Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-29
LOCAL LACONICS.

Lots of Carp.
| Mr.. James L. Moss turned out hi;
pond three miles southeast Of Yorkville
last Wednesday afternoon, and tool
large quantities Of fine carp, which
were divided among his friends.
Appointed Game Warden.
Mr.. w. S. Peters Of Yorkville has
received an appointment from the gov
ernor as fish and game warden, and
has been duly commissioned. 1t will be
his duty to do what he can to enforce
all the fish and game laws to the bes,
Of his ability, by prosecuting all viola
tions of the law, Of which he can gel
knowledge. Mr.. Peters will give espe-
cial attention to the enforcement Of the
law in York county; but is liable to be
sent to other parts of the state.
Big Yield of Corn.
| Mr.. w. B. Keller has harvested three
acres of corn that he has been culti-
waiting under the supervision Of the
Farmers Cooperative Demonstration
agency, and the total yield Of the three
acres is 231 bushels, an average Of rs
bushels to the acre. The yield Of the
best acre was 81 bushels. Mr.. ]. Duffy
Smith of Hickory Grove, made 79i
more corn than he has ever before
made on four acres. There are num-
Der Of demonstration crops yet to be
harvested, and a complete report will
be published later on.
Guy -Westbrook Marriage.
| Chester Reporter, October %: Oal
Grove, the lovely country home of Mr.
and Mrs. w. o. Guy, is to see the we'd
ding Of their daughter, Miss Daisy, tc
Mr.. W. Med. Westbrook at 4.3O O'Clock
this afternoon. The parlor and other
portions Of the house have been beau
tifully decorated in autumn foliage fol
the occasion, and friends and relatives
Of the popular young couple will be
present to see them take the vows thai
will unite their lives forever in the
sweet and sacred tie Of wedlock. The
officiating minister will be Rev. F. A
brennan Of Lowryville, and Miss Louise
Guy will play the wedding march. The
brides attendants will be Misses Essie
Dora and Maude Guy, and the grooms-
men are to be Messrs. A. B. Carroll
Thos. Buice and w. B. Waugh. Mr.. and
Mrs. Westbrook will have the best
wishes Of all for a long and happy life
They will make their home on Hemp
hill avenue.
Train Has Narrow Escape.
Rock Hill special Of October 81 to
| Charlotte Observer: The passenger
train that leaves this place at 1885 In
the morning for Kingville via Ian
caster and Camden, was delayed about
two hours and a half at Lesslie's sta
ton yesterday morning on account OF
the wires Of the Southern Power COM
pany's lines breaking where they
cross the railroad near that place.
Fortunately some one heard the noise
when the wires broke and when the
train reached Lesslies informed Cap
tain MCGUIRE, who was in charge OF
the train, that they were down and
after running his train down to the
point where they were down and see
ing that 1t was impossible to get by
without coming in contact with them,
ran back to Lesslie's and he and Mr..
Dixon Leslie Of that place got into an
automobile and came to this place,
'phoned the power company to cut of
the current and got some linemen,
who went down and cut the wires out
of the way. 1t was a very fortunate
thing that the break occurred In
the daytime, as your correspondent Is
| informed that one Of the wires was
down to where 1t would have struck
the smokestack OF the engine ABOUT
two feet below the top, and the pos
sibility is that had they run into 1t at
night the engineer and fireman and
probably others on the train would
have been electrocuted, as the wires
are the main ones leading from Great
Falls to the plant on the CataWba'
above this city, and carry tremen-
dous voltage.
Crazy Man Killed.
There was an unfortunate tragedy at
the home of Mr. J. M. Russell, about
about o'clock yesterday morning, that
resulted in the death OF Lundford
Thompson, demented citizen Of Fort
Mill township. The matter was re-
ported to the sheriff at once by teie-
phone and Coroner Louthian went to
the scene and held an inquest with
Mr.. R. M. Anderson as foreman OF the
jury. The testimony was to the erect
that Mr.. Russell's household was
aroused by the ringing Of the farm bell
in the yard, not very vigorously, but
enough to attract attention. Miss
Russell heard the noise first and see
| ing an unknown man outside, asked
him what he wanted. The man made
it known in a rambling, semi-intelligi-
BILE manner that he wanted to see DR..
Kirkpatrick. The young lady told him
that DR.. Kirkpatrick did not live there
and advised him to go away. instead,
however, the man advanced to the back
of the house, and in the meantime Mr..
Russell and his son Ely, having been
aroused, came down stairs and open
ed the back door just as the stranger
was approaching the steps. They told
him not to advance, repeating the
warning once or twice; but paying no
attention to them, he went on forward,
put his hand on Mr.. Ely Russell, and
attempted to push into the house. Mr.
Ely Russell fired two shots, the first
taking effect in the stomach and the
second in the heart, and at the second
shot the man fell and expired almost
instantly. The killing was at once re-
ported to the sheriff. The Messrs. Rus
sell were unable to identify the dead
stranger; but later he was identified as
Lundford Thompson, who had been
under treatment by DR.. Kirkpatrick Of
Fort Mill on account Of a mental de-
rangement from which he had been
suffering for some time, and 1t had
about been decided to send him to the
state hospital for treatment. He had
been permitted to visit relatives in the
Highland Park mill settlement at Rock
Hill, and from there wandered to the
residence of Mr.. Russell. The jury,
after hearing the testimony, rendered
a verdict in accordance with the facts,
and stated in its opinion that the
shooting was justifiable. The coroner
issued a warrant for Mr.. Ely Russell,
who will promptly be admitted to bail
in a nominal sum, and who will no
doubt, be exonerated from all blame
at the approaching term Of the court of
general sessions.