Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-11-16
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YORK.
Rock Hill Herald, November 13: The
attention Of teachers in the public
schools is called to the following act
of the legislature Of 1898: "An act to re-
quire the public schools Of the state to
observe the third Friday in November
Of each year as Arbor Day.......Mr. R.
to submit bid for the painting Of Mr..
]. M. Hoods residence. Miss Emil
ly Love, who has been spending some
time with Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Caveny,
has gone to Ramah, S. c., to spend
awhile with her sister, Mrs. M ]. Cav
eny... Mr.. j. j. Steele Is the cham
pion 'possum catcher. From Septem-
Der 1st, up to last Friday night, he had
captured 49,. Mr.. Glib Green, accom-
panied by his friend, Mr.. L. q. Lau-
renee, have gone to Kilgo, S. c., for a
few days hunt on the Santee river.
Mr.. Laurence is the travelling repre-
sentative Of the Latin Rand Powder
company, Of New York. Mrs. ]. F.
Workman, aged about "a years, who
lives at the home Of Mr.. C. R. Starnes.
near town, met with a very painful ac-
cident one day last week. While at
tempting to descend the steps Of the
house she in some way lost her balance
and fell to the ground, distance Of
about four feet, sustaining several
gashes on her hand, also a severe cut
on the nose. Fortunately, no bones
were broken, and at last account she
was getting along very we'll.
CHEROKEE.
Gaffney Ledger, November IL: The
Rev. ]. B. Bozeman, the newly elected
pastor Of the Cherokee avenue Baptist
church, has moved to the city, and has
taken up his abode at the Commercial
hotel, and has entered regularly upon
his duties. He was warmly received
by his congregation and our people
generally. Mr.. Bozeman Is serving one
of the strongest and most loyal con-
gregations in the city and has started
on his work in manner that shows
him to be a strong preacher and a
thoughtful working pastor. Our peo-
pie extend to Mr.. Bozeman a most
cordial welcome. We consider ourselv-
es fortunate in having him come and
work among us and trust that his COM
ing will prove pleasant to him and that
his stay with us will be long. ..On
next Sabbath at the Presbyterian
church the installation Of the pastor,
Rev. VIM. r. Potter, will take place.
Rev. DR.. T. M. Mcconnell, Of Green
vile, and Rev. DR.. j. H. Watkins, Of
Spartanburg, will officiate. The SER
vice will be an unusually interesting
one and the public is cordially invited
to attend. Sheriff Thomas and State
Constable Scott, armed with a search
warrant, seized about three gallons Of
whisky, one keg, one jug and small
funnel, Sunday morning, at Henry
Paris's house, about three miles south
Of the city. The goods seized will be
shipped to dispensary headquarters.
....Last Saturday night about o'clock
the barn of Mrs. Mary Lockhart, about
three miles south Of the city, was
discovered to be on fire and was soon
entirely consumed, together with the
contents, which were about Is tons Of
hay. Circumstances pointed plainly to
Mr.. Thomas H. Lock-
hart came over from Blacskburg at
midnight, and after investigation ar
rested VIM. Bonner, colored man, on
and placed him In Jail to
await a preliminary trial, which will be
held next Friday at 10 o'clock before
Phillips.
CHESTER.
Lantern, November IL: Hon. D. E.
Finley spent yesterday in the city,.
Miss Louise Ratchford has returned
from Yorkville. -. Mrs. ]. r. Simrill
died last Saturday morning, Of a COM
plication of stomach and heart trou-
bles. She had been seriously sick
about a week. Funeral exercises were
conducted by her pastor, the Rev. T.
E. Morris, on Sabbath afternoon, and
the remains were buried in Evergreen
cemetery. Mrs. Simrill's name before
her marriage, was Lee, and we believe
she was reared in this community.
She was 60 years old. She was the
mother of three sons and two daugh-
ters. ..... Miss Carrie Youngblood is
continued as stenographer and type
writer in the office Of Collector Koes-
ter She held the same position under
Collector Webster. Mrs. Mary Nc
Keown, wife Of the late Mr.. Moses Nc
Keown, died Of lung trouble, near Ar
menia, last Friday, the Sth instant, in
her 61st year.
GASTON.
Gastonia News, November IL: Some
OF the merchants are arranging to get
up a BLACK List" that Is a list of
those who don't pay their bills. They
will have the list published and dis
tributed among the business men Of
the town. Gastonia has no more dead
beats than other towns, but we don't
want to have any,. The cotton crop
in East CASTOR, does not compare with
last years crop. The Leeper & Lewis
Co., at Belmont, will not reach more
than 700 or 800 bales this year. Last
year they ginned 1000 bales, the year
before $50 and the year before that
], ,050. wv. c. Wilson's barn will be
up in a few days to take the place OF
the one that was burned. His neigh
hors turned out and helped him to haul