Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-29
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FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That Is OF NOR
or Less Local Interest.
CHESTER,

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Lantern, January 26: Mr.. Chandler
c. Owen and Miss Leila Weir were
married in Columbia last Wednesday
evening, Jan. 20, 1904, at the resi-
dence of the officiating minister the
Rev. Mark L. Carlisle. The bride Is
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Weir
and was q resident Of this city for sew
eral wears. She is known as a most
lovely young lady. Mr.. Owen has
good position in the mercantile de-
partment of the Olympia Mills compa-
nv. Mr.. w. c. Hedgpath went to
Charlotte last night on the 8 O'CLOCK
train and returned on the IL O'CLOCK
train with Monroe Hoyle and wesley
Hughes, two of the gang that were
caught hauling off Mr.. w. o. Guys
seed cotton last fall. Nose Benson
another of the gang, was arrested yes
terday afternoon, when it was learned
that the others were in the hands OF
the Charlotte police. 1t Is expected
that another Of the gang Will be arrest
ed today. The next section OF road
to be macadanized Is a continuation
of the Rossville road three miles. to
Pleasant Grove church. The camp
has been located at the Douglass place
and the hauling Of rock begins today
When working the lower end OF the
section, the camp and crusher will be
Ahrahan0 White
place. It is not expected that work on
this road will begin until some time IN
the spring. This will give time to get
rock laid down, and in the meantime
the chaingang will be employed on
other roads. When this section Is
completed there will be six miles OF
macadam on the Rossville road, be-
sides two miles on lateral branches
and this will open up long strercn
of nearly level road, with all its trib-
utaries. This comparatively good road
has been cut off from town by sue
cession Of steep muddy hills and mile
or two of level road that became near
ly impossible in winter. Rev. MT
Reeve preached an impressive sermon
to a large congregation at the Pres
byterian church last Sabbath, and by
request, moderated q congregational
meeting the purpose Of which was 10
make some changes In the call lately
addressed to DR.. Hyde. After some dis
cussion a motion was adopted to raise
the salary from $500 to $1,000, to re-
fit the parsor age and to give the pas
tor five or six weeks vacation each
year. We understand that DR.. Hyde
had agreed to accept the call with
these changes.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, Jan. 27: Died, on Satur-
day morning last. of paralysis, Mr.
Mode Deas, aged about thirty-one
wears. Mr.. Deas had been paralyzed
about two years. He leaves widow
and five or six children. His remains
were inferred at Pleasant Plain church.
Lula, the little colored girl who
was so badly burned by the overturn-
ing of a lamp while playing with an
other child in a room adjacent to the
kitchen at the Cunningham hotel about
two weeks ago, died of her injuries
last Friday evening". ...... Last Friday
afternoon, the eleven-year-old daugh-
ter of Jane Wade, colored, was drown
ed in Rum creek. The child with
others was returning from school, ano
the creek being swollen from the rains
that day undertook to cross 1t on a
foot log. The girl was afraid to cross
and Hardy Reed, who was few. years
older, offered to assist her and was
leading her across the log when she
fell in pulling him in with her. the
stream was very swift and they were
carried down by the current, but Har-
DIV being able to swim managed to get
near enough the bank to catch a 1mn
and was afterwards rescued. but the
girl was drowned. Her body was
found the following morning about
half a mile down the creek from where
she fell in. Bunk Harris was killed
one day the past week by bucket OF
rock, which was being hoisted from
we'll he was digging, falling back on
him on account of the rope breaking
The accident occurred just across the
county line, In Chesterfield. ..... Mr.
Jas. A. Cauthen had yearling drown
ed in Camp creek last Friday. He un-
dertook to drive his twenty odd yearl-
ings across bridge while the creek
was swollen when several Of them
plunged into the creek above the
bridge and were washed down under
it. He was lucky not to lose more
of them. .... Some boys. operatives al
the cotton mill, had difficulty just af-
ter knocking off from work last Wed
nesday evening. The boys, Henry
Aiken. John Jones. and Luther and
Albert Jordan. each received wounds
in the affray. knives and rocks being
the weapons used. Two Of the boys
were right badly cut but they are all
able to be at work again.. Mr.. Jake
w. knight of the Creek section, mar
rowly escaped losing his home by fire
one dav the past week. The roof OF
his kitchen caught afire from the
stove fue and the shingles on one side
were entirely burned or torn off before
the flames were extinguished. One OF
Mr.. knights hands and one Of his
legs were badly burned in putting the
fire out.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, January 26: AT
the home of his son William, near
Harden, Mr.. Jacob Friday. died Sun