Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-09-24
Mistellanrous Rtaaina.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That II OF More
or Less Local Interest.
YORK

daughter of Mr.. Hoke Secrest, of Union
county, N. c., aged 4S years, died a,
her home in this city Tuesday morning
from a relapse Of typhoid fever. She
had been sick more than two months
The body was taken by private convey
ance to Catawba Junction, thence by
rail to Monroe for interment. The de-
ceased leaves a husband and seven
children-four boys and three girls
One of the latter is quite sick with
fever. Mrs. Belk was member Of the
Methodist church and devoted wife
and loving mother. Mr.. w. H. Stew
art, of this city, has been appointed
to take the census of the cotton gins
of this county. The appointment came
from the superintendent Of the census
at Washington. Mr.. J. H. Steele, OF
Bethesda township, has been named as
alternate to Mr.. Stewart, and will act
in his stead in case the appointee should
not, for any cause, be able to discharge
the duties of the office T.. Miss Mary
Ann, daughter Of the late Thomas
Hefley, died Wednesday morning OF
cancer of the bowels, at her home
about four miles southeast Of Rock
HILL. X Mr.. w. B. Fudge died at his
home in Fort Lawn Tuesday morning.
He had been in feeble health for some
time, but the immediate cause Of his
death was heart trouble. Mr.. Fudge
was about 65 years old and leaves be-
sides his wife, three daughters, all OF
whom are married. ......A warehouse
on the premises of Mr.. A. D. Holler. on
west Main street. was practically de-
stroyed by fire Thursday night. Its or
igin in unknown. When discovered the
flames were covering part Of the
building. and although the department
responded with most commendable
promptness. to the alarm, the building
was nearly destroyed before a stream
could be thrown, so infiammable was
the material Of which it was construct
ed The building and contents were
insured for $500 in Mr.. David Hutchi-
sons agency. The Manchester Cotton
mill had quite a fire Thursday after
noon, and for Is minutes it looked very
serious. The fire, it is believed, must
have originated from match that was
in a machine that was opening some
cotton in the picker room in the second
story AS soon as discovered, however,
the burning lint was cut off and blown
by a machine for the purpose down the
dust flue into the dust room in the
basement, where the flames ragged fu-
riously, the blaze in the dust flue CHM
ney running fully Is feet above the roof
of the mill. The fire was under control
in about Is minutes, thanks to the per-
feet working of the automatic sprink-
ling system, but it burned for three
hours in the dust room. The greatest
danger, however, was in the room
where the cotton is opened and where
30 open bales were scattered over the
floor. The dust flue, which is of tin,
passes through that room, and great
deal of loose cotton was banked around
the f1ue. The fiue became so hot that
when the cotton was being removed
from it, it blazed up alarmingly, but
again the sprinklers flooded the cotton
with water and in an instant the flames
were under control there. This fire was
n fine test of the excellence and effec-
tiveness of the sprinkler system. The
damage sustained was only about 500,
being covered by insurance.
CHESTER.
Lantern. September 10: Rev. Mr..
Dargan. of Florence, passed through
the city Wednesday on his way to
Yorkville. He's a Methodist preacher
and presiding elder of the Florence dis
trict Col. Reed informs us that
Tuesday, November 4th, has been set
for the rally mentioned in our last is
sue. The programme is expanding.
The whole county is invited to come
and bring dinner and spend the day.
Gen. c. Irvine Walker, Of Charleston;
Gen. Jas. H. Holmes, Of Charleston;
Gen. Thos. w. Carwile, of Edgefield;
Gen. Zimmerman Davis, of Charleston;
Gen. B. H. Teaugue, of Aiken; and Col.
U. R. Brooks, of Columbia, are expected
to grace the occasion and furnish a
part of the days entertainment. The
attractions of the evening will cluster
around a lecture by the Rev. John Bass
Shelton, who can be counted on to give
something worth trip from Rocky
Mount or Lockhart Shoals. ........ The
names of the delegates to the conven-
tion of w. c. T. U. and the houses to
which they are assigned are as follows:
Mrs. Joel E. Brunson, president and
Mrs. J. w. Wilson, corresponding Sec
retary at Mrs. L. T. Nichols; Mrs. S. E.
Herbert, organizer, and Mrs. Edison at
Mrs. G. P. Watson's; Miss Tinstrom, OF
Door of Hope" mission, Columbia, at
Mrs. Patterson's; Miss Lottie Olney, of
Charleston, Mrs. Ernest Dugan and
Serena Gruber, at Mrs. j. c. McFad-
den's; Mrs. Ketchen, of Winnsboro, at
Mrs. ]. S. Moffatt's: Mrs. w. R. Thomp-
son and Mrs. Roberta Prince, of
Charleston, at Mrs. ]. L. Glenn's; Mrs.
S. A. Weber, of Yorkville, at Mrs. Je-
rome Woods; Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Bar
Der, at Hon. j. l.. Glenn's; Miss Elliott,
of Winnsboro, at Mrs. Jos. Lindsay's;
Misses Maud, Carrie and Jessie Jones,
of Spartanburg, at Mrs. r. H. Cousar's;
Miss c. Hoist, of Charleston, at Mrs
P. w. McLure's; Mrs. Lewis Mills and
daughter, Viola, of Charleston, at Mrs
A. w. klutz's: Miss Stone, of Column
bia, at Mrs. L. D. Childs': Miss Ethel
Jackson. Of Richburg, at Mrs. D. j.
Macaulay's; Mrs. f. E. Anderson, OF
Spartanburg. at Mrs. Rachel Hemp