Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-10-10
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Notes and Comments About Matters Of
Local Interest.

Notes and Comments About Matters OF
Local Interest.
Gastonia Gazette, October 6: Esquire
| 1. F. Mabry of McAdenville, was in
Gastonia yesterday and reported a Sc
rious shooting scrape participated in
by negroes Sunday night between
Lowell and Mayesworth. AS a result
Did Armstrong is confined to his bed
minus his left arm, which was ampu-
tated by DR.. R. NJ. Reid, and Philip
Davis is in jail here with badly shot
up leg which may have to come off,
Will Armstrong, Dds brother, who
was also implicated in the affair, made
good his escape and is thought to be
somewhere in South Carolina. Es-
quire Mabry committed Davis to jail
and Did Armstrong will be sent there
as soon as his condition will warrant
his being moved. Whisky is said to
have been the cause Of the trouble. -.
Love laughs at locksmiths" is an old
saying and true. Dan Cupid, the god
of Love, is a wary little fellow and
when he takes hand in any affair he
goes in to win. In the case with which
this story deals he made home-run.
The plates were far apart and there
were a legion of basemen between
them, but pluck and perseverance were
the stock in trade Of the two players
and these qualities brought them
through to the home" plate in a rush.
A pretty young school girl, a deter
mined lover and irate father combin-
ed to make this little game an exciting
one. Miss Lucy Davis, daughter OF
prominent resident of Stuart, Va, was
being groomed for college. The neces-
sary preparations had been made,
room reserved for her at Sullins COL
lege, Bristol, Tenn.-Va., and the day
of her departure for school had arriv-
ed. This was all according to the
plans Of her fond parents. The young
girl herself and her lover, Mr.. w. c.
Staples, assistant postmaster at Stu
art, had planned otherwise. They had
seen visions Of happy home, dove
cote made for two, a little realm
wherein each to the other all would
be. They doubtless had builded during
the vacation months a dream woven
from the web of sunshine, flowers,
music, tenderness and soft caresses,
of silvery moonbeams, the gentle
ripple of waters, and the soft soughing
Of the pines and Of a thousand other
lovely things that make life to the
lover one grand, sweet song. The
thought of prosaic school days was
unbearable to the young girl and lone
ly months of waiting were the only
thing in store for the ardent lover. 1t
could not be, so they eloped. Antici-
pating distractions on the way the
groom-to-be drew heavily on his bank
account and was prepared for any
emergency they might face. And
emergencies were not long in con-
fronting them. They had gone but a
short distance. having crossed the
state line into the mountains Of North
Carolina, when, on telepgraphic ad'
vices from the young lady's father. the
sheriff of a mountain county arrested
them A reward Of $3.50 was offered
for their detention. The young man
was arrested all right along with his
sweetheart, and the sheriff got his $3.50
but the father didn't get his girl. They
had not proceeded very far until this
same emergency struck them again.
This time a group Of mountain swains,
harboring a sympathetic feeling for the
harassed young folks, took them from
the oficers, held the minions OF the
law and sent the would-be groom and
the would-be bride on their way re-
joicing. On one occasion they were
arrested and managed some way to
gain their liberty. Realizing that
some one would be watching for them
at almost every station they left the
railroad and Travelled for nearly 300
miles in buggies and wagons. Finally,
to dodge pursuers they thought were
on their tracks. they walked several
miles toward the end Of the journey,
as a result OF which the brides feet
were so badly blistered that she could
not wear a shoe, but could only wear
pair of old iady's comforts. Two
nights, so close were they TO being
caught, they slept in the woods, with
only the canopy Of heaven above them.
Finally reaching Yorkville Tuesday
night they registered at hotel as Mr..
w. c. Goodman and Miss Lucy Good
man, supposedly brother and sister.
Early Wednesday morning they were
married by a minister in the hotel at
Yorkville, with only three or four to
witness the ceremony. They arrived
in Gastonia Wednesday afternoon on
the northbound train and left on No.
IL for their home in Virginia, where
they will in all probability receive the
parental blessing and will, 1t is hoped,
live happily forever after. The young
lady, apparently about 16 or II years
old, was neatly gowned in a new tall
or-made travelling suit. The groom
was neatly dressed In business suit,
and they were apparently as happy as
two larks. The groom confided to a
travelling man that his thirteen days
of travelling and lodging had cost him
$500 in cash, but that he didn't regret
cent of it and would have gladly
spent that much more had it been
necessary. The young lady's father
he said, must have spent at least a
hundred dollars for kilograms alone
as he had apparently wired to the Of
ficers in every county seat In N9rth
Carolina.
Courts Without Lawyers.