Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-18
Miserllaneous Rradina.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That Is OF Moro
or Less Local Interest.
CHESTER.

or Less Local interest.
CHESTER.
Lantern, March IS: A black dog
bowling for two weeks around Elm
street, Saco. says the Bangor News.
He sits in front of house and keeps
up a continual unearthly howl which
can be heard within a radius of
quarter of a mile. There have been
an unusual number of deaths in this
neighborhood recently and it is claim
ed that this dog has howled In ad-
vance in front of every house in which
a death has occurred. The supersti-
ton has held good in six instances, and
Saturday the dog was dividing MS
time between two houses in which
there is sickness, bowling for While
before one of them and then taking his
station before the other. Some people
in this neighborhood are a good deal
worked up about it. Nobody has been
able to get near enough to the dog to
get a shot at him, and when driven
off he soon returns. The superstition
is as old as the hills. 1t is claimed
that within a radius Of 200 yards from
a certain point in that neighborhood
twelve deaths have occurred within
less than that number Of months. 80.
Mrs. Margaret McFadden died Of heart
disease at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Lizzie Garrison, in Lancaster,
Sabbath, March 9Th aged about fifty
eight years. Her remains were
brought over to Richburg Tuesday
afternoon and taken to the home OF
Mr.. Jim Mcdonald and kept over
night. The funeral exercises were at
Union A. R. P. church Wednesday,
conducted by Rev. J. P. Marion and
the burial in the cemetery there. Her
maiden name was Lynn and she was
was raised in the Fishing Creek neigh
borhood. She was twice married.
First to a Mr.. Gillespie and after his
death she married a Mr.. McFadden.
Mr.. James B. GLADDEN. died at his home
in the Rossville neighborhood Satur-
day evening at $50, of pneumonia.
He leaves large family. Mr.. GLADDEN.
was successful farmer and good
citizen, and great many people
mourn his death. .... Saturday night
lust at II o'clock the fire bell rang,
and when the firemen responded they
found that it was a stubborn propo-
sition that confronted them. Fire
was in the cellar of the Bewley Hard
ware store. and dense smoke filled
both cellar and main store. so that the
fire was a hidden foe. 1t was hoped
that the fire was under control and
would be confined to the cellar until
smoke began to issue from the roof or
the building, whittier the fire had
climbed unobserved. Smoke had then
filled the New York Racket store, which
was separated from the Bewley store
by a light brick wall up to the sec
ond floor and above that there was
no division except partitions between
rooms so that when the fire reached
the second story and had to be fought
entirely from the outside, with walls
and metal roof to protect it. the fire
men were at a decided disadvantage.
Sometimes it appeared as If the fire
would be subdued, and again as if it
would sweep the whole block. But,
thanks to a full standpipe and a pump
working overtime, the fire was stopped
at the dead walls which protected the
Hotel Chester and the Cotton hotel
building. the latter being slightly
damaged. About everything combust-
lille within the limits described was
destroyed, including the large stock OF
goods in the two stores. Part OF the
goods in the Racket store could have
been carried out. but it was believed
that the danger Of loss by removal
was greatsr than the danger from fire
until the building was so densely fill
ed with smoke that it could not be en-
tered. The Bewley Hardware compa-
nv had $4,000 insurance on building
and $4,000 on stock. Mr.. A. w. Kluttz
had $4,000 on his Racket store, and
the building. which belonged to Mrs.
NJ. V. Patterson, was insured for $4,-
500. The loss can only be guessed at
as vet, but there can be little doubt
that it exceeds $4,000. Mr.. Kluttz was
in New York, but was communicated
with over the long distance phone
during the fire. He hurried home and
the new stock that is coming in. with
what was saved, are being opened in
the room lately vacated by ColVin &
Co., in the Walker-Henry building.
The Bewley Hardware Company is
going into the Cross G. Hafner build
ing, where they will soon be able to
serve their customers as usual. May
or w. H. Hardin tells us that the
buildings that formerly stood on the
site Of those burnt Saturday night, to-
gether with the remainder Of the block
down to Centre street, were burnt on
the night of the first Monday of jan
uary, 1871. and the building that stood
or the ground now occupied by the
store of Joseph Wylie & Co. was
burnt in January 1872.
CHEROKEE.
Gaffney Ledger, March IS: Mr.. Jno.
r. Hames, one Of Gaffney's most wor-
thy citizens. left last night for Okla
homa. where he will make his future
home. He carries with him the re-
spect and best wishes of all our people
for his future happiness and prosper
ity His family will follow him in two
or three weeks. John Hames is gen.