Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-05-21

after noon yesterday at her home,
two and one-half miles southwest OF
Pleasant Ridge, this county. Death
was due to progressive paralysis. She
was 72 years old. Funeral services
were held today at noon at Pisgah
A. r. P. church, the services being
conducted by her pastor, Rev. ]. c.
Deitz, pastor Of the Gastonia Lutheran
church, assisted by Rev. F. w. Cook,
pastor of the West End Methodist
church. Interment was In the Pisgah
cemetery. Yesterday morning at
IL o'clock what might have proved
fatal tragedy was narrowly averted
when southbound train No. 81 struck
the auto of Mayor A. E. Cline and al
most demolished 1t, hurting Mr.. and
Mrs. Cline a distance Of several feet.
They were both right badly bruised
and shaken up, but no serious injuries
were suffered. The accident occurred
at the old tin mine crossing. Mrs.
]. r. Henderson Of the Union section,
was quite painfully and perhaps Sc
riously injured Saturday morning as
she and her daughter, Miss Pearl
Henderson, were driving into Gastonia
when the horse became frightened
and overturned the buggy, throwing
Mrs. Henderson to the ground. One
Of the buggy shafts becoming loosen
ed, fell to the ground, striking the
horses heels causing the animal to
become frightened and unmanage-
able. In some way the buggy was
overturned, falling on Mrs. Hender-
son. 80. Sheriff w. N. Davis went to
Rock Hill, s. c., Saturday, for the
purpose of bringing back man who
was held there on the belief that he
was a man wanted here for the COM
mission Of a crime. However, It turn
ed out that, while he filled the de-
scription partially Of the man wanted,
he was not the man and so the sheriff
returned empty handed. During
severe electric storm about noon Sat-
urday, Sloan Rutledge, the seven
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Clay
Rutledge, who lived on the States
Vile road five miles from Charlotte,
was struck and instantly killed by
bolt of lightning. The little fellow
ran into the yard as the storm ap-
preached to care for some young
chickens, when sudden bolt which
struck among the trees and wires In
the yard apparently caused his instant
death. At about the same time Annie
Wilson, 13-year-old daughter Of G.
w. Wilson, a farmer living four miles
from Newton, was killed in the same
way by a stroke which set fire to her
fathers barn. Mr.. Dan Grayson OF
Bessemer City, was another victim OF
the storms fury, being killed while
at work on fence in his fathers
yard. {. With Judge Henry P. Lane
Of Charlotte, presiding, and Solicitor
G. w. Wilson representing the state,
there was convened yesterday at the
CASTOR county courthouse a one
weeks term Of court for the trial OF
criminal cases. There are many small
and relatively unimportant cases on
the docket. The trials which promise
to be most interesting are the two
murder cases, one in which two ne
groes, George Poston and Ernest
Lowry, are to be tried for the murder
Of the old negro Grant Davis, near
Bessemer City; the other in which the
negro Walter King, is arraigned for
the shooting to death Of Mr.. Will
Massey Of Mountain Island. Another
case which Is attracting much atten-
ton Is that Of Doctor" Leroy, who
has appealed In eleven cases from the
Judgment Of the recorders court. Pos
ton and Lowry will be tried tomorrow
and King Thursday Just when Le-
roy's cases will come up Is not known.
Lancaster News, May 18: A mar
riage Of much interest to the commu-
nifty was contaminated at Heath
Springs on Saturday night at o'clock,
,.when Mr.. James M. Robertson led TO
the hymeneal altar, Miss Louise Rol-
lings. The ceremony which united
the hearts and hands Of the happy
couple were spoken in the study OF
the Methodist parsonage by the Rev:
]. B. Weldon. Mr.. U. ]. Lowery
was taken to Rock Hill last week and
operated on for appendicitis by DR..
Fennell. DIR. D. M. Ramsey, presi-
dent Of the Greenville Woman's COL
lege, delivered to large congregation
at the First Baptist church last Sun.
day morning, an interesting ana
scholarly sermon. Yesterday morn
ing about o'clock, Mr.. A. F. Ham
mond. who lives midway between
Pleasant Hill and Heath Springs, shot
and instantly killed a negro employed
by the name Of Jim Gill. 1t appears
that Mr.. Hammond and Gill had had
some trouble and Gill came into Mr..
Hammond's yard and renewed the
trouble, throwing rock at Mr.. Ham
mond, who, in defense Of himself,
fired the fatal shot with a pistol.
Magistrate H. w. Mobley held the
inquest yesterday. There were no
eyewitnesses to the difficulty. Mr..
Hammond was one Of the witnesses at
the inquest He stated that he fired
the shot in self-defense. Miss Alma
Hilery and Mr.. Thomas Langley were
married Sunday evening at the mill
village by Rev. s. R. Brock. ......
Frederick Sidney, the little two-year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Cross,
passed away Saturday night at the
home Of his parents in West End, az
ter an illness Of just one week. The
little one was a bright, attractive
child, who will be sadly missed In the
home.