Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-15
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Notes and Comments About Matters of
Local Interest.

Local Interest.
Gastonia Gazette, Oct. II: Mr.. Wade
Howard, of Charlotte, a young man
employed by the Piedmont & Northern
in the erection of its trolley system,
was very severely injured yesterday
when the tall frame on which he was
working was overturned, throwing him
violently to the ground, a distance of
about twenty. feet. Mr.. Wade's right
thigh was broken, the fracture being
an especially bad one, and his left arm
was also broken. He was also painful
ly cut and bruised on the face. He was
taken Immediately to a local hospital,
where his injuries were treated and he
Is reported this morning as doing as
we'll as could be expected. His injuries,
however, are of so severe nature that
he will probably be confined to his bed
for three or four months. .....A young
man named Hardin, superintendent Of
the concrete work on the Southern
Power company's new plant at Mt.
Holly, suffered a very painful injury
Wednesday when his foot in some way
became caught in the concrete mixing
machine. Two bones in the foot were
broken and the flesh badly lacerated,
but his injury will not prove perma-
nent. DR.. Mccoy dressed the wounds
and the injured man will be able to be
out again after a few weeks.
Gaffney Ledger, Oct. II: Notice Of a
most unusual suit in the court of COM
mon pleas was given yesterday by But
ler & Hall, attorneys, who represent ].
]. Gallagher in a suit against the Pied
mont Telephone & Telegraph company.
Mr.. Gallagher, who is the proprietor
of a grocery store located at sol East
Rutledge avenue, alleges that the in
different service of the telephone COM
pany has cost him money, in that 1t
not only lost the sale at the moment
for him but that it lost the patronage
Of valuable customers as we'll. Mr..
Gallagher, in talking with a Ledger re-
porter yesterday, said that he was de-
termined that this suit must be push
ed to the end, and that he felt he
was entitled to damages to recompense
him for his losses. He states that the
case is one Of long suffering and that
he had made many attempts to have
the trouble adjusted, but without re-
suits and that as last resort he has
entered this suit for the sum of $1,000.
this being approximately the sum that
he has lost by reason Of the decidedly
inefficient service. The telephone COM
pany has not as yet made any state
ment as to its side Of the case, but 1t
is naturally presumed that the defen-
dant company will fight the case. The
outcome will be watched with no little
interest, as this is the first case Of its
kind ever to be tried in Cherokee coun-
ty, or probably in South Carolina. .....
The policemen were summoned to the
Southern railway station Monday night
and asked to remove from two old en-
gines, loaded aboard a fiat car, three
hoboes who were beating the train. AT
Blacksburg the miscreants were dis
covered by an employee and told that
they had best be locked in the fire box
of the old engine. This they agreed to
but when they got in they could not
effect their escape. When hauled be-
fore the mayor, Tuesday morning they
gave their names as John Saye, Martin
Hogan and Michael Forseth. They
were given their choice Of $3.50 or ten
days.