Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-07
CHESTER.


Lantern, September 4: Andrew Boyd
and Jim Jackson, two negro men Of
this town who were hurt in a dump
car accident near Whitmire Saturday
on the S. A. L. were brought here
yesterday afternoon and are in the
hospital for treatment. Boyd had
one leg cut off and the other broken
and an arm hurt. Jackson had one
leg broken in two places. DR.. Boyd
Of Whitmire, came with the negroes
and did all he could to make them
comfortable. Rev. ]. S. Cart
ledge went to Glover yesterday to at
tend a called meeting of the Bethel
presbytery. Five ministers and two
elders were present. The purpose of
the meeting was to receive two
young men, Messrs. w. w. Arrowood
of Glover, and John r. Hay of Lam
caster, as candidates for the minis
try The former will enter the mid
die class at Union seminary, Rich
mond, Va, and the latter the fresh
man class at Davidson college. Both
are promising young men. "A
negro boy about fourteen years of
age, the son of Jim Crocker, while
crossing Broad river at Lockhart
mills ferry, made a misstep and
plunged into the river ahead of the
fiat. Those who were on the fiat
with him never saw him rise again,
and 1t is supposed the fiat passed
over him. His body was recovered
after several hours, but too late to
resuScitate him. 80. Last night, per-
haps about o'clock, Lawson Addi-
son shot and killed Tidy McMaster
and her sister, Mamie Halsell, at the
fork of the road near the old Atkin-
son place, above Capers chapel
They had been to church, and others
were near enough to see the flash of
they came up. He and one Of the
women had been sweethearts and
she was about to discard him. They
had been quarrelling on the road.
others were out all night, but the
slayer is still at large. The women
came from about Blackstock and the
husband of the McMaster woman is
on the chaingang. .....W We mention
ed on the 24th of August that Mr..
w. H. Davis had a bale of new cot
ton in town. 1t was bought by S. M.
Jones & Co. Yesterday Mr.. A. E.
Castles of Halsellville, sold a bale to
WYlie & Co. 1t was classed low mid
ding and sold at Sa.... Miss Mary
Osborne, who has been spending her
vacation with her parents at Bull
lock Greek, has returned to Swains-
boro, Ga, to resume her work as
stenographer for a prominent law
firm of that city, and to accept the
position of court reporter of the city
court of Swainsboro. 800. There was
freight wreck at Dry Fork trestle,
Saturday, on the s. A. L. three miles
below town. The engine passed
over the trestle safely, but heavy
coal car jumped the track and the
trestle was knocked down, taking
with it nine or ten cars. Only one
man, a colored brakeman, was hurt.
He had an arm broken and his face
bruised and is in the hospital here.
The vestibule train was sent from
here over the Southern to Clinton
and the local trains transferred pas
sengers at the wreck. A wrecking
car with a large number of hands
was soon sent out and work at clear
ing away the debris and repairing
the trestle commenced. By Sabbath
evening the trains were able to make
the straight trip. Monday morning
freight box was derailed at the
same place and delayed traffic for
several hours.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, September 4: Mr..
George r. Hoke is at home from
Alaska. He arrived in Charlotte the
18th of August, having been on the