Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-10-26
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YORK.
Rock Hill Herald, October %: Up to
! Saturday afternoon, October 18th, this
year, the number of bales Of cotton
ginned at the ginnery Of Mr.. P. A.
Workman was 103 bales, against 267 to
the same date last year. At eight pub
lie gins in this section from which we
have received reports, the number or
bales turned out this year up to the
evening Of the 18th Of october was 545
bales, against 1875 up to the same date
last year, and there has been no In
crease in the number Of ginneries IN
the same territory. In reckoning the
crop, however, the unusual lateness
should be considered. 1T will, we
know, be very pleasing information to
our readers to know that Rev. DR.. J.
c. Kilgo will preach in st. Johns M.
E. church next Sunday morning and
evening. DR.. Kilgo Is now president OF
Trinity college, at Durham, N. c., but
is affectionately remembered here as
pastor of St. Johns M. E. church for
four years. He has recently returned
from Europe. =. Mrs. Elizabeth Mary
Arson, widow of the late Captain j.
Waring Arson, Of Charleston, and
mother Of Mrs. John Gelzer, of this
city, died at the home Of her SON In
law, Mr.. ]. H. Thayer, in Charleston
last Saturday morning, and Sunday her
remains were inferred in the First
BAPTIST church yard in that city after
services at the home. Mr.. Axson, hus-
band of the deceased, was captain of
Co. H, 9th S. c. Regiment and was
killed near Petersburg in 1864. 1t Is
remarkable fact that Of the IS who
went out in this company and partici-
pated in its first battle at Secession
willie, only five came back when the war
was over, and Of that number only one
is now living. ..... Miss Della Rhyme, OF
Blacksburg Is guest at the home OF
Mr.. R. S. Mcconnell. She came to
Rock Hill to be near her brother, Mr.
Fred Rhyme, who will have an opera
ton performed on his right arm today
by DR.. w. w. Fennell. Mr.. Rhyme Will
be remembered as member or the
S. C. & G Elk. train crew that went
down with the engine when the Buffalo
trestle gave way during the great flood
last May. He was swept down the
creek and sustained injuries from
which he Is still a sufferer. There
was a. sound Of alarm In the home OF
Mr.. J. F. Reid last Friday morning,
when Mr.. J. G. Dowd and wife, who
had lust awakened from slumber, dis
covered through a crack in the mould
ing that encircles the ceiling that there
was fire in the attic. Mrs. Dowd was
the first to make the discovery and
Fastening to the door, calmly notified
Mr.. Reid that his presence was needed.
Proceeding to the apartment he found
Mr.. Dowd excited in his efforts to dress
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but with presence Of mind enough to
point out to Mr.. Reid that the house
was afire, and that something must be
done Immediately. Not a moment lost
or stayed he, but returning to his own
chamber, notified Mrs. Reid that there
was a fire upstairs, gave instructions
| to a servant as to the removal OF the
door in. the scuttle opening into the
earret. went in search of water while a
bucket full sat at his hand; grabbing
this, and Fastening upstairs, followed
by other members Of the household,
each with a pail of water, the scuttle
| door was removed, bucket full after
| bucket full Of the fire-quenching aqua
was dashed into the yawning opening
above; but to no purpose, as to all ap-
pearances the flames still rolled on. In
| a moment more, however, to the great
relief as we'll as the amusement Of the
household, it developed that the con-
| fagration within was the rays of the
rising sun penetrating the garret and
peeping through the crack IN the
moulding, the glow having all the ap-
pearance Of a blaze. There was fun In
the household and Joy as well; but not
more so than the community expe-
rienced a few years ago when Bony
Johnson, espying the ruddy sun one
morning when he had occasion to come
down town early, mistook the great
orb Of day when it was just rising for
a fire and gave a number Of yells that
aroused the sleeping populations: mean
while grabbing the cord attached to the
Gordon hotel dinner bell made the
welkin ring with its changing.
CHESTER.
Lantern. October %: Miss jamie
Moore died about five o'clock this
morning at her home near Old Purity
church, three miles from town. Funer-
al services will be held at the Baptist
church at 2.30 today. 1t will be re-
membered that her brother died short
time ago Of typhoid fever. This malady
has now taken another member Of the
family, and the remaining sister and
the mother are prostrated with the
nv. of Lowryville, died Sabbath after
noon. He was sitting in chair talk
ing to Mr.. w. Holmes Hardin when
an attack Of apoplexy came on. He
was put to bed and died in short
time. He had been subject to such at
tacks for several years, and on that
account was seldom allowed to be alone
any length of time. The remains were
buried in the old Zion graveyard at
Lowryville Monday, the Rev. Mr.. At
kins officiating, other neighboring min
listers taking part. A touching incl
dent of the burial was that the OLD
slaves of the deceased and their sons
were, by their special request. permit
ted to fill the grave, Mr.. 7. A. NC
Ninch shaped and finished the mound,
according to Major Lowry's oft repeat
ed request. Mr. McNinch says he new
er before saw such funeral process
sion. Some one who counted says there
were 1913 vehicles, besides large num-
ber Of persons who walked. Major
Lowry was in his 74th year. He was
born in Fairfield county, near the
Chester line, east of Blackstock; but
after the death Of his parents. In his
boyhood, he, with his brother, the late
Captain Thomas Lowry, Of Yorkville.
lived with their uncle. for whom Low
ryville was named. He was educated
at Erskine college, and married Miss
Elizabeth Brownlee, of Due West, who
died nearly 1S years ago. One SON,
Joseph, died the following summer
The living children are Messrs. j. S.
Lowry, Of Lowryville; Jno. w. Lowry,
of Lowell. N. c.: T. S. Lowry, Of Ches-
ter; and Mrs. ]. Harvey Neely. of Rock
Hill, and Mrs. Anna Moseley. Later
Major Lowry married Miss E. c. An
derson, of Lowryville. whose loving
care and devotion to his comfort has
been a matter Of no little comment. or
an affectionate disposition himself, he
found in her affection and thoughtful
care a solace that scarcely one In a
thousand could have administered.