Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-24
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CHESTER-The Lantern, June 20
Mr. r. B. Mills, of Blackslock, left yes
terday morning for California, where
he expects to remain for the present at
least. His two sons have been there
for sometime. The remainder of bis
family will probably 60 later on. '''''''
A trestle was reported burned on the
l.. & C. last Friday, but it was small
matter and soon repaired. A tie IN
another trestle caught fire the same
evening, but was put out without dam
age. .........The session of the Lowry
Vile school which closed Friday was d
very successful one, judging from the
opinions of patrons, as expressed dur
ing the year, and other information
that is reliable. The success that we
speak of now is not so much numerl-
cal and financial, as educational. 1t
is our impression that excellent work
has been done. We are glad to know
that Mr.. Dobson is expected to con-
tinue in charge of the school next
year. Miss Witherspoon, his assistant,
has been elected to position in the
Yorkville public school. ''''''The York
vile and Chester teams played here
Friday afternoon. The Chester boys
had it pretty much their own way
through eight innings, when their
pitcher gave down and they had no
substitute that they could put in.
During the ninth inning they were
helpless, and the Yorkville boys had
nothing to do but knock their balls
out of sight and trot around bases,
which they did % times in that one
inning. They had made only nine in
all the other innings, while the Chester
team made about twice that number.
......South Carolina has been divided
into seven census districts, for conven-
ience in taking the census of 1900.
By agreement of our senators and rep
resentatives, the appointments in two
of these districts will be given to the
Republicans, and in the other five to
the Democrats. Mr.. T. ]. Cunning
ham has been appointed supervisor OF
the Fifth census district, which, by
the way, does not coincide with the
Fifth congressional district, but is
composed of the counties of Union,
York, Chester, Fairfield, Kershaw,
Lancaster and Chesterfield.
CHEROKEE-The Gaffney Ledger,
July 20: Mrs. John w. Ross, one of
the oldest and most highly respected
women in Cherokee county, died at
her home on Cherokee creek, about
three miles north of GaffDey, on Satur-
day, the 18th inst, at 9 o'clock in the
evening, in her 10th year. Mrs.
Ross was horn and raised on the York
side of Broad river, and was the
daughter of the late Jacob B. Moore,
who was widely and we'll known in
this section in his day, and is now
we'll remembered by our older citizens.
She was married in her young woman
hood to the late Captain John W..
Ross, so we'll and favorably known to
US all and who preceded her to the
grave less than two years ago. She
was the mother of II children, all of
whom lived to be grown except one,
who died in early childhood. Her
oldest son, William Ross, was killed in
the front ranks of the Confederate
army while nobly doing his duty in
the Seven Days Fight Around Rich.
mond in 1862. Her life was devoted
to her God, her domestic duties and
the tender care of her devoted children,
who she always treated, even in her
last years and their grown up days, as
children needing her care and atten-
tion and her fond children all humor-
ed her in the whims of old age and
treated her with the tenderness Of
childhood which she had so faithfully
administered to them in their infancy.
The surviving children of Mrs. Ross
are Captain J. B. Ross, ex.sheriff of
Cherokee county; John W. Ross, Jr.,
NJ. L. Ross, of Shelby, N. c.; L. R.
Ross, w. H. Ross, Mrs. Carrie Hol-
comb, Mrs. jamie Gaffney and Mrs.
Mary Hamilton, all of whom are
worthy citizens of hopored parents
of whom any county may be justly
proud. ..".."''L Friday night about
o'clock the burglars commenced
work in Gaffney by breaking out a
large glass in one of Walter Bakers
store windows on Limestone street.
Rowland Gaines, who was sleeping in
the store, was awakened by the noise,
and getting his pistol, went from his
bed room 10 the store room and found
Negro crouched behind the counter
striking matches, by which he was
taking in his bearings. AS soon as
the Negro uncovered himself enough,
Rowland fired on him, but missed his
aim. The Negro made for the opening
he had made in the window and was
shot at again by Rowland, which also
went wide of the mark and the Negro
made good his escape. The same
night someone broke into the postcffice,
also on Limestone street and just op-
posite to Walter Bakers store. The
entrance to the postoffice through the
money order window and from the
fact that the Office clock, which runs
we'll, was stopped at 20 minutes before
I il &c thonoht thof the same mart q