Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-11-02


ed Of the following members: Misses
Margaret Roach and Claude Godfrey
and Messrs. A. E. Poag, R. H. Hope,
w. H. Davis, T. B. LumpHin, DR.. w.
R. Simpson and Captain Iredell Jones.
After the ceremony the bride and
groom were rendered brilliant recep-
ton at the brides home, where more
than 200 Of the friends Of the young
couple extended congratulations and
enjoyed the hospitality of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. H. Barber.
1t Was DIR. McCqin.
Upon noting the newspaper para
graph about the probable death Of his
brother, DR.. A. A. Mccain, in New
York, Mr.. F. p. Mccain went to Grey
Court Laurens county, to confer with
his father about the matter. It devel-
oped that Rev. Mr.. Mccain had been
advised of the death Of his son by q
stranger in New York; but as there
was still some reason for doubt, the
case was put into the. hands Of c. L.
but now Of New York. Mr.. Winkler
at once instituted a thorough investi-
CATION and upon exhuming the remains
Of the dead man, identified the body
as DR.. Mccain. The Identification was
easy on account Of an ugly saber scar
On the Doctors forehead, the scar hav-
ing been received at the hands Of a
| Spaniard during the Cuban war. Mr..
Winkler wrote that the body could not
be put In condition for shipment, SO no
steps will probably be taken for Its
removal to South Carolina at this time.
When last heard from DR.. Mccain was
In South America, and until the report
from Mr.. Winkler was received, his
father and brother still had reason to
hope that there was some mistake.
Johnson-Elliott.
Winnsboro special, Of october 80, to
Charlotte Observer: Rev. Oliver john
son, Of Leslie, s. c., one the most pop
ular and talented ministers in the pull
pit Of the Associate Reformed Presby-
terian church, was today married to
Miss Christine Elliott, beautiful and
accomplished member of an old and
highly esteemed family Of this state.
The marriage ceremony was perform
ed in the A. r. P. church at this place
at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the Rev.
| Charles E. Mcdonald officiating, the
church being darkened for the occa-
sion. The bridal party and members
Of the groom's family had been pre-
viously entertained at luncheon at the
residence Of the bride. The bride is
the youngest of family of eight chill
dren, all living and all married, born
and reared in Fairfield county, Of
which Winnsboro Is the county seat,
Mr.. Thomas k. Elliott, president Of the
Winnsboro National bank and also Of
the Winnsboro cotton factory, being
the oldest. The father, the late Henry
E. Elliott, who moved up from the low
country in the ante-bellum days, be-
came one Of the largest land owners in
Fairfield county, and was also sue
cessful merchant at Winnsboro. The
| Elliott mansion in the suburbs of
Winnsboro, in which the mother still
lives to enjoy, in ripe old age, the
loving tribute OF children and grand
children, is a home about which the
old time grace Of southern hospitality
still clings. The bride Of today, like
her sisters before her, was educated
at Due West, s. c., a noted nursery Of
good womanhood. The fruitage Of that
place seems TO have a special charm
for Seceder preachers. They are con-
stantly plucking Of II. Fully 80 per
cent. Of the ministers Of that denom-
lnation (the Associate Reformed Pres
byterian), have wives taken from
among the graduates Of the Due West
Female college. In the nuptial GER
emony today seven young ladies,
all in their teens, nieces Of the
bride and groom, attended the bride
and groom, as maids Of honor,
each of the seven being the oldest
daughter of either a brother or a sis
ter Of the contracting parties. These
maids were Miss Alice Johnson, Of
Washington, D. c.; Miss Mary Baird,
Of Charlotte; Miss Mary Cummings
of Columbia, S. c.; Miss Mary Mat
thews, Of Winnsboro, s. c.; Miss Hell
en- Mcdonald, Of Winnsboro, 8. c.;
Miss Laura Ruff, Of Rock Hill, 8. c.;
and Miss Carrie Elliott, Of Winnsboro,
S. C. The groom was born and reared
in Abbeville county, in this state, being
on the side Of his mother q descendant
of one Of the original Huguenot fami-
1764. He was graduated from Erskine
college, at Due West, s. c., but his
theological course Of three years was
at Princeton, N. ]. The church at Les
lie, In York county, of which he has
been pastor since 1894, is one Of the old
est and largest in the Seceder denom-
ination, having been organized by the
Scotch-Irish settlers in 1857. A former
revered pastor Of that church (Rev.
Thomas Ketchin, familiarly known as
Father" Ketchin), who was called over
10 years ago to minister to the people
Of that community, Is the grandfather,
through her mother, of today's bride.
Father" Ketchin Is long since dead;
but his memory is still fresh among the
people into whose midst his grand
daughter will now go as the bride OF
their present honored and beloved pas
tor.
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