Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-07-17
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CSlNSu was 1OOsOAO o6oiiASh - 80
June, 1905; number of letters re-
turned to senders, 106,O92 against
1881 in 1905. AS compared with
June, 1905, the number of letters re-
ceived containing money decreased
from 6,736 to $3.50 but the amount
of money contained in the letters in
creased from $4,646 in 1905. to $5,-
557.7S in 1906.
At a picnic on the river at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, last week, eight chill
dren went wading. The smallest one
slipped into a deep hole and in try
ing to rescue her six others were
drowned. Ruth Klersey, the only
survivor said they were wading when
little Lucille Sweeting slipped into
hole. Hazel Sweeting rushed after
her. slipping into the hole, then the
next girl after her and so they kept
trying to save each other until all
the girls except Ruth Klersey had
been drowned. She gave the alarm
and four bodies were quickly re-
moved from the water, but too late
to resuscitate them. One body Is
still missing.
-Vermillon, South Dakota, July 1S:
For some unknown reason the
steamboat North Alabama. which
struck a snag and sunk in 1870, six
miles below here, suddenly reappear-
ed on the surface of the Missouri
river last evening, and today hun
dreds of people are viewing the spec
tacle. The boat was bound from
Sioux City to the Yellowstone dis
trict with -four and whisky when it
sank. 1t is supposed a change in the
current washed away earth deposit
ed above and around the boat. al
lowing il to rise again. There were
fifty barrels of whisky aboard and
already a hunt has begun to locate
the liquor, which has had thirty
years of ripening. Owing to the fact
that mud and sand have filled up
much of the interior of the boat 1t
has been impossible TO get at the
whisky as yet When it is reached
South Dakota's prohibition laws will
undoubtedly be very severely tested.
Custer S. D., dispatch to the
New York Herald: Held an entire
night by a mountain lion, and her
life saved by singing to the beast,
was the terrible experience of Mrs.
John Underwood of New York, who
was attacked while going to meet
her husband, who is looking after
mining property here. Knocked
down by the lion, the woman scream
ed in terror. The echoes appeared
to frighten the animal, and the wo-
man, remembering that beasts are
sometimes Gained by music, began
to sing. This she kept up through
out the night. Faint from fear and
exhaustion, Mrs. Underwood faltered
again and again, only to be reminded
of her plight by the restless move
ment of the lion. Her songs were
mostly prayers intoned for her safe
ty. Daybreak was quickly followed
by Mr.. Underwood's discovery of her
whereabouts and dilemma. He is a
good rifle shot, but to fire with his
wife's head only about a foot from
that of the lion was to take desper-
ate chances. 1t was the only alter
native, however, and the bullet
pierced the eye of the beast, which
rolled across the body of the woman,
who tainted at the rifle shot.
- Greensboro, n. c., July IA: One
of the most terrible tragedies in the
history of Rowan county occurred
near Barbers Junction, about forty
miles from this city, this morning.
Between the hours of one and two
o'clock an unknown person or per-
sons entered the home of Ike Lyerly,
a we'll known farmer, while its occu-
pants were asleep. killing Mr.. Lyerly.
his wife and two of the youngest
children and fatally wounding the
third. The parents and the three chill
dren were sleeping in the front
room on the first floor, there being
two elder daughters sleeping up
stairs, who were unmolested and
were awakened by the smoke and
flames from below. The girls de-
scended the stairs to awaken their
father and mother. On reaching
their room they beheld their father
and mother and the three youngest
children lying on the bed. their
heads were crushed and their faces
badly disfigured. The two older
daughters, Mary and Addie, aged
eighteen and sixteen respectively,
managed to carry the dead bodies
from the house and extinguish the
flames. Then they ran to the near
est neighbor, w. B. BARRIERS, and
told the story of the awful tragedy.
There being no officers of the law at
the place, r. r. Mulliken. train dis
patcher on duty at that hour, was
notified and promptly wired the news
to the sheriff at Salisbury, who start
ed at once to the scene with blood
hounds and a posse of armed men.
Bloodhounds were also sent from
Winston-Salem to assist in the pur-
suit of the guilty. Mr.. Lyerly was
highly respected citizen and we'll con-
nected and it is incOnCeivable that
any one should have anything against
him or his family. Three negro men
and a negro woman-George Erwin,
Jack Dillingham; and Mitchell. Gra-
ham and his wife-were arrested
and put in Jail at Salisbury on sus-
picion of completely in the case. One
of the younger negroes made a clean
confession and it was necessary to
take the entire party to Charlotte to
avoid a big lynching bee.
- Washington, July 13: The
monthly report of the superintend-
ent of the rural free delivery of the
postoffice department shows that
during the month of June, 1873 new
r. F. D. routes were put in opera
ton in South Carolina, distributed
among the various congressional dis
tricts as follows: first district. seven;
second district, five; third district,
thirteen; fourth district, eleven;
fifth district thirty-fOur: sixth dis