Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-03-18

en-, Of Kershaw sent up four OF the
cases; Magistrate King one, and Mag
istrate Caskey ten as follows: One for
malicious mischief; one obtaining
goods under false pretense; one dis
posing Of property under lien; one
throwing missiles into train; four as
sault and battery with intent to kill,
and two grand larceny. No murder
cases on the docket.
CHESTER.
Lantern, March 13: Mr.. Paul Hardin
has for some time had suspicion that
there were some rats about his place,
and a few days ago his manager, Mr..
Adams, had a little rat killing, the re-
suit Of which was 105 dead rats. A lit
tie later Mr.. Hardin went himself, mar
shaled his force and went into crib
where they made headquarters. They
killed large number but most of them
ran under the crib. Afterward they
were pursued to their last resort and 1t
was found that they had piled in there
in such a mass that they had actually
smothered. When the battle was over
there were 610 corpses, which, with the
los before, made 715 in all. These
were all able bodied rats; no account
was taken Of youngsters. They were
real rats, too, that deacon or teeto-
taller could see, and not like the rat
some Of our citizens were looking for
on the street a few days ago.. Judge
Grandson Williams says he once saw
a cat kill an upland moccasin. She
patiently walked around the coiled rep
tile for an hour perhaps, watching for
an opportunity when she might catch
it off its guard. 1t seemed quite as
watchful, following her around with
its .uplifted head. Finally Tabby
thought she saw her opportunity and
she seized 1t; she also seized the snake
by the back Of the neck and killed it.
Several members of the family saw the
maneuvres Of the cat and snake. The
Rev. Geo. w. Walker, now Of Augusta,
first saw them and called Judge Will
liams' attention to them. The same
cat once brought the head and few
inches Of another moccasin into the
house.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, March 13: At
the recent term of court Mr.. J. w.
Moore, Of Begonia, was witness in
the civil suit of Costner and john
son from the Union neighborhood.
Though quite an old man, this was
Mr.. Moore's first business at COURT.
The c. & NV. has been greatly
handicapped this week in the matter
Of handling it's freight on account Of
scarcity of engines. All but one Of
the freight engines are laid up for re-
pairs. Two were badly damaged in the
wreck at the South Fork bridge and
the lone one in good repair has been
compelled to perform fourtold duty.
Some changes are contemplated in the
passenger and freight schedules on
this road but nothing definite has as
vet been given out....A party Of eight
from Yorkville, among whom were Mr..
and Mrs. Mason Carroll, Miss Kate
Cody, Miss Annie Wallace, Mrs. Nc
Elwee, and Mr.. P. T. McNeel came up
on the c. & NV. Wednesday MORN
ing expecting to go to Charlotte on
No. 36 to be on hand early for the
Mansfield performance. They were
sadly disappointed, however, for the
Southern paid no attention to the tel
egraphic request to wait few min
utes and they were treated to the sight
Of seeing No. SO pull out as their train
pulled in. They got to Charlotte.
though, in time to hear the great actor.