Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-04-16
LANCASTER-Review, April 13 i,

evergreens and flowers for the occasion.
Presiding Elder Campbell preached
both at the morning and night servi-
ces. ..'.'.At the quarterly conference of
the Lancaster Methodist church, held
Sunday night, Major j. M. Riddle and
Colonel R. E. Allison were elected
delegates TO the district conference to
be held in Fort Mill. Major B. F.
Miller and DR.. G.. w. Poovey were
chosen alternates. Mrs. Edwards,
widow Of the late w. L. Edwards,
now living in Fort Lawn, met with a
serious accident last Sunday afternoon.
Her leg, which was broken some years
ago, while living in Lancaster, was
broken again in the same place by the
upsetting of her rolling chair in which
she was being conveyed to neigh
boris. Her sister, Mrs. NJ. ]. Hough,
was summoned to her bedside Monday.
.'...M Minor Billings and Sam Reid, two
colored boys, had difficulty on the
streets Saturday night. The formers
weapon was an axe, and Sam, in con-
sequence, is now in precarious con-
dition. Mr.. Hall Witherspoon, one
of our fellow townsman, DR.. ]. H.
Witherspoon's sons, residing in Cripple
Creek, Colorado, was painfully hurt in
the Caledonia mine few days ago.
He was down in the mine when some
rock above his head became loosened
and fell. He heard the rock when it
became detached from the wall and
looked up just in time to receive the
full force of the blow in the face. He
sustained a compound fracture of the
nose, a part of one ear was cut away,
and his face and head badly cut and
bruised. Ten stitches were required
to sew up the cuts in his scalp. His
wounds, though painful, are not re-
garded by his attending physician as
dangerous. ......'".Mr. Henry Mahaffey
and Miss Josie Helms, daughter of
Mr.. Lemuel Helms, were married Sun
day on Factory Hill by Magistrate
Burns.
CHEROKEE Gafney City Ledger,
April IA: Treasurer Jones has issued
executions against delinquent taxpay-
ers and placed them in the hands of
the sheriff. .''..'.'Broad River Baptist
Association Sunday-school convention
will meet at Goucher church on Fri
day before the third Sunday in May.
.........A series of meetings at which
Rev. DR.. L. r. Gwaltney will assist
the pastor, will commence at the First
Baptist church next Sunday. .''''''"Col.
A. Tanner died in Spartanburg on
Monday. ......... Jake Carpenter Camp
U. G. ", is making arrangements to
attend the reunion at Charleston. '''''
Miss Mary Lynn, who has many
friends here where she once lived, ar
rived in the city this week from the
southern part of Texas, where she has
heen teaching school for four years.
Miss Lynn is spending sometime with
her relatives J. D. Goudelock and
and Mrs. Rufus Littlejohn, after which
she will 60 to her home on Fishing
Creek, in Chester county. .'''''''"R. c.
Thompson returned to the city Friday
from his Broad river farms in York
and Chester counties. .'..'..'H. q. Hicks,
one of the all round good fellows from
the battle-ground, was among his many
friends in the city Thursday. 1.-The
Ohio River and Charleston Railway
people have secured Goat Island, III
Bread river, at Cherokee Ford, and
have gone to work to improve and
beautity it for park. The COM
pany will spend large sum of money
on it at once and make it one of the
and most pleasant places
for picnic and pleasure parties in the
state. The scenery is already unique.
...."Attorneys J. B. Bell and T. B.
Butler attended the United States
court at Greenville last week. '''''''''
Mr.. Clough Inman and family, of Sun
nyside, were in the city Thursday at
ending the marriage of Mrs. 1nman's
sister, Miss Nettie Kendrick and Mr..
r. E. Lemaster. MIR. A. Coy Lot
spei,ch, a son of Mr.. A. w. Lotspeitch,
of this city, was accidentally shot and
killed at his home near Hartman,
Tenn, last Monday. Mr.. Lotspeitch
was a promising young man Of II
years of age and graduate of one of
the hest colleges in Tennessee. He
was bright, useful and intelligent, and
his death is deeply regretted by all
who knew him, especially by his aged
father and mother who reside here.
They have the heartfelt sympathy of
The Ledger and the entire community.
We were unable to obtain any particu-
lars further than that he was killed
accidentally.
CLEVELAND Shelby Star, April
IA: A rabid dog was killed last week
in the Stice neighborhood. ''''''"'D. J.
Keeter, Esq, has his brick store at
Grover about completed. REV. R. NJ.
Hoyle preached an Easter sermon last
at Glover Hill church. ''''''
Memorial day will he observed at Pat
terson Springs on May 10th. The
will be published as soon
as it is completed. REV. T. Dixon
is associational delegate and Rev. A.
C.. Irwin alternate to the Southern
Baptist convention, which meets in
Norfolk in May. .'.'''''.'P. c. Kerr and
Percy Hicks, of Rutherfordton, have
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