Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-12-21

Smalley Grand Junction, Tenn; San
Youngblood, Yokvilie No. 6; Mrs. Jno
e. Dickson, Yorkville No. l, and ]. w
Goforth, Yorkville No. 4. Mrs. Nc
Farland was for many years a mem
Der Of the First Presbyterian church
Of Yorkville, and was held in high es'
TEEN by numerous friends and ac'
quaintances.
Chester County Man Kills Self.
Chester Reporter Dec. 20: Mr.. w
L. Fennell, q native Of this county anc
son Of Mrs. Fannie Fennell Of Eas
Lacy street, committed suicide yes
terday morning at his home in Char.
lotte as the result Of bad health
Today's Charlotte Observer has thi:
about the sad occurrences: In a fit ol
melancholia brought on by his en-
feebled condition, resulting from pei
lagra with which he had suffered fol
more than a year, Mr.. w. l. Fennell
80 years old, committed suicide yes
to-day morning at his home near the
10 beth mill by shooting himself
ElizaySh the brain with a rifle. Mrs
Fennefk was in another room at the
time, getting breakfast and she rush
ed into the bedroom as soon as she
heard the report. Her husband was
lying in bed, with the smoking 22-
calibre magazine rife on the fiool
where II had fallen Immediately aftel
the shot Mr.. Fennell had gotten the
rifle, placed the muzzle above his
right ear and then pulled the trigger
with his thumb. His death followed
within few moments.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick Wins.
The North Carolina supreme court
has reversed the court below In the
case Of ]. w. Kirkpatrick and Kate
Kirkpatric against the Piedmont and
Northern Traction company. The com
plant in the case ives because or al
legged damage to residence property
Of the plaintiffs in Gastonia, because
Of the raising Of the bed OF the rail-
road on the street The suit was fol
$4,000. The traction company secured
a non-suit on the ground that as a
street railway it also had q right to
the street. The supreme court holds
that the character Of the road Is to
be determined by the character Of the
business it does and as the Piedmont
and Northern road hauls freight II
should properly be classed as steam
railroad. The court also holds that
the question as to whether the fee Of
street is in the town or the abuttine
property owner Is not material, rol
the abutting property owner has such
proprietary interest as will enable him
to prevent the wrongful use OF the
street. The effect Of the court de-
cision Is to give the plaintiffs and all
who may have been similarly damaged
the right to have a jury assess those
damages.
Drowned in Broad River.
Gaffney Ledger, Dec. 21: While his
friends were gone to get some matches
and kindling with which to build a
fire to dry his clothes after he had fall
len in Broad river, about mile above
the Ninety-Six Island dam, John
Squirting, a fiat tender, again rolled
into the water and was drowned Sat-
urday night about o'clock. The body
was recovered Sunday afternoon about
o'clock by searching parties. At an
inquest held Sunday night by Coroner
E. R Parker, witnesses swore that
Squirting was drunk when he rolled
into the river. Marion Owens, accord
ing to his own testimony at the cor
oner's inquest, was at the home OF
Drayton Harris Saturday night when
Squirting came in and asked the way
to Jet Davis's. Owens and Rufe Har-
ris went out to direct him and at the
read they found Marmion Moss, who
said he wished to cross the river.
Owens volunteered to take them, but
by the time they reached the river
Squirting was so drunk that he was not
in a condition to continue the trip
When Owens and Harris returned
from taking Moss across they found
that Squirting had fallen into the
river, but had managed to climb out.
At the point where they were, the
ground slopes down to the river al
such a steep grade that 1t Is almost
impossible for a man to keep his foot
ing, and after making several inef-
fective efforts to get Squirting up the
hill Owens and Harris decided to get
some matches and kindling wood to
make a fire as 1t was apparent that he
was getting cold. They placed the
drunk man in what they thought to be
a safe position by pine sapling
stump and left; when they returned
a short time later he had disappeared
leaving one shoe, his hat and lantern.
Owens and Harris Immediately began
a search that proved unsuccessful
Sunday a number Of men dragged the
river about the spot where Squirting
disappeared, and Sunday afternoon
Marion Owens found the body. He was
assisted in removing it from the water
by Ed Upchurch.
Hockey at Winthrop.
An unusual precedent was set at
Winthrop last Saturday AFTERNOON
when the freshmen hockey team de-
feated the seniors, and thus won the
championship Of the college. Hockey
was only introduced at winthrop
during the present term, and because
of that fact all the classes were on
an equal footing, the principal advant-
age Of the higher classes being longer
training in athletics. The freshmen
team first defeated the specials" and
then the sophomores. The seniors had
already defeated the juniors, and
if the juniors had been able to de-
feat the freshmen, there would have
been no occasion for contest be-
tween the freshmen and seniors. HOW
ever, the freshmen had little dlfhcuity
in defeating the juniors and tha'
brought the matter down to an issue
between the freshmen and seniors
The game took place last Saturday
afternoon with the entire student body
drawn up in championship Of the re-
spective classes the seniors and sopho-
mores for the senior team and the
Freshmen and juniors backing the
freshmen. There was lot OF banter
defy and challenge on both sides pre-
liminary to the opening Of the game
and the opposing lines Of hackers
handed class yells at each other with
vigor and spirit. Each good play by
either side brought forth enthusiastic
yells Of encouragement that would
have done credit to the rooters at q
National league game and when the
freshmen went back to their rest lines
at the end Of the first half with the
score standing to against them
they seemed to be pretty well dis
couraged If not defeated. But in the
second half the freshmen scored ter
to nothing for the seniors, the fresh
men lines went into transports Of en-
thusiasm that found expression II
hugging and kissing, yelling ano
blowing their horns. Some Of the semi
ors seemed to be sufficiently crestfai'
len for tears; but they took their de-
feat along with the kidding of the
freshmen in becoming manner
There were but a few spectators out
side of the faculty and student body
Hockey is very similar to the old time
ropoa of cbipnv hut NOT mite 81