Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-27
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News and Comment That Is Of More or Less
Local Interest.
| YORK.
Rock Hill Herald, March %: Miss
Maude Chaplin has returned from Lex
ington. -. Mrs. w. ]. Caveny spent
Thursday in Fort Mill. ...... Miss Dixie
Alexander has returned to Charlotte
after visit to friends here. Mr.. w.
B. Wilson, Jr., left Thursday for Sc
vance, to resume his studies in law.
Miss Sophie Myers, after visit to
Miss Hattie Rawlinson, has returned
to Charlotte. -. Mrs. N. A. Ihrie, of
Pittsboro, N. c., is visiting at the
home Of DR.. T. A. Crawford. DIR.
and Mrs. Kuykendal and children, Of
Yorkville, are visiting at Mr.. A. F.
Ruff's. :. Mrs. C. D. Brown has re-
turned to Abbeville, after a visit to
her sister, Mrs. Green Sandifer......
Mrs. Gus Aiken has returned to Ches-
ter, after very pleasant visit to Miss
Annie Stevens. Miss Eunice Simp-
son, of Hickory Grove, visited the fam
lily Of DR.. I. Simpson here this week..
Mrs. F. M. Hicklin, of Bascomville,
spent few days in the city this week,
the guest of Miss Annie Barber.......
Mr.. w. T. Williams, Of Lancaster, Wis
tied his family here this week and re-
turned to his home Friday. Mr..
Frel Mobley, who is now located at
Gold Hill, N. c., spent a few days here
this week with his family. Mr.. Bob
Tompkins came home from Florence on
Thursday night on visit to his moth
er on account of bad health. ...... Mrs.
A. Tripp and sister, Of Blacksburg,
spent a few days this week at the Car
olina, the guests Of Mrs. A. H. Greene.
..... Captain and Mrs. w. H. Edwards
passed through the city on Thursday
on their way to visit their son in this
county,. DIR. M. H. Sandifer spent
several days in Charlotte this week
as secretary Of the State pharmaceuti-
cal board. DIR. and Mrs. A. Coke
Smith, of Norfolk, Va, spent Wednes-
day with their daughter, Miss Louise,
of Winthrop, at Kinard' s.......Mr. T.
G. Thompson, of Birmingham, spent
Wednesday in the city at the home Of
Mr.. E. R. Avery. He was the builder
of Winthrop college,. Mr.. w. w.
Boyce, the retiring auditor OF York
county, will move to this place and ac-
cept a position in the insurance Of
flee of Mr.. w. ]. Roddey. Miss Ju-
liza Simpson, who was expected home
Tuesday, has not yet returned. News
was received by her parents that she
was sick in Baltimore with la grippe,
and threatened with pneumonia.
The quarterly conference of Manches-
ter and Mount Holly charge will be
held at Manchester church, Saturday,
March 80, at IL a. m. DR.. H. w. Bays
will preach Saturday and Sunday
mornings at IL a. No.. Mr.. w. w.
Moore, the very capable superintend-
ent of the Manchester cotton mill, re-
ceived a very painful hurt Tuesday
last, on whose account he may be laid
up for some time. He was on lad
der, when it slipped down. His heels
struck the floor violently, stoving both
up, one much more seriously than the
other. He was taken to his home,
where he now is.......M Mr.. Miles john
son, who has been unwell for some
time, went to Charlotte last Monday
to visit his daughter, Mrs. Minnie Ru-
disi. While on the train he took a
chill, but went on to Charlotte, where
he has since been quite sick at the
home of his daughter. Mrs. Johnson
has been with him and has been visited
by his son, Mr.. ]. B. Johnson, and Dr.
| Fennell. N. B.-Mr. Johnson came
home yesterday, somewhat improved,
but still quite sick. There was a
full meeting Of the Catawba camp U. c.
V. Friday morning in the magistrates
office and business Of Importance was
| transacted. The first matter brought
before the camp was the election of a
sponsor for the reunion at Columbia in
May. Miss jamie Rawls, daughter of
Mr.. J. Bradley Rawls, banner bearer
of the camp, was unanimously elected
to this place of honor. Mr.. w. J. Raw
linson, Captain L. M. Davis and Cap
| tain Iredell Jones were elected dele
gates to the Columbia reunion to rep
resent the camp, and were asked to Sc
lect substitutes if necessary. The cleo
tion of delegates to the Memphis re-
union was postponed to a future meet
! ing of the camp. p.......A telegram from
Columbia to Captain Iredell Jones yes
treday, bought news of the death in
that city Of DR.. T. c. Robertson, which
occurred the night before. Information
was received here Thursday that he
was sick with pneumonia, and this dis
ease evidently carried him off. Upon
hearing of the death of DR.. Robinson,
Captain Iredell Jones and Major ]. r.
London Immediately left for Columbia.
The deceased was for about IL years
citizen of Rock Hill, and held promi-
nent place in the town during his en-
tire residence here. He came to this
place shortly after his graduation in
medicine in 1872, and buying the lat
ter's interest in the drug firm of Ivy &
Ladd, entered upon the drug business
here, his firm being Ivy & Robertson.
This connection continued for several
years, when he bought the Ivy inter-
est in the store. Later he sold third
interest to Mr.. J. B. Johnson, and ear
ly in 1879 he sold the entire business
to Mr.. Johnson. The year afterward
| Captain Allen Jones and DR.. Robert
son organized the firm Of Jones & Rob-
ertson, which continued prominently