Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-15
depot here last Monday evening. HI

had boarded the freight train with his
little grandson to return home when
the engine, which had been shifting
cars to the side track, unexpectedly to
him backed against the train humping
the cars together and causing him to
fall. His left arm and shoulder were
badly bruised up and he has been con-
fined to his bed since from his injuries.
It was not thought that any bones were
broken, but his arm and shoulder have
been terribly swollen since. Mr..
Cauthen Is more than 80 years old,
but has always been very active and
confinement to bed goes very hard with
him. ...... Ernest Blakeney, Negro
about 19 years of age, was committed
to Jail here Thursday morning on the
charge of entering a dwelling in the
night time with the intent to commit an
unmentionable crime. About O'Clock
that morning the Negro, who has hired
to Mr.. ]. H. Stewart Of o. X, climbed
into the bedroom window Of Mr.. Stew
arts daughter by placing two boxes,
one on the other, at the outside OF the
window. AS he put one Of his feet
in to step down to the floor 1t landed
on a trunk which was on rollers and
moved making a slight noise awaken
ing the young lady who screamed,
causing the Negro to jump back to
the ground and make a hasty retreat
from the premises before her brother,
Mr.. Rochel Stewart, who was sleeping
in an adjoining room and was awak-
ened by her screams, could ascertain
from the frightened young lady what
the trouble was. The moon was shin
ing bright and the Negro was easily
recognized by the young lady. Her
father and brother failing to overtake
him or find him, Mr.. Stewart conclu-
ded to stand watch at a Negro cabin
on the plantation where the Negro
sometimes slept thinking he might
endeavor to slip to 1t before day, while
his son went to a neighbor and notified
all that he could by phone Of the cir
cumstances. BY daylight quite crowd
had gathered at Mr.. Stewards to join
in the search for the Negro when, to
their surprise, he came walking up
into the yard as though he knew of
nothing that had happened. When
asked about his conduct he denied any
knowledge Of the affair, but when told
he had been recognized by the young
lady he confessed everything. When
asked his motive he told Of his evil
purpose in entering the room and 1t
was then for awhile that q lynching
seemed eminent. Feeling became in
tense, not even the people Of his own
race who were there having any feel
ing for him, all agreeing that the brute
ought to be killed. But, while there
were none to pity the miserable wretch
there were many men Of reason, intel
ligent, law-abiding men in the crowd,
and after a little while they succeeded
in prevailing upon the crowd to let the
| law take it's course. The counsels of
such men as Abel Funderburk, ]. H.
Stewart, the father of the young lady,
and Rochel Stewart, her brother, a re-
cent honor graduate Of North Carolina,
and other law-respecting and law-abid-
| ing citizens saved that Negroes neck,
and it Is to the everlasting credit OF
the community that such men are
among it's citizens. We cannot COM
mend the o. K. people too highly that
they have submitted to the majesty of
the law when the ends Of justice would
seemingly have been more speedily
met by the rule Of the mob. The Ne
gro was brought to town and turned
over to the sheriff by Rochel Stewart
Abel Funderburk and B. B. Plyler
GAsToN.
Gastonia Gazette, July 10: Mr.. ]. K
Dixon and Mr.. c. A. Allen went to
Kings Mountain yesterday to attend
the Shelby District conference, which
is in session at Elbethel church near
there. DR.. Chreitzberg and probably
others will go down today. The
grading of the macadam road has been
completed to McAdenville. The road is
open and is now used, though the rock
is laid only to a point near Mr.. Poly
Stroup's. Superintendent Endlemar
began yesterday to move camp to the
Belmont section. 10y, the eighteen
months old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. G. R
Pasour, died Tuesday night at their
home on Air Line street. The funeral
was held Wednesday at Pisgah and the
body was laid to rest In the Pisgah
cemetery. 80. Mr.. L. L. Hurley, FOL
the past year general delivery clerk at
the postofflce, has resigned his position
to take effect tomorrow. He will leave
the latter part Of July for Wingate
academy. His successor at the postof-
flee has not been appointed as yet....
Mr.. Claudius D. Holland is postmaster
at Gastonia by the grace Of recess
appointment by President Roosevelt
He has made his bond and received his
commission. Last night he gave re-
ceipt to the retiring postmaster, Mr.
L. L. Jenkins, for the transfer of the
office to his charge. This morning he
is the full-fedged postmaster Of Gas
tonia.
Sick Room OF THE PoPE.-As many
fantastic descriptions are in circula-
ton regarding the room where Pope