Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-07
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
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CHEROKEE-The Gaffney Ledger,
March 2: The following bill TO author
;ze and require certain causes, actions,
proceedings and matters in the probate
courts of the counties of Union, Spa
tanburg and York to be transferred to
the probate court Of Cherokee county,
| is of special interest to the citizens oi
Cherokee as it enables them to have
their business transacted with the pro-
bate Judge of this county instead OF
visiting the old counties: Be it enact
ed by the general assembly of the state
of South Carolina: Section l. That
from and after the passage of this Act,
all causes, actions, proceedings and
matters of whatever nature that are
not yet ended in the probate courts OF
the counties of Spartanburg, Union and
York, pertaining to those sections OF
said counties now embraced in Chero'
kee county, and in which the probate
court of Cherokee county would have
had jurisdiction at the time OF the com
mencement of such causes, actions, pro-
ceedings and matters, if said county OF
Cherokee had been established prior
thereto, shall be transferred by the
first named court to the said probate
court of the county of Cherokee, upon
the request of the principal actor or
actors in such causes, actions, proceed
ings and matters aforesaid, together
with all the legal incidents thereto ap-
pertaining, shall be transferred to the
said probate court of Cherokee county !:
Provided, that the said copies shall be
furnished at one half the regular fees
for such services, to be paid Ivy the
person or persons demanding said
copies.
CHESTER-The Lantern, March 3:
Rev. Enoch Roacber, colored, was
found dead Wednesday night between
10 and II o'clock, about 2 hours after
he had come in and gone to bed. Fan
ME Hughes, in whose house he was
staying, heard him moaning and soon
afterwards found that he was dead. She
reported the case to Policeman Walk'
er. The coroner's jury found that he
came to his death from natural causes,
DIR. J. M. Brice having decided that
heart disease was the cause of death.
The body was sent to White Oak. '.''''
The Rev. II. c. Mckelvey, of New
York, arrived yesterday morning and
preached last evening. "There was
good crowd OUT" "He preached fine
Sermon" and it was "the gospel"
The congregation gave the very best
attention, and there is reason to believe
that most of the hearers Will come
again. The meeting starts out with
favorable propects. Services again TO-
day at 3 and 7.45, and at the same
hours until further notice Is gwen.
Our people will be the more interested
in the preacher from the fact that his
ancestors once lived in this county.
They moved from the eastern part OF
Chester county among the first emil
grants to the northwest. 1t is possible
that some Of the same blood is still III
the county, though we do not know
this. The Rev. McKelvey is native.
of southern Illinois and has spent most
Of his life in that state, though living
now in New York city. .'''''''''The men
who had the contract for improvements
on the Baptist church failed to COM
plete the job, and about all the work