Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-15

ARRIVAL Ol the tTdlIl NillCh pioo5he -
on to Lancaster. In the meantime
while Major Riddle and the colored
man remained with the corpse, Mr..
James Riddle went up to Fort Lawn
and phoned the sad news here, which
was at once phoned to the parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. Mackorel at York
vile. On the arrival Of the L. &. c.
train the remains were taken to the
home of Major Riddle. The sorely
stricken parents arrived an hour later
on the train from Yorkville. Major
Riddle was completely overcome by the
distressing accident and Is confined to
his bed from the severe shock to his
nervous system. In his sad misfor-
tune the entire community deeply SYM
pr thizes with him. The parents too.
have the heartfelt sympathy of every
body in the loss Of their bright little
son, who was a general favorite in this
community, where he spent much of
his time with his grandparents. Bob
by was eight-years-old July 9th last.
and was an exceptionally bright boy.
His precociousness. affability and po-
likeness attracted everybody to him
and made everybody love him. The
little fellow will be sorely missed.
GASToN.
Gastonia Gazette, September II: A
telegram from Chester, yesterday af-
ternoon to Mrs. ]. P. Culp brought the
shocking news that her brother-in-law,
Mr.. 1. n. Cross was dead. Mrs. Culp,
left her sisters home Saturday, at
which time Mr.. Cross, though not feel
ing we'll, was not thought to be at all
i'll. No further tidings had come to
Mrs. Culp until she received the tel
egram announcing his death. This Is
the fourth death among her people in
three years of which Mrs. Culp has
thus been notified by telegram. She
will go to Chester today. Mr.. Culp
who was yesterday at or near Cheraw,
Is expected to reach Chester in time
for the funeral if he can be reached
by wire. :. Since the new prohibition
laws went into effect July the first,
there has been very decided falling
off in the number of "drunks" in the
local police court. Previous to that
time the average number was between
twenty and thirty each month Every
Monday morning there was invariably
something doing at the city hall as
result of Sunday drunks and disorder
lies. During a period Of over two
months, dating from July 1st to the
present, only two cases Of drunks have
been tried, and it is fact worth noting
that the parties in both cases were in
toxicated when they arrived in the
county from points outside. This rec
ord shows the practical results of pro-
hibition and is a strong argument in
it's favor. BY a margin so narrow
that it fills one with fear to
think of it even now, Mr.. Les
ter Lineberger barely escaped sudden
death by electric shock Wednesday
evening between five and six o'clock.
He is a lineman with the Piedmont
Telephone and Telegraph company.
All day both this company and the
power house force had been on the
lookout for a grounded wire. Though
they had known since early morning
that there was trouble somewhere they
had not been able to locate it. In res
ponse' to a report from Mr.. Moses Ro-
man that his phone was out Of fix, Mr.
Lineberger went down to remedy the
II,
side the house, and then mounted the
tin roof, following the wires from the
rear of the roof up the long slant to-
ward the front parapet wall overlook
ing Main street. The lines lay along
partition wall rising a foot or two
above the roof. The young man in
spected the line along this wall and
then crossed the wall near the front.
From this point the wires swung out
diagonally across the street to pole
on the other side. Twenty or thirty
| feet out an electric wire was resting
on the outside one Of the phone wires.
Seeing this, Mr.. Lineberger leaned
over the parapet wall to see if he could
push the phone wire down and break
the contact. The moment he touched
the wire, he received the shock impair
ted by 2300 volts in the main line
This so paralyzed him that he drop
ped upon the wall, his right forearm
upon one phone wire and his right
thigh upon the other. phone wire.
Through the night the patient suffered
from nausea and intense nervousness
but yesterday he was better and had
apparently fully regained his usual
| composure. His account of the acci-
dent is as given above. The first
shock paralyzed him, but did not de-
stroy consciousness. The awful
| thought flashed through his mind in a
moment, This will kill me, nobody
sees me-" II will call for help" was
the minds resolve, and he remembers
| three efforts to call, but all in vain;
| the body was past responding to the
will. Then consciousness passed away
and he knew no more until he recog-
nized the faces of his rescuers. These
he recognized for some time before he
could speak. When he recovered the
powers of speech he said to Mr.. Ro-
man. who WAS flaming him. Il was try
| ing to fix your phone" Later he ex-
claimed. somewhat excitedly, ooh,
am all right; don't worry about me-"
He seems to have a good, strong ner-
rous system, and present indications
are that in time he will fully recover
| from the shock-which happy issue is