Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-02

Humbert, a most jxcellent lady, is
valuable assistant I'd her husband in his
work, and is secretary OF the Woman's
Missionary society d the South Carolina
conference.
An Old Landmark D'stroyed.
The residence of Mr.. George C. Leech,
near Hickory Grove, was burned last
! Monday afternoon. ogether with most Of
the furniture and household goods it con-
ltained. The fire Is supposed to have
originated from firetcracken. Mr.. Leecn
was not at home at the Time, ana as ohiy
q limited amount of heip coulo oe secureu'
Tint little yyas 90 vad rom the flames. The
loss is something life %WV' ana tne III
surance, which is i1 tne Farmers Mut''ai
Companv. ia le.s tbRn 81, 900. The house
was formerly ownfo oy the ia1e W.
Berrv lint had s;pee been remodeled by
Mr.. Leech.
Death Of MIR. Arthur Young.
Mr.. Arthur Yor1g OF Fort MILL uleu
ar b;s home in tkat place on the I'D
nltino aped "a vesfs. Mr.. Young was
quiet, unobtrusiveP young nia'i VI ,h"uo.
character and y consistent member OF
L
the Ront;st cbnrcb.l He leaves a widow
and t,vo cb;ldren and also father and
mother and several brothers and sisters
tn mourn his loss. For nearly year
nast he representei The ENQUIRER at
Fort Mill "a CORRESPONDENT, and although
tbere yvas no persoAal acquaintance with
him at this office, he was always found
to ba Intelligent. correct and reliable in all
his statements.
Telephone Played Good Part.
In getting the best OF the walker nre
on Christmas day, the telephone system
proved valuable adjunct to the water
plant. Mr.. Walkers residence is up on
Kings Mountain street, about three
quarters of q mie from the center Of
town and the nearest hose reel. Imme-
diately upon the discovery Of the fire,
the news was taken to the residence OF
Mr.. s. NJ. Grist, on the adjoining lol,
and from there telephoned to the central
office. Mr.. Tom Thomasson gave the
alarm, and stationed men at the reel
houses to tell the ti.emen where to 60.
The whole thing was managed without
the slightest hitch of delay or confusion.
Found Dead on the Floor.
Miss Esther Black, aged n years, died
suddenly at her home in Bullock's Creek
township on December 10. She had been
living alone for many years, and although
for sometime she had been suffering from
malaria, it was not thought that her con-
dition was at all serious. The children OF
Mr.. R. B. Black, who had been sent overto
see how she was getting along, found her
lying on the floor bf her house dead. Her
body was still warm, and 1t was evil
dent that death bad taken place only
short time before. She had for many
years been consistent member of Shi-
lob Baptist church, and enjoyed the
> highest esteem or large circle of ac-
quaintances.
Died Suddenly.
Mr.. James R. Parish died rather sud-
denly at his home in Yorkville on last
Sunday morning at about daylight. He
b had been complaining of severe cold
in the chest far several days; but had no
: fear that his condition was serious. He
: was on the SHEETS on Saturday, appar-
emily in his Ihsual health but shortly
: after returning IN his home in the after
noon, became seriously i'll and speechless.
Two physicia4bs were with him during
t he night, and he received every possible
attention bst 16out avail. Mr. Parish
9 was about 4S y@rs of age and was we'll
known throughput the county. His fun
eral took place from the Baptist church
on Monday. Tie services were conduct
> ed by Rev. d. Il Freeman, Jr., and at
tended by lage number OF citizens.
r The deceased le1ves a widow and three
chill dren. Twabf the children are mar
ried.
+ They Are For Cftwright.
Upon the rpttIn Of the colored firemen
from ]. O. WLker's fire. on Christmas
!, day, Chief Can4 right went down to the
hook and laiId house and gave the
: boys neat litI talk, in which he COM
plimented the for their efficient work
during the day| and gently chided them
for leaving tn hose reel, etc., out on the
occasion of a former fire. The neglect
! of duty referred to was frankly admitted
by the fireinens; Int the dereliction was
satisfactorily explained with the state
ment that the rel having been left for
time by the instruction of the chief, the
captain Of that particular company was
out of -:owtl next day, and there was no.
hody left with particular responsibility
to look after tie matter. Before the
meeting broke up, W.. T. Mcknight,
colored, m3ds al short talk in which he
said that ali dheugl the colored people had
been denied The fright of participation in
municipal iel.cti hns, he hoped that the
next town c.un.il would defer to the
wishes of 4he cobred people to the extent
of re-electtng Dt. Cartwright chief of the
department.. Tie suggestion was put in
the form @f resolution expressing the
sense of tile col,red firemen and unani-
mously adopted