Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-02-16
Mistrllanrous 4icading.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That Is OF More
or Less Local Interest.
rLEcTER

McCully'S place, three or the cnllorei
are dead, one is perhaps fatally injur-
ed, the mother has her leg broken In
two places and several other injuries
Drs. wylie and McKeown have given
surgical attention and the white people
of the neighborhood have been supply
ing the wants of the family. 1t Is sale
that the house was carried some dis
tance before it went to pieces and one
of the children was found in a wire
fence some distance from the site OF
the house. Mrs. J. F. Womble
wife of the agent at the S. A. L. de-
pot, died this morning after ten days
illness with pneumonia. Funeral SER
vices will be at the Methodist church
at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon ano
she will be buried'in Evergreen cem-
etery. Mr.. and Mrs. Womble moved
to this city some time last year from
Shelby, N. C. She leaves a HUSBAND
and three girls, the youngest three
years old, to mourn her death. Theil
old family physician. Dr. McBrayer Of
Shelby, came down yesterday to see
her but nothing that physicians OF
friends could do could stay the prog
ress of the disease. We learn thai
a number of persons at Bascomville
felt two distinct earthquake shocks or
Tuesday the End. The shocks were &C.
companied by the usual roaring sound
and persons there looked eagerly fol
the mention of these in the newspapers
but not word. It seems to have beer
felt only at Bascomville. 1t was Sc
pronounced and decided that the schoo
children were directed to be very quie
and listen for the second, which came
preceded by the usual roar. 1t made
the building tremble and ratified the
windows in no uncertain way. Some
sage will say, blasting" in that worth!
effort to have good roads, but this peo'
pie say him nay. Mr.. Ed Hilton, o.
Fort Mill, son-in-law Of Mr.. N. P
johnson, of this city, was found deac
in his bed at o'clock yesterday morn
ing. He had been a sufferer for some
time with inflammatory rheumatism
and it is supposed he died from hear
failure. He was thirty-five years OLE
and leaves a wife and five children
He was a member of the Rock Hill A
r. P. church. =. Mrs. ]. Milligan Gra
ham, mother of Messrs. John and Will
Graham and sister of Col. Atkinson O.
this city, and DR.. Atkinson Of Lewis
Vile, died Tuesday afternoon at th'
home of her daughter, Mrs. Maggie
Dermic at Southern Pines, N. c., from
the effects Of grippe. She was sew
enty-four years old, and was th'
mother of thirteen children, ten o
whom are still living. Her body, ac
companied by Mr.. Graham, Mr.. VIII
Graham and Mrs. Dermic, arrived OF
the 1890 S. A. l.. passenger train yes
terday morning and was taken to th'
home of her son, Mr.. John Graham OF
Lancaster street. After funeral ser
vices at the residence at $3.50 by Rev
G. P. Watson, the burial took place a
Evergreen cemetery.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, Feb. 12: The min
listers, elders and deacons Of the Gas
tonia, Pisgah, Glover and King
Mountain A. r. P. churches will holt
a meeting in the church here on Tues
day, Feb 23rd, similar to the meet
ing held last week. The object is II
discuss The social and evangelisti'
work of the churches and to exchange
ideas and formulate plans for the worl
along these lines. The pastors Of th'
churches are DR.. ]. G. Galloway, Gas
tonia: Rev. R. M. Stevenson, Clover
Rev. ]. NJ. Garrison. Kings Mountain
and Rev. A. T. Lindsay, Pisgah. 49,.
Mr.. P. NJ. Wilson, freight conductor
on the Carolina and Northwestern
was seriously injured at Rhodhis
Wednesday morning. He was on top o
a car and his head struck an overhead
bridge while the train was in motion
inflicting very painful wounds. In th
accident he also sustained a painful
blow in the side. He was taken to hi
home at Chester on the southbount
passenger train Wednesday evening
..... Taken i'll week ago Tuesday
Capt. John A. Huss, died yesterday af
ternoon at 1.35 o'clock at the home o
his son, Mr. Judson Huss. Pneumoni;
was the cause of his death. .Th
most important social event which ha-
taken place recently in Gastonia wa
the marriage at s o'clock on Tuesda.
evening of Mr.. E. H. Tuttle and Mis-
Bess Holland at the home of tn
brides parents, Capt. and Mrs. ]. Q
Holland, on York street. The wedding
was pretty home affair, the cere
mony being witnessed by the famil.
and about fifty relatives and friends o
the contracting parties. "A splendit
specimen of home grown lemon wa
shown the Gazette yesterday by Mrs
George A. Gray. 1t seemed a perfec
fruit of it's kind-in form, color ant
lemon-like smell-and was of enor
nous size. It's circumference was IL
inches one way and 123 the other; IT
weight II ounces. Mrs. Gray says /
grew on a small potted plant two o
three feet high, of the Panderosa var
iety, and two years old. The fine spe
cimen shown us grew in the green
house from a bloom that came lat
last spring. The little tree is now il
bloom again. The stockholders o
the Lowell Cotton mill met in annua
session in the offices Of the mill at Low
ell Tuesday afternoon. Besides th'
transaction Of routine business, officer: