Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-24
In COUNTIES ADJOINING.

In COUNTIES ADJOINING.
lIshed by Exchanges.
GASTON-Gastonia News, March
20: News was received here yester.
day of the death of Mr.. w. L. Miller,
prominent attorney of Abbeville, S.
c. He was brother of our towns
man, Mr.. ]. Y. Miller. .'..''". Friday
night John Love, colored, who lives on
Mr.. R. F. Boyd's place near Pleasant
ridge, had the misfortune to lose bis
house and contents by fire. Nothing
was saved.
CHEROKEE-The Gaffney Ledger,
March 20: Terrell, the infant sou of
Mr.. and Mrs. T. G.. Johnson, died at
their home in this city on the 10th inst,
after short illness of pneumonia, and
was buried at Limestone cemetery on
the 17th.."..'...."Rev. Tom Leitch
preached three times Sunday in the
Limestone Street Methodist church to
large congregations. The meeting is
going on this week with two services a
day, at 8 and s p. m. .'''''''''The Negro
Chambers Crawford, one of the wound
ed prisoners in Jail, was quite sick Sat-
urday and Sunday, aud suffered much
pain in one of his wounded limbs and
had considerable fever accompanied by
nausea. Yesterday he was more COM
Portable, with less fever but some nau.
sea. Mr.. Stewart, the wounded priso
ner, seems to he doing well and is
recovering as fast as could be expected.
.... "A new postoffice, to be called Co.
forth, has been established at Mr.. J. l.
Sarratt's store, near Goforth's mill, in
this county, and Mr.. Sarratt has been
appointed postmaster. Goforth post
office will be great convenience to
that section and Mr.. Sarratt's we'll
known business qualifications and ac-
commodatin disposition assures the
patrons of good service. ''''''''' 'Messrs.
J. A. Carroll and E. R. Cash, who have
been north to purchase machinery for
the Limestone cotton mill, to he built
at this place, returned to the city Sun
day. They bought the full machinery
for a 100000 yarn and cloth mill and
it will arrive in Gaffney in September.
Work on the site for this mill has al
ready begun and work on the mill will
be commenced at once, and prosecuted
with the usual vigor of the promoters,
so as TO have it ready for the machin.
cry when it arrives.
CHESTER The Lantern, March
20: There are % prisoners in Jail
awaiting trial at the approaching term
of court. ......".Dr. S. A. Weber and
Rev. Mr.. Booth, of Yorkville, spent
last night in the city at Rev. J. E.
Grier's. They were on their way to
Richburg to attend the Missionary and
Educational institute. ''''''''Mrs. Il. u.
Childs received a telegram Sunday
conveying the sad news of the death
of her brother, Mr.. l.. Peak Murphy,
one of Unions most promising business
men. Mr.. and Mrs. Childs left Mon
day morning for Union TO attend the
funeral......... ....President l.. T. Lichols,
of the Commercial and Manufacturers
club, in his first annual report says:
"Ou looking over your register l am
pleased to note that during the year
the club has been visited ny 700 visi-
tors, registering from ll6 different
cities and towns, and % different
states and countries" Add to this
the fact that not more than one-half OF
the stranges who come within our
gates are introduced at the club, and
YOU will have some idea of how many
strangers come here within a period OF
one wear. ..........The building for the
spinning mill annex to the Springstein
mills is nearing completion. Most OF
the machinery has arrived and will be
placed at once. The weaving depart
ment will shut down in about two
weeks, long enough to make the nee
essary connections with the spinning
room. Both departments will be oper-
ated by the same steam plant, with
two additional boilers, which have
been placed. The new machinery is
of the most modern and up-to.date
type, which is calculated to increase
the standard of these already popular
goods. .........News reached the city
Saturday morning of another burglary