Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-09
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FROM HEIeHBoRlHe CONTEMPORARIES.

FROM HEIGHB0RING CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That Is of More or Less
Local Interest.
YORK.
! Rock Hill Herald, March 6: Miss
Pearl Latham, of Lindsay's, is visiting
Miss Allie Vaughn. Miss Elizabeth
Roberts has gone to Allendale to visit
her father. Mrs. w. A. Fewer is
still confined to her bed, but is improv-
ing. g. Mr.. Arnold Friedheim has been
confined to his home with la grippe....
Mrs. A. r. Kimbrell visited relatives
at Harrison, N. c., this week.. ..Mr.
John Steele, Of Portsmouth, spent Sun
day here with his parents. Mrs. Fan
ME Thorn, of Blackstocks, is visiting
Mrs. M. l.. Hall in Oakland. see. Miss
Mary Gardner, of Yorkville. visited
Mrs. w. B. Wilson this week.......
Mr.. T. L. Johnston spent several days
this week in Winnsboro on business.
:. Miss Dixie Alexander Of Charlotte,
is visiting relatives in this city and in
Ebenezer. Mrs. Ed Blackwelder, of
Charlotte, is visiting her parents, Cap
tain and Mrs. L. M. Davis. Mr.
Wilson Moore went to Washington on
Saturday night. to attend the inaugu-
ration. Mrs. r. P. carp was called
to Stanley, N. c., Sunday, by the death
of her sister. ..... Mrs. r. E. Hough, of
Newells, N. c., Is visiting her fathers
family, Mr.. w. P. Roddey.... Mr..
Walter Hall visited Kings Mountain
this week on account Of the sickness of
relatives. Miss Dolly Triplett, OF
Chester county, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Brevard Fewell, in Ebenezer...
Mr.. and Mrs. Brevard Fewell have been
quite sick with an attack Of the grip,
but are now much better. Mrs. W..
L. Roddey has a very serious case Of
la grippe, and is suffering a great deal
also with neuralgia. Mr.. and Mrs.
A K. Smith and family are now domi-
ciled in their handsome new residence
ease, lagrippe got good hold of Pres
ident D. B. Johnson and put him in
bed for week recently. Miss
Helen Tompkins has given up her posi-
ton with the Liddell Company in Char
lotte and has returned home. Mr..
Walter S. Beasley, who has been visit
| ing his father, Rev. j. S. Beasley, has
gone to Marion to accept a position.
Architect H. E. White spent Monday
in Chester. He is making plans for the
remodeling of the Chester court house.
..... An enjoyable dance was given in
Ebenezer on Monday night by the
young people. A large crowd from
town was present and the occasion
was much enjoyed by all.......Your
venerable Uncle Miles has been ailing,
but was at his shop yesterday. You
cannot keep a working man in the
house. Rev. w. c. Underwood was
called to his home near Charlotte Sat-
urday morning by telegram, announc-
ing the death of his father. Mrs.
Minnie Rudicil, who has been sick at
the home Of her parents in this city
her room, but is BETTER. Mr.. L. D.
Coltrane, of Concord, N. c., was in the
city several days this week on mill
business. While here he was the guest
Of DR.. H. w. Bays. The two-year-
old son Of Mr.. and Mrs J. A. Roberts,
of the Manchester mill, died Saturday
night Of pneumonia contracted after
measles. He was buried Sunday, the
funeral being conducted by Rev. Mr..
Thayer.. DIR. Edward R. Stitt, pass
ed assistant surgeon in the u. S. navy,
at present connected with the cruiser
Hartford, is visiting his family, who
are at the home Of his uncle, Major J.
R. London, in this city. DR.. Stitt has
until lately been with his ship in West
Indian waters. :. Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw,
wife Of Mr.. J. ]. Shaw, died at her
home near Roddeys, on Saturday
morning last. aged So years. Her re-
mains were buried at Hopewell Sum
day afternoon, after services at the
grave by Rev. Oliver Johnson. Mrs.
Shaw was a Miss Miss McGinnis. OF
this county, and married Mr.. Shaw, on
January 13, 1867. The deceased has
long been a sufferer. but bore her af-
flictions with great patience and forti-
tude. ...I ILMiss Bessie. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. J. A. Gill. formerly of this
county, was married at her home in
Alvord, Texas. on the first day Of Feb
ruary to Mr.. Henry Freeman. Of the
same community. The bride will be re-
membered as a sweet, winsome girl,
who was for several years student in
the Rock Hill graded school,. 80. Mr.
Frank Giles, who lost both Of his legs
up nearly as far as the knees on ac-
count of his having been run over by
S. c. & Ga. Extension train near the
Highland Park mill on the Sd day Of
last August, was on Main street on
Saturday, and again on Monday, on
his artificial feet. which he recently
purchased at cost Of 5000. He is
| learning to walk with some ease and
comfort and hopes in month or two
to be able to get along by the aid Of
only one stick. He now uses two. Mr..
Giles has many friends and they were
glad to see him again on his feet.
The measles patient in the Winthrop
infirmary is doing we'll. AS soon as
the young lady showed the first symp-
toms of sickness and it was suspected
she might be i'll with measles, she was
at once isolated. There are IS young
ladies who have not yet had the dis