Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14
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neighborhood, but in some localities
crops were badly injured. About Bell
Town the hail was very heaVy-in
fact there were two storms, one in
the afternoon and the other after dark.
Mr. Will Sowell had about twenty-five
acres of cotton practically ruined and
other portions of his farm hurt. Mr..
] B. Bell was also hard hit about
ne-fourth of his crop being destroy
ed. Other farmers also sustained some
damage. . Lancaster in common with
Clinton, Yorkville and other communl-
ties where he was we'll known and be-
loved, was greatly shocked and griev-
ed to hear of the death of the Rev. DR..
Neville, president of the Presbyterian
college at Clinton. The doctor was a
man of strong personal magnetism and
a preacher of unusual power and ef-
fectiveness. He had many friends and
admirers in Lancaster, having more
than once visited and preached here
during his pastorate of the YorkVille
Presbyterian church.
CHESTER.
Lantern, June IL: Mrs. p. A. jack
son and little daughter Ethel, went to
Yorkville this morning to spend few
days with her sister, Mrs. w. 5. Pc
ters. Miss Flossie Latham of Guth-
riesville, who mas been boarding with
her aunt, Mrs. ]. G. Darby, and at
tending the public school, went home
Friday morning. .. Miss Lily Allen
went to Yorkville this morning to
spend few days with relatives. "A
severe hail storm was reported yester-
day afternoon below Richburg. Messrs.
j. NJ. Mccarthy and Brown Wylie are
said to have suffered severe damage.
Mr. l.. Nj. Ford reports hail about Bas-
comville both in the early afternoon
and about dark. Mr.. j. w. Black says
there was considerable hail about Lam
do in the afternoon and the stones
were unusually large. There was
heavy rain also. The daily papers re-
port hail in many sections Of the state.
Little Miss Mary, daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs w. H. MUIR, fell out Of
their hammock yesterday morning and
broke her right arm between the wrist
and elbow. The fracture was set by
DR.. s. G.. Miller, and she is suffering
very little pain from it,. Mr.. b.
T. Peay, a carpenter who was working
at Mrs Bessie Reddick's new house
Yesterday cut a cash in his left leg
above the knee with foot adze which
struck a splinter and glanced. The
wound was sewed up by DR.. j. M.
Brice. Mr.. Peay was suffering con-
siderable pain from it yesterday after
noon. Mr.. d. K. Robinson, aged
fifty-eight years, died in Winnsboro
Sabbath evening, June 9, 1907, at II
o'clock, after an illness of several
weeks. His body, accompanied by
number of relatives and friends was
brought up on No. "a yesterday after
noon and the burial was in Evergreen
cemetery. Mr. Robinson was raised in
the Armenia neighborhood and was
twice married. The first time to Miss
Eliza Brooks and the second time to
Mrs. Rhoda Hudson Dodds, who with
seven children and four children of the
first family, survive him.
GASToN.
Gastonia Gazette, June IL: Work was
commenced yesterday morning on the
new Loray Baptist church. A good
force of hands was put to work and
the structure will be rushed to COM
pletion and will be occupied as soon
as possible. Rev. ]. A. Hoyle, pastor
is superintending the work. Recently
a new Presbyterian church was opened
at the LOray and a Methodist church
is in course Of construction. n........ 1t
cost Mr.. r. H. Hill. a chauffeur for
Armistead Burwell, Jr., Of Charlotte,
Just $50 for frightening the horse OF
physician at Glover yesterday. Hill
thinks it cost him too much and
threatens to have the matter investi-
gated. Hill was driving a machine,
having as passengers two English
people, a gentleman and his wife
They went from Charlotte to YOrkville
and reached Glover en- route to Gas
tonia. At Clover they were approach
ing a horse and buggy; the horse took
fright, ran away and damaged the
buggy considerably. Hill was hailed
before Esquire Faires and fined $50.
The officers. it is stated, refused to
accept any security and the fine was
paid in cash. The party came on to
Gastonia and returned to Charlotte
Hill claims that, as soon as he saw the
horse was going to become frightened,
he stopped the machine and did all in
his power to prevent a runaway. .....
Four GaStonia piscatorial artists con-
tributed $l.25 each, or a total of SO,
to the school fund Saturday in pay
ment for the fun they had Friday in
fishing. The disciples of Isaak Wal
ton. armed with rod and reel, left town
for Long creek to gather in Il few of
the finny tribe En- route to their in
tended destination they dropped their
lines INTO Il pOnu OF lake On NillCI
another we'll known GastOnia fisher
man has a lease and which he has
posted. They had been there only a
few minutes when the lessee himself
appeared. He served notice on them
that he would prosecute them in a
test case, but compromise was reach
ed whereby the unlucky fishermen
We're allowed to go unproSecuted on
condition that they contributed the
sum named to the school fund. This
they did and the incident was closed.
1@ Animals blush as girls do, but 1t
is fear and not modeSty that in their
case causes the thrush of blood, says
the New Orleans Times Democrat.
Horses blush in their ears, especially
in the left ear. When a horse is
frightened its left ear will be found
very hot and swollen. This is also
true of rabbits. Cows and all other
cloven footed animals blush just
above the fetlock. Dogs blush in their