Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-11-17
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.

Dehorned Cattle From North Carolina
Remarkable Escape of a Little
Child From Drowning-The Ruff
cauthen Marriase-Death Of Mrs.
Margaret Workman-other Notes.
correspondence OF tile Yorkyille knqune,
Rock HILL, November 17.-When
some one started for Oakland this al
ternoon as If in great hurry and to
see something interesting somepooy
else followed him and as human nature
works 1t was only a few moments I'LL
everybody was rushing In that direc-
ton not knowing exactly what had
broken loose" The sight which was
seen when Mr.. ]. N. Cherry's big lot
was reached was one never before wit
messed In this part Of the country
though no doubt common elsewhere.
about four hundred well conditioned
steers practically the same size all In
a bunch. This drove had been brought
here through the country from East
Tennessee and Western North Caroh-
ma where they had been gathered TO-
gether. Mr.. McManus was In charge
and ii had taken them eight days 10
make the trip. Tomorrow morning the
herd will be photographed and then
divided among Messrs. j. M. Cherry' !.
F. Reid, Capt w. L. Roddey, +. c.
Whi:ner w. w. Miller and others VINO
will stock their pastures with them
Miss Christine Elliott Run, the
charming daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Fletcher Ruff OF this city, was mar. mar.
ried Wednesday evening at the First
Presbyterian church to Mr.. ]. Claud
Cauthen formerly Of Kershaw, now OF
Rock Hill, one of the city's young
business men. The beautiful church
was elaborately decorated for the oc-
casion. The ceremony was performed
by the pastor, the Rev. Walter L. Lia-
gle, and Miss Eloise Woodward Elliott
Of Winnsboro presided at the organ.
The ushers were Messrs. Chas. L.
Cobb, Henry Elliott Ruff, John T. Rod
dey and Rufus M. London. The maids
and their attendants were Misses Nell
Gooding Of Winnsboro, Lottie Blake OF
Gastonia, N. c., Minnie Friedheim,
Carrie Adams, Mrs. c. L. Cobb and
Messrs. Hayward Moore, Theodore
Moore. Crawford Moore, Lloyd Phil
lips and DR.. Walter Twitty. Miss Hell
en- Mcdonald Of Winnsboro, was the
maid of honor and Mr.. Morris Cobb the
best man..
A most remarkable accident occurred
here yesterday morning. Remarkable
In the way of the fortunate ending OF
what appeared at first a most serious
affair. Marion CahuZac Gordon, the
eighteen months old son Of Mr.. G. +.
Gordon fell a distance of about twen-
ty-fiye feet into the well In his father
yard, remained in the water at least
fifteen minutes, gave lusty yell IN
five minutes after being taken out and
has been playing around about as Wen
as usual the rest Of the day. The child
was with the small negro nurse VINO
can give no coherent account as 70
how the accident occurred. He fell IN
in, though, and the girl running IN 70
he babys grandmother, Mrs. Agnes
Moore, began to tell her how sorry she
was about the baby, but she COULDN'T
help it." Mrs. Moore finally elicited the
information that the baby was In the
well. Mrs. Moore rushed TO the phone
and asked Central to phone the
facts to Neely & Moore's livery stable
a d tell them to send help quickly
The child's father, by good fortune
happened to be at the stable, jumped
on q bareback horse which was at The
entrance and got to his home two
blocks away as fast as he could go
Arriving at the well he lost no time In
descending. Grasping the childs CLOTH
ing with both hands, Mr.. Gordon man
aged in some way with elbows ana 1eel
O regain the surface Of the ground
Just as he reached the top the cniio
began to culver and upon being shaken
and other methods used to restore II
soon gained its breath ana con-
sciousness. Beyond the chilling there
seemed to be no injury to the little
one, not a scratch being apparent, and
in two hours after the accident he was
playing about as usual.
Mrs. Margaret Workman, the aged
and most estimable widow OF the late
Captain Frank Workman, died at tne
home of her son-in-law, Mr.. Clark w.
Starnes, Wednesday evening. Mrs.
Workman was a woman Of remarkable
yigor and activity and had reached the
age Of 81 years. Until within the
past two years she was as active as
young person. Her living children are
Mesdames Amzi Steele and John .
Suit She leaves besides these a
number of grandchildren and great
grandchildren. The funeral services
were held at Mr.. Starnes' residence
three miles south Of the city, the Rev
w. L. Lingle officiating. The inter-
ment was IN Laurelwood cemetery.
SQUIRE Nunnery's constable, Mr. Con-
rad had a very exciting and dangerous
experience while bringing a negro
prisoner named Dickey to the guard
house. The trouble, however, was not
with Dickey, who acted the model prls-
oner throughout the whole affair, but
with another negro named Smith, who
met them and wanted to raise row
with the prisoner. The constable COW
cred Smith with his pistol and arrest
ed him. In attempting to handcun
him the pistol was lowered. Smith
took instant advantage Of this, grabbed
the gun from the officers hand and
jumping away fired several shots al
him and fled. Mr.. Conrad began chase,
in which his first prisoner voluntarily
ioined, but failed to get his man. The
charge against Dickey, who was
brought to town, was assault and
battery.
The Woman's Association for the Inn
proyement Of Rural Schools In South
Carolina will hold its annual conven-
tion at Winthrop college on December
the 99th and 30th. This association was
formed In 1902 among the college girls.
There will be about fifty delegates In
attendance and 1t Is possible that the
president of the National Civic Inn
provement League will be present to
address them.
John Moran, one Of the colored
workmen in s. c.. Westons tailor shop
was convicted of selling whisky. His
trial was before Mayor Roddey who
SUSPENDED sentence on condition that
he should leave town for not less than
twelve months. This he decided to do,
being allowed one week to make his ar
ranpamentS ra