Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-23

SiStent member or the presbyterian
church. His bereaved wife and three
little children have the sincere sympa-
thy of the whole community.
Bitten BY a Snake.
Mr. E. r. Maloney Of the Blairsville
neighborhood. Is very sick as the re-
suit Of having been bitten by a large
copperhead snake. The misfortune oc-
CURED on Wednesday evening. He
had just returned from the field with
his mules and went to the crib after
corn with which to feed. The snake,
which was lying in the corn, bit him
on the left hand. The hand began to
swell almost at once and continued to
swell until the whole forearm was
more than twice its normal size. In
formation from Mr.. Maloney this morn
ing was to the effect that he Is better,
and 1t Is thought that he Is out Of dan
ger, except that he will have a bad
hand and arm for some time to come.
Killed BY the Train.
Dan Good, a deaf mute who lived with
his father Sam Good, was killed by
a Southern train near his home about
d mile west Of Sharon last Wednesday
at about IL o'clock. Good had been
pulling fodder during the day and was
not again seen alive. His body was
found yesterday morning within about
fifty yards Of his fathers house. Cor
oner Louthian held an inquest yester-
day; but very little information was
developed. Some negroes testified that
they heard the locomotive whistle
blowing an alarm about the time the
train passed the boys house, and 9TH
ers testified that there was no alarm.
The boys head was badly mashed;
but the body was not otherwise In
jured.
After the Gray Fox. ..
Rock Hill Herald: Mr.. w. s. Boyd
of Neely's Greek. was In the city Sat
urday and told the reporter about some
fine sport he and several Of his friends
had running and catching foxes down
in Kershaw county last week and a
part Of the week before. The party
was made up of the following gentle
men: Messrs. w. s. Boyd, ]. w. Belts,
Arthur Westbrook, Robert Westbrook,
Lester Culp. ]. G. Barron and Mr..
Pickett and Mr.. Scott, the two latter
from Fairfield county. They were out
ten days, had fourteen races and
caught fourteen foxes, all grays. Four
oIt of this number they brought home
olive and expect to have some fun
running them later on. There were
thirty-fiv dogs with the party and
there was no such thing as a fox get
ting away from them. Two double
races were run. Mr.. Boyd has taken
many such hunts before, but he says
he never had better luck and enjoyed
a trip better than he did last week.
when those thirty-five dogs all
opened on the trail Of q fox" said
Mr.. Boyd, they made the sweetest
music I ever listened to-"
The Picnic at Kings Mountain.
A number Of ladies and gentlemen
assembled at Kings Mountain battle
ground last Saturday in response to
the published general invitation for a
picnic; but the crowd was not nearly
so large as the promoters Of the occa-
sion desired. One party that gathered
in a wagon at Bethany for the purpose
Of going to the battle-ground, afterward
changed its mind and went to the
White Diamond Lithia springs. The
fact is that sentimentally and patriot
ically Kings Mountain is the place for
q picnic; but after one gets there he
or she is too liable to lose such pa
triotism as might have been taken to
the place. Shade Is available, but that
is about all. There is no cool water to
be had near by, and there is little to do
except climb the mountain and go
down again. This gets tiresome with
out much repetition. In case Of a
thunderstorm, and people who know,
say that thunderstorms are almost in
separable from picnic days, there Is
no shelter and the picnickers are inva-
riably in for wetting. All this Is not
as 1t should be. Because Of its histor-
ical association, Kings Mountain bat
tleground should be made a popular
place for picnickers. There should be
at least a pavilion to shelter people
from storms and a commodious house
large enough to accommodate "a con-
siderable party for the night, would be
still better. Possibly the people who
erect the monument will put up a
house. It Is almost certain that they
will. II the matter is looked into at
the proper time 1t may be practicable
to have the house constructed to serve
purposes suggested after the workmen
have no further use for it. At any
rate, steps should be taken to provide
some kind Of accommodations on
Kings Mountain battle-ground.
After the Pot Hunters.
Fort Mill special Of August p to the
Columbia State: The efforts Of the
state secretary Of the Audubon soci-
ETY. to enforce the game laws, and par
ticularly that feature Of the work with
respect to nonresident hunters, Is at
tracing considerable attention in this
community. Fort Mill township, as Is
known, is on the North Carolina bor-
der, and for years the land owners
hereabouts have been annoyed to a
great degree by the incursions Of the
pot-hunters and others from across the
line. These "sportsmen," in most
cases, come from Charlotte, and dur
ing the early weeks of the hunting
season it is not an infrequent thing to
see as many as half dozen Of them
alight from an early morning train all
ready with dogs. guns and ammunition
for the days slaughter. The pot-hunt-
ers seldom think it worth while to Sc
cure the consent Of the land owners to