrow Gauge, as re-
suit Of which it was necessary to ampu-
tate three Of his toes. There was a
large crowd at the depot and in the
rush that took place as the train start
ed back to the water tank someone
ran against Mr. Groves knocking him