Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-07-30
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer
LETTER FROM CHESTER.

overflow report that favorable weather
has wonderfully brought out their corn
Two large farmers, whose bottom corn was
entirely overfoWed, and which appeared at
the time to be almost ruined, state that the
injury is not so great as was feared, and that
these farmers thinks that the fall-off in
the yield will not exceed one-fourth; the
other places it at one-third. With contin-
ued favorable weather crops in this county
will be splendid. Present indications are
all that could be desired.
Mr.. w. II. Massey, of the neighborhood
of Fort Lawn, died few days ago. He
was ill about two weeks of typhoid fever.
At the time of his death he was employed
at the store of Mr.. Irwin White.
The residence of Mr.. IT. IT. Gwin, of York
county, near the Chester line, was consumed
by fire on last Wednesday night. The fur
niture and the kitchen were also destroyed.
The fire had made such headWay before
discovery that Mr.; and Mrs: Gwin barely
escaped with their lives. 1t is supposed to
have been caused by the igniting of a match
by rat. The property destroyed was not
covered by insurance.
Mr.. J. II. Buchanan, Secretary of the
Chester Division Sixth Regiment Survivors,
received letter last week from the super
intendent of the Seven Pines National Gem
etery, announcing his purpose to do all in
his power to contribute to the pleasure OF
the Sixth Regiment Survivors in their visit
to the battlefield of Seven Pines. His as
sistance will be of great advantage to the
Survivors in recalling the principal points
of this historic battlefield.
The young folks had an enjoyable time
at the skating rink on last Thursday even
ing. The costumes worn on the occasion
we're very pretty. The following charac-
ters were REPRESENTED by the following young
ladies: Lady of the Period, Miss Gertrude
Curtis; Flower of the Morning, Miss Iva
Curtis; Daughter of the Regiment, Miss
Jessie Bond; Two Orphans, Miss Minnie
Hunter and Miss Emma Nail; Goddess OF
Night, Miss Eloise Coward; Water Nymph,
Miss Nellie Douglass; Folly, Miss Carrie
Walsh and Miss Adeline Wachtel. The fol-
lowing characters were represented by the
following young gentlemen: Light Foot,
NJ. T. Hunter; Turk, James Stricken China
man, H. J. McNinch Texas Cow Boy; L.
H. MUIR; Organ Grinder, R. l.. Simmons
Tramp, Eddie Curtis; Clown, Wheeler
Meacham; Boy Dude, Herman Hunter
of costume and expertness in skating Miss
Iva Curtis, the Goddess of Morning, was
presented with wreath of flowers, and Mr..
NJ. r.. Hunter with a handsome scarf pin
resembling a skate. Mr. M. II. Hunter was
attired in the we'll known ''Light Foot
uniform representing baseball catcher.
Mr.. j. NJ. McNeel presented both prizes
gracefully and eloquently.
The excursion train that will carry the
Sixth Regiment Survivors to the Seven
Pines battlefield will leave Columbia on
Wednesday, August 3, at 1.3O p. NJ, Winns-
boro-3.02, Chester-4.15, Lewis Turnout
4.3O, Smith's-4.35, Rock Hill-4.52. Tick
cts will be good for seven days, though the
excursion train will leave Richmond on
Saturday on the return trip. Tickets must
be bought on or before August 1st. Trans
portation will not be furnished to those
who buy tickets after that time. The cost
of the round trip is 1915.
Miss Jane Young, formerly of Charleston,
died on Saturday last at her home in this
county. She was sister Of Mrs. John Nc
Afee.
An enthusiastic meeting was held at
Wilksburg on Saturday last in the interest
of the proposed North Carolina and George
town railroad. A resolution was adopted
favoring the issue of county bonds to the
amount of 100000 in aid of the road The
meeting was addressed by Major Julius
Mills and Col. f. II. Atkinson. 1t was the
sense Of the meeting that the railroad should
run by Wilksburg, Chester, Rossville, Cam
den and on to Sumter. A grand rally of
the friends of the road will be held at Bull
locks Creek on August 10Th.
The summer meeting of the Agricultural,
Mechanical and horticultural Association
of Chester, York, Lancaster and Fairfield
will be postponed a week on account of the
excursion of the Sixth Regiment Survivors
to Virginia. NJ.