Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-20


onant, of Blacksburg, made our town
flying visit this week. Mr.. ]. w.
Leech visited Yorkville, Monday.......
Mr.. w. T. Slaughter attended the w.
%. W. convention in Charleston this
week.. .Messrs. J. L. Martin, R. ].
Love, and John Wilson, Of Kings
Creek, were in Hickory a few days ago
on business. H. Bartless, treas
urer of Union county, was in Hickory
on his return from the funeral Of his
step father, Mr.. ]. w. McKeown.......
Mr.. A. c. Fine, chairman of the sover-
eign board Of managers Of the w. 0
w. order, attended the last regular
meeting Of Hickory Grove lodge, Fri
day evening of last week. Mr.. J. T.
Ramsey, who was cut very seriously
several days ago with an axe, while
hewing, Is reported doing as we'll as
could be expected, but another opera
tion may become necessary. MIR. H.
C. Strauss, Of Yorkville, accompanied
by drummer friend, has been out bird
hunting this week. They were the
guests Of Mr.. w. S. Wilkerson, one of
our most progressive planters Of the
county. Mr. John Smith, a gold miner
of Kings Mountain, N. c., has been
prospecting for gold on the LANDS Of
Messrs. S. w. Mitchell and J. Ed Leech,
near Hickory. He is we'll pleased with
the ore so far, and has sent some Of 1t
to Atlanta to be tested. 90. .Lagrippe
Is prevalent. A number Of our people
have been suffering with it, and some
are confined to their rooms. We have
had a very severe cold this Week.......
Mr.. r. M. Whitesides, Of Sharon, has
been selling some hay this week in
Hickory, for which he got SIS per ton.
Mr.. Franks, Of the Brown mine, was
the purchaser. Mr.. J. G. Love and
his son, Grady, Of Cherokee county,
were in town Tuesday on business .....
Rev. ]. P. Martin preached at Ramah
last Sabbath. He will supply that
church the second and fourth Sabbaths
regularly at II o'clock a. m. Miss
Mr.. William M. Whitesides, after Il
long rest at home, has returned and
again represents her fathers interest
In the store Of Whisnant, Castles Il
Co.. OF Hickory. ...Dr. Bays, Of Rock
Hill, will deliver lecture Friday even
ing before the first Sabbath in March,
at this place. in Mount Vernon church.
His subject will be: How to court,
when to court, and what to court"
His next quarterly conference will be
the Saturday and Sunday following the
lecture at Mount Vernon. The admis-
sion to the lecture is Is cents for adults;
10 and Is cents for children.
LANCASTER.
Ledger February 16: The phone poles
between this place and Craigville have
all been erected and in a few more
days the Hood farm and Mr.. S. D. Tay-
lor will have phone connection with this
place. .Drs. Strait and Poore ampu-
tated the big toe on Mr.. ]. c. Nelson's
right foot Wednesday. Mr.. Nelson cut
cut it severely while chopping wood
one day last week, at his home near
Jacksonham. 1000. Married, on Wednes-
day evening last, February 13, 1901, by
Rev. J. M. White, at the manse, Mr.. J.
r. Simpson and Miss Fannie Helms
daughter of Mr.. f. A. Helms, all Of
the Unity section. ...SeVeral weeks
ago we noted that Mr.. w. R. Henry
the oldest resident Of Rock Hill, had
moved to this place and would make his
home with his son, Mr.. G. J. Henry.
The day he arrived he went to bed
with the grip and was never able to be
out of bed again. Death came and re-
lieved him of his suffering Thursday
afternoon. Mr.. Henry was about IS
years Of age, member of the Meth
odist church and a good man. He
leaves surviving him a brother at
Statesville, N. c., and a sister, Mrs.
Miller, of Rock Hill. daughter, Mrs.
]. B. Fraison, Of Chase City, Va, and
His remains were taken to Rock Hill
yesterday afternoon and inferred in
the cemetery there by the side Of his
wife. ..... Mrs. Hester Heath, a widow
Of the late James M. Heath, who lived
formerly near Tirzah church, just
across the line in Union county. died on
Wednesday, the 9Th instant, at Abe
marie. N. c.. aged 65 years. She leaves
four children surviving her.. Cover
nor McSweeney has made the following
appointments for Lancaster county:
w. G. Cauthen, treasurer; John A..
Cook, auditor; magistrates: Hiram W.
Mobley, Heath Springs, for Pleasant
Hill; j. ]. Roberts, Longsville, for Flat
Creek; w. A. Carnes, Wild Cat, for
Buford township; D. K. Hall. Belair,
for Indian Land; J. T. Cauthen, Ker-
shaw; John King, Dry Creek, Cedar
Creek township; ]. A. Hyatt, Van
Wyck, Waxhaw township. While
raising trestle benches at Bear Creek,
on the side track Of the S. c. & Ga. Ex-
tension, Thursday, a brace gave way,
causing three benches to fall. The
hands all ran to get out from them, but
one Of the Barnes Negroes was caught
under them and seriously hurt. Had
he not been mashed into the mud he
would have been instantly killed. He
may possibly recover. Miss Eula
Baker. daughter Of Mr.. w. P. Baker,
of the eastern section Of this county,
died Thursday night, February IA, 1901,
after a lingering illness of consump-
ton. She was about IS years of age,
member of the Baptist church, and
an exemplary young Christian woman.
While loading saw mill stocks on a
wagon one day last week one Of the
skids on which they were rolling the