Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-22
Misttllanepus Reaain9.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That is OF more
or Less Local Interest.
CHESTER.

CHESTER.
Lantern, January 10: Last Thursoa!
night at about 1890 o'clock, the home OF
Mr.. B. F. Wilkes caught fire by rats
getting in the matches which were In
closet adjoining his bed room. For
tunately Mr.. Wilkes, being awake at the
time, discovered the fire before 1t made
much headway and by the heroic ef'
forts of himself and family the house
was saved, except damage to closet and
all of the contents, which included
most Of the clothing belonging to the
family and all Of Mr.. Wilkes. ... Man
da Roseborough, a colored woman liv'
ing on Holman Caldwelrs place, drop
ped dead yesterday morning. Coroner
GLADDEN. held an inquest, with Mr.. j. j
Mcdaniel as foreman, and the verdict
was that she came to her death from
natural causes, DR.. w. B. Cox having
expressed the opinion that heart trou-
BILE was the cause Of death. go. .Aftel
a five weeks tussle with grippe, Mr.. ]
@. Hood is able to be out again, though
not entirely we'll.
CHEROKEE.
Gaffney Ledger, January 10: Mrs
Vicy Sprouse, wife Of Mr.. c. Y
Sprouse, dice at her home near Abing'
don on last Thursday and was buried
at Abingdon church Saturday. Mrs
Sprouse was an old woman, respected
and loved by all who knew her. She
leaves her aged husband and severa
children, all grown and married. Mr.
Watt G. Patterson of Lowisburg, Tenn.
and Miss Lille Montgomery Of jack
sonyille, Ala, were married Sunday al
S o'clock p. m, at the home OF the
brides sister, Mrs. W. J. Wilkins, cor.
ner of Johnson and Jefferies streets, II
this city, by Rev. w. R. Potter. Only
a few relatives and friends were pres
ent. Delicious refreshments were
served. The groom and bride left fo1
the groom's home last night, and car
ried with them the good wishes OF rel
atives and friends in Gaffney. There
was a wreck on the Southern Saturday
night about IL o'clock. AS the secone
section of freight train No. 72 struci
the down grade between here ane
Broad river, a portion Of it became un'
coupled and somewhat separated from
the front portion Of the train, but II
going down the grade the detached
portion caught up with the front por
ton of the train and ran into 1t caus
ing the wreck Of several cars and a de-
lay of traffic for six or seven hours
On Sunday night there was anothe
small wreck between here and Thick
ETY., but we were unable to get particu
lars. Traffic was delayed several hours
by it. Miss Sarah Coe. a daughte
of Col. H. L. Coe, died at the home O
her father at Asheville, N. c., Thurs
day and her body was brought II
Blacksburg and buried Saturday. Th'
funeral services were conducted b!
Rev. W.R. Potter Of this city. Col. CO..
has many friends in Gaffney who extent
to him and his family their sincer'
sympathy in his sad bereavement.
Col. T. B. Butler appeared before Judg'
Gage in Chester Saturday and applied
for bail for Murry and McCombs, Wit
are in the county Jail here charged
with the murder of Smith Inman. So
licitor Henry represented the state
After hearing both sides Judge Gag
granted bail in the case Of Murry II
the sum of $500, and in the case o
McCombs, $1,000.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, January 20: Miss frankie
Bruce, an aged maiden lady OF tn
Heath Springs section, died last Fri
day night at the advanced age OF eish
ty years. Eer remains were int .rr.:t
in the Bruce graveyard on Saturday
Mrs. Eliza Gardner, wife OF MI
S. L. Gardner, ST., died at her home a
Kershaw last Sunday night, aged abou
sixty-five years. She was twice mar
ried and leaves surviving her thre'
children, one, Mrs. Burrell Love, by he
first husband, and two, Mrs. Lee Sow
ell and Mrs. Almetta Key, by the las
marriage. Her remains were inferred
at Kershaw Monday afternoon Mrs
Margaret Connor, the aged mother o
our townsman, Mr.. ]. B. Connor, died a
her home near Bell Town, on Monda!
night, after n lingering illness Of drop
sy, aged about eighty years. Sh
leaves surviving her four children
Messrs. Jas. NJ, ]. O., and j. B. Con
nor and Miss Mary Connor. Her ~
mains were inferred yesterday after
noon at Camp Creek church. ..... Yes
terday morning about 8 o'clock, a ten
ant house on Mr.. H. H. Gooch's "Rids
place." five miles southeast Of town
occupied by Mary Cunningham, color
ed, was burned down and her smalles
child, aged about two years, perishe'
in the flames. The mother was absen
from home and the older children hat
gone off in the woods leaving the TIVE
younger children in the house. Whel
leaving for the woods they carried
chunk Of fire through the house as di'
also some children who got fire ther'
to start a fire at the school house. Th'
supposition is that sparks blew into
pile of pea-hulls in the house and Sc
them afire, as the four-year old chilt
which escaped with only slight burn!
says the fire started in the shed room
on the piazza where the pea-hull
were. 1t also stated it tried to pull th'
younger child out and couldn't. Mag
istrate Caskey held an inquest yester
day afternoon. The jury found th'