Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-11
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GAST0N- N-Gastonia News, April 6:
Mr.. o. w. Davis has donated the lot
adjoining the Methodist parsonage on
the west to the Methodist people, and
Mr.. M. II. Johnson, the contractor, is
expected from Charlotte next week to
move the parsonage on it. Mr.. Frank
Morris has bought the old church build
ing and will tear it down at once.
The elegant new church will occupy
both the present church and parsonage
lots. Work is expected to begin by
the middle of May on the new church.
CHER0KEE-The Gaffney Ledger,
April 6: Rev. ]. M. Bridges, pastor
of the Second Baptist church, has sent
in his resignation to take effect at once.
Mr.. Bridges has had charge of the
Second Baptist church almost ever
since its completion. He is an able
preacher and hard worker, and has
done much good for the Second Bap-
list church and its congregations. His
withdrawal from the church will be
generally regretted in the city where
he has many admirers. '''''Rev. j. u.
Huggins, recently of this county, but
now of Mississippi, and Miss Olive
McKeown, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. w. McKeown, were married at the
home of the BRIDES parents, near Mer-
Ger, on Wednesday morning, the 4th
instant, by Rev. w. H. Hodges, of this
city. The bridal couple left on the IL
o'clock vestibule for their Mississippi
home. .'.'....Dr. Lee Davis Lodge, Rev.
B. P. Robertson, Miss May Brown, Miss
Minnie Carroll, Miss Birdie Crawley,
Mr.. J. A. Willis and Mr.. It. l.. Brown,
are attending the state convention OF
the B. Y. P. Union, which is in session
at Edgefeld. Gaffney has an able del
ega,ion, and we hope it will be able to
induce the B. Y. p. U. to come TO Calf
ney another year. ...''.''''The Gaffney
Baptist is the name of new religious
paper, the April number of which has
Just been issued in Gaf1ney. 1t is ably
edited by H. K. Osborne, Esq, and, as
the first number shows, he has strong
corps of assistants. The paper is neat.
ly printed and contains good religious
matter of high order and is destined
to be great helper in the work for
which it is designed. '''''''''The many
friends of DR.. j. F. McCluney will be
panied to learn of his death, which &C.
Cured at his home near Wilkinsville, in
this county, on Tuesday morning, the
3rd instant in his 65th year. DR.. Nc
Cluney was a native of Chester coun
ty but had lived in and had been prac'
ticng his profession in the Union part
of Cherokee county since his early
manhood, when he married daugh
ter of the late Eleazer Parker. He
was man far above the ordinary, in.
tellectually, and was good neighbor,
was skillful and popular physician,
stood high in the estimation of the
county, and was loved by all his neigh.
bors.
CHESTER The Lantern, April {:
Mr.. w. S. Smith, manager of the West
ern Union telegraph office at Green
Vile, was in town yesterday. He
looks healthy and happy, and our peo-
pie were glad to see him again. '''''''''
Mr.. T. ]. Cunningham, supervisor of
census, is opening an Office in the room
over the office of Childs & Edwards.
He has forwarded appointments and
the appointees will be announced as
soon as confirmed. Mrs. Elizabeth
Strong, of Cornwell, died this morning
about o'clock, and will be buried at
Hopewell tomorrow at 10 a. m. She
has been in bad health, and the imme-
diate cause of death was heart affec-
ton. We learn that she was in her
list year. '.'''"Mr. J. H. G. Nunnery's
house, of Harmony, was burned Wed.
nesday night about II o'clock. Mr..
Nunnery was attending court, Mrs.
Nunnery was away from home nursing
a sick child, and Mr.. Jasper Nunnery,
son, was the only member of the fami-
ly at home. He was sleeping in side
room and was aroused by the roaring
of the flames. He started through the
house; but when he opened the door
the flames met him and singed his
eyebrows. He then jumped out of a
window. Remembering that colored
boy was sleeping in the cook room, he
broke open the door and dragged the
boy out of his bed. The latter in his
bewilderment, started through the
house and got his hair singed and his
face blistered. Mr.. Nunnery then ran
for Mr.. J. D. Collins, about quarter
of mile distant, without hat, shoes
or coat. Mr.. Collins had already been
awakened by Mrs. Collins, who had
heard the noise. He ran there, arriv-
ing just in time to extinguish fire that
had caught in the barn and save the
building. 1t caught two or three
times; but was put out. A colored
woman brought water and rendered
valuable service. The fire seemed to
have caught about the chimney. Not
thing was saved from the building,
and nearly all the years supply of pro-
visions was stored in the house. '''''''''
On Tuesday morning, Wade Morris
and John Archie were put to trial for
larceny. J. c. Mcclure, Esq, repres-
ented Morris and Paul Hemphill, Esq,
Archie. Verdict, guilty as TO Morris
not guilty as to Archie. Morris was
sentenced to 16 mouths labor. The
next case was that of Walter Ligon,
David Ligon, and John Sanders, for
housebreaking and larceny. Glenn &
McFadden were counsel for the two
Ligons. Verdict, not guilty. Wednes-