Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-29
Misfellanenns Reaaing.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.

FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That Is of More
or Less Local Interest.
YORK.
Rock Hill Herald, June 26: Mr.. Tom
Spencer, one of Clemson's students
who lives near Harmony, came home
the first of the week with typhoid
fever and is very i'll at his fathers
home. Professor Wade r. Brown
has resigned his position as musical
director of Cooper-Limestone Institute,
Gaffney, to accept position as private
instructor in New York. Mrs. Brown,
who was in the Atlanta sanitarium
sick with typhoid fever, is greatly i'm
proved. She returned to Gaffney last
Saturday.......It is said Of one of the
merchants Of the city who has farm
few miles out of town, that he visited
said farm one day last week and came
home violently sick and was in bed for
several days.. party of ten ca
diets of Clemson College started home
with their tickets by way of Blacks
burg. When they reached the city the
train on the S. c. &, G Elk. road had
left, so they had to spend the day in
Blacksburg. There was not dollar in
the whole party; but nothing daunted
the boys divided into squads Of four
or five each, and with their coats off
applied for work at different homes in
order to pay for their dinner, so that
in the city of Blacksburg there Is now
fine lot of stove wood, cut after the
most improved teaching Of c. A. c.
Finally one of the boys communicated
with Gastonia and arranged the f1nan-
ces for the crowd. This is good story
of the manhood of the students of
Clemson.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, June 26: Mr.. r. J. Mackorell,
of Yorkville, came over Saturday and
spent Sunday and Monday with rela-
tives and friends here. His family,
who has been spending a week or so
here, returned with him to Iorkville
Yesterday. ...... Under special dis
pensation from the grand master, j. H.
McManus, w. NJ, w. D. Rogers, S. W.,
and T. r. Williamson, J. W., Instituted
a lodge of Masons at Van Wyck, this
county, on Thursday last. Captain b.
J. Witherspoon, the w. M. of Jackson
lodge, and P. G. NJ, went up to Van
Wyck and assisted the brethren in the
organization. The first Wednesday
night on or before the full moon In
each month was selected as the time of
holding the regular communications.
| Mr.. Henry Wallace, Of the New
cut section, died last Sunday after a
protracted illness Of consumption. He
was a son Of Mr.. H. J. Wallace, was
about 80 years Of age, and leaves
widow and several children surviving
him. Died, at Kershaw, on Sunday
last, after a protracted illness, Mrs.
Ellen M. Watson, wife Of Mr.. w. j.
Watson, and a daughter of Mr.. Ma
thaniel Bowers, of Heath Spring. Mrs.
Watson was about 40 years Of age and
leaves her husband and one child, a lit
tie son, surviving her.. ....Mr. Milborn
Mozier. in the eastern section Of the
county, had a mule killed by lightning
on Sunday night of last week. one
corner Of the stable was Slightly wreck
ed by the bolt. DR.. Rutledge ana
Mr.. Clanton are next door neighbors.
Monday morning Mr.. Clanton missed
his shoes from his bedside, where he
placed them on going to bed the night
before. DR.. Rutledge found two pairs
of shoes at his bedside where he had
placed only one pair the night before.
Both gentlemen had slept with WIN
dow opening on their piazzas hoisted
and both had noticed the doctors bird
dog, which keeps faithful watch over
the two homes from sun to sun, pass
ing in and out the windows during the
night; but little did Mr.. Clanton dream
of the practical joke the dog was play
ing on him. Of course the doctor soon
found an owner for his extra pair of
shoes.
CHESTER.
Lantern, June 25: Rev. j. P. Knox
was at Union church last Sabbath in
the interest of the A. r. P. Centen-
NAL church in Columbia. He was in
Chester awhile Saturday and yesterday
each. .....J. e. Mcdonald, ESQ.,, of
Winnsboro, was in town Saturday,.
Mr.. w. G. Hedgepeth was at Lowrys-
vile yesterday, and saw Mr.. Taylor
Grant thresh out for Mr.. Joseph Will
son 35 bushels of good clean oats from
% dozen bundles. The bundles were of
good size, but not extra large. "A
white woman tramp has been in town.
She had been here before; but seemed
to think people would not remember
it. She was begging help to get to her
friends at Rock Hill. When unsuccess-
full she would fall to abusing Chester as
a buzzard roost, where nobody lives
but low down poor trash......We have
heard from various sources that money
is being loaned in this city on short
time at five, six and eight hundred per
cent. We have even heard of cases
where the rate was three or four thou
sand per cent. Our usury law does not
seem to operate in these cases.
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