Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-07-28
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IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
News and Comment Clipped From
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CHEROKEE.

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sorrow to the hearts Of its citizens
was the death of Mrs. Clarence Jones,
which occurred Sunday morning about
II o'clock at her home on Frederick
street. -. County Commissioner T.
M. Littlejohn of Star Farm, has sent
lin his resignation TO Governor Hey
ward. Mr.. Littlejohn has made
faithful and efficient officer. and his
loss will be keenly felt by the county
as we'll as the board.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, July 26: Mr.. Wylie Wright
captured a rattlesnake last Friday on
the Miller Hill near Hanging Rock
church. 1t has six rattles and but
ton This Is the second he has cap
tured within the past two years.. -.
A gold ring was found by Mr. Ed
Belk of Taxahaw last week which was
lost by Miss Lou Cook, a sister OF
County Auditor Cook. 81 years ago. 1t
was found in a field within thirty yards
of where Miss Cook was when she
missed II. She died about two years
after she lost the ring and Mr. COOK
SAYS the time she spent In looking for
It would probably have amounted to 60
days. She priced II very highly on
account of it's having been a present
from an aunt of hers. The follow
ing, taken from the Bennettsville cor
respondence of The News and Courier,
will be Of especial interest to Lancas-
ter and Chesterfield: 1T Is stated
that the Pages are negotiating for the
sale of the Chesterfield and Lancas-
ter railroad, which extends from Che
raw to Ruby. The name OF the pros
pective purchaser Is not given. 1t Is
conjectured that it is Leroy Springs,
the president and principal owner OF
the Lancaster and Chester road. II
this be true, the road will be extended
so as to close the gap between Ruby
and Lancaster and give the Pee Dee
section direct communication with the
upper part of the state. 1t is known
that the Coast Line has made over
lures for the purchase Of the Cheraw
and Lancaster. The Coast Line then,
by consolidating with the Bennettsville
and Cheraw, or by building an eight
mile connecting link from Bennettsville
to Cashs, would have through line
from Fayetteville the hill country
of South Carolina. 1t is stated that
Leroy Springs has made the statement
that he will build a million dollar
cotton factory at Cheraw IL boat line
is put on the Pee Dee up to that point.
This, Of course. would mean the exten-
sion of his railroad to Cheraw."
CHESTER.
Lantern, July 25: Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Boston. Mr.. Latimer has been away
two weeks and he said he had very
pleasant trip. Rev r. L. Wharton,
missionary In Cardenas. Cuba, preach
ed at Purity Presbyterian church Sab
bath. The service was in the nature
Of missionary talk, giving a descrip-
| ton of the country, and telling Of the
progress of the work He went to
Blackstock and preached at night for
Rev. G. G. Mayes. Mr.. ]. F. Oates,
Jr., who conducts the Gresham hotel
at Hamlet, n. c., and who has been at
home the past week on account of be-
ing unwell, has gone to Waynesville,
n. c., to recuperate. ..". Miss Isabel
Kennedy of Yorkvilie. sister Of DR.. w.
M. Kennedy, is in the city visiting at
Mr.. ]. F. Oates. o.. Mr.. L. E. Cauley,
brakeman on the 3rd section of No.
80, a vegetable train on the Southern,
met horrible death Friday afternoon
at the water tank near the depot. 1t
seemed that Mr.. Cauley, standing on
top Of the car, had his back turned in
the direction in which the train was /
moving. Some say that he was en-
deavoring to make a boy get off the
cars; (often boys get on the train, ride
to the crossing and get off) and while
in an unbalanced position the spout Of
the tank, which hangs over the track,
struck him, causing him to fall be-
tween the cars. Several wheels pass
ed over the fated brakeman, almost
severing both legs from his body. The
injured one was removed from the
track and placed under the tank, and
DIR. A G. Miller, the railroad surgeon.
was summoned. At a glance 1t was
known that death was certain, that
life could not last long; hence nothing
could be DONE THIS horribly mangled,
he lived for NOR than two hours,
getting hurt at 2;j. and dying at sos.
Mr.. Cauley has ben on the road for
about two months. Previous to that
time he worked in the Springstein
mills in Chester. His family still re-
side here, occupying one Of Mr.. Car
penter's houses, opposite the Chester
Machine and Lumber company. He
was a very Industrious young man, be-
| ing about % years old. Burial took
place in Evergreen cemetery Saturday
afternoon, after funeral services con-
Quoted by Rev. John Bass Shelton in
Purity Chapel. 1t will be remembered
that Mr. w. L. Williams, train master
at Columbia, met with a similar acci-
dent at the same place two years ago.
He lodged on the coupling between
the cars, and thus did not fall to the
ground, although he received painful
injuries.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, July 25: Satur-
days Charlotte News says: At pond
near the Mount Holly Cotton mills
yesterday afternoon, Ernest Edwards,
the four-year- r-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Munday Edwards, was drowned. The
| boy, i'm company with several others,
went to the pond and by some means
slipped into the water Before help
could arrive the child had drowned. -.
Miss Matte Mcconnell of McConnells-
vile, was the guest Saturday of Mr..
John Lindsay and returned home Sat
urday. They are cousins and saw each
other Saturday for the first time in 20
years The Presbyterian congre-
CATION i'm meeting of marked har-
mony and unanimity last Sunday
morning called Rev. r. c. Anderson of
Shelbyville, Tenn, as pastor. The sal
ary named is $1,500 and manse. The
call was wired to Mr.. Anderson, who
| is now in Virginia on a vacation. VIII
he accept? There Is a unanimous hope