Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-01
#iseellaneous Reaaing.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.

| FROM CONTEMfOHAhlESs
News and Comment That Is of More
or Less Local Interest.
YORK.
Rock Hill Herald, May 20: A number
from town attended services at Edg-
moor Sunday. Mrs. r. A. Banks
has been quite sick at her home in Oak
land. Mr.. L. B. McFadden has been
confined to his home in Oakland the
past two weeks by sickness. Mrs.
Paul McCorkle, of Charlotte, came
down Saturday and spent the day with
Mrs. T. L. Johnson..... Mr.. j. c. Mil
ler and family have gone to Concord,
N. c., where they will make their home
in the future. :. Miss Margaret Roach
is expected at home tonight from Agnes
Scott Institute, where she has been stu
dying music. .Messrs. John b.
Meacham and Wilson Mcconnell, two
York county boys, will graduate at
Davidson college this year.. Miss
Anna Lewis Cole leaves tonight for
Baltimore, and in about a week will
go abroad, where she will spend her
vacation. -. Mrs. Annie Robertson,
accompanied by her nephew, Master
Marion Cole, went to Winnsboro yes
terday. Master Marion has recovered
from his recent sickness. Herbert,
the 21-months-old child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis King, died last Thursday Of
cholera infantum and the remains were
inferred in Laurelwood cemetery Fri
day.. The Misses Milholen gave a
very delightful sociable last Friday
night at their home near Mt. Holly,
complimentary to the Misses Ousley OF
Chesterfield. A number from town
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of the musical club, which was to have
been held at the home Of Mrs. B. M.
Fewell Thursday afternoon of this
week, has been postponed until June.
Announcement of the date will be made
hereafter. 1t is rumored that Mr..
Peter Mccullough, at Catawba Falls,
caught a sturgeon on his fall trap in the
early part Of last week that weighed
200 pounds. 1t measured nearly six feet
in length and three and one half feet
in circumference. It was cut up and
sold in the neighborhood.
CHESTER.
Lantern, May %: Married, by Rev.
]. H. l.. Gedeist May 25, 1901, Mr.. T.
| B. Bundy and Miss Daisy A. Hudson.
| By Rev. H. G. Buckholtz, at the Bap-
tist parsonage May 26 1901, Mr.. F. M.
McCallum and Miss Annie L. Keenan,.
go. Mr.. Joseph H. Wilson, Of Low
rysville, who went to the reunion OF
Memphis, is going to visit sister
whom he has not seen since he was IA
years old; nearly 30 years ago..
Mrs. Hester's building, occupied chiefly
by the Hotel Chester, is to be greatly
improved In fact it will appear from
the front as a new building, while
many changes and improvements will
be made in the interior and rear. The
specifications Of the architect are now
| in hand and contractors are making
their estimates. The first floor will be
let down to the level Of the pavement.
A handsome glass front will be put in,
with iron columns. The old wooden
balcony will be removed and neat
iron balconies placed at the second and
third floors. The entrance and stair
way will be changed and improved.
The offices and store rooms on the first
floor will be remodeled with the re-
mainder Of the building, and some ai-
ditions made. .....A good number Of our
people are gone to the Chickamauga
unveiling, and the Memphis reunion.
Following are the names so far as we
have them and we think the list IS
nearly complete: J. o. Darby. A. Wise.
Mrs. L. E. Douglass, Miss May Corn-
well, Miss Kate Cornwell, Mrs. D.
Carter, Joseph Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Mol
lie Hafner. J. S. Lewis, G.. Williams.
A. w. GLADDEN.. J. w. GLADDEN.. Joseph
H. Wilson, W. B. Robinson, H. w. Haf-
ner, Miss Mary Hafner. A. A. Owens.
T. G. Hudson, J. W. Reid. T. P. Nc
Keown, James Lewis. John Lewis,
Robt. Conrad, W. A. Blain, DR.. A. F.
Anderson, R. H. Ferguson and son.
Also the Lee Light Infantry, 32 strong,
]. c. Mcclure, captain.
| GASTON.
| Gastonia News. May %: Sunday af-
ternoon. at a quarter to 6 o'clock, the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. T. M. Fayssoux
was saddened by the death of their
little son. Templar Irvine. He had been
sick for several days, but had not been
thought seriously Ill till Saturday
night. Saturday young Negro man
named Cyrus Jones. shot and killed a
young NEGRO woman, Martha Wells.
The shooting occurred two and a half
miles from town and no one was at the
house at the time except five year old
child. Ed Johnson and his wife. at
whose house the shooting occurred,
were away from home. The girl was
Johnson's wife's sister. and Jones also
made Johnson's house his home. There
is no one but Jones to tell how 1t hap
pened and his story is one not easily
| believed. He says a hawk caught a
chicken and he went to shoot the hawk
while flying away. and the girl being
between him and the hawk he shot her.
| The ball took effect midway between
the ewes. Jones Is now in iail here
| awaiting court. Lee Davis died at
st. Peters hospital at Charlotte Friday
afternoon. He was about "a wears old
and a native Of CASTOR county. living
three miles north of Gastonia. In 1896
| he enlisted in the 18th infantry, Co. E..
u. s. army. at Richmond. and was sta
toned at Fort Porter. New York In
1898 he went to Cuba. and on the 1st
day of July was shot through the body
at the charge of San Juan Hill. After
a few months stay at the Kew West
hospital. he returned home. and early
in 1899. went to Manila. He returned
| from Manila in February, 1900, affected
with chronic diarrhoea, and has since
| been an invalid. At times he hoped to
| fully recover. Over month ago he
went to the hospital at Charlotte, but
| relief did not come. He was buried at
Shiloh. near Gastonia. Saturday. DR..
J. G. Galloway and Rev. J. L. Cromer
conducted the funeral exercises. His
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Davis. died
| while he was Young. He leaves one
brother. q. NJ. Davis of Charlotte. and
one sister. Mrs. Sallie Mast. Of Okla
homa.
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