Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-19
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CHESTER-The Lantern, July IA !:
The owners of the Springstein mill
have arranged to make extensive ad-
ditions. The main building will be
extended 125 feet, the full height of
two stories. The machinery will be
rearranged and 40 new looms added.
Six thousand FIVE hundred spindles
will be put in and run night and day,
to furnish yarn for the looms. The
dye house will also be enlarged, and a
large warehouse will be built. Thirty
five or forty new houses for operatives
will be built. We are glad that it is
the purpose of the management to pre-
serve the beautiful grove on their
grounds, without cutting tree that
can be saved. Some additional land
has been purchased from Mr.. M. A.
Carpenter, and also a portion of the
Buchanan lot extending out to Gads-
den street. ........"Miss Bessie Lowry,
of Lowrysville, returned Wednesday
from a visit to Due West and Union.
''.'''".People all should take notice
that the reunion barbecue will be on
Thursday, the 9th. ......'.'Mrs. W..
Brown Wylie and Misses Kennedy
and Mary Joe Witherspoon, of York
vile, were in the city yesterday on
their way to Harris Lithia Springs to
attend the state teachers institute.
......"..Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Mead, OF
Rison, Ark, arrived here Tuesday
evening, and spent that night at MIR.
Matthew Whites. They have many
relatives in this county. MIR. Mead
is related to the McKeowns, and
Mrs. Mead is a daughter of the
late Abraham White. The former has
not been here before since he moved
away, 40 years ago. '.'''''"A solid train
load of Charleston people will arrive
here Tuesday evening, July 25th, at
about o'clock. 1t would be well for
the executive committee to note this
and have the Gold Hill band here in
time to furnish music ON the arrival of
that train. 1t is said they will come
Tuesday night on the southbound
Southern passenger. Why not have
them to come down Tuesday morning
and give US some music the night be-
fore the reunion opens ?''''''''Super'
intendent Hand reports good insti-
tute in Yorkville. There were some
irregulars, but most of the teachers
got right down to hard work and stuck
the time out. ......."Mr. and Mrs. A. G.
Brice, Miss Sarah Miller, and Miss
Lois Dale went to Blowing Rock this
morning to stay week.
CHEROKEE-The GaHney Ledger,
July IA: Mr.. John D. Jetferies, OF
Asbury, was in the city yesterday on
business. Mr.. Jefferies has not as yet
obtained any clue to the tiends who
set fire to and destroyed his barn some
time ago, and for which there is re-
ward of 5000. ....'...'.Jonas Harris, an
aged and respected citizen of this
county, died at his home near Cow
pens, Wednesday morning, after pro-
tracted illness. Deceased was men,
ber of the Cowpens Baptist church
and a. most substantial citizen. He
was a brother of Mr.. Alfred Harris.
The funeral took place yesterday. ''''''
Manager Pridmore, of the Gafney
baseball team, is endeavoring to make
arrangements to take the boys on a
tour. Having materially strengthen
ed the team he will try to make ar
rangements to play Mountain Island,
the crack team Of North Carolina, du
ring the trip. ......."'.Mr. James G. Clary,
resident of the Macedonia neighbor-
hood, this county, died at his home last
Monday after an illness of about a
week. Death was due to stroke OF
paralysis which the deceased received
about two weeks ago.
LANCASTER Ledger, July Is
Prof. l.. II. Baker, superintendent OF
Lancaster Graded school, passed
through Lancaster Thursday en- route
to Camden, where he will open the
summer school for the teachers OF
Kershaw county. He has been at
tending the school at Winthrop the
past month. .....'..'The contract for the
erection of the new Baptist church at
this place has been awarded to Con.
tractor w. G.. Adams, of Rock Hill.
The contract was signed up yesterday
and the work will begin at once. The
new church will occupy the site of the
present building, on the corner OF
White and Arch streets. 1t will be
4Ox76 feet, modern in design, with
sloping floor, slate roof, large loaded
glass windows, three entrances, heater,
etc. The interior will be beautiful in
design, natural woods, with hard oil
finish. ......"Mr. John A. Caldwell died
at his home at this place last Tuesday
night, after an illness of several weeks
of typhoid fever. ........"Coroner Young
held an inquest Thursday morning
over the body of James Vaughan, COL
ored, who lived on Mr.. R. l.. Hicklin's
plantation. 1t seems that Vaughan
and his wife had quarrel Sunday and
she announced her intention of leaving
him. Vaughan, it seems, decided to
kill himself and took Paris green. DR..
B. ]. Witherspoon was summoned and
attended him until he died Wednesday
afternoon. Vaughan during his sick
ness never admitted that he took the
Paris green, but said there might have
been some in his smoking tobacco.
The inquest developed that he had
bought Paris green to put on potato
tops to kill the bugs and his vomit
showed that he had taken a good size
quantity of it. The jury found that
he died from poisoning by taking