Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-12
Killed BY Rattlesnake.

Hanna of the Ramah neighborhood
lost his life yesterday afternoon as
the result of q rattlesnake bite the
Sunday afternoon previous. The little
fellow was on his way home from
church with other members OF the
family, when the snake struck him
from the roadside. Everything that
seemed possible was done; but without
avail, Death followed as stated. The
rattlesnake was killed Immediately af-
ter the child was bitten. On its tail
there were five rattles.
Dr.. Stevenson's Farewell.
Glover, September IL: Rev. DR.. r.
M. Stevenson preached his farewell
sermon In the A. r. p. church here last
night, thus drawing to close his lons
and useful pastorate in Glover. DR.
Stevenson accepted the call to Bethany
church in 1887. In 1892 he organized
Crowders Creek church, and In 1893 ne
organized Glover church. He has had
charge of these up to this time. He
resigns this work to accept a call to
Due West. Not only were the A. r. P,
congregation reluctant to give him up,
but also all the other denominations of
the town.
homlcId6 IN MOCK I1IlI'
Sol Talford, a negro killed his wife
in Rock Hill last Sunday afternoon a
few minutes before o'clock. Jealousy
is thought to have been the cause of
the murder, AS the woman returned
from a drive she had been taking with
another negro, Talford attacked her
with a potato knife and cut her throat
from ear to ear. She died within a
In the
excitement following the tragedy, but
came to Yorkville at about 8 o'clock
yesterday morning and surrendered to
the sheriff. He seemed to be In great
fear that he was being followed and
that II caught he would be lynched.
The c., C. G. o. Excursion.
More than 200 people, of whom over
a hundred were from York county,
went on the c., c. & o. excursion to
Johnson City, which left Yorkville last
Thursday morning and returned Fri
day night, and everybody had fine
trip of 1t. Like others who went be-
fore, they were delighted with the
scenery and were amazed at the Won
derful engineering. OF course, all went
out to the soldiers home on the out
skirts of Johnson City, and were va
riously impressed by what they saw
there, the most striking feature OF
course, being the large number of for
eigners who make their headquarters
in the home.
Mr.. Burns Will Not Act.
Mr.. ]. E. Burns, who was recently
appointed cotton Weigher for the York
vile market and whose appointment
was subsequently practically nullified
by the unnecessary appointment OF ad-
ditional weighers, will not attempt to
hold the position. Notwithstanding
the fact that a number of cotton pro-
ducers tried to pursuade him to mold
his ground on the assurance that they
would stand by him, he decided that he
could hardly get enough business to
afford a living, and he sold his scales.
The situation is now virtually what 1t
was before the petition for the ap-
pointment of one official weig her was
submitted to the county board.
Insurance Consolidation.
Gaffney Ledger: 1t became known
i'm this city yesterday that the CaroI-
ma Mutual Insurance company OF tnls
CITY had been consolidated with the
Farmers Mutual Insurance assocla-
ton of Yorkville and that the com
pany would, in the future. be conduct
ed under the latter name, the nome
offices being in Yorkville. 1t was I'M
possible to ascertain yesterday wnetn-
er or not the company would deciue
to maintain a branch ONCE In inns
city. The announcement TO tnls Ell
fect was given out by Mr.. w. L.
THOMPSON. manager of the Carolina
Mutual. although Mr.. Thompson stat
cd that this action had been authoriZ-
ed by the directors Of the company at
a meeting held in this city on August
18th. This had been kept strictly
luiet and nothing was known OF 1t
until the public announcement made
Dy Mr.. Thompson yesterday. He was
authorized at the meeting to see what
could be done in the way OF terms