Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-05-31
LOCAL LACONICS.

Next Court.
Court convenes in Yorkville this
wear on the third Monday in July.
Memorial Day at Ebenezer.
Memorial day is to be celebrated at
Ebenezer cemetery today with appro-
pirate ceremonies.
Until January 1st, 1900.
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Hampton's House.
Notwithstanding General Hampton's
protest, some quiet work is being done
in Yorkville by gentlemen who desire
to give the people an opportunity to
show their appreciation of the old pa
triot and what he has done for the
state. Only small contributions are
desired but it is hoped that there will
be lots of them.
Play Ball!
The young men of Yorkville pro-
pose to have some baseball this sum-
mer. At meeting on Monday night,
the organization of a club was perfect
ed with Mr.. G. w. Williams as tenn
porary manager, and DR.. J. D. Nc
Dowell as captain. The uniform OF
the club will be gray, with black trim
ming and lettering.
Horse Killed Itself.
A good horse, the property OF Mr..
Ladd Lumpkin, of Newport, killed
itself in Mr.. J. H. Riddles hitching
lot in Yorkville last Friday at about
noon. Just how the accident occurred
is not certainly known. Nobody saw
it. The horse, however, was hitched
by halter to hitching pole, and it is
thought that it either broke its neck
in trying to jerk loose, or that in fall
ing it struck the back of its head
against a stone. When discovered, it
was dying.
The Matter of Pensions.
The pension rclls for the year 1899
have been practically completed, with
a decided increase as compared with
last wear. There are on the list 1904
names. Last year there were only
6,694. The new apportionment will
be practically the same as last year.
Glass A will receive $72 each class B,
$3.50 each, and classes G, $3.50 each.
The York county list last year inclu-
ded 29O names. This year the list
has increased to 307 names. The
checks for the payment of pensions
have not yet arrived in Yorkville; but
they will probably be here within a
week or such a matter.
The S. C. s G. Extension.
There is a good deal Of interest as
to the probable future of the South
Carolina and Georgia Extension, and
all kinds of people, including many
who know nothing of the subject, are
doing more or less talk. The present
owners have managed the property
pretty well in the past, and there
seems to be no reason TO believe that
they are not competent to manage 1t
in the future. A prominent railroad
man, who is entirely disinterested,
however, said to the reporter few
days ago that the South Carolina and
Georgia Extension would be of more
use to the Atlantic Coast Line than TO
any other railroad system in this state.
The reporter had not heard the sug.
gestion before.
Death OF Colonel F. Gardner.
A dispatch received in 4orkville,
last Saturday afternoon, announced
the sudden death, few minutes before,
of Colonel Fleming Gardner, who was
well.known here. Colonel Gardner
was S3 years of age, and died while
still engaged in active work as chief
engineer for the Atlantic Coast Line.
He was experimenting the survey and
construction of branch road by way
of Denmark. He served in the Mexi-
can war, and afterward in the Civil
war on the staff of General Jubal A.
Early. He first came to this section
in the early seventies to survey the
Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge
railroad, most of which work he su-
pervised. His homes, when not at
work, which, by the way, was only a
small part of his time, were at Will
mington, N. c., and at Yorkville,
where he was the guest of Mrs. Lula
Gardner, the widow of his favorite
nephew, the late j. r. Gardner. Col
onel Gardner stood high in his profes'
sion as an engineer, and from any
point of view was thoroughgoing
Christian gentleman.
The Hutchison Bankruptcy Case.
Columbia State, Tuesday: Iester
day party of Rock Hill lawyers and
business men passed through the city
on the way to Charleston to take tes
timony in the case of A. E. Hutchison
who has become bankrupt. In the
party were w. Blackburn Wilson, w
]. Roddey, Ira B. Dunlap. Major JAS
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