Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-13

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70 years. He leaves widow and sew
eral children. N
Fine Yield of Oats.
One hundred and seventy-one BUSH
els of threshed oats from four acres
of ground is the record made by Mr..
E. M. Williams on the McLain place
out near the York Cotton mill this
wear. The oats were put in last fall
with a drill, along with about 200
pounds of acid to the acre. The opin-
ion has been expressed by several In
tellieent farmers that had the oats
been sown broadcast and plowed IN
without manure the yield would not
have exceeded rs bushels. Il
The Chambers Situation.
DR.. Nesom, the state veterinary sur
geon has been back to the county dur
ing the week. He was at TirZah on
Tuesday and ordered the slaughter OF
another mule and two more horses on
the Massey plantation. This makes
five animals in all that have been
slaughtered on the place. Several oth-
.ers are still under quarantine. From
Tirzah DR.. Nesom came to YorkVllle 10
look further into the situation mere;
but found no new developments that
seemed to require attention. Whiie
here he received call from Fort Mill;
hut at the same time got information
of illness in his family at Clemson COL
lege, and had to leave for home. 1t was
his intention, when he left Wednesday
morning, to return to Fort Mill as soon
as he can arrange to do so, and ne ex-
poets to come back to Yorkville next
week. Thre are other cases under sus-
picion here.
Candidates For Winthrop.
The vacant scholarship to which York
county is entitled at Winthrop Is GER
tainly not going a begging this year.
There were 80 candidates at the exam.
ination yesterday and they inciudeo
many Of the brightest young girls IN
the county. The list was as follows:
Ethel McAfee, Yorkville; Maggie
Creighton, Rock Hill; Arabella Creigh-
ton, Rock Hill: Anna B. Spann, York
willie; Kate c. Black. Bethesda; Lessie
Patrick, Bowling Green; Myrtle Riddle,
Bowling Green; Eunice Flanagan,
Bowling Green, Annie jenkins, ROCK
Hill: Rebecca c. Jenkins, Rock Hill;
Corrine Faris, Fort Mill; Katie Mead
or. Rock Hill; Josie Camp. Yorkville;
Sallie Featherstone, Rock Hill; Bessie
J. Gryder, Rock Hill; Alice A. Mitch
ell, Rock Hill; Elizabeth Shurley, Old
Point; Louise McMurry, Fort Mill; ina
.Ashe, McConnellsville; Mamie Grist,
Yorkville; v. A. Matthews, Old Point;
Sarah Gladney, Yorkvilie; Maggie Lee
Glass. Rock Hill; Matte Bell Martin,
Harmony; Mary Williamson, Guthries-
vile; Robbie Miller, Tirzah; Mary AL
lene Neely, Old Point; Eunice Chaplin,
Rock Hill; Lille Belle Nicely, Old Point;
Louise Garrison, Newport; Isabelle
Black, Newport. The examination
questions were calculated to discover
all the advancement that had been
made by the leading applicants, and
the lucky young lady, whoever she may
be, will be we'll qualified to enter Win
;throp.
Suicide at Blacksburg.
Blacksburg special Of Wednesday to
the Charlotte Observer: c. L. Kingsley,
a civil engineer, committed suicide at
his rooms here in the Iron City hotel,
this afternoon about 4 o'clock, by TAX
ing an overdose of laudanum. He left
a note with $25 to Frank Moore, an
undertaken, with instructions for his
burial. He asked to be buried in the
cheapest coffin ne had and at night,
when no one was around, four Negroes
to be employed to carry his body to
the grave and each to be paid 81. He
also asked in his note that no preach
.ers be permitted to be present at his
burial. In this note, he also requested
Mr.. Moore to tell his wife that she
would find some money In his trunk
and the keys to the trunk In the place
where they usually kept the front door
key. Mrs. Kingsley was absent, visit
ing friends at Gaffney. Mr.. Kingsley
num.er of years. He was a civil engi-
:neer by profession, well educated and
a man far above the average in intel
ligence, but would get on an occasional
spree. He is supposed, however, to
have been sober when ne committed
this act. In his note he stated that
his fathers family had recently moved
to California and could not reach here
If they desired to. But little, if any
thing, is known Of Mr.. Kingsleys peo-
pie, but it is generally supposed they
resided at Raleigh and that he came
from there to this place as an engineer
on the Augusta division OF the old
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
railroad.
Death of Mrs. Brice.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Thursday: For some weeks Mrs. Brice
has been critically i'll. About a month
ago her children were summoned, but
she rallied somewhat. Last Friday she
became unconscious and took no nour-
ishment after Sabbath morning. She
quietly passed away Tuesday, July 9
at II a. m. She was 72 years old the
.21st Of May. Mrs. Anna Maria Steele
Brice was the daughter of Rev. Johr
Steele. She was born in Xenia, Ohio
and was educated at Washington sem.
mary, Washington, Pa, which was
then under the care Of Mrs. DR.. Hanna
On March 10, 1850, she was married
to Rev. r. w. Brice and to him she was
a helpmeet indeed. She was the moth
er ten children, seven of whom survive
her, namely, Mrs. ]. M. Caldwell, Mr.
A. G. Brice, Miss Leila, ]. Steele Brice
Mrs. Fannie McCaw, Mrs. ]. w. Baird
and Mrs. John P. Knox. Mrs. ]. c
Galloway, Miss Maggie and Robert H
Brlce having died some years ago. Mrs
Brice.s married life was spent in the
bounds of Hopewell congregation IL
Chester county, Of which her husband
was pastor. After his death she re-
moved to Due West to educate hel
children. She had the pleasure Of grad
uating all of her children in our col
leges. Mrs. Brice was noble woman
She had an unusually fine mind inner