Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-05-06

| tomorrow. IL Is tTe idSt jury case "
be taken up at this term, however.
All the jurors not engaged upon it
were discharged this morning.
LOCAL LAcONicS-
We Will Send The Enquirer
From now until January 1st, 1905,
for s1.28.
Unwilling BY Woodmen.
The Woodmen of the World unveiled
a handsome monument to the late I.
H. Leslie at Bethany, Wednesday
morning. The address Of the occasion
was made by Hon. Louis Dorroh Of
Greenville. There was large crowd
in attendance.
Baseball at Bethany.
A correspondent writes that base
ball game took place at Bethany last
Wednesday afternoon between the
home team and players from Yorkville,
Filbert and Bowling Green and the
home team was defeated by score
of II to s.
| Tenant House Burned.
| A tenant house on the plantation Of
Mr.. ]. R. Hogue, about seven miles
west of Yorkville, was destroyed by
fire yesterday afternoon. The fire Is
thought TO haye originated from
stove f1ue and was discovered in time
to admit of the removal Of most Of
the contents Of the house. The loss Is
about 800. There was no insurance.
Bitten BY Mad Dog.
Two children Of the Bethany neigh
borhood, named Kiser, one aged six
and the other ten or eleven years, were
bitten by a maddog last Tuesday af-
ternoon, and Mr.. VIM. Bigger was in
Yorkville this morning soliciting con-
tributions to fund that Is being rails
ed to send the children off for treat
ment. The mad dog that bit the chill
dren, was killed shortly afterward.
Rocked the Train.
| A stone crashed through a window
of the northbound passenger train on
the Southern railroad just after 1t
passed Tirzah last Monday afternoon,
and bruised the hand Of passenger.
It was thrown by some malicious per-
son whose identity has not yet been
definitely established; but the proper
authorities are at work on the case
and in fair way to make an arrest.
Big Bald Eagle.
THE ENQUIRER has large bald eagle
that was killed near Kings Mountain
battle-ground yesterday morning. 1t
weighs nine pounds and has a spread
Of seven and half feet from tip to
tip. Mr.. Robert Faris killed 1t with
shot gun and we are indebted to him
for having 1t in our possession. We
are arranging to have it properly stuff
ed and preserved.
Delayed Material.
The Catawba Power company has not
yet been able to put its power In Char
lotte on account of the delay in receiv-
ing the necessary material, cross arms,
posts, etc. 1t is expected, however, that
everything will be in readiness within
another week or two. UP to this time
only one Of the big water wheels is
being operated, and 1t will be some
| time before the services Of all four are
required.
Injured In Runaway.
Mr.. w. Henderson Carroll, a we'll
knewn farmer Of Cherokee township,
Cherokee county, was seriously in
jured last Tuesday as the result Of
runaway accident, which occurred
while he was on his way home from
Gaffney. At first it was feared that
his injuries would prove fatal, but he
is now thought to be out Of danger.
Mr.. Carroll is pretty close to eighty
years Of age.
Bethany High School Closing.
The Bethany High school closed its
session last Wednesday, with appropri-
ate exercises, consisting Of music, de-
clamations, debates, essays, etc. The
question for the debate was, Resolved,
That railroads should be controlled by
the government Of the United states.
MeSSrS. MOffatt McGlll ana Z. -. Io-
forth represented the affirmative and
Messrs. A. T. Latham and H. B. Purs-
ley the negative. The judges were
DR.. E. w. Pressly, Rev. r. M. Steven
son and Mr.. R. S. Galloway. They gave
their decision in favor Of the negative.
The declaimers contest was participate
ed in by A. B. Glasscock, A. B. Nc
Fadden, H. B. Pursley, A. T. Latham,
P. C. Goforth, Moffatt McGill. Mr.. r.
S. Galloway, Rev. w. G. Neville and
Mr.. R. l.. Parish acted as judges and
awarded the prize, gold medal, to
Mr.. Moifatt McGill. Mr.. P. c. Go
forth won a medal for penmanship and
Mr.. Moffatt McGill was also awarded
the medal for the best individual de-
batter. The medals were presented by
Mr.. Galloway with appropriate remarks.
The essayists were Eunice Quinn, Eu-
nice Plaxco. Willie May Grayson and
Elizabeth Faulkner. All acquitted
themselves with credit. There was
some good music during the exercises,
Prof r. ]. Herndon assisting with his
cornet, and Miss Lynch accompanying
on the piano.