Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-26

gret is that he did not have more time
to enjoy the hospitality Of the people.
He will now be in his office at the court
house to accommodate those who did not
"give in" at other places. last Fri
day morning message was received
here announcing the sudden death of
Mr.. VIM. Flenniken, at his home in Co.
lumbia. 1t was learned later that he
had been killed by the discharge OF his
own gun. No one was in the room at
the time and nothing was known about
the accident till blood dropping through
and she went up to his room. He had
been speaking of going hunting, and
the position Of himself and gun indica-
ted that the gun had been discharged
by striking a piece Of furniture from
behind which he had been in the act
of lifting it. Mr.. Flenniken was II
years old and was the only child OF his
parents. He was the son Of Mr. d. X.
Flenniken, formerly Of this county.
His mother was, before her marriage,
Miss Maggie Caldwell, Of Wellridge....
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. e.
White, aged five weeks, died Sabbath
morning of pneumonia. The child was
not thought to be dangerously SICK
till a short time before its death. An
other child appeared to be more seri-
ously sick than the one that died. The
remains were buried in Evergreen Gem
etery yesterday morning. Revs. Mof-
fatt and Buckholz conducted funeral
services at the grave. ......Mr. J. Il.
eagle died at his home In this city
Friday, January II, aged % years. He
| had been in declining health several
months. He left wife and two chill
dern. Funeral services were conducted
| by the Rev. ]. S. Moffatt and the re-
mains were buried in Evergreen GEM
etery.
LANCASTER-Ledg January 23:
Judge D. A. Williams, who has been
confined to his home for several weeks
on account Of his old wound in the
leg, received during the war, was able
to be up town Monday. His friends
were glad to see him out.......Dr. r. e.
Elliott, Of the Dwight neighborhood,
has been sick with pneumonia the past
week. Saturday night he was quite
low, but rallied, and yesterday 1t was
thought he had passed the danger
point. Our highly esteemed sher-
liff, Captain J. P. Hunter, is improving
and will probably be able to be at his
post again in another week. His con-
| finement at home Is due to the neces-
sary operation which was very success
fully performed by Drs. Mellow and
Crawford. Mr.. Adam Ganson, or
Connecticut, is here on visit to his
brother, Mr.. VIM. Ganson, and to en-
Joy the genial cline Of the Sunny South
while the intensely cold winter Is on up
in his northern home. Mr.. w. McD.
Brown will build on the site of his old
home on Main street. Architect H. e.
White, of Rock Hill, furnished the
plans and specifications. The building
will be two stories and contain nine
rooms. The contract has been let to
Messrs. Porter & Deale and they are
now making orders for material.
Work will begin as soon as the first
carload arrives. 1.-The county pen
sion board met Monday and the appli-
cants for pensions were busy filling out
their applications. There must have
been a hundred or more Of them, In
Guiding the widows. We hope no appli-
cants will fail to get a pension. We
only wish that the state was able to
give to it's old deserving soldiers and to
the destitute widows of soldiers to sat-
lisfy their every need. .Sergeant-at-
Arms Wilson came up from Columbia
and spent Saturday and Sunday with
his family. None of the Lancaster del
egation came home, though both
branches of the legislature adjourned
over Saturday, being the anniversary
of General Lees birthday. Thomas
Caskey, son of Mr.. Leonard S. Caskey'
aged % years and 9 days, died at his
fathers home several miles northeast
of town, on Friday last. From boy
hood he had been sufferer from an
affection of the kidneys, which became
worse the older he grew. The past year
or more he had been an invalid and
required constant care and attention.
He was always a model boy, never
having tasted whiskey or uttered an
oath. His remains were Inferred at
Shiloh church on Saturday.. IA Mrs.
Watson. who came to this county
year or so ago, from Georgia, died at
the county poor house last Saturday
afternoon from dropsy. Her remains
were inferred in the cemetery here on
Monday in accordance with her re-
quest not to be inferred in the grave
yard at the poorhouse. ......Mr. L. W..
lMcMurray went over to her fathers at
Richburg yesterday, to be present at
the marriage of her sister, Miss Kate
brennan, to the Rev. ]. T. Dendy, OF
Kershaw. Mr.. McMurray Will go over
today, as will also Miss Maize Wither-
spoon, who is to be one Of the attend
ants. The marriage takes place this
evening. On Monday Mr.. j. N. Ad-
olson, who accidentally shot himself
month or so ago, in his left leg, just
above the knee, the ball being cut out
several inches below, was taken to the
Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore,
Nd, to be operated on for aneurism.
The artery will be cut and tied both
above and below where the aneurism
has formed, if it is thought thereby his
leg can be saved, otherwise the limb
will have to be amputated. His BROTH
err Mr.. ]. T. Addison, accompanied
him and will remain with him until af-
ter the operation.