Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-02
Mistellaneous &eaain9.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That In OF More
or Less Local Interest.

or Less Local Interest.
YORK.
Rock Hill Herald, July 30: Under the
provisions Of an ordinance adopted five
years ago, the police Of our city are
elected for a term of two years. The
term of the present force will expire
with the month of August and at the
regular meeting of the city council in
September their successors will be
elected. The force consists Of chief
and two assistants. Mr.. James Z.
Sims, a son of Col. R. M. Sims, and
some of the years of whose boyhood
were spent in this city when it was a
mere village, is visiting his relative,
Mr.. D. Hutchison. His home is now in
San Francisco, CAL, where he has been
for II years practicing law. He Is
prominent in the state, being the state
chairman of the democratic party, the
use of his name being urged for the
governorship. He with his father and
family left this city in 1877, after the
election of his father to be secretary
of state under the Hampton admins
tration. . Miss Mabel Webster, who
has been spending sometime with Miss
Mamie Mcconnell, in Yorkville, was In
the city Monday for a few hours on the
way to her home in Philadelphia. Miss
Mcconnell accompanied her friend to
Rock Hill, returning to Yorkville yes
terday afternoon. 1T will be sub
ject of some surprise and much regret
to our readers to know that Prof. A.
r. Banks contemplates leaving Rock
Hill before the first of September. He
has been elected to the position of su-
perintendent of the graded school at
Kershaw, and has notified the board Of
his acceptance.
CHESTER.
Lantern, July 20: Mr. Paul N. Moore,
of Yorkville, spent a few days last
week at Captain E. P. Moore's.. Mr..
Newman McCollum, of Leeds, died at
the Wylie house Saturday. He was a
painter by profession and was doing
painting at Whitmire when he went on
the excursion to Atlanta, Ca, last
Wednesday. Upon his return on Fri
day, he went to Mr.. John Frazer's
livery stable and complained Of being
sick. He soon became unconscious and
was taken to the Wylie house where
he died at 12 o'clock Saturday. DR.. ].
M. Brice gave him all the medical
treatment possible. He was poisoned
with paint. His remains were taken
to Cavalry Baptist church for inter-
ment, where he held his membership.
He was the son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. N.
McCollum. His mother and two sis
ters, Mrs. c. B. McCollum and Mrs. E.
D. Wilks, and brother, Sam McCollum,
survive him. He was about % years
old. Mr.. D. B. Lumpkin, postmas-
ter, who is also called the mayor Of
Rocky Mount, was in the city yester-
day. He thinks that the way the au-
thorities at Rock Hill did him on Sat-
urday was little less than an outrage,
especially a place that cannot boast of
more than Rock Hill. All unbeknownst
to him the first thing he knew a "blue-
coat" cried out to him Five dollars
there for splitting on the side walk.
But as Mr.. Lumpkin was not familiar
with the ordinances he was let off by
paying 81. 1t seems that Mr.. Lumpkin
is willing to let Rock Hill paddle her
own canoe so far as he is concerned,
and if he wants to go where he may
get advantages where he may be at
ease and feel at liberty, why there is no
place like Chester. Chester will do him
right every time. Coroner j. II.
GLADDEN. held preliminary Friday over
the body of Nathan Smith, colored, who
died Thursday from injuries received
from earth falling on him at Mr.. j. R.
Simrill's brick yard. The examination
was held by DR.. S. w. Pryor. On Sun
day night the 9th a preliminary was
held over the body of Mr.. Jerome B.
Stokes, Of Cemetery street, who died
suddenly of convulsions at Z o'clock
that evening. DR.. Pryor examined the
body. Mr.. Stokes was a Confederate
veteran and was 62 years old. He
leaves a wife and one daughter, Mrs.
T. D. Wix.
LANCASTER.
Review, July 80: After lingering for
weeks between life and death, Mr.. VIM.
Ganson, one Of Lancaster's best and
most prominent citizens, breathed his
last at 1.30 o'clock last Saturday MORN
ing. at his residence on Dunlap street.
The news of his death will be received
with profound sadness and regret
throughout the county, as it was in
this community, for there is scarcely
a home in 25 miles of Lancaster where
his name has not been a household
word for a number of years. One Of
the pioneers Of modern, progressive
commercialism in this part of the state,
and a man of infinite tact, geniality
and faDility, as well as personal mag
netism, the name cf his customers and
friends was legion Mr.. Ganson was a
native Of Scotland, a son of David
Ganson. and was in his 49th year, hav-
ing been born the 10th of April, 1854.
He came to the United States in 1876,
locating in Winnsboro, after first
spending few weeks in New York
city. In 1882 he moved from Winnsboro
to Lancaster, where he continued to
reside until his untimely death. On
his arrival he opened a small mercan-
tile establishment, in partnership with
Mr.. ]. L. Mimnaugh, now the mer-
chant prince of Columbia. After a
year or so he bought out the interest
Of his partner and continued the busi-
ness alone. From the daY he first