Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-30
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Notes and Comments About Matters
of Local Interest.

otes and Comments About Matters
of Local Interest.
Lancaster News, January 26: Miss
Minna Reid, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John L. Reid, was married in Camden
on Tuesday to Mr.. Joseph Hough OF
Bethune .....A little 3-year-old boy
of Mr.. Robert Hinson of Flat Creek
township, died Monday from the ef-
fects of burns received the Saturday
before. The little fellow was in the
house alone and his clothing caught
fire. He suffered great agony until
death came to his relief.
Rock Hill Record, January 26: A
dispatch yesterday from Richmond,
Va, stated that Guy Whitner Suther-
land, ticket agent at Anderson, and
Miss Ola May Dye, Of Newport, this
county, were married in the Virginia
city Tuesday evening. Miss Dye re-
Gently secured a position at Williams
burg, Va. She is a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Leroy Dye. Dick Kerr
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pretty badly slashed with knife in the
hands of Lawrence Pope at the graded
school grounds Tuesday afternoon.
From what the Record can learn of
the affair, the boys have been on an
honor system down there and the Pope
boy, it is stated, had not been conduct
ing himself as he should, so some OF
the boys had told him that he must
improve or they would get after him.
It is said he made threats as to what
he would do If they reported him. AS
some of the boys made dash for him
he drew a knife and slashed Kerr
pretty badly in the face.
CASTOR Progress, January &c: Yes
terday morning about 10 o'clock, the
fire company was called out to extin-
guish a fire in the old wooden build
ing at the corner of Main avenue and
Marietta street Before they reached
the scene the fire had gained good
headway, and it seemed probable that
it would be burned. AS soon as the
hose could be turned on the fire was
quickly put out, and the only serious
damage done was to the roof, which
was burned practically off,. The
following marriage licenses have been
issued since the last report: Mr.. Alex
Biggers of York county, S. c., and Miss
Mary Mitchell of Lowell; Mr.. Walter
L. McArver and Miss Mary Pauline
Pearson of Gastonia.. 49,. Tuesday af- |
ternoon Mr.. T. w. Wilson came very
near losing fine horse at the G. & NJ |
W. crossing on Marietta street. The |
horse which was hitched to buggy
was standing in front of Craig and
Wilson'S store when the C. & NV.
freight train came in. The freight |
was behind time and was running at a |
high rate of speed in order to make |
connection with Southern train No. II.
The horse became frightened and ran
across the street in front of the NOV
ing train. The emergency brakes were |
applied by the engineer, but the rear
wheel of the buggy was struck by the
engine. The damage was only slight. |
Gaffney Ledger, January 26: A petit
ton was being circulated yesterday |
asking Cherokee's delegation in the
general assembly to draft and have
passed a bill similar to the Cne from
Aiken county, which takes the con-
struction and maintenance of the pub |
lie highways out of politics and invests |
II in the hands Of a special road COM
mission: and also to pass a law per-
mitting the people of the county to
vote upon the question Of issuing bonds |
for the construction Of permanent
roads in this county. The petition was
being numerously signed at the time
of going to press. ......A marriage of
interest to Gaffney people was SOL
emnized at the home of the bride on
Limestone street last night, when Mr..
Stanley Wilson and Miss Nola Daniel,
both we'll known young people of this
city, were united in the holy bonds Of
matrimony. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. n. A. Hemrick of the
Cherokee Avenue Baptist church.
Quite a unique fire occurred in this city |
on Wednesday about noon. Mr.. Neeley |
Lipscomb, a planter Of the White |
Plains section of the county, was
bringing a load of cotton, consisting |
of three bales to the city market. He
had just reached the corporate limits |
of the town and had started up Gran
ard street, when looking around he
was amazed to find one of the bales on
fire, a great volume Of smoke issuing
therefrom. Hastily springing from his
wagon, he made his way to a nearby
house and turned in an alarm. Fortu-
nately there was a reel house near by
and the wagon was stopped right at a
hydrant The water connection was
quickly made and the blaze extinguish-
ed. The flames, however, had badly
damaged the cotton before assistance
arrived. The only explanation of how
the cotton caught is that it must have
been ignited by spark from passing
train.
IT, The first lucifer match was
struck in 1884.
r. 1t sometimes happens that the