Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-18
Mistellaneous &eading.
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
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CHESTER-The Lantern, January
13: We congratulate our fellow citi-
zen, Mr.. John s. Withers. He has
walk over for reading clerk. Very few
men can be found in the state who
have voices with the staying qualities
of his. '.'...'..Mrs. Dillingham;, who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. r. l..
Horne, has returned to her home in
Rock Hill. Several days ago Mr..
S. A. Murphy had petition in circu-
lation for the appointment as magis-
trate at Chester. Mr.. G.. Williams,
the incumbent, also had petition in
his belalf. Both were numerously
signed. d.'''.'..'.Mr. J. E. Hagood came
up from Charleston and offered the
Chester mills for sale Wednesday, as
advertised. This was the second offer,
the upset price having been reduced
to $42, 800. There was no bid, and so
the property remains unsold. We un-
derstand that another order will be
applied for without delay, modifying
the terms. ..........The United States
senate has confirmed the appointment
of Mr.. ]. w. Dunnovant as postmaster
at Chester.
GASTON-Gastonia Gazette, Janu-
ary 12: Mr.. Ed Harrison and Miss
Mary Ford, of South Point township,
are married. The knot was tied al
Bethel by Notary Public F. E. Clinton
on the 5th instant. The groom laid
his plans without the knowledge OF
even his own home folks. He got his
girl Wednesday night and slipped oil
across the line to Mr.. Clinton's resi-
dence where they were pronounced
husband and wife. Then taking up
his bride behind him on his mule, he
returned home late in the night. Next
morning he slept rather late; but a.
was the family's custom when Ed was
out late at night, they just let him
sleep on. But after while he came
out of his room and to the amazement
of the entire family, they noticed that
there were two of him |! 1t 80 hap
pened, however, that Mr.. Harrison,
the father, had been out 'possum hunt
ing while his son was out wife-hunling,
and had had some luck, too. So they
all resolved themselves into bridal
party and celebrated the event with a
wedding break fast of 'possum. ''''''The
new mill at the Modena will be built.
The stock holders, at their meeting last
week, set the movement on foot, and
within a week from the day Secretary
Moore issued the notices, the entire
stock for the new $4,000 yarn mill,
and $4,000 over, had been subscribed
| by the present stockholders, scarcely
half of whom had been heard from at
1.-The time. There seems to be money u
plenty in the country when it comes
to building cotton mills. 1.-THE wed.
ding bells ring on and CASTOR and
Lincoln strengthen the ties which
already bind them together. Mr..
Robert L. Stowe, of Belmont, and Miss
Nellie Rhyme, of Lincolnton, were
united in marriage at $50 o'clock yes
| terday afternoon. Mr.. Robert, and
Miss Mamie Love, cousins of the bride,
attended from Gastonia. The cere'
mony was performed in the new Luth-
eran church by Rev. w. ]. Boyer, OF
Mt. Holly. Mr.. Stowe, the happy
groom, a member of the firm of Stowe
Brothers, at Belmont, is one of the
best, most enterprising and most pop
ular young business men in the county.
The bride, pretty, amiable and accom-
plished, is a daughter of Mr.. Laban
Rhyme, q well-known cotton manufac.
turer of Lincolnton. The bridal party
returned last night to the groom's
home at Belmont by way of Charlotte.
CLEVELAND-King's Mountain
Reformer, January II: For some
time past, Mr.. Will Hinson has been
Engaged in moving his saw mill to a
new stand, having sawed out where
he has been recently located. He will
now deliver at Grover, N. C.'.'''''''At
the Gross hotel, in Kings Mountain, on
December %, at o'clock p. M, Mr..
Will Dye and Miss Mollie Oates,
daughter of the late Drayton Oates,
were happily united in marriage by
Rev. D. H. Comann. .'."'On Christmas
day, Mr.. Robert Thornburg, son OF
John Thornburg, and Miss Lizzie Will
liams, daughter of D. J. Williams, were
married at the residence of the brides
father by Rev. Mr.. Blanton. ''''''''On
Christmas day, Mr.. Perry Ware, son
of Mr.. T. NJ. A. Ware, was married to
Docia Jolly, Rev. Mr.. Blanton oficia-
ting. .'''''''''M Married, on last Sunday, at
Grover, by H. K. Roberts, Mr.. Josh
Gamble to Miss Sallie Dye .''''''''.Mr.
Monny Neal and Miss Fannie Ware
were united in the holy bonds of mat
rimony on last Wednesday at the resi-
dence of the BRIDES mother. '''''''"Mr.
Lafayette Lackey and Miss Josie Oates,
daughter of T. M. A. Oates, were mar
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