Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-08-28

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News and Comment That II of More
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or Less Local Interest.
YORK.
Fort Mill Times. August 21: The
first open cotton boil of this season was
brought to town Monday by Mr.. X. l..
Bennett of lower Fort Mill township.
Mr.. Bennett has we'll established rep
utation of leading his brother farmers
along this line. Calvin Morrow, a
Negro man who lives on the plantation
of Mr.. j. w. Ardrey, six miles south
Of Fort Mill, came to town Tuesday
suffering with gunshot wound.
Morrow and another Negro named
Hart, became involved in diff
ficulty over some watermelons which
Morrow is said to have taken from
Hart's field, and the latter proceeded
to wreak vengeance by shooting his
antagonist in the leg. DR.. Thompson
dressed Morrow's wound. DR.. j. H.
Thornwell has received an invitation to
deliver the children's address at the
Forest Hill picnic on the 31st instant;
but owing to a previous engagement,
is unable to accept the invitation. n......
The following from The News and
Courier will be of interest to the people
of this vicinity. 1t is from the pen of
that gifted, patriotic man and brilliant
orator, Col. James Armstrong whom the
people of this section once had the
happy privilege of seeing and hearing.
The incident referred to happened on a
steamer from Charleston to New York:
'eThere was a delightful entertainment
in social hall Friday evening. The
master of ceremonies was the Rev. M.
P. Welcher, Of Brooklyn, who won gol-
den opinions from the passengers. He
is a good musician. There were reel
tations by two charming Charleston
ians, which ELECTED unbounded admira-
tions. Mr.. j. Hampton Lee, Of New
York, formerly of Fort Mill, favored
the audience by reciting poem, of
which he is the author, written In honor
Of that beautiful town which has three
monuments-one to the women of the
war, one to the men who wore the grey,
and one to the faithful slaves, the three
memorials having been erected by that
gallant ex-Confederate, progressive,
patriotic and public-spirited citizen of
Fort Mill, Major White. 1t vividly re-
called to the writer Of this letter two
dreamy and delightful May days he
passed at Fort Mill, when he met the
brave veterans of liberty-loving York
county, and when it was his proud priv
ilege to be the favored guest Of that
sterling soldier and scholarly divine,
the Rev. James H. Thornwell, chaplain
general of the South Carolina divis-
ion, United Confederate Veterans. Mr..
Lee has written many poems, which
have been highly praised, and are to be
published in an attractive volume In
New York"
CHEROKEE.
Gaffney Ledger, August %: Prof.
J. L. McWhirter, of this place, who has
been elected principal Of the Blacks
burg Graded school, left yesterday with
his family for that place in order to
be there to assume his duties at the be-
ginning of the session. The Blacksburg
people will find in Prof. McWhirter a
gentleman as we'll as a scholar. He will
give them good and faithful work and
we have no fears that they will ever
regret having engaged him.. Wednes-
day President Mckinley appointed Ed
win Oliver Sarratt captain of artil-
lery corps. Mr.. Sarratt is a Gaffney
boy-one that everybody in Gaffney
who has the privilege of being acquain-
ted with is proud of. He has been
making rapid strides since he Joined
the service Of your Uncle Sam, and we
confidently look to hear still greater
things of him.. ...At the last meeting
of Limestone Lodge X. Of p, Chan
cellor Commander ]. G. Wardlaw re-
signed his position. he having given
due notice Of his intention to do So,
and vice Chancellor Jas. B. Bell was
elected to fill Col. Wardlaw's position.
Prof. w. S. Hall was elected vice-Chan-
cellor, DR.. c. T. Lipscomb, prelate,
and Carlisle Hollie, Master Of Work.
The installation Of these new officers is
to take place next Monday night, when
the boys expect to have right royal
time. Col. Wardlaw's resignation Is a
distinct loss to the organization, as 1t
Is almost entirely due to his untiring
efforts that the lodge has attained the
position it now holds among the lodges
of the state, that of the first rank. This
was Col. Wardlaw's second term, and
he felt that it was his duty to give
way to some other member. His sue
cessor, Capt. ]. B. Bell, Is we'll qualified
to fill the position. He is perhaps as
we'll informed as any other knight in
this section, and will doubtless make
an excellent officer. If he succeeds in
keeping the lodge up to the standard
set by his predecessor, he will do we'll,
and we expect him to do 1t. The other
officers are also we'll qualified for the
positions of which they have been cho-
sen-all except Cally Hollis. and he is
not qualified for anything except to
bulldoze and browbeat. But if the
lodge never runs across any worse fel-
low than Cally we guess it will survive.
CHESTER.
Lantern. August %: Married-By L.
W. Henry, N. P, at the residence Of the
brides father, Mr.. Madison Revels to
Miss Ida c. Dunn. August %, 1901, at
noon :. Mr.. Geo. Ball, of the firm of
Morris & Ball. was married yesterday
afternoon to Miss Hattie Broom. who
has been visiting here from North Car