Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-09-18
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Rock Hill Herald, September IA: DR..
I. r. Carothers and family returned
Wednesday from a two weeks trip
into Mecklenburg and Lancaster coun-
ties. DR.. Carothers has been IN bad
health for three months; but his con-
dition is now improved considerably.
.. Many Of our readers may not know
that besides the great flat rock of ex-
tensive area over which the highway
from Lancaster to Camden leads, there
is another fiat rock in Flat Creek
township in that county that covers ~
acres. A picnic was held there last
week and a participant, speaking IN
The Ledger, Of the great stone, says:
I'VE wandered about over the rock WIS.,
iting the beautiful scenery for awhile
and then went to the cave or dungeon
over which Is a waterfall. This Is one
of the prettiest sights to be seen there.
The water falls about Is feet, and un-
der this are two caves. One can be
entered very easily; but the other is
very difficult to enter. One party
lighted a lantern and entered the larger
after some sliding over slick rock and
having some fun at the expense OF one
of our party whose feet refused to cling
to the rock, and of course, you know
the rest. The dungeon is about IL feet
from the floor to roof, and is about ID
feet in length. There is a hole that
goes further and it is said that once
dog ran a fox in this cave and came
out half a mile away. mrs. Peter
Garrison was in the city Thursday. and
had in her possession two relics OF
much value. One was steak dish
that belonged to her mother, Mrs. Dor
cas- Carothers. It is nicely decorated
with oriental birds and is of gran
ite china" The peculiar thing about
the dish, however, is that under the
plate and a part of the dish is a china
chamber into which hot water may be
poured so as to keep the dish warm.
The chamber is made with a small
mouth in which cork stopper may De
used. The plate was bought from John
R. Hall in this county in 1880, and Is
we'll preserved. Another relic that runs
back more than a hundred years Is a
copper mould for making pewter tea
spoons. It was used by the Faris fam
lily for this purpose and comes down to
this generation through Mrs. Mary
Faris, who died many years ago. Both
these keepsakes now belong to Miss
Bessie Giles, Of Leslie. They will be
exhibited at the Charleston exposition.
Mr.. Garrison himself has quite an In
teresting relic in several teaspoons that
were made of the silver knee buckles
that were worn more than century
and a half ago by his great grand
father, Arthur Garrison. n.......A 13-
year-old Negro living in the back
ward of Miss Lizzie Phillips, at
Winnsboro, developed a full case or
smallpox the other day. DR.. Babcock,
of Columbia, confirmed the diagnosis
of DR.. Buchanan. Mr.. Lowry Jen-
kins, Of Yorkville, visited his relatives,
the family Of Mr.. ]. H. B. Jenkins, this
week. :. Buster Barber colored boy
from Blackstock, slept with Levi AL
drich, colored, in a house in Major w.
]. Rawlinson's yard Sunday night, and
while his companion snoozed Buster
rifled his pockets and stole s76, and
then fled. Yesterday he was arrested
in Salisbury. Chief Partlow was to
have gone after the thief last night.
CHESTER.
Lantern, September 13: On last Sat-
urday, Miss Aline LeFevre, Of Knox
station, was drowned in a little lake
along Catawba river. She was with
friends near Fort Lawn, when she went
in company with others to the river.
While wading in the water, she got be-
yond her depth and there was no one
present who could lend her aid. The
body was brought home and buried at
Union A. r. P. church Sabbath after
noon, the Rev. DR.. Belts conducting
funeral services. Mr.. F. LeFevre, the
father Of the deceased, was in Florida
at the time Of the distressing acci-
dent. Miss LeFevre was boarding at
Mr.. James Blacks and going to school