Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-11-06
BETHEL BREEZES.
The Reception ut Mr.. Ferguson's-Debate
on Friday-Other Notes.

FOREST HILL, November 4.-The re.
ception given Mr.. Turner Ferguson and
bride at the residence Of MIR. Perry Fer
guson on last Wednesday evening, was al
enjoyable affair. Quite number OF the
friends of the bride and groom were pres
ent, and after partaking Of a sumptuous
repast, they spent the evening in lively
way. Some enjoyed themselves in the
parlor conversing or listening to music
while others repaired to the large dining
room that had been cleared of its loaded
table, and converted into a ball room
where they performed Terpsichorear
evOlutions to the music furnished by
some young gentlemen who volunteered
to play, the musicians who were ex'
pected having failed to put in an appear
ance. AS we stood and looked On at the
merry dancers, we were carried back to the
time when we thought nothing could take
the place of the dance and, as Bret Harte
expresses it, we saw again, as it were
"Harrons' barn with its muster, of flags
festooned over the wall, and candles that
shed their soft luster and tallow DER head
dress and shawl, Of the steps that we took
to one fiddle, of the dress of my queer
vis-a-vis, and how once went down the
middle, with the man that shot Sandy
McGee." The bride and groom were OF
course the central figures, and we think
that their happy appearance put everybody
else in the room in the notion of getting
married, including two old bachelors,
one of whom is known as the Chief Of the
Point. The chief made no secret in de-
claring that all that kept him from COM
mitting matrimony right then was that he
didn't have the "boodle." One of the
groomsmen, it is said, was so carried
away with his fair partner that when Mr..
McAllister told the bride and groom to
join right hands, he took the lady's hand
he was with, and if she had not jerked ii
away there would have been two couples
instead of one joined in the holy bonds OF
wedlock. Among the ladies who were
at the infare were Mrs. J. q. McClain, Mrs.
Alva McClain, and Misses Mollie and
jamie Glenn. Miss Anna Neely and Misses
Lois and Mamie Suggs arrived in time
for the dance. There were quite num-
ber of gentlemen present, among them
Mr.. Ed. Culp, Of Pineville, whose whole
souled nature and lively manner make
him general favorite. Your correspon-
dent owes him grudge, however, which
he will try to repay on some similar occa-
sion, for joining in conspiracy that put
him in an awkward position for awhile
and that caused all around to smile audi
bly,.
Miss Ida Ferguson will return to Lenoir
college to-day.
The threatening weather kept some of
our best debaters at home Friday night,
and notwithstanding there was good
audience out, the debate was rather poor.
The president, Mr.. J. r. Cook, announced
that there would be a debate on Friday
evening at 7.3O o'clock, November p.
The subject is "Resolved that it pays to
use commercial fertilizers" Mr.. w. r..
J. Stanton and Mr.. Perry Ferguson were
selected to choose sides.
Mr.. J. NJ. Warren is rejoicing that he is
the father of boy that was born on Mon
day night last, and that he tipped the
scales at II pounds. Pretty good for Nun.
Miss Eula Setza is visiting at Mr.. ..R.
Cooks.
Mr.. John Timberlake, who worked in
Yorkville many years ago-he does not
recollect the year-but says it was the year
that Hutchison's factory was burned and
that a Negro belonging to Lawyer jack
son, was burnt up III it; is now living on
DIR. Campbells place. He is 10 years old,
but still does some work. He made this
year, by his own labor, 90 bushels of corn
and one-and-a-half bales Of cotton. He
is member of the Masonic lodge. DIR.
Campbell is very kind to him, supplies all
of his wants and treats him as well as if
he were a member Of his own family.
Mr.. Timberlake knew almost everybody
in Yorkville 80 years ago, and it is inter-
esting to hearhim talk of old times.
We had Alright good rain last Thursday {;
but not enough to make the ground soft
enough to plow, so wheatsowing will
have to bc deferred still longer.
There was no preaching III this vicinity
yesterday. The preachers ut Bethel, AL
iison Creek, the Chapel and Concord, all
being away.
There have been good many chest
nuts on Nannic's mountain this year but
they are almost all gone. The squirrels
got most Of them, as but few parties have
been up there hunting them this season.
The young married couple and few
friends went on the mountain Saturday
evening. They got a few chestnuts, but
say that the crop is about done.
The crops are about harvested and the
Of Forest Hill school who had to
stop to work are beginning to come back.