Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-04-01
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FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That 10 OF More
or Less Local Interest.
GASTON.

News and Comment That 10 OF Mor<
or Less Local Interest.
eAsToN.
Gastonia Gazette, March q: Invita-
tions have been received here announc.
ing the marriage Of Mr.. Robert KEN.
per Matthews, superintendent Of the
Arlington Cotton mill, and Miss Maude
Reed, of Eatonton. Ga. The wedding
will take place in the Presbyterian
church at Eatonton on the morning OF
Wednesday. April Sth, at 10 o'clock
Mr.. Matthews was formerly connected
with mill at Eatonton. He was re.
Gently elected superintendent Of the
Arlington and though comparatively q
stranger in Gastonia, he and his bride
will be gladly welcomed to our midst
Mr.. w. W. Glenn, advance agent
for VIM. Irvine Fayssoux, the boy hyp-
notist and mind reader, was in the
city yesterday. Fayssoux gave his ex-
hibitions at Yorkville on Tuesday and
Wednesday night to good houses. This
was his first appearance away from
Gastonia. Last night he showed at
Blacksburg and tonight will be at
Kings Mountain. Mr.. Glenn says that
no further dates have as yet been made
but he will appear In other towns soon'
The best cotton on the local mar
ket has been bringing 10 cents this
week but very little has been offered
for sale. A prominent local cotton
buyer said yesterday that almost all
the. cotton in the county had been
marketed. When the price first went
to 10 cents some weeks ago. the cotton
rolled in rapidly Eight hundred bales
were marketed at the local platform
within three days. at that time, which
broke the record Of all cot
ton sales in Gastonia.. After an ab-
sence of about two weeks, Mr.. Eph
Rhyme, Of the firm Of B. G. Rhyme &
Co., doing business at the Ozark, re-
turned to the city q few days ago.
AS previously noted in these columns,
Mr.. Rhyme declined to comply with the
city ordinance requiring all persons
having been exposed to smallpox to
be vaccinated, even going SO far as
to stand the officers of with q Win
chester. He Immediately left for parts
unknown. A warrant was awaiting
his return, however, and he was given
an opportunity to explain his action
to Mayor Bradley's court yesterday
A fine Of SO and cost was
imposed but an appeal was taken and
the defendant made bond In the sum OF
$50 for his appearance at court. The de-
fendant's plea was that the city's ply
sician, DR.. n. F. Glenn, told him that,
In his opinion, If defendant would iso-
late himself, furnish his own necessi-
ties and hire a guard. the authorities
would be satisfied. On the cross ex-
however. 1t was shown that
this was previous to the enactment by
the city council Of an ordinance re-
quiring that all persons, who had In
any way been exposed to the disease
should be vaccinated. A case Of small
pox, It will be remembered, broke out
in Mr.. Rhymes store, thus bringing
him under this ordinance.
CHESTER.
Lantern, March 27: Mr.. w. Y. White
reports his oats 80 big that he Is afraid
to risk telling how large they are. He
says, however, that John Frazer's
wheat is knee high, and that on ground
which a few years ago would hardly
sprout cow peas. He says. by the way,
that Frazer is a mighty troublesome
neighbor and NJ. E. White is not much
better. They keep him on a strain all
the time buying manure, making ma
nure, turning his land deep, pulveriz-
ing, sowing peas and oats and doing
else he can think Of to keep
up with them. He says Seceder elder
and a fool Irishman can give man
lot of trouble. He has learned though
that there ia great compensation for all
this tribulation. Another thing he has
learned is that poor land can be made
wonderfully productive with very lit
tie manure, simply by deep ploughing
and turning. Policeman B. E. Wright
had an exciting experience last Mon
day. He was taking Charlie McCrorey
to the chaingang. On this side Of Tur-
key creek he was informed by a color
ed man that the creek was about belly
ly-deep to his horse, but when he drove
in the horse went out Of sight and the
buggy was swept down and turned
over. The convict, with hand-cuffs on,
went under the buggy. Mr.. Wright
held on to the buggy and finally got
the horse loose and rode out. He then
found his man up in bush. He had
lodged in wire fence and made his
way out along the wire. Mr.. Wright
thinks the water was about Is feet
Deep. Our old friend, Mr.. James L.
Guy, Of Lowrysville, was in town yes
terday. Though 70 years old, he is
looking well. His hearing is consid-
erably impaired and he says 1t suits
him better to keep out Of company and
spend his time alone. just thinking,
though he says old Satan has not
ceased to make suggestions to him yet.
Mr.. Guy has been a very successful
farmer, and has always dealt justly
with his fellowmen, even his hired help.
Last Saturday morning lightning
struck a Negro house near. the resi-
dence Of Mr.. Andrew Peden. The same
evening it struck Mr.. Peden's house.
It demolished the chimney and mantel
and a clock was thrown over the heads
Of some of the family and dropped on
bed. Mr.. Peden's watch, which was
hanging on the wall, was ruined. Miss
Maggie Peden, Of this city, was there