Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-03-13
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CHEROKEE.

catching minks. He never visits his
traps in the morning without finding
one or more minks. He has therefore
caught large numbers of them this sea-
son. He preserves the skin, and makes
a shipment to New York city once a
month and receives for them fifty-four
dollars per dozen. Mr.. Proctor also
captures large numbers Of opossums
and receives for their hides four dol
lars and eighty cents per dozen. II
will be seen that Mr.. Proctor's business
would be profitable if he only averages
one mink skin per day. as the expense
of trapping them is nearly nominal
Mr.. Proctor says that he will discon-
tinue trapping in about thirty days, as
at that time these ANIMALS will begin
to shed their fur. when the hides are
no longer valuable.
CHESTER.
Lantern, March TO-: Miss Jessie Ben
nett of Yorkville, returned to her home
Yesterday morning, after spending a
few days with her uncle, Mr.. r. f.
Lynn. Miss Emmie Boyce Of Rock
Hill. who has been spending a few
weeks with Mrs. ]. w. Cowan, and 9TH
er relatives. went home yesterday
Mrs. Cowan and baby went home with
her to spend q while. ....... Mr.. j. L.
Dickey and Miss Maggie BOlin Of Shell
ton r. F. D.. Fairfield county, were
united in marriage Sabbath afternoon,
March 8, by Rev. E. d. Wells, at his
residence. Miss Kate Yandle,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Yand!e,
and Mr.. Jesse Peay, both of this city,
were married at the parsonage at
Pleasant Grove Presbyterian church
Sabbath afternoon, March s, by Rev.
c. G.. Brown. After the ceremony was
performed, Mr.. and Mrs. Peay return
ed to the city and are at home with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Peay, on
Lancaster street. -. Several members
of the city council and other prominent
citizens went down to Great Falls Fri
day. on invitation Of Dr. Gill Wylie, to
see the work and gather information as
to the prospect of the powers coming
to Chester at an early date. While
there is nothing very definite to re-
port, it is expected that we shall have
it before very long. The chief obsta-
Gle in the way of pressing the line to
speedy completion seems to be the
question Of the amount of power de-
manded, the mills not being inclined
to use it at present. ...... Last Friday
morning Mr.. j. NJ. Bell, manager of the
telephone exchange was notified that
there were two barrels of freight at
the Seaboard depot for him. He thought
he knew at once what it was, as he was
expecting two barrels of inSulators, so
he paid the freight and had the barrels
brought up. When rolling them in,
however. they did not seem heavy
enough to be filled with insulators, and
something inside said, good! good"
an expression which he had never
known insulators to indulge in. He
then sent for Constable Wright. and
the barrels were found to contain POI
TASKS of whisky which was turned over
to the dispensary. 1t is said to have
come from a house with which the dis
pensary has been dealing. This, we
believe, according to law. cuts them off
from any further business with the
dispensary. Mr.. Bell has been told that
this is not the first time that his name
has been used in this unauthorized way.
GASToN.
.Gastonia Gazette, March 10: Yester-
day afternoon two women from the
Modena mill, Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Will
son. were making some purchases in
the Baltimore Racket store, during the
course Of which the former unthought-
edly laid he" pocketbook, containing
SIG, on the counter In a few mo-
ments after their departure two negro
women came in and made some pur-
chases. Shortly after they had left,
Mrs. Ross returned in search of her
pocketbook. which could not be found.
The police were notified and began a
search for the negro women. While
they were making the search the ne
gro women passed the store and were
stopped by Mr.. Lebovitz, who demand
ed the pocketbook and money. One of
them handed him the pOcketbook con-
tanning II cents. saying that was all
there was in it. When they found that
they were caught in a trap they pro-
duced the entire amount and no ar
rests We're made. .......A young man
named Allen. whose first name we have
been unable to learn. was killed in
West Virginia a few days ago and his
body was brought to his old home at
Kings Mountain Sunday night on No.
35 for burial His body was inferred
in the Kings Mountain cemetery. De-
tails as to his death are very meagre.
He was a section boss on a railroad
and it is presumed that he met his
death accidentally while engaged in
his work. He was a son of the late
Laban Allen. his father and mother
both being dead. His corpse was ac-
companied by his wife and one child
who returned yesterday to West Vir-
ginia. . Mrs. Sarah Falls died sud
denly Saturday night at midnight OF
heart failure at the home of her broth
er. Mr.. r. Lee Falls. near the Union
road south of Gastonia. The funeral
services were conducted at the Asso-
ciate Reformed Presbyterian church
at Kings Mountain yesterday at l p
M. by DR.. ]. G. Galloway. assisted by