Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-10
Miseellaaulls 8eaains.
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
News and Comment Clipped From
Neishborins Exchanges.
CHESTER,

He, with Mrs. Kirkpatrick had come
to town this morning. Drs. Wylie and
| Brice were soon to him, but he was
dead. The body was taken to l.. D.
Childs undertaking establishment
where it was prepared for burial and
was taken to his late home at Lowry
Vile. This morning within a few
minutes Of each other, Mr.. John A
Graham was stricken down in w. r..
Nails Red Racket, and Mr.. James
Kirkpatrick fell dead at the rear OF
A. w. Kluttz's New York Racket, Just
across the street. Mr. Graham was
taken home but was dead in a short
time. We suppose such thing never
happened in Chester before. Judge
j. H. Hudson of Bennettsville, spent
Sabbath with his nephew, Mr.. w. A.
Latimer and went to Cornwell yester-
day morning to spend a day or two
with his granddaughter, Miss Clara
Jordan, who is teaching the Cornwell
school.
Reporter, May 6: From a gentleman
learned that work on the Catawba
Valley railroad is progressing nicely.
The road is being very thoroughly
constructed, and persons competent to
Judge Of such things declare that the
line as so far built is one Of the best
in this section. The work Of laying
the ties and fastening down the rails
is being rapidly pushed, and it is ex-
pected that Fort Lawn will be reached
in a few days. AS Is known the line
from Fort Lawn to Great Falls has
been built and in operation for several
months 80. Mr.. w. S. Dunbar sub
mitted to us for inspection few days
ago a bird totally unlike any other
that we have ever seen. The bird was
killed by one of Mr.. Dunbar's pa
irons. Mr.. James Stringfellow, to
whom we submitted the specimen as
an authority on birds, had never seen
one of the kind before; and We have
been unable to find any one who could
give us any information. The, bird, we
might add, had black and white plum
age, with bright red under its wings.
Its beak was like that Of a grosbeak.
LANCASTER.
News, May 6: Mr.. Roland Gent and
Miss Hattie Thompson, both Of the
Lancaster Cotton mills community,
were married last Sunday by Magis-
trate VIM. Carnes, at his home.
Mr. Pink Plyler, a sterling young man
and prosperous farmer Of the Dixie
section, and Miss Lucy Baker, the
attractive daughter Of Mr.. George Ba-
ker of the Antioch community, were
married last Sunday, May 5th, at
o'clock p. m. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. r. L. Duffie, at
his residence in Dwight. .....A pro-
tracted meeting is in progress in the
First Methodist church this week.
Two services are being held daily, at
4 D. m and s p. m. The pastor, the
Rev. r. E. Turnipseed, is being as
sisted by the Rev. E. K. Hardin OF
York county. During rain storm
last Friday night bolt Of lightning
struck a window in the dwelling or
Mr. d. A. Knight in the cotton mills
community, shattering the facing, and
then entering the room, set the bed
clothes afire on a bed in which a child
was asleep. Fortunately, the child
was not injured-was not even awak-
ened. The bed and bedding were
lo, hn
springs on it, and the lightning seems
to have struck right under the child's
head. Mr.. and Mrs. Knight, who were
awakened by the shock, but did not
know that the house had been struck
until they began to smell cloth burn
ing, when they got up and made the
discovery The same night lightning
struck a large tree on the public road
near the Alec Howell place, a few
miles from town, tearing it nearly to
pieces. ... Another homicide occurred
in this county last Sunday. Kelly
Cunningham, a negro boy about Is or
IS years old, son Of ALI Cunningham,
was shot and killed by Brown McDow,
another colored boy about the same
age, son Of Ephraim McDow. The kill
ing was on Jarvis Cunningham's
place several miles west Of town, and
at the home of young McDow's faith
er. 1t appears that the boys had a
falling out the day before about
bird, and on Sunday Cunningham
went to the McDow home. He was
ordered by young McDow to leave the
premises, giving him, he said, five
minutes in which to do so. Cunning
ham started off, and as he was walk
ing across the yard McDow seized a
gun and shot him in the back. The
wounded boy ran about fifty yards and
fell, dying in half an hour. Such were
substantially the facts as brought out
at the inquest held Sunday afternoon
by Magistrate w. P. Caskey. AS soon
as Cunningham died, McDow disap-
peared, but he was found and arrested
by Sheriff Hunter Sunday afternoon
some two or three miles east Of Lam
caster The boy is now in Jail.
GASToN.
Gastonia Gazette, May Z: Mrs. D. A.
Page spent Sunday at Glover, the
guest of Mrs. ]. A. Page. Mr.. T.
N. Kendrick is spending the week at
his home near Bethel, York county. -.
Mr. Fred Nolen, who sustained painful
injuries in a collision at the crossing
of the Southern and c. & NV. rail-
roads last week, is improving rapidly.
If no complications arise he will be
able to be out in week or ten days.
| ..... Harvey Clifford, infant son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob L. Alexander, died
Sunday at the home of his parents at
the Loray from cholera infantum.
The funeral was held at the home
Yesterday afternoon, Rev. ]. A. Hoyle
conducting the services. Interment
| followed at Mount Olive Baptist
church, three miles north of Gastonia.
The infant was seven months and
twenty three days old. ..... To-day is
great occasion with the colored pop