Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-06
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IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
News and Comment Clipped From
Neishborins Exchanges.
CHESTER

Lantern, December 3: Miss Bessie
McColl and Mr.. Davis Lee were mar
ried Sabbath afternoon, December l.
at the home of the brides mother In
the Springstein Mill village. The GER
emony was performed by Rev. J. ).
Snyder. 80. Mrs. Fannie McCaw OF
Yorkville. Is spending several days
with Mrs. J. H. Mcdaniel, Mrs. j. w.
Bigham and other friends and relatives
in the neighborhood of her old home on
r. F. D. No. 1..... Mrs. Anna Hardin
of Capers Chapel, left for Cherokee,
Yesterday to spend a while with her
daughter, Mrs. Med. Turner, and
make the acquaintance Of a new grand
son born Friday. ......A special to the
Charlotte Observer from Hamlet last
Saturday says that Mr.. w. M. Bustle
was shot in the throat that morning
by Stephen Carter. The ball had not
been found, and it was expected that
he would die. He was drinking and
charged Carter with interfering with
his family relations. Carter roomed at
Bustle's and is said to be addicted to
the drink habit also, but 1t is not said
whether he was drinking then or not.
Mr.. Bustle lived in Chester for a num-
Der of years and was a very indus
trious man. He had charge OF the
Southern railways pump. on Columbia
street.
LANCASTER.
News, December 4: Mr.. S. w. Mitch
ell, Of the Hotel Royal, visited York
VILE this week. Mrs. j. G. Elliott
who has been visiting her daughter In
Fort Lawn, Mrs. Lloyd Moore, return
ed home Monday. &. +. Mr.. Arthur Knight
and Miss Nettie Sowell, daughter OF
Mr.. ]. Mike Sowell, Of this place, were
married last Sunday. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. T. A. Dabney,
pastor of the Second Baptist church.
........A correspondent Of the News
few weeks ago gave our readers an
interesting account Of Mr. ]. B. Moth
ershed's model farm, the crops on 1t
the present year, etc. Reference was
made in the communication, 1t will be
recalled, to an acre Of exceptionally fine
corn Of the Marlboro Prolific variety.
The yield by actual measurement was
90 rs bushels. A farmer who helped
to pull the corn offered to let Mr.
Mothershed measure out of his crop Is
bushels in exchange for this crop on
the ground, but Mr.. Mothershed was
wise in declining the proposition, as
results proved. Notwithstanding the
fact that the cotton crop is short this
year, Mr.. Mothershed made twenty
three bales on twenty-six acres, and
the most Of it is now in the warehouse,
being held for Is cents. That the
wicked flee when none pursue was
clearly exemplified here Monday morn
ing. Just before daylight Policeman
Riddle went to a negro house on
Market street to capture a party want
ed for an alleged offense. Hearing the
officer at the door, one VIII Murphy,
colored, who was in another room in
the building, without taking time to
put on his shoes and clothes, sprang
out Of a window and sprinted through
the cold, frosty air, putting on no
brakes until he had safely crossed the
corporate limits. Murphy was not the
man the policeman was after, but he
evidently thought so. There Is charge
pending against him Of gambling, and
ne probably concluded that the OFF,
GERS visit had something to do with
that charge.
GASToN.
Gastonia Gazette, Dec. 8: Receipts at
the local platform up to noon today
were 22 bales. Total since Friday, 1o4
bales. November receipts were 752
bales The best price today was 1895
cents. Mrs. Ollie Hord, wife Of Mr..
J. ]. Hord, who lives at the Loray mill,
died Sunday at noon after a brief Ill
ness. The body was taken to Kings
Mountain through the country yester-
day, the party leaving here at 10
o'clock. Interment was made In the
Kings Mountain cemetery after funeral
services in the Methodist church there,
conducted by Rev. j. c. Harmon OF
Gastonia. An exciting runaway took
place Saturday morning on Main street
when a team belonging to Mr.. Lee
Whitesides became frightened at the
IRE wagon and made spirited dasn
from the Citizens Bank to the corner
of Main and York streets. The team
was standing unattended and got
good start before any effort could be
made to stop them. At the York street
corner the team dashed into a tree,
breaking the tongue into several
rIeces, smashing the front Of the wag-
OF and landing the mule on his back
ip the road. The animals had a mir
aculous escape, neither being badly
bruised or hurt. The wagon contained
a bale of cotton. E. Said an observant
citizen to the reporter few days ago:
"A warning ought to be sounded to the
people to protect themselves against
burglars. The average family is very
careless aDOut SeelhS IHo1 lheii ii
are properly closed at night, all the
windows fastened down and doors Sc
curely locked. An unusually large
number Of burglaries are being COM
mitted over the country at this time.
Recently there have been several in
and around Charlotte. 1t was burg
lar who shot Chief of Police Goforth
at Newton. Only last week fifteen
houses were entered by burglars at
Hickory" All Of which is good advice.
AS the old saying is an ounce OF pre-
vention is worth a pound of cure and
it is better to be prepared for such an
occurrence than to have to regret 1t af-
ter it is over.