Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-27

SouhlS. AI llC ocllAS lliiS thC iIeS
John L. Watson held a like appoint
ment from the pretender, D. H. Cham
| berlain; but DR.. Robertson went to
Yorkvile and opened his office and col
lected the taxes due and turned the
funds over to the Hampton govern
ment. After DR.. Robertson had been a
resident of Rock Hill several years,
he was married to Miss Annie l.,
daughter Of the late Colonel Cadwal-
lader Jones. The marriage took place
at Mt. Gallant, the family homestead,
near this city, and was great social
event. Two children were born of this
union; Allen Jones, who died when a
child, and Miss Isabel, now the wife of
Mr.. Artemus Legare in Columbia.
Hickory Grove, Sun, March %: Rev.
J. L. Oates visited the city Of Rock
Hill Monday. Miss Agnes Wylie
has closed her school at Eta Jane and
is now at home. Mr.. Barny Blan-
ton, of .Blacksburg, was in Hickory
Grove this week on business. ...... Mrs.
A. F. Wilkerson paid visit to Hickory
Grove recently to see her mother, Mrs.
N. J. Good. .......Mr. and Mrs. G. E.
Sheely, of Lancaster, were called to the
bedside Of Mr.. John Childers, the faith
er Of Mrs. Sheely, Monday. They re-
manned until after the funeral. Mr..
D. J. Brady, Of New York, and also
Mr.. G. P. Fennigan and Mr.. J. I. De-
Laney, of New Jersey, and Price Mar
tin, of Blacksburg, were in Hickory
Grove this week on bird hunting ex-
pedition. Hickory could be made a
summer resort for Northern hunters
| and pleasure seekers. ...... Miss Mat
tie Knox, Of Blacksburg, was here this
week, the guest Of her cousin, Miss
Matte Bell. Mr.. Samuel Strain, Of
Eta Jane, was in town one day this
week, on business. ...... Misses Laura
and Estelle Henderson, two excellent
and beautiful young ladies Of Water
loo, S. c., arrived in Hickory Friday
morning Of last week, to visit their Sis
| ter Mrs. Gus Leech. ...... Mr.. Walker
Gwin and family, of Central, S. c.,
"SiC III A4ASAoAJ ~ olSSho SAAS ANASA NA
Of Mr. H. r. Neal, who was the faith
er Of Mrs. Gwinn.. Mr.. T. j. RAM
sey, who was so seriously cut sometime
ago, we are glad to announce, Is we'll
again, and able to be about his busi-
ness as usual. Miss Clara Flem-
ming, the efficient principal of the
Broad River high school, made a short
visit to Hickory Grove last Saturday
evening. She has AZ students enrolled.
The school is progressing finely and Is
the banner school Of the county.......
Mr.. Henry Long, Of Newberry, S. c.,
arrived in Hickory Grove last Monday
morning, and was the guest Of G. Z.
Leech, Esq, and family day or two.
......Mr. John Childers died Wednes-
day morning, the goth of March, 1901,
after short illness with kidney affec-
ton. He was member Of the Fifth
s. e. regiment in the late war between
the states. His age at the time Of his
demise was about GA. His body was
buried in the Unity church cemetery
Wednesday afternoon. Funeral SER
vices were conducted by Rev. ]. l..
Oates.
CHESTER.
Lantern, March o.: 1t seems that
some persons are uneasy on account
Of the case Of smallpox in the Bond
house, opposite the Baptist church.
DR.. Mcconnell authorizes us to assure
the people that there Is no danger to
neighbors or to persons passing the
street. The patient is shut up in a
room in the house and surrounded by
all necessary protection to those out
side. 1t may be added, as all who have
had any opportunity may have obser-
we'd, that the disease does not catch
readily as measles and some others. ....
A child of Mr.. ]. M. Saye's got its COL
lar bone broken recently by fall from
little express wagon" and has been
suffering severely..... Mr.. w. S. Dill
ing, of Erskine college, is in town ar
ranging for the base ball game be-
tween Erskine and Furman, April 26th,
the occasion Of the oratorical contest.
He says that the team that wins will
have work to do....... Miss Lizzie Cou-
sar has received notice that Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Leard, and their daughter,
Miss Salie, expected to sail for Amer
lea on the 21st. They have been with
their daughter in Germany since last
summer or early fall. Mr.. Leard, who
looked like a corpse when he left here,
now weighs more than he ever did be-
fore, though his strength is not as
great as it was before his Sickness.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, March %: The residence Of
Mr.. John F. Mackey, in West End,
narrowly escaped being burned last
Tuesday evening. How the fire origi-
mated is mystery. Mrs. Mackey was
absent from the room only a few mo-
ments, when she returned to find sew
eral holes burned through the mating,
a lounge afire, and the lace curtains
ablaze. She grabbed up her little babe
which was in the cradle near the burn
ing lounge and placed it on a bed in
another room, giving the alarm as she
went. The neighbors heard her cries
and ran to the building. Mrs. Mackey
had about gotten the fire extinguish-
ed before any of them arrived. Her
hands were badly burned and her hair |
singed in her efforts to put out the |
fire.. Captain ]. M. Perry has been
appointed deputy coroner for Lancas-
ter county. His appointment was
approved by Judge Townsend last
Wednesday. The deputy will hold all
to do so..... Cleveland Gregory, a lit