Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-17
Mistellaneous Readina.
FROM NElcHBoRIRe CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That Is of More or Less
Local Interest.

News and Comment That Is of More or Less
Local Interest.
YORK.
Rock Hill Herald, April 13: Mrs.
Lawrence Moore has returned to Union
.. Mrs. A. F. Ruff is visiting in Char
lesion. .... Miss Corrie Mobley spent
Friday in Lancaster. Miss Mary
Schorb, of Yorkville, Is with Mrs.
John A. Black. 80. Miss Laura Davis,
of Charleston, is visiting Mrs. G.. l..
Wroton .. Miss Lou Watt, Of Steele
Creek, is visiting Mrs. J. R. Boulware.
-. Mrs Brevard Fewell went to Char
lotte Thursday on a short visit. Mrs.
w. r. Tillman, of Van Wyck, was in
the city Thursday on business. Mr..
D. Reese Williams, Of Lancaster, spent
a few days in the city this week......
Mrs. r. E. Hough has returned to
her home at Newell's, N. c., after
visit to her parents here. Captain
and Mrs. J. w. Marshall and Mrs. w.
N. Thomasson, spent Wednesday in
Chester. Mr.. Calvin Stevenson,
who recently received his diploma in
pharmacy, is visiting friends in the
city. Rev. w. c. Underwood left
enter upon his new field Of work......
Miss Irene Sally has returned to Rock
Hill, very much improved in health af-
ter visit to her home. .......Mr. E. P.
Steele, of Old Point, last Saturday
night, lost a fine cow and Tuesday
night a fine horse. The plows are
running and the husbandmen are SOW
ing their cotton seed now that the cold
season is we'll nigh passed. ......A rigid
enforcement of such a vagrant law as
is in force in Yorkville will do much
toward curing the blind tiger nuisance.
Mr.. J. Richard Price, father Of
Mrs. S. Chaplin Of this city, died at the
home of his son, Mr.. w. D. Price, in
Columbia, Thursday morning, aged &c
years. :. Rev. and Mrs. ]. W. Cantey
johnson and little son John, went to
marriage Of Mr.. Johnson's sister,
which will occur there next Tuesday.
Mrs. A. H. Greene Is improving
fast. She Is now able to sit up. Miss
Edna Jones, the faithful nurse from
the Samaritan Sanitarium in New
York, who was with her and to whom
she was so much devoted, returned to
New York a few days ago.. Miss
Anna Watson, a former citizen Of
Ebenezer sails on the Atlantic trans
port for London May 4th. She has
been in New York for several years
and has gained success in miniature
portrait as we'll as other work. She
goes for further study in the galleries
Of Paris. ......An alarm Of fire was
sounded from the home Of Mr.. E. E.
Poag Thursday about 1890 o'clock; but
the flame was soon extinguished and
no damage was done. The flame was
on the kitchen roof, and some men
who were passing saw it and climb
ing up on a ladder put it out with a
IeW buckets Ol WdleF
CHEROKEE
Gaffney Ledger, April IL: The coun-
ty commissioners met again Wednes-
day at Blacks ferry, on Broad river,
and succeeded in locating a site for
the iron bridge. The place selected is
just above Blacks ferry, and plans
and specifications for the same will be
received at the office Of the county
commissioners, in the court house, un-
til Wednesday, April oath. On Thurs
day, April 25th, bids will be consid-
cred for the erection Of the bridge, and
the contract let so soon thereafter as
bid is accepted by the commissioners.
The bridge, which is to be built Of
iron, is to consist of three spans of $50
feet each, with 16 foot roadway, and
supported by four cylindrical piers.
The approaches to the bridge will be
constructed of the best oak timber.
..... Our young friend Kyle Daven-
port is the proud owner of something
that is quite a curiosity in this section
of the country, and a thing that has
probably never been seen in Gaffney
before. This rare object Is an orange
tree covered with oranges. The tree
is seven years old, about three feet
high, and has seven oranges, together
with several blossoms on it. This is
the first time that the tree has borne
anything like matured fruit, and some
of the oranges on it now are as large
as lemon and perfect in shape. Kyle
has tended it with his own hands and
justly prizes it very highly. .....At the
home of the brides parents In this
city on Wednesday evening, Mr.. WAL
ter Stegall and Miss Matte McSwain
were united in the holy bonds Of we'd
lock-
CHESTER.
Lantern, April IL: The Ladies Mis-
sionary Union of Bethel presbytery
closed it's second annual meeting last
night. 1t was a most successful effort
judging from all reports. The ladies
who attended, outside the delegates,
were highly pleased. The object is to
advance foreign missionary work, and
especially to keep up organizations in
destitute churches and places inclined
to lag, and stimulate interest in the
work. It is believed that at this
meeting measures have been devised
that will accomplish much good. There
is an immense amount Of latent power
for good all over the church. 1t is
hoped that much of this can be aroused
and utilized AT the close of our
report Tuesday, court was engaged IN
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