Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-05-01
Misfellaneous &eadina.
FROM NEleHBoRINe CONTEMPORARIES.

News and Comment That Is of More or Less
Local Interest.
YORK.
Glover Review, April 25: Miss Lizzie
Matthews has rented the residence
known as the Campbell house and
moved to town this week. ..... Eleven
bales of cotton were sold here today
from Mr.. D. J. Jackson's farm. 1t was
bought by w. B. Stroup & Bro. at 8
cents. Mrs. w. T. Beamguard has
been seriously Ill for some time; but
we are glad to say that she has taken
turn for the better, and we hope she
will soon be up and out again......
Little Mary Lewis, daughter Of Mayor
w. H. Lewis, of Gastonia, came down
last week on a visit to relatives here,
and since has taken measles. She Is In
good hands and is getting along nicely.
Mr.. Harry Neil went to Gastonia
Wednesday Mr.. S. M. Faires is at
home again for a few days. PROF.
P. A. Pressly left for his home at Due
West last week. Miss Maggie Rob-
inson, of Yorkville, visited Mrs. A. D.
Dorsett this week.. Miss Debble
Clark, of Steel Creek, N. c., Is now
making her home with Mrs. S. M.
Faires. :. Miss Lena Mccall left We'd
nesday for a visit to relatives and
friends in and around Charlotte. .......
Mrs. Wylie Hanna returned to Gasto-
mia today after short visit to Mr.. and
Mrs. S. M. Faires.. ....P. A. Pressly,
Jno. M. Smith and Oscar Neill took In
the oratorical contest held in Chester
last week. 80. Mr.. ]. w. Null left this
morning Thursday for two week 8
visit among friends and relatives in
Burke county, N. C.......Mr. and Mrs.
! w. I. Brison, Misses Lille and jamie
Brison and Mrs. F. E. Clinton went to
Yorkville Wednesday,. Miss Kittie
Boney, who has been on an extended
visit to relatives here, left yesterday
for her home in Clinton, N. c.
Rock Hill Herald, April 81: Mrs. Ira
B. Dunlap is visiting friends in Rich
burg. -. Miss Carrie Adams has re-
| turned from visit to Gastonia. ......
Mrs. J. M. Green, of Charlotte, is visit
ing Mrs. H. E. White. Mr.. and Mrs.
G. A. Buchanan spent Thursday in
| Charlotte. Prof. H. B. Bruist is
still quite sick at his home in Oakland.
l.. Mrs. Jno Mallard, who has been
sick for the last three weeks, is now
able to be up. Miss Rosa Steele, of
Yorkville, visited her brother, Mr.. Will
Steele, here this week. Rev. A. S.
Rogers left yesterday for Winnsboro,
where he will conduct series of meet
| ings. Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Reid spent
Thursday in Chester with their daugh-
| ter, Mrs. w. H. Brice. Misses Lillian
Massey, Rhea Wachtil and Mary Lyles,
of Chester, spent Wednesday in the
city with friends. The building for
the Deas Repair and Manufacturing
company is nearing completion. 1t is
located near Black street in the rear
of the postoffice. Miss Mea O'Bryan
left Wednesday morning for Greenville
to attend the State Federation of Wo-
mans Clubs, as delegate from the Mu-
sic Club of this place. She will go to
Spartanburg to attend the May Festival
before returning. Mr.. G. w. May
ers, of the United States geological sur
vey, was in the city Tuesday. He went
out to the Catawba that day and made
a survey of the river, and he left note
for The Herald stating that 'the ex-
treme height reached by the river at II
a. M, April 21st, was 10 feet on gauge,
being rise of 1877 feet above dead low
water. This is the greatest flood dur
ing period Of six years, during which
time the daily records of water height
have been made, and one of the great
est ever known in the river.93:" Mrs.
Therly Jane Wylie, widow Of the late
Thomas Wylie, of the Edgemoor Sec
tion of Chester county, died in this
city Wednesday of this week at the
home Of her only child. Mr.. Frank
Owens, of pneumonia, which followed
months sickness Of grippe. She was
the fourth child Of Green and Telitha
Owens, and was raised in the Harmony
section of this county. She was "
years and II days of age. and with the
exception Of Mr.. Allen G. Owens. of
Owens. Mississippi, was the last Of a
family of II children.
CHESTER.
Lantern, April 26: Mrs Tucker, wife
of Prof. Beverly Tucker, of Virginia
Military Institute, who was visiting her
sister, Mrs. Benz. Huger, at Dillon,
this state. was burned to death We'd
nesday afternoon. She was sitting in
front of the fire and her clothes caught
| fire in some way......Mrs. Drucilla
Reighley, wife of Mr. George Reighley,
aged about 65 years, died at the Eure-
ka Mills Wednesday. Mrs. Margaret
Ann Byrd, wife of Mr.. William Byrd,
died yesterday morning, aged about
60 years, at their home east Of town,
on the Lancaster road. Mr.. Joseph
Neely Miller, of Camden. Ala. announ-
ces the marriage of his daughter Sara
to Mr.. Jno Miller Bonner. on Thursday,
April 18th, 1901. Miss Miller, now Mrs.
Bonner, we suppose, spent a year in
Chester with her aunt, Mrs. A. G. Brice,
and attended school, and few girls
ever made more friends in the same
length of time or gained higher esteem
Of the best people. Mr.. Bonner is a
very lucky man. Wednesday, Mr.. j.
D. Henson, of Rossville, brought to this
office the tap root of cotton stalk that
he plowed up a few days ago, which
shows the inclination and capacity Of
the cotton nlant to find moisture The