Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-03-03


seventy-three years Of age. and was
never married. having devoted the last
years of her life to the care Of her
sisters children, who were left or
phans at an early age. She was
good woman, quiet and unassuming,
kind and gentle in her demeanor to-
ward all with whom she came In con-
tact, living out her long life In the
seclusion Of her home and attending
closely to her household duties and
estates. About six months ago Miss
Mott suffered a stroke Of paralysis,
and after that time she was confined
to her bed. A week ago she became
still more feeble and continually grew
worse until the end came Thursday
night. The deceased leaves one broth
er. DR.. T. E. Mott, Of Spartanburg,
who was with her when she breathed
her last.
GASToN.
Gastonia Gazette, Feb. %: Miss Eta
Sellers, a daughter of VIM. Sellers,
who lives three miles south Of Cher
ryville, died last Tuesday of consump-
ton. She was about 16 years old and
leaves a father and some brothers and
sisters to mourn her death. go. BY
the explosion Of an oil can at the
home of Mr.. A. ]. Clemmer at Lowell
Saturday morning at 8 o'clock, his
little daughter Edith, aged six years,
was burned to death and Mrs. Glenn
mer received injuries from which 1t
is thought she cannot recover. An
other daughter. Ella May, aged
eight years, received several painful
burns but there are strong hopes for
her recovery. Gertie, the oldest daugh-
ter, had her hands severely burned
while attempting to rescue the others.
The accident occurred in the sitting
room, and resulted from the explosion
of an oil can from which one Of the
girls was pouring oil on a fire In the
wood heater. The mother and three
daughters were all in the room at the
time of the explosion. When they
saw Edith wrapped in flames they
rushed to her assistance only to
catch fire themselves. Through the
prompt assistance Of neighbors, who
responded to their cries, the flames
were extinguished before the house
was damaged. DR.. Frank Robinson
was Immediately summoned and put
forth every effort to alleviate the suf-
ferings of the four unfortunates. Lit
tie Edith was beyond the reach Of hu-
man aid and died in great agony at
1890 o'clock. Mrs. Clemmer's body
was horribly burned and it was stated
yesterday that the chances for her re-
covery were very slight. The two
other victims are not in a serious con-
dition, though suffering intense pain.
At the time Of the tragedy Mr.. Glenn
mer was at his saw mill, some dis
tance from his home. He Is a we'll
known citizen Of the town and the
sympathies of the entire community
are with him in this great bereave-
ment which he has experienced.
Mr.. Frank w. Howard, Of Denver, is
dead. He passed away Friday night
in the S1st year Of his age, leaving a
widow and a large family Of grown
children. The widow was a daughter
Of the great and good pioneer Metho-
dist preacher Henry Asbury. Mr..
Howard was an uncle of Mrs. H. D.
Shelton Of our town. Those who know
him say he was one Of the best men
who ever lived anywhere. He was
a pillar Of the Methodist faith in his
community. "A few nights ago Mr..
Pelham Morrow had a narrow escape
from injury by the explosion of
hand lamp. The explosion occurred
when Mr.. Morrow endeavored to ex-
tinguish the light on retiring. The
lamp was blown into atoms, but for
tunately Mr.. Morrow escaped injury.
Prompt work on his part prevented
the house from catching fire.. An
infan daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
G. Rhyme died Thursday, the 18th, and
was buried at Lutheran Chapel church.
The little one was only four days old.
The bereaved parents have the SYM
pathy Of all their friends in their af-
Fiction. . . After an illness of several
months DR.. w. L. Lynch, Of Bessemer,
died Of kidney disease at o'clock
last Saturday afternoon. He was 6S
years old. DR.. and Mrs. Lynch were
living at Bessemer City with their
daughter, Mrs. John H. Wilkins.
Their son, Mr.. Norman Lynch, Is a
leading druggist at Winston-Salem.
DR.. Lynch was buried Sunday at
Rutherfordton, his old home, after
funeral services at the Baptist church.
of which he was a devoted member.
DR.. Lynch was prominent and great
ly esteemed man in his community,
and his death is greatly deplored by
wide circle Of neighbors and
friends.