Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-02-23
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FROM CONTEMPORARIES.

| FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That Is Of More
| or Less Local Interest.
CHESTER.
| Lantern, Feb. 10: Miss Carrie Doug
las, daughter of Mr.. Geo. Douglas, was
severely shpt In the foot two weeks ago,
house and behind gun that was
standing against the wall, knocking 1t
down, when it was discharged, the
muzzle having fallen just at the side
Of the young ladys foot. 1t tore of the
sole of her shoe and also the flesh from
the sole Of her foot about the toes. 1t
was fortunate that the gun was so
close that the shot did not scatter.
Mr.. John c. McAfee was called In and
acted very efficiently as surgeon until
physician could get there. old Purity
church, two miles southeast of town,
was destroyed by fire yesterday even
| ing just after dark. 1t is not known
how the fire originated. 1t Is thought
almost impossible for 1t to have start
ed from the stove used in school, as
very little fire was left there. The
school has been annoyed with wanton
or malicious mischief perpetrated In
and about the building, and 1t Is sus-
pected that the fire was incendiary.
The building was erected in 1882, but
there were at least two log houses on
the ground before. The insurance was
$500. "A note from Stevenson. Fair
field county, dated Feb. 18th, says, "Mr.
IL. N. Hardin and Miss Matte Belle
Brice took a ride to Rev. ]. R. Millards
last night and were married"
GAsToN.
| Gaston::, Gazette, Feb. 10: Capital
lists at Hudson, in Caldwell county,
have been talking for some time about
building a cotton mill there. On his
way to the Lenoir mill and back. Capt
IJ. D. Moore would see these Hudson
people and they would see him. FL
nally matters came to a head. few
days ago Capt. Moore said: IF you
Hudson people want cotton mill, put
up s50,0O0 right now and I'll build It."
How long will you give us?" asked
the Hudson folks. Until next Wednes-
day." responded the mill-builder. In
his Tuesday nights mail came letter
down the c. & NV, saying to Capt.
Moore, "The moneys ready" Which
means that Capt. Moore and Mr.. ]. O..
White have another job on their hands.
The meeting Of the ministers, ell
ders and deacons Of the Gastonia,
Kings Mountain, Clover, and Pisgah
A. R. P. churches, which is to be held
lin the church here next week, was
enormously announced in last Fridays
paper for Tuesday, Feb. 26th. 1t should
have read Friday, Feb. 26th. Those
Of our readers who have been talking
with pardonable pride about the relics
owned by them will have to try again.
lDr. J. C. Galloway owns one which can
be proven to be 1000 years old-how
much older, nobody knows. He wears
Lit as a watch charm. 1t Is an Egyptian
scarab, the sacred beetle Of the days or
the Pharoahs, carved from blue syenite
stone. On the under side are figures OF
hieroglyphs representing swan, the
sun and the moon. DR.. John Giffen, a
lbrother-in-law of DR.. Galloway. gave
lit to him as a memento ten or twelve
years ago. A missionary for many
years in Egypt, DR.. Giffen is we'll post
ed on Egyptology. The tomb In which
the scarab was found is known to be
I2,OO0 years old-how much older II
would be difficult to say. This carved
beetle was regarded by the Egyptians
las an emblem Of immortality and as
such was placed in the tombs with
their dead. ..... AS the result Of an ac-
Icident which occurred at the Gastonia
Livery company's stables a few days
ago, Mr.. Forest Elmore, an employee OF
1.-The stables, Is confined to his bed at
the home of his father-in-law, Mr.. w.
w. Mendenhall, at Pleasant Ridge. Mr..
Gilmore, while engaged in cutting feed,
threw his right knee on sack OF oats
lon which was a broken flask. AS
Iconseuuence he received deep cash
lust below his knee and suffered the
Iloss of a quantity Of blood. A physi-
clan sewed up the cash and Mr.. Ell
more is recovering, though still unable
Ito walk. Miss Carrie Flowers and
Mr.. Lee Costner who live near DaVis's
store south Of Gastonia, eloped to South
|Carolina Tuesday evening and were
married. The bride is the daughter or
Mr.. Ambrose Flowers and the groom Is
a son of Mr.. John Costner. The young
lpeople returned and are living at Mr.
Wesley Howelrs. They succeeded IN
keeping their plans secret and took
their friends by surprise.