Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-05

est and most vitriolic session ever held
In the history of the A. r. p. church,
the First presbytery tonight voted to
dissolve the pastoral relations between
Rev. William Duncan and the First
church Of Charlotte by vote Of 81 to
II. Leading in the fight against Mr..
Duncan were the ministers In the i'm
mediate bounds Of Charlotte. The mod
orator, Rev. DR.. g. r. White, Rev. DR..
r. G. Miller, Rev. J. A. Smith and Ell
ders T. s. Kirkpatrick and r. M. Raw
son Of Charlotte, championed the p.o-
posed dissolution Of the relations. Mr..
Duncan and his elders, T. r. Ross and
T. M. Mcconnell, and Rev. J. M. White,
Of Alexander, spoke heroically against
the proposition. The defense Of Mr..
Duncan was brilliant. His points were
all well taken. His logic and process
Of reasoning throughout his addresses
were the part Of no ordinary forensic
speaker. But the presbytery was per-
suaded by the remarks Of other Char
lotte ministers that the interests Of the
SiidhSh oiiNSt odi Wodio bS ooooChNSo
best by his immediate removal he
was granted the privilege Of securing
his ministerial papers whenever call
ed for The resolution requesting the
dissolution Of the pastoral relations was
introduced by DR.. Miller. who later
brought forward another resolution
dissolving the entire session Of the
congregation, but he withdrew this
upon request to prevent the addition
Of another fierce debate.
Peculiar Mishap of Miss soweII.
Charlotte Observer, February 8: In
the presence of an Unlocking crowd Of
half a hundred or more in front Of the
Central hotel, skilled men worked for
a half an hour yesterday afternoon In
an effort, finally successful, to release
a finger Of little Miss Louise Sowell
Of Rock Hill, 8. c., from an accidental
Imprisonment in an aperture In the
top Of her automobile. into which the
finger had been thoughtlessly placed.
With unsurpassed pluck and nerEo-
the young lady bore up under the try
ing ordeal Of such a struggle under
such unusual and indeed somewhat
alarming circumstances. Mr.. Joe Gar
ibaldi sawed the portion Of the brass
In which the finger was caught and
Miss Sowell was then taken to the Of
fee Of DR.. e. c. Boyette, in the rear
Of the Hamilton Martin drug store
nearby where the unwelcome and pain
full band was skillfully removed from
the swollen finger without further cut
ting. An interesting feature Of the
affair was the fact that the automo-
bile, Buick, is the young girls own,
having been won by her short time
ago in the circulation contest Of the
Columbia State. She, her father, her
mother and three or four other MEM
bers of the family, had come to Char
lotte for few hours stay. While the
party was spinning about the town In
the afternoon, Miss Louise, who is
about IL or IA years Of age, happened
to thrust the middle finger Of her left
hand into one Of the holes in which
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is in use. Comparatively large at the
top the opening gets smaller and
smaller. The finger continued to slip
until its entire length was inside. When
an attempt was made to extricate 1t,
1t refused to bulge and began to swell.
Then the parents were notified and re-
medal measures were attempted at
once. A number were tried unsuccess-
fully. Meantime the incident was be-
coming the talk Of the street. Moment
by moment, the crowd OF sympathetic
onlookers grew. A hundred times Ques-
tions were asked and answered as
newcomers came and went Finally,
the obstinate metal was sawed
through. Once in the physicians Of
nee piece Of bandage was passed be-
tween band and finger. the whole soak
ed in vaseline and the Objectionable
encirclement rotated of.