Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-02-12
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Gastonia Gazette, February 9: Near
Regonia last Thursday little child OF
Mr.. Charlie Hoffman was nearly killed
by an accident which happened While
he and an older boy were in the woods
getting pine. Mrs. Hoffman and her
little four-year-old son, Leonard, were
spending the day at the home or ner
brother, Mr.. Nathan Jenkins. Laban,
the six-year-old son Of Mr.. jenkins,
carried the axe and the two were be-
low the barn getting pine. Laoan
struck a knot with the back of the
axe, and as the knot was rather solid
| it caused the axe to rebound with con-
siderable force. Little Leonard was
gathering the knots and raised up just
in time for the axe-blade to catch him
across the upper lip. 1t knocked him
unconscious, and Laban ran to the
house calling for the childs mother
saying Get a rag and go down yon-
der: Leonard's dead" The sight OF
her child's motionless form and bloody
face caused the mother to faint ana
fall. Walter Maxwell, a tenant. was
near by, and seeing the commotion, ran
I'D and rendered timely aid to the little
boy while Miss Ferrie Jenkins assisted
her aunt. Both Of them soon came
around all right, but the little boys
lin was swollen so much that sewing
up the cash was out Of the question.
AT the home Of the brides fath-
err Mr.. ]. S. Huggins. in east Gastonia
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mr.
John A. Payne and Miss Esbie Hug
gins were united in marriage. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. j.
A. Hoyle, pastor Of the Second Bap-
tist church, in the presence of a large
number of friends and relatives OF the
contracting parties. The bride ana
groom will reside at Stanley. the home
Of the groom. .... The Southerns 1ast
mail train No. 81 struck and Instant
ly killed Miss Lula Allen at King s
Mountain Friday evening at $50 O'Clock
while running at speed OF sixty miles
an hour. Her body was thrown fifteen
feet into the air and hurled fifty feet
distant. Miss Allen was thirty-two
wears old and was an employee of the
Dilling Cotton mill, which is located
about half a mile east Of the depot
She was returning home after the days
work and was crossing the track when
killed. Bystanders say she started
k,.oo o1y train
was almost on her, which would indl-
cate that she saw the train coming.
At the South Fork bridge beyond Low
ell a man was ground to little bits by
train No. Sc yesterday morning. This
| is the bridge beyond the sharp curve
at the Holland farm. Mr.. Will White
who was a passenger and returned
from Charlotte at noon, says the man
was at the bridge lying down when
the engineer saw him. Whether he was
merely. lying down or was trying to
get down between the ties so the tram
might pass safely over him the engln-
| eer was unable to say. The train at
| it's usual speed at that place had
swept around the downgrade curve ana
was Strengthening out its long length
| to cross the bridge when the sight
of a mans body PROSTATE between the
rails about middle way of the struc-
ture sent the engineers strong hanas
swiftly to the lever and brakes. But
| II was too late. When across the
bridge the train was stopped. the
crew searched under the cars and along
the track They found his coat on
some of the car-rigging. A hand with
short piece of forearm and scrap
of sleeve. a short piece of the upper
arm stripped of clothing, and yellow
travel stained shoe were found. The
rest was mere bits and shreds scatter
ed along the track for long space. IL
was a white man. Nobody knew him
In his pocket was a receipt for car fare
from Charlotte to Belmont. At Bel
mont he took the track afoot and walk
ed to the bridge where he met his
death. Tom Long. aged about six
Iteen wears, q son of Mr.. John Long
and an operative in the Avon Cotton
mill, was severely injured on the rail-
road at Lowryville. a small station
north of Chester, at 10 o'clock Saturday
night, and came near losing his life
| in the accident. Long in company with
Bon Dalton, another operative at the
Avon, boarded a southbound freight
on the C. & NV. here about O'CLOCK
Saturday night with intention of beat
| ing his way to Chester. AS the train
neared Lowryville, Long, who was rid
ing on top Of box car, fearing that he
would be discovered by a brakeman
on the car. AS he did so, the car came
alongside a shed or ware house, ana
the space between the car and the shed
being very narrow, his body was
caught between them and rolled over
and over His body was bruised and
he probably received internal injuries.
His companion, Dalton, came to Gas
tonia Sunday morning and brought
the news to the boys father who went
after him at once. The injured boy
was brought to Gastonia on the c. &
NV. yesterday morning and was car
ried to his home. The shock seemed
to have partially paralyzed the body as
he was unable to use any of his limbs.
His condition is serious, though his in
juries will not necessarily prove fatal.
CHESTER.
| Lantern, February 8: Mr.. S. M. Nc
Matters of Fort Lawn, who was in