Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-09

ola homestead OH BULLOCK Creeh W see
his mother, Mrs. Sallie Whitesides and
family. He is highly pleased with Tex
as and his stay Of one year there.
Prof. E. Warth at the organ and Mr..
Fred Franks on the violin, played the
wedding March" in the A. R. P.
church, on December 26, for the La
nier-Lathan marriage. They perform
ed perfectly and beautifully. Rev.
R. r. Caldwell, Of Allegheny, Pa, oc-
cupied the pulpit Of the A. R. P. church,
by invitation Of the pastor, Rev. j. l..
Oates, the fourth Sabbath of December
Text: Psalm xc, IA. Theme, "The ad-
vantages Of early piety. He held the
attention of the audience about As min
utes in his quiet way Of speaking. His
friends were glad to see him home
again after an absence Of two years. 80.
NV. S. Wilkerson mas now shipped
IA carload Of home-raised hay, good
variety, to the Rock Hill Supply COM
pany, of Rock Hill. This is the first
and only shipment of hay by the car
load from Hickory Grove. Can any
other town Of the Piedmont section
boast Of shipping baled hay by the car
load from a model farm near the linn
it's? Mr.. Wilkerson informs us that he
is unable to supply the demand for his
hay. The Supply company, Of ROCK
Hill, told us that it was as fine lot OF
hay as they ever handled and that
they were highly pleased with the diff
ferent varieties Of the hay. Mr.. VIII
kerson also ships his home manufac-
ture of syrup by the barrel to different
points and finds ready sale for it.......
Hon. T. P. McDill left on Tuesday af-
ternoon for Corsicana, Texas, where ne
is offered a very liberal salary and ex-
penses to travel for large grocery
house. He went to see more about the
offer before accepting. If he should
conclude to remain there his many
friends will regret to lose him from
not only Hickory, but the county and
state as we'll. We wish him the abun-
dant success he deserves. There
was a union watch service held In the
A. R. P. church last Monday night
The service opened at 10 o'clock ano
continued until after IL o'clock. Rev
J. II. Simpson, superintendent of the
A. r. P. orphanage, Rev. P. B. In
gram. of the M. E. church, Rev. j. l.
Oates, of the A. R. P. church all were
present and participated in such deVo'
tional exercises as were appropriate te
the occasion. Mrs. J. L. Oates acted as
organist and Rev. J. H. Simpson ac-
companied with the violin. The music
both instrumental and vocal, was
splendid. The talks made were appro'
pirate and instructive. A few minutes
before 12 o'clock Rev. ]. H. Simpson
read Tennysons Bells" while Rev. j
l.. Oates tolled the old year of 1900
the close Of the 18th century out and
rang in the new year Of 19O1-the be-
ginning of the goth century. Thus
about so persons witnessed and partici'
pated in the service in honor OF the
close of the 18th century and the begin
ming of the Goth century.
CHEROKEE-Gaff Ledger, JAM
uary S: Last Wednesday, at the home Of
the brides parents, in the Battle
ground section of the county, MIR
Bookter Ray was united in wedlock tc
Miss Alice ScruggsS daughter Of Squire
and Mrs. M. B. Scruggs. The ceremony
was performed by w. T. Scruggs, N
P, a relative of the bride, in the pres
ence of a number Of admiring friends
of the contracting parties. A reception
was rendered the happy young couple
and their friends in the evening by Mr.
and Mrs. ScruggS.. S.......A report aoou'
to be issued by the superintendent Of
education places the white school pop
ulation of Cherokee county at 3,OOs
souls, and the colored school at 1881, a
little over one-half. We had thought
that the colored population was some
what larger than these figures indicate
.A charter has been issued to the
Cowpens Cotton Oil Mill company, OF
Cowpens, which has a capital stock OF
$4,000. The corporators of the company
are: VIM. NJ. Webster, W. B. Potter, E.
o. Webster and Frank N. Moore, with
c.. B. Martin, as president and w. b
Potter, secretary and treasurer. This
will be a good thing for Cowpens and
we trust the enterprise may meet with
abundant success Our people were
somewhat surprised when 1T was learn
ed that the store Of McCraw Bros.
had been closed and that the firm hao
announced themselves as voluntary
bankrupts. They had been In busi'
ness only about a year and were
thought to be perfectly solvent.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Webster last even
ing rendered a reception to Col. j. G.
Wardlaw and bride. Only few of the
most select friends of those interested
were in attendance. The affair was ar
elegant one and the evening was mos,
DELIGHTFULLY."- passed. Mr.. and Mrs
Webster are naturally delightful enter
tainers, and on this occasion they sus'
tained their reputation for congenlali'
ty and hospitality. Miss Maggie
Porter, who lives in the lower part Of
the city, met with an accident Saturday
night, which resulted in the breaking
of her right limb just about the ankle
She had gone to the we'll for water anc
in stepping down from the we'll her foo'
slipped and she fell to the ground