Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-12-14
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Miss Susie Hill is sick with the
measles.
Mr.. w. T. Barron is in bed, threat.
ened with fever.
G. w. S. Hart, Esq, returned home
last Thursday. His father, DR.. Hart,
died on the previous Sunday.
Mrs. w. NJ. Allison left last Monday
for Atlanta, where she will visit rela.
tives and friends.
Miss Jim Mccormick, of Paint Lick,
KY, is in Yorkville on a visit to Miss
Amelia Kennedy.
Mr.. R. H. Cloaninger got his right
hand badly lacerated while working
at Morrow's gin last Friday afternoon.
Mr.. Quinn Wallace went to Lancas.
ter on Monday to assist in the putting
in of the telephone exchange at that
place.
Miss Eula Dobson has gone 10 Low
rysville to assist her brother in the
conduct of the high school at that
place.
Miss Lessie D. Witherspoon is visit
ing relatives and friends in Sheffield,
Ala, the guest of her brother, DR..
William I. Wilherspoon.
THE ENQUIRER is glad to know that
Rev. J. H.. Thacker has been returned
to York county. He has done good
work on the Hickory Grove circuit,
and he will continue it on the Rock
Hill circuit.
Greenville News, Saturday: Yes
terday afternoon Miss Davidson, the
returned missionary from China, talked
to the children in the lecture room of
the First Presbyterian church, which
was filled with children and ladies who
listened with intense interest to her
account of the Chinese in their homes.
She had a table full of curios which
she used to illustrate many of their
customs and modes of worship Miss
Davidson is a very attractive speaker
ut all times, and she is never more
charming than when talking to chill
dren. She leaves this afternoon for
Piedmont, where she is to talk to the
ladies and children on Sunday.
The members of Trinity Methodist
Episcopal church have been laboring
under considerable apprehension dur
ing the past week lest the bishop should
decide to put their pastor-Rev. A. N.
Brunson-in charge Of some larger
congregation. There is pretty gen.
eral feeling, not only among the MEM
bers of the congregation, but among
the people generally, that Mr.. Brunson
would do credit to almost any appoint
ment, and this was the principal reason
for the existing apprehension. But
now that Mr.. Brunson has been sent
back, all those interested feel relieved.
Greenville News, December Z: The
Rev. DR.. R. G. Patrick, president of the
Judson Female college, at Marion, Ala,
was here yesterday. He is d former
Greenvillian and has many friends in
terested in his welfare throughout the
up country. He was at one time a
student in the Patrick Military insti-
tute here under his father, Captain
J. B. Patrick, the founder Of that insti-
tuition. Doctor Patrick's first charge
was at Yorkville, where he served from
1888 to 1892, during which a church
was built there for him. From York
vile he went to Maysvllle, KY, town
of about 10000, where he served until
he went 10 Marion, Ala, to become
pastor of the Saloam Baptist church.
After being pastor of that church a
year, he was elected to the presidency
of Judson, one of the largest and
wealthiest Baptist female institutions
in the country. His school now has
$50 pupils, 125 of whom are boarders,
nine states. There are
"a members of the faculty, five of
" hOm are music teachers. Recently
% high grade pianos have been added
to the music department aud SIG, 900
has just been expended on improve
mentS. The institution is over a quar-
t, of a century old and was named in
honor Of Ann Hasselline Judson, the
" ife of the first American Baptist for
eign missionary. Doctor Patrick left
Greeuville yesterday at noon to accom-