Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-31
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1907.

speak for this young couple a most
happy future. Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer
will make their home at the home
place of Mr.. John T. Spencer, father OF
the groom, near Catawba Junction. Mr..
John T. Spencer and family moving to
I.eslies, where he will engage In the
business.
Will Walk to Kings Mountain.
Spartanburg Herald. Saturday: The
New Years Kings Mountain trip is
attracting great attention, and proba-
bly, forty or more will go. Several Ia
dies have already announced their in
tention Of going. Mrs. Walter B. Abb
bott will act a chaperone. The walk
ing trip is very easy and will be de-
lightful. Histories Of the Kings Noun
tain battle are being eagerly read. Dr.
A. b. Cooke of Wofford college recon-
mends Roosevelt's account in winning
the West" as being exceptionally good
X. M. Monument.
Capt. Stuart Of the U. s. A. engineer
corps, was in Yorkville last Thursday
and submitted the plans Of the King s
Mountain monument to a committee OF
the Kings Mountain chapter D. A. K
The design selected Is a plain shaft
after the style Of the Bunker Hill mon
ument. It Is to be eleven feet square
at the bottom and not less than lOO
feet high, resting on sub-base and base
and surrounded by a granite railing
The shaft itself is to be constructed
of granite. There are to be four bronze
tablets, one on either face.
Eclipse of the Sun.
There will be an eclipse Of the sun on
January 8, but the suns light Will be
completely blotted out to only those
observers who are in the equatorial re-
gions Of the Pacific ocean. For about
four minutes during this day the sun
Will be completely hidden from those
observers. For observation there VIII
be several expeditions sent out to the
points where the eclipse will be total
No trace of the eclipse will be visible
in the United States except In the mid
die part of the country and even al
points within the slightly visible re-
gion the moon will be seen at sunset
to encroach only on about one-eightf
of the suns disk.
DistilIery Captured.
Gaffney Ledger, December "a: Sherif
Thomas received information Thursday
night that a distillery was in operation
within about four miles Of Kings Greek
station on the Southern railway. Ac-
companied by Chief Of Police Duncan
of Blacksburg, he repaired to the scene
of the alleged Illicit operations and
found a still of about eighty gallons
capacity, and between 600 and 1,OOt
gallons of beer. The fires had beer
drawn, but the still was still hot and
showed that the operators had only re-
Gently left the scene. The capture Of
this plant Is important as 1t has for
long time furnished whisky for the
boys and young men of the neighbor-
hood.
Homicide Near Yoraville.
In a difficulty between Andrew With
ers and Link McCaw on Mr.. T. L. Car
rolls place, about three miles east ol
Yorkville last Wednesday, McCaw was
killed. Both are negroes. The diff
Guilty was about woman. McCaW
was armed with razor and pistol and
was acting as though he was prepared
to clean out all-comers. Withers ap-
peared on the scene with a shot CUR
and fired two charges into McCaw, one
taking effect in the head and face and
the other in the body. Although ia.
tally wounded, McCaw was not in
stantly killed. He was taken to the
county home and died there next day
Withers gave himself up and was re-
leased last Saturday on $1,000 bond.
Sad Tragedy In Rock Hill.
Little William, the .4-year-old son oi
Captain and Mrs. William A Graham
of Rock Hill, was burned to death last
Friday under circumstances that were
peculiarly distressing. Mrs. Graham
went to visit a neighbor and took the
little fellow with her William, how
ever slipped away and went back home
When Mrs. Graham returned she found
the little fellow in the house with his
clothes nearly burned of. He had got
ten hold Of a Roman candle IN the
house and had lighted 1t at the fire
That Is understood to have been the
cause of the trouble. The little fellow
was taken to the hospital as soon as
possible and died several hours after
ward. Capt. Graham was in Charlotte
at the time Of the distressing accident
Cut His Throat With Razor.
DR.. J. C. Thorn, physician at Castor
Shoals, since the commencement OF the
power developments there, committed
suicide last Thursday night by cutting
his throat with a razor. The informa-
ton is that he retired Thursday night
in his usual health; but woke up a,
about 1890, complaining that he was
oppressed by the weight Of the cover
His wife told him to throw some Of the
cover off. Instead he got out OF bed
and went into another room. His wife
heard the sound of a lie uid dripping on
the floor, and when she asked about It.
DR.. Thorn told her to come and see
She investigated and found that her
husband had cut his throat from ear to
ear. DR.. Thorn died shortly afterward
It is said that he was addicted to the
excessive use Of morphine.
Winthrop's Model School.
Rock Hill Record: 1t Is understood
that the new model school for Win
throp college will cost about $4,000
which will certainly give the college
another fine building. 1t Is Dr. john
sons intention to make this as fine a
school as one would wish. He proposes
to have ten grades in this school in
stead of seven-the object being to give
Winthrop students the benefit Of a full