Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-12-05
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WITH NEIeHRoRINe EXCHANGES
Notes and Comments About Matters of
Local Interest.

| SaSIOn PTO9TCSSy CCSOWbOI "A
marriage that came as a great surprise
to many of their friends occurred yes
terday afternoon when Miss Margaret
Leona Ormand became the bride of
Mr.. Otto o. Baber. The ceremony took
place at the Presbyterian manse in
West Gastonia yesterday afternoon at
| 8 o'clock, and was performed by Rev.
A. S. Anderson, pastor of the Loray
Presbyterian church. Sarah Belle,
the 12-months old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. T. NJ. FayssouX, who live on
Long street, died Wednesday night at
12 o'clock. She had been seriously sick
for about ten days with pneumonia
and her death was not unexpected.
The funeral was held yesterday after
noon at $50 o'clock at st. Marks
Episcopal church, and was conducted
by Rev. VIM. NJ. Hardin.
Gaffney Ledger, December I: A very
serious accident occurred near Blacks
burg on Thursday, when a son Of Mr..
John Ellis was out rabbit hunting and
had the misfortune to have his gun
accidentally discharged, the entire
load tearing away the large muscle on
the left side of the chest. The boy Is
we'll grown, aged Is, and he, with a
COMPANION, had just killed a rabbit
and he had set the gun down at his
feet with the muzzle pointing upward
and against his chest. Just then his
dog came along and jumped upon
him and it is supposed that the dog
struck the hammer Of the gun with
his claws a sufficiently hard blow to
cause the gun to discharge its load in
to his chest Fortunately only very
few shot penetrated the chest. AL
most the entire load went through the
larger muscle, tearing 1t away. Sur
gical aid was summoned and the boy
was given every attention possible. 1t
is thought that he has a very good
chance of living. .....A wedding OF
interest to Gaffney people occurred on
Thanksgiving morning at 10 o'clock at
the home of Rev. A. T. Stoudenmyre.
when Mr.. D. w. Cooper of the West
End portion of the city and Miss En-
ma Holt, were united in marriage.
Chester Reporter, December l: Cor
oner Ehrlich held an inquest Tuesday
over the remains Of Knox Chalk, COL
ored, who was shot in a melee at the
home of William Sanders in the Low
ryville neighborhood about ten days
ago, and found that Chalk came to his
death from a gunshot wound at the
hands of Ambrose Reid. The shoot
ing, it seems, happened at the home
of Sanders, where a prayer meeting
service was being held, and must have
been general, as Sonny Fowler shot
Jim Addison at the same time. Addi-
sons wound, however, was on the
hand, and was not at all serious. Reid,
who is charged with killing Chalk, fled
after the shooting, and is still at large.
Chalk, the negro killed, was York
county negro, but the difficulty In
which he met his death occurred in
Chester county. .... Mr.. j. A. Shedd'
an aged resident Of the Lowryville
neighborhood, died Tuesday afternoon
and was buried at Armenia, after
funeral services by Rev. ]. H. Yarbor-
ough. Mr.. Shedd was II years Of age
and is survived by two sons. .......
Walter Attles and Melvin Rosborough,
two colored youths whose names are
somewhat familiar in police court
proceedings, forged an order for jug
of liquor yesterday. and made use Of
Will Douglas, an apparently innocent
and ignorant negro from the country,
to get the liquor out Of the express Of
flee. The ruse worked successfully,
and the next move Of the two was to
transfer the liquor to an appointed
place where it was put up in bottles.
The police captured Attles and a
number of these bottles, but Rosebor-
ough managed to make his escape with
part of the liquor, and is still at large.
Rock Hill Record, December I: Mr..
]. ]. Thomas, who for the past four
teen years has been running the In
dependent dairy for Congressman Fin
ley, has given up that work and will
take charge of Mr.. V. B. McFadden's
place, west Of the city Mr.. Thomas
has moved into the cottage formerly
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Nc
Fadden Mr.. Harry Miller Of the
Bethel section of the county, has TAX
en- Mr.. Thomas's place with Mr.. Fin
ley. Mrs. A. H. Blackwood receiv-
ed a message this morning conveying
the news of the death Of her brother,
Mr.. Joseph Merrill of Greenville. Mr..
Merrill has been in a critical condi-
ton for some time and his death was
not unexpected. Miss Ida Smith
and Mr.. William H. Barnett, both of
the Bethel section, were married Tues
day afternoon by Rev. ]. T. Dendy, the
ceremony occurring at the manse at
Ebenezer. .Messrs. ]. ]. Keller & Co.
contractors of this city, have been
awarded a contract for a $4,000 gram
mar school building at Greenwood.
Chester Lantern, December I: Law
renee Ferguson, the 12-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Ferguson of this
city, was accidentally shot yesterday
morning on the Clarence Cross plan
tation, about two miles from town. by
one of a party of five negro rabbit
hunters. Young Ferguson left the city
yesterday morning early with his faith
er and Mr.. Bill Jones for a days out
ing to spend in hunting. They came
to a spring and Lawrence had just
finished taking a drink of water when
the rabbit dogs, which were rambling
around in the hollow, flushed a covey
of birds. AS Lawrence Strengthened
himself up the report Of gun was
heard and in the twinkling of an eye
dozen or more of No. shot had pen
etrated the back part of his head.
Five or six of the dozen or more shot
were removed. One of the shot, the
only one it is thought will give any
trouble, entered the boys face just be-
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