Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-27
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WITH NEIeHsoRINa EXCHANGES,
News and Comment Cleaned From
Within and About the County.
LANCASTER.


News, April "a: Chief Of Police Nc
Manus and Policeman Bell raided the
home of Sam Massey, colored, last
Wednesday. The officers found eight
gallons Of liquor, in pint packages. A
warrant was sworn out yesterday
against Massey charging him with
storing and selling whisky. Our es-
teemed fellow townsman, Capt. A. II.
Greene, met with a bad accident We'd
nesday. He was riding in an automo-
bile with his son, Mr. G. H. Greene OF
Rock Hill, and when near Caskeys sta
ton the car ran over rough place in
the road, the unexpected jolt throwing
Capt. Greene out Of the machine. He
fell on his shoulder, which was severely
and painfully bruised by its contact
with the ground. 1t was at first thought
that the shoulder was dislocated, but
fortunately such proved not to be the
case. Capt. Greene Is now getting
along very nicely, though still suffer-
ing some from his injuries. 49,. John
Foster, a colored man about AZ years
old, son of Dan Foster Of Lancaster,
was accidentally drowned Wednesday
at Great Falls, where he had been
working for the Southern Power COM
pany. The nature Of his work neces-
STATED his being in water much Of his
time. He was known as what Is called
a diver" and 1t Is thought that In
the prosecution of his work he encoun-
tered a swift current which carried him
under The body was recovered Thurs
day and brought here yesterday for
burial. Foster was a man of immense
size. Before going to Great Falls he
was employed in laying water works
pipes in Lancaster.
GAsToN.
Gastonia Gazette, April "a: Death
has again invaded the ranks of Gas
ton county's Confederate veterans, this
time claiming Mr.. ]. B. p. Bryson, a
well-to-do citizen and farmer of the
South Point section, whose home was
not far from Union Presbyterian
church. Death came at 4 o'clock We'd
nesday morning and followed many
months Of illness. Mr.. Bryson had
been confined to his home the greater
part of the past winter and had been
bed-ridden for number of weeks
Two or three years ago he suffered
from a severe attack Of pneumonia
which left his constitution in very
depleted condition. He developed tu-
berculosis and this disease gained rapid
headway with the result that death en-
sued at the time above mentioned. .....
Mr.. Andrew Jackson Martin, well-to-
do citizen and Confederate veteran Of
the county, died Tuesday at his home
in the Union neighborhood. Death was
due to Bright's disease and heart trou-
BILE. The body was laid to rest We'd
nesday morning In the cemetery at
Sandy Plains following funeral services
at Sandy Plains Baptist church at 10
o'clock, conducted by Rev. w. H. Red
dish. Had he lived till June, Mr.. Mar
tin would have been IS years Of age.
He had for many years been a loyal
and consistent member Of the Baptist
church and had large number Of
friends who mourn his departure from
this life Surviving him are his daugh-
ter, Mrs. L. F. Groves Of Gastonia; his
widow, formerly Mrs. Nancy Warren,
who was his second wife, and one sis
ter, Mrs. william Sans. Deceased was
a Confederate veteran, having served
the war in company M,
Sixteenth North Carolina regiment.
In addition to those mentioned above,
Mr.. Martin is survived by two sons.