Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-10
MiseeIIansurts 8eadins.
WITH NEIeHRoRINe EXCHANGES.
News and Comment Cleaned From
Within and About the County.
CHESTER.

SWeetman or JacKSOnVllle, Fla, spent
Sabbath night at the home Of Mr.. j.
NJ. Bell on their way to Guthriesville
to visit Mrs. J. Palmer Moore. Mrs.
Sweetman is a half niece of Mr.. S. j.
Lewis. Rev. ]. K. Hall Of McCon
nellsville, with team Of young base
ball players, went to Blackstock this
morning to play Rev. G. G. Mayes with
similar team. None Of the boys
were to be over 1S years DID,. Mr..
and Mrs. Phillip Adelsheimer anil lit
tie Miss Mary Ellen, went to Yorkville
Saturday morning and returned Sab
bath evening. On account OF some
difference between Mr.. D. H. Simpson,
the local agent Of the Southern Ex-
press company, and the route agent,
the former has resigned and left the
city and he has been succeeded by Mr..
S. A. Gaugh Of Charlotte. Messrs. w.
F. Baltzegar and L. P. Sauls, transfer
clerks, have been succeeded by Mr..
Padgett of Columbia. Messrs. Bait
zegar and Sauls left Friday morning
for their homes, the former at Wagner
and the latter at Jamison, S. C.....
1t was sickening sight at the S. A.
L. depot yesterday morning when two
negro men, Son Carter and Sam Wood
ward were lifted from the train bathed
in blood and terribly slashed, and ap-
parently almost dead. The two men
had been working for Contractor Gra-
ham who is building an extension to
the Monetta mill at Lando and they
fell out about woman and had fight
Sabbath night, their weapons being
knives. They were brought here on
taken to the hospital in wagon the
same way, but they were making no
disturbance. It Is said nothing what
ever was done for the wounded men
until they were taken to the hospital
yesterday We have been informed
they are getting along well and it Is
believed they will get well. ........ The
central telephone office in this city was
set on fire about o'clock Saturday
evening during heavy rain, either by
lightning or the telephone wires COM
ing in contact with a live wire, most
probably the latter. There was no
real near thunder and the girls did
not notice anything more than is usual
during an electric storm until they
smelled the fire. An investigation was
at once made and the blaze, then about
foot long, was burning at the back
of the switch board. The manager
was phoned for, though 1t was dan
gerous thing to do and the two girls,
Misses Matte and Maurice GLADDEN.,
with only dipper and glass to car
ry water in from the adjoining room,
commenced manful fight to extin-
guish the flame but the supply OF wa
ter in their small vessels was not suf-
ficient. Had they had a bucket they
thought 1t could have been stopped, but
in a short time the blaze shot up to
the ceiling and it was not until the
ceiling was all in blaze that the two
brave girls gave up the fight. When
the fire company got there they soon
had the fire under control, but its work
to the telephone was done and the new
switchboard was complete wreck. 1t
had all modern appliances and was put
in only a few months ago at cost OF
about $1,1OO, besides lightning protec-
tors and other appliances the manager
put in himself. There was $500 insur-
ance on the telephone and the same
amount on the building, which will
likely cover the damage to the latter.
GASToN.
Gastonia Gazette, July Z: Miss Bes-
sic Pegram, who has been visiting her
aunt, Mrs. Matte Pegram, returns to
her home at Yorkville, S. c., today. ...
Mr.. A. F. Ashe, a well-to-do farmer Of
York county, S. c., was the guest
Sunday Of Mr.. ]. E. Lindsay's family.
He is an uncle of Mrs. Lindsay. Mr..
Harry DeVinney, also Of York, spent
Sunday with Mr.. ]. D. Lindsay's fam
ly... Miss Emma Jenkins and Mr..
Kenneth Moore were married at the
Lutheran parsonage here by Rev. John
Hall, on Friday, July 3D.. Both Of the
contracting parties were from Stanley
this county. They left on No. 35 Fri
day night for Blacksburg, S. c., and
from there went to San Antonio, Tex
as, where they will reside in the fu-
ture. ....A lot Of 20 bales Of cotton
was sold on the local market Saturday
at IL cents. Sixteen of them were
weighed Monday and four today.
Twelve bales were sold this forenoon
on the local market, the best price
being III cents. .... .Messrs. 5. M.
Farris, S. A. Sifford and F. E. Clin-
ton, of Glover, S. c., were in town
Yesterday en- route to Wrightsville
Beach to attend the annual meeting Of
the North Carolina Hardware Dealers
association. Mr.. Farris, who has been
resident of Glover for the past ten
years or more, expects to locate at an
early date at Columbia, Charlotte or
Wilmington. He has not as yet fully
decided as to which Of the three he
people of Glover will regret exceed
ingly to give him and his family up.
..... Following an illness Of about
four weeks with typhoid fever, Miss
Gussie Boyd, aged II years, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Boyd, died Sat
urday morning about 10 o'clock. For
several days previous to her death her
condition had been precarious and 1t
was known that the chances were
against her recovery. Funeral services
were held at the home on Franklin
avenue Sunday afternoon at o'clock,
conducted by Rev. r. G. Anderson,
pastor Of the First Presbyterian church,
following which her remains were ten
derly consigned to their last resting
place in Oakwood cemetery. "A
matter of great Importance to the
citizens of Gastonia at this particular
season Of the year is the keeping OF
their premises clean. This is health
precaution and is a matter OF vital
import to every man, woman and child
in the town. If every property owner
would see to it personally that his
premises were kept absolutely clean