Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-11
Miserllaneous Rrading.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That Is OF More
or Less Local Interest.
GASTON.

GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, March 8: A stuffed
otter four feet long attracts attention at
the Williams Furniture store. The
animal was trapped last week on Long
creek by a negro named George Ar
chic. Mr.. ]. D. Brumfield bought the
skin. Below the bridge on Long creek,
Mr.. Emanuel Lewis of the Old Mill, set
a trap which snapped at an otter but
missed him. DR.. Lewis says the fur
and tracks were those of an otter. 80.
The lifeless body of Mrs. Bessie Dewey
Ray was found early Sunday morning
in Vance Park in the rear Of the post
office at Charlotte. It was a distress
ing sensation throughout the entire
city. A few weeks ago she attempted
unsuccessfully to end her life with
chloroform. A note found on her
body spoke of the misery of life and
her desire TO be rid of it all. Mrs.
Ray was 40 or As years old. and sis
ter Of Mrs. F. I. Osborne. Six or eight
years ago her husband, a brother Of
Mr.. R. R. Ray of McAdenville, died Of
year ago. Mrs. Ray and her two daugh-
ters moved to Charlotte from Texas,
and made their home at the residence
of Mrs. Mary A. Osborne. She was
employed as a stenographer in the Of
flee of the General Fire Extinguisher
company Of Charlotte, and left that Of
flee after s o'clock Saturday night. -.
The placing of material for the erAc-
ton of DR.. H. M. Eddleman's new house
on the corner of Main and South York
street will begin today and the work
of construction will begin as soon
thereafter as practicable. The contract
for it's erection has been let to Mr.. A.
K. Loftin. The plans were drawn by
Messrs. Hook and Sawyer, architects of
Charlotte. The residence will be an
eight-room two story frame struc-
ture Of the old Dutch style and
will present handsome appearance
when completed. 1t will have hand
somely finished interior and will con-
tain all the modern Improvements and
conveniences. -. The protracted meet
ing which has been in progress at the
Loray for the past two weeks will
probably be continued through This
week. The pastor, Rev. ]. w. Ingle,
went to Kings Mountain yesterday to
secure. if possible, the services of Rev.
J. Frank Armstrong, pastor of Ell
Bethel church, to assist him during
the week. There have been over fifty
conversions up to the present and the
success of the meeting is most en-
couraging .... Saturday in the case
of Florence c. Happerfield and hus-
band VS.. M. c.. Bradley in which the
plaintiffs asked for $2,500 on express
contract for support of the defendants
child. judgment for $3.50 was render
ed in favor of the plaintiffs. Yesterday
petitions for divorce were granted to
Richard Lay VS.. Laura Lay and Matte
C. Huffstetler VS.. John L. Huffstetler.
The case of Lester c. Lineberger VS..
town of Gastonia for $4,000 damages
for injuries received on a live wire was
taken up yesterday and will be COM
pleted today.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, March 8: The county pen
sion board held it's final meeting here
Monday and forwarded its report to
the comptroller general. The report
shows that during the year just clos
ed eighteen pensioners have died in
this county-thirteen veterans and five
widows, and that four have moved
away from the county. There were
twenty-seven new applicants. The
number of pensioners for this county in
1903 was 225. Supposing that pensions
will be granted all the new applicants,
there will be an increase Of only five In
the number of pensioners for this
county for 1904. A fire in Winns-
boro last Saturday evening destroyed
several buildings on the main street
of the town, among them the building
occupied by Mr.. j. c. Mackorell, faith
er Of our townsman, Mr. ]. B. Mack
orell, as a residence and store. The
fire started in a store adjacent and
before it reached Mr.. Mackorelrs he
had removed some of his goods and
consequently his loss is not as great
as 1t otherwise would have been. In
surance was very high in this portion
of the town and Mr.. Mackorell was
only carrying about $500. on his stock
and household effects. The follow
ing petit jurors were drawn yesterday
to serve for the second week of the
March term of court: ]. ]. Patterson,
Hilton, John NJ. Faile. J. H. Wither-
spoon, H. c. Baker ]. S. Hagins. FL
lison Small. ]. B. Mackorell, w. S.
Blackmon, R. B. Pardue. E. S. Howie,
T. L. Sowell. D. F. Holms. L. J. Fun
derburk, Amos S. Mungo. Henry L.
Blackmon, ]. F. Bell. Sr. z. r. Jenkins,
c. L. Hammond. J. S. L. Barton. w.
D. Lemmond, J. B. Bell ]. P. Pitmon.
P. r. Beckham. Jas. NJ. Barton, w.
C. Steele. w. B. Arants. Judson D.
Hinson. ]. H. Kirk. w. S. Johnson, w.
c. Gardner J. e. Rowell. N. H. Hall
man, R. A. P. Hunter.
CHESTER.
Lantern, March s: Complying with
request Of the Chester Chapter Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy, Walker Gas
ton camp Confederate veterans held
meeting yesterday and appointed a