Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-23
atliseellaneous Readina.
WITH NEIeHsoRINe EXCHANGES.
Notes and Comments About Matters OF
Local Interest.

about 11.30 O'CLOCK InurSuay morH-
| ing by a shifting engine of an extra
freight on the Southern railway at
Kershaw. The engine was shifting
, cars, and Mr.. Cauthen was crossing
from one side of the street to the 9TH
er when he was struck by the cow
catcher and dragged some distance.
Mr.. Cauthen made gallant soldier
during the civil war, being a member
of Co. H. End South Carolina Volun-
teers, Kershaw's bridge.
Chester Reporter, April 10: A we'd
ding tAaf was of unusual interest to
a large circle of friends was that OF
Miss Elizabeth Hardin, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Hardin, and Mr..
Killough H. White. which was solem-
nized at the home Of the brides broth
er, Mr.. James I. Hardin, on Center
street, Tuesday evening. Rev. A. d.
IP. Gilmour, D. D., pastor Of Purity
Presbyterian church, officiated, ana
numbers of friends and relatives were
gathered for the happy event. Ell
Mobley, the white man wanted In
connection with the attack on Mr.. s.
ID. Cross several weeks ago at his
plantation east. of the city, has been
arrested at Macon, Ga, and will be
brought here this afternoon and
turned over to Sheriff Colvin. -. The
cap-sill on one span Of Browns bridge
over Rocky creek between Richburg
and Rossville broke Tuesday evening
while a four-mule team hauling fer
tilizer was passing over, and the out
fit was. thrown into the stream. NO
particulars have been received yet at
the office of Supervisor Shannon, but
Commissioner Brown Is expected back
this afternoon with full report. The
bridge, which is wooden affair, was
overhauled two years ago, and was re-
garded as thoroughly safe. Will Neal,
colored, was one Of the negroes in
charge of the team, was slightly hurt
but the team is understood to have
escaped unharmed. Our information
Is that the wagon was somewhat
broken by the fall Little George
Gage, infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
M. P. Howell, and grandson Of Judge
and Mrs. Geo. w. Gage, died at the
parents home in Walterboro yester-
day evening at 7.15 o'clock, after
several weeks illness. The little one
was idolized by his parents and grand
parents, and the sympathy Of friends
goes out to them in their aff1iction.
Gastonia Gazette, April 49,: Mrs. S.
M. Morris went to Charlotte Monday
to be at the bedside of her aunt, Mrs
Frank Powell, who is critically Ill,
Mrs. Powell is quite advanced in years
and no hope is held out for her re-
covery. His many friends in Gas
tonia will be pleased to learn that Mr..
Will Marshall. mention of whose
serious illness Of typhoid fever at Bir-
mingham, Ala, was made in Tues
days Gazette, Is holding his own. In
a private note to the editor from his
father, Mr.. w. F. Marshall, who Is at
his bedside, written Wednesday he
says, "Will was a little restless last
night in early morning hours, with
delirium, but that is usual. His fever
did not go beyond bounds and he Is
resting fairly we'll this morning" With
other North Carolinians young Mar
shall was in the audience at Birming-
ham the night Governor Aycock drop
ed dead on the stage while making an
address. He was i'll then and the
shock unstrung him. He worked the
next night and then went to bed with
a raging fever. He has had to fight
for his life every day since. His host
of friends here hope for him a speedy
recovery. :. The citizens Of Kings
Mountain were grieved Thursday
morning when they learned that their
fellow -townsman, w. L. Plonk, had
suffered a stroke of paralysis during
the preceding night The stroke so
far is confined to the left side and the
attending physicians hold out much
hope for a speedy recovery. Mr..
Plonk is among the best known and
most popular men in Cleveland coun-
ty, from the fact that he is so closely
identified with the public school
work. He is at present a member Of
the county school board and chair
man of the towns graded school trus-
tees.
Gaffney Ledger, April 19: Mr.. E. R.
Parker is exhibiting at his place on
Limestone street what is probably
the first Cherokee county manufac-
tured plow. Mr.. Parker manufacture
ed this plow himself out Of bicycle
material, using a bicycle wheel and
fork and iron tubing. The work is
perfect and for ordinary garden pur-
poses the instrument is admirable.
Mr.. Parker states that he is having
an excellent sale on the home product.
-. One of the large water mains on
Victoria avenue bursted Thursday af-
city force was required to remedy the
defect. Superintendent Gaffney was
not in the city but the assistants at
tended to the trouble in an excellent
manner. Owing to the fact that the
water could not be shut off, it was
impossible to put in a new main and
the old one was therefore patched. .
A message was received in this city
yesterday morning from Santuc con-
veying the intelligence that Mr. Leon
! Butler, a brother of Col. T. B. Butler
of this city, was dead. Col. Butler
was not in the city at the time, being
in attendance at convention at Ian
caster. The message was forwarded
to him and he left at once for Santuc.
-. Much speculation will be silenced
in Gaffney when it becomes known
that Mr.. Brossie B. Byars has been
appointed rural policeman for Chero-
kee county and the matter of wheth-
er or not Cherokee will have such an
officer will be settled once and for all.
1t will be remembered that bill was
introduced at the last session of the
legislature by Representative Dobson
of this county, providing for such an
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