Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-22
Mistellaneons 8eading,
WITH NEIeHsoRlNe EXCHANGES
Notes and Comments About Matters
of Local Interest.

Louisa ]. Turner, the wife of Mr.. w.
T. Turner of this city, died at her
home here on Friday afternoon at l
o'clock after an illness of some five
months. Pellagra was the cause OF
her death. go. Advice received in this
lefty yesterday was to the effect that
Col A. N. Wood, who is in Johns Hop
kins hospital in Baltimore, is some
what improved This will be welcome
news to Mr.. Woods hundreds of
friends in this city. The Cowboys
vile correspondent of the Ledger has
sent to this office a cotton boil which
has twelve compartments to 1t. The
boil is something of a curiosity and
has excited considerable interest
whenever shown. 1t was picked on the
farm of Mr.. Ed Orr, of the Cowboys
vile section. -. A legal document was
found in a box car on a siding on the
Southern railway in this city yester-
day by Mr.. NJ. l. Ross which was
signed by Mr.. T. ]. Bell as plaintiffs
attorney in 1862. Mr.. Bell was the
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and was an attorney at Yorkville. 1t
is hard to understand how this legal
paper got into the box car here.
Rock Hill Herald, September 1s:
Mrs. r. L Moore of Columbia, and lit
tie daughter, Caroline, are in quar-
antine at McConnellsville, where the
latter is suffering from a light attack
of diphtheria. Mrs. Moore and chill
dren had been up to attend the recent
marriage Of Miss Mary Moore. e........
Master Otis Parker, son. of DR.. H. L.
Parker of Bishopville. who makes his
home with his grandmother, Mrs. j.
]. Hull on Park avenue, has a slight
case of scarlet fever at the home Of
Mrs. Hull. The house was quaran-
tined Friday morning. ..... The Herald
has in it's possession the horn of horn
snake which was killed on Little Alli-
son creek several days ago. This
species of snakes are said to be very
dangerous, the snake striking with the
horn. The horn snake is very rare in
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see the horn can do so by calling at
| the Herald office. The snake was kill
ed on the plantation of Mr.. ]. S.
Wright. Some facts about the horn
snake will prove interesting. 1t is a
very dangerous snake, fighting alto
gether with it's horn which is on the
end of it's tail. The snake stands on
its head when it does it's fighting. Its
head is shaped like that of an eel and
its body is as slick as an eel. The
writer heard once Of horn snake
striking a tree with it's horn and in
less than fifteen minutes the tree
withered.
Lancaster News, September 20: Mr..
Toy Hunter, son Of Mr.. John Hunter,
and Miss Lizzie Small, daughter of
Rev. D. S. Small, of the eastern por-
tion of the county, were married last
Sunday at White Bluff, Rev. T. A.
Dabney officiating. The attendants
were Mr.. Roy Hunter, brother of the
groom, and Miss Brennie Small, sister
of the bride. 80. Ross Williams, the
little son of Mr.. and Mrs. David r.
Sunday morning at o'clock. He had
been complaining for a few days OF
not feeling well and on Saturday he
had a congestive chill. He was four
years and seven months old and was a
bright, promising lad. The burial was
at Antioch Monday, the Rev. r. Thos.
Blackmon conducting the funeral SER
vices. Following the killing of one
negro by another at the Mt. Carmel
camp meeting a few days ago, what is
| thought to be a fatal shooting occurred
| Sunday at the Steel Hill camp meet
ing, about sixteen miles above Lancas-
| ter. strange negro said to be from
Rock Hill, was shot three times by a
negro named Wilson from North Car
olina, who succeeded in making his
escape over the line into that state
soon after the difficulty. 1t is stated
that the wounded negro has but lit
tie chance of recovery. q. Paul Craw-
ford, colored, who was in Jail charged
with the killing of another negro, Ed
| Duren, at the recent Mt. Carmel camp
meeting, was admitted to bail Satur-
day afternoon, in habeas corpus prU-
ceedings heard by Chief Justice Ira r
Jones, the amount of the bond being
fixed at $1,500. The defendant vas
represented by Attorney Hines. ......
The following petit jurors were drawn
yesterday to serve the first week of the
fall term of court convening October
8, Judge Watts presiding: A. L. Cook,
NJ. J. Griffin, L. j. Funderburk, w. F..
Carnes, Ira NJ. Caskey, w. F. Gardner,
Berry Mobley, w. c. Dees, ]. d. Bal
minger, w. A. Davis, c. L. McManus,
j. c. Belk, T. N. Pettus, Geo. w. Ba-
ker, A. R. Faulkenberry, r. ]. Rorie,
j. A. Thompson, n. B. Cousar, II. j.
Gardner, John M. Faile, Simon M.
Carnes, w. A. Lingle, ]. r. Wilson, u.
L. Robertson, w. ]. Funderburk, A. X.
Bailey, ]. c. Nelson, NJ E. Jordan, j.
NJ. Harper, NJ. L. Thompson, w. w.
McManus, Emore c. Evans, w. It.
Sistare, ]. D. Nisbet.
| Chester Lantern, September 90:
Mr.. Luther Love, a we'll known young
man of the Bullock's Creek section.
hurt his hand very severely in a gin
last Thursday morning and had to
have three of his fingers amputated.
While he is suffering much pain he is
reported as getting along very nicely.
1900. Mrs. John p. Gage died in Co
lumbia, on Thursday morning and
was buried Friday in the Episcopal
cemetery. She was the wife of Mr..
John =. Gage, and leaves besides her
husband. three children, Misses Louise
and sydney Gage and Harold Gage.
Mrs. Gage was before her marriage,
Miss Florence BabcOck of Chester.
The many friends of Circuit Judge
George w. Gage, not only i'm Chester,
but throughout the state, are urging
him as a candidate for one of the posi-
tions in the supreme bench to be filled