Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-26
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Notes and Comments About Matters
of Local Interest.

Notes and Comments About Matters
of Local Interest.
Gastonia Gazette, July 23: A s"ri-
Gus and what may yet prove a fatal
cutting affair occurred Saturday night
about IL O'clock near the Modena mill
park when B. w. Parker, an operative
at the Clara mill, cut Elijah Bridges
severely about the waist and upper
part of the abdomen, using a pocket
knife as a weapon. Bridges would, In
all probability, have met instant death,
had not the slashes of Parker's knife
taken effect partly in his ribs The
wounded man was taken at once to
the City Hospital where his wounds
were dressed by Drs. Garrison and
Jenkins Parker was taken into GUS
tody by Chief of Police Carroll and
Policeman Hord and is held under a
5000 bond pending trial at the ap-
preaching term Of CASTOR county su-
perior court on charge Of assault with
intent to kill. According to late re-
ports Bridges is resting we'll and the
chances are that he will recover and
be out in a short time. 1t appears that
both men were drinking some.
While engaged in building the copper
circuit from Gastonia to Charlotte, Mr..
Julius Lineberger. Of the Piedmont Tel
ephone & Telegraph Co.'S. construction
force, was yesterday severely shocked
when the copper wire he was handling
swagged and came in contact with the
Interurban's trolley wire while they
were engaged in crossing the trolley
wires near Mount Holly. At the time
was at the top of forty foot pole, en-
gagged in Tightening the wires. He was
instantly knocked to the ground when
the 1,500 volts carried by the trolley
struck him The accident occurred
about 1.3O o'clock in the afternoon.
Though considerably bruised and sore
from the shock Mr.. Lineberger was
able to return to Gastonia late in the
afternoon.
Gaffney Ledger, July %: Some little
trouble has arisen over the matter Of
the traction engines sent to Gaffney by
the manufacturers tor test on the
Cherokee county roads. Two compa-
nies, the Pioneer Manufacturing COM
pany and the International Harvester
company, sent machines here for the
purpose Of testing them out in an ef-
fort to sell to the county. No con-
tract was entered into and 1t was not
agreed that the county should pur-
chase. The first engine sent here by
the International people proved to be
too light for the work required in
Cherokee and two additional engines
were sent to compete with the Pioneer
product The three engines arrived in
Gaffney in due time and were put out
on different parts Of the county roads.
All three Of them did very fair work
and one engine was especially pleasing
to the officials but it was decided that
just at this time, the idea Of purchas-
ing the machinery for the county was
not feasible, owing to the fact that
the county owns so many mules and 80
much road working machinery. The
companies were notified Of the deci-
sion and the International company
thereupon rose up in their might and
stated they proposed seeing to 1t that
the county did take and pay for the
machine They claimed that an agree
ment had been entered into and that
the machine was here, that they had
fulfilled their part Of the agreement
and that Cherokee county must come
across. When told that there was
nothing doing" the company served
notice that suit would be entered at
once. In all probability action will be
brought against the county or county
commissioners and an effort will be
made to force Cherokee to take and
pay for the engine. However, the suit
can amount to nothing.