Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-23

lot upon which to build a residence,
with the expectation Of moving his
family to this place.. ..J. N. McDill is
receiving applications from the old SOL
diers of Broad River township. The
debt upon the Methodists was $310, but
Rev. P. B. Ingraham went to work and
has raised $3.50 Of the amount and has
two other congregations to call on yet.
The debt will be paid in full. Col
r. E. Allison, Of Lancaster, visited
this week. ......D. ]. Smith has leased
the Martin gold mine near town, and
work will begin there at once. Mr..
and Mrs. j. P. Mauney visited Marion
and Forest City the past week.......J.
w. McKeown, and his three daughters,
Misses Mamie, Ellen and Lummie, of
Smiths ford, moved to Blacksburg on
Thursday, and will be the proprietors
of the Air Line hotel. r. ]. Whisonant
expects to travel, but his wife will re-
main a guest Of the Air Line. Misses
Eliza and Agnes Bigham, Of Sharon,
returned home Thursday after pleas
ant visit to relatives in and near this
place. N. Patrick, Of Mercer,
Cherokee county, was here few days
ago on business. .......Alex Westmore-
land, son of Frank Westmoreland, and
Sam MITCHELL son Of R. H. Mitchell, Of
Kings Creek, both boys about 16 years
of age and students of the King
Creek school, fell out on Friday, 1lth
instant, and had fight, the result Of
which is that Sam Mitchell was seri-
ously cut, on the right side Of his
breast to the hollow, severing one of
his ribs and entering the right lung.
DR.. Caldwell, of Blacksburg, has
charge Of the case and thinks there Is
some chance for the boys recovery.
Young Westmoreland was arrested on
Saturday and is held in Blacksburg to
await the results of the knife cut he
inflicted upon his schoolmate. The
trouble arose from some of Alex West
morelands misbehaviour in the school
room, for which the teacher gave him
whipping. He thought Sam reported
the misconduct to the teacher, but it Is
stated that another boy did it, and
Sam suffers unjustly, instead.
YORK-Fort Mill Times, Jan. 16: AS
The Times goes to press, we learn Of
the death Of Mrs. Emma Massey, wife
OF our townsman, Mr.. S. F. Massey,
which occurred at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. Sallie Downs, this morning at
o'clock. Mrs. Massey had been in
poor health for more than year and
her death was not unexpected. She
was a member of the Presbyterian
church in this place and was a true
and consistent Christian woman and
good neighbor. Mrs. Massey is sur
vived by her husband and two little
daughters, both of whom are less than
10 years old. She was about 35 years
of age. Saturday evening Mr. John
j. Rose, grand master Of South Carroll
ma Odd Fellows, came up from Charles
ton and organized Fort Mill lodge, I. O.
o. F., No. go, the charter members Of
which are Messrs. Robt. Butler, G. H.
Haley, L. L. Worls, J. R. Cherry, c. T..
Hardin, J. F. Gossett, ]. w. Donohue,
r. S. Wolfe ]. P. CARTE, H. S. Owens,
Geo. McManus, M. J. Adcock, A. G..
James and Ed Rodgers. Mrs. R. v.
Macon visited her sister, Mrs. Bruce,
in Winnsboro, last week.......Fi Ne
groes-three men and two women
were arrested in this place Sunday af-
ternoon upon the charge of gambling;
but were released for want of evidence
to convict. Mr.. Mack Curtis and
sister, Miss Hattie, left Fort Mill Mon
day evening, for visit Of two weeks
to their parents, Rev. F. o. S. and
Mrs. Curtis, in Laurinburg, N. C.....
The Times was pleased to receive a
call from Mr.. J. H. Coltharp yesterday
great deal recently from carbuncle
on the back of his neck..... Mr.. j. j.
Ormand, who moved from this town.
ship to Gastonia N. c., about two years
ago and who has since been In the
meat business in that town, is arrang-
ing to return to this community and
will live on his plantation two miles
south Of Fort Mill. .......A meeting or
the Fort Mill Light Infantry will be
held in the town hall Friday evening
to decide whether the company attend
the presidential inauguration In wash
ington city, on March 4. The officers
of the company are anxious that every
member attend this meeting. The
entertainment given in the town hall
in this place last Friday evening by
students Of the Gold Hill academy, was
witnessed by a large audience, not
withstanding the inclement weather.
The most interesting feature of the en-
tertainment was the broom drill given
by number of young lady students.
:. The Fort Mill friends Of Hon. j.
r. Halle will be pleased to learn that
| he has been assigned to two of the
most important house committees
agriculture" and Commerce and
Manufactures" 1t is also pleasing to
note that Mr.. Halle voted to extend the
time for the payment Of taxes. The
other members Of the York delegation
voted against the extension.
CHEROKEE-Gaffne Ledger, jan
uary 1S: The bridge bill is as follows:
Section 1. That the county board OF
commissioners of Cherokee county be,
and they are hereby authorized and re-
quired to borrow sum of money, not
| to exceed ten thousand dollars, at a
rate of interest not to exceed seven
per cent. per annum, for the purpose
of building a bridge across Broad riv-
err, in said county, at such point on
said river as by them is deemed most