Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-06-04
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WITH NEIGHRoRINe EXCHANGES.
Notes and Comments About Matters of
Local Interest.

Local Interest.
Gaffney Ledger, May 81: Mr.. John
Gootry and Miss Willie Miller, two
popular young people of the Lime
stone mill, were married at the home
OF the bride on Wednesday evening,
the ceremony being performed by
Rev. N. A. Hamrick, of the Cherokee
Avenue church. The young people
have the best wishes of a host of
friends for a long and happy life..
A young white man giving his name
as c. III. Davidson and claiming to be
from Houston, Texas, registered at the
Commercial hotel on Sunday evening.
Monday when he departed, he took
with him two suit cases which the
hotel attaches presumed belonged to
him, but shortly afterwards 1t was
found that both the articles belonged
to another man. The affair was turn
ed over to the police officials and they
began q search with the result that
the thief was caught in Spartanburg
and brought back here on Tuesday.
When arraigned in the magistrates
court, Davidson pleaded guilty to the
charge and acknowledged that he
stole the luggage. He is a young man
not over Is or 19 years Of age, and
owing to this fact, the magistrate
made his sentence very light, So or
80 days. The defendant did not have
the money and was therefore forced
to take the chaingang sentence.
Chester Reporter, May 81: Mr.. John
R. Craig, the Southern Railways
Chester agent, met with a serious
accident while en- route to his home
at Blackstock yesterday morning in
response to a message telling of the
death of his mother. Mr.. Craig was
travelling on a freight train, and when
he reached Cornwell and it appeared
that the train on which he was travel
ing was about to collide with another
freight, he jumped from the train and
was seriously hurt. He dislocated
one shoulder and was badly cut and
bruised about the head. Other per-
sons on board the trains kept their
seats, and were not hurt, as there was
no collision. One train was standing
on the main line at Cornwell. when
the other hove in sight, travelling at
a rapid clip, but managed to start up
and get off some distance, and In this
way a collision was averted. Mr..
Craig was taken to Charlotte yester-
day afternoon for treatment at one OF
the hospitals in that city. While
the Stonewall Fire company was en-
gagged in practicing yesterday evening
on Columbia street in preparation for
the state Firemen's tournament at
Rock Hill next month, they were sud-
denly given a taste of the real article.
The alarm sounded, and word was
to the squad that the fire
was in the brick building on Co
lumbia street occupied by Messrs.
Wylie & Anderson and w. F. Burdell.
A good run was made, and splendid
work was done after the arrival OF
the firemen upon the scene, the Dlaze
being extinguished in short order.
The fire seems to have originated
about the middle of the building, and
was making good headway when dis
covered. Mr.. Burdelrs blacksmith
shop in the rear Of the structure was
badly gutted, and Messrs. Wylie q
Anderson also met with considerable
loss, their stock Of buggies and har-
ness which is kept on the second
floor of the building being damaged
by the fire as we'll as the water which
was thrown on the building to SUBJ
due the flames. Mr.. John G. Brown,
who has sleeping quarters in the
had a considerable quantity
Of water thrown into his apartments.
but was not damaged otherwise. Mr..
w. A. Cornwell, owner of the building
was fully protected by insurance, as
were Messrs. Wylie & Anderson. Mr..
w. F. Burdell, whose loss will amount
to about $50 had no insurance.