Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-09-25
Mistellaneons Rsaaine.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That Is of More
or Less Local Interest.

YORK.
Rock Hill Herald September 21: Mrs.
Blanche McElhaney has returned from
visit to Yorkville. Mrs. Jerome
Wood, of Chester, who has been visit
ing in Yorkville, is spending a few days
in the city with Mrs. Paulina Wood.....
Mrs. ]. G. Baird, who has been spend
ing a few days with her brother, Rev.
Oliver Johnson, at Leslie, spent Thurs
day afternoon with DR.. and Mrs. w. R.
Simpson, en- route to her home in Char
lotte "A horse driven by Mrs. w. B.
Dunlap attempted to run away Thurs
day afternoon, just after she had cross
ed the Southern railway-in fact, for
some unexplained reason, the horse did
run for a short distance-but DR.. w.
A. Presley ran into the street and
catching the reins, succeeded in stop
ping the excited animal just at the
right time, for although Mrs. Dunlap
was holding the reins heroically, she
would have been powerless to have
checked him in his mad plunges to get
away. Mrs. Dunlap was cool under the
circumstances, and when the animal
was checked she was driven to her
home. She was in no wise hurt......
In the Church Of Our Savior, Thursday
at noon, memorial services were held as
the last token of respect to the murder
ed president. The congregation was
composed of members of all the local
churches. There were no outward en-
blems of mourning; but it was appar-
ent that sympathy and grief were hear
tily felt. The services were opened by
sentences from the office for the burial
of the dead read by Rev. A. S. Rogers.
The Litany was then said by Rev. J. w.
C. Johnson, when the beautiful hymn,
Lead, Kindly Light" was sung by a
choir composed of all the choirs in the
city. A selection Of the 39th Psalm
was read by Rev. S. B. Harper, after
which the presidents favorite song and
the one he murmured as he passed
through the death shadows, Nearer
My God to Thee" was sung with SOL
emn effect. This was followed by a
very able address, in which there were
many eloquent passages, on the life.
work and character Of President Nc
Kinley, the speaker being Rev. H. w.
Bays, D. D. A fervent prayer was Of
fered by Rev. J. S. Beasley. In words
beautiful and tender he prayed spe-
cially for the bereft woman, so frail
and yet so faithful ever, and besought
the ruler of land and sea that this
great sorrow might rebound to the good
of the nation-that Gods people might
be drawn closer together. "My Coun-
try, 'Tis OF Thee was sung by the
choir, and after the benediction by Rev.
J. w. C. Johnson, the congregation
dispersed. The Catawba Rifles, under
command of Captain H. M. Dunlap,
attended in full uniform.
CHESTER.
Lantern, September 20: Sometime
ago, Messrs. T. B. Woods and T. H.
White wrote to Mr.. Hugh White, in
North Carolina, that they had seen his
advertisement in a newspaper (pub-
'ished about 40 years ago) in which he
offered reward of $50 for the capture
of a runaway Negro. They informed
him that they had found his Negro and
would be obliged to him If he would
promptly remit $50, the reward Offer
ed, and indicated that in the event of his
failure to remit within a reasonable
time they would draw on him through
the bank. For some unaccountable rea-
son he paid no attention to their de-
mand or to the draft which followed.
and now he is up against a law suit.
He will probably compromise by allow
ing them to keep the Negro. Alfred
Mccoy, who farms on the Messrs.
Walkers Douglas place. didn't brag
much about his oat crop last spring:
but he beat Jim Walker, John Frazer,
Charley McAliley and all the Whites.
He told us yesterday that you could
throw your hat out over the oats when
they were headed out and it would
lodge on top of them. and he firmly be-
lieves that a wagon and four-horse
team could have been driven over them.
The memorial exercises yesterday
in honor of the late president were held
in the opera house. Some Of the busi-
ness houses were closed and there was
good attendance. There was a good
choir, with Mrs. J. J. Stringfellow at
the organ. The Rev. H. G. Buchholz
presided. After singing Jesus Lover Of
My Soul" Rev. J. S. Moffatt read
suitable Scripture lessons. Prayers
were offered during the exercises by
Revs. D. N. MCLAUGHLIN and T. E.
Morris, S. z. McFadden. Esq. read
splendid memorial address. admirable
in thought and beautiful in diction.
Hon. ]. J. Hemphill followed in an ad-
dress without notes or special prepar-
alton. drawing from his knowledge of
President Mckinley as a personal ac-
quaintance. He laid much stress upon
the lofty character of the man. not
only as an honest officer. but as de-
vout Christian. No other man had ever
done so much to create an atmosphere
of honesty and uprightness about the
White House and the National Capital.
His untiring devotion to his invalid
wife was fee!ingly described. Many
valuable suggestions were made as to
lessons we should learn from Mr.. Nc
Kinley's life and the circumstances of
his untimely taking off. The choir
sang Nearer My God to Thee" and
the Rev. ]. c. Stoll pronounced the