Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-03-05
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News and Comment That IL Of More
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YORK.
Rock Hill Herald, March 1: The
body OF the little Negro girl who was
drowned in Fishing creek Monday by
falling off a foot log was recovered
Thursday by a party Of searchers.
The body was uninjured and the cloth
in intact. It was found about a mile
below the place in the creek where the
drowning occurred. An inquest was
deemed unnecessary. The CONNER
cial Club dance Wednesday evening
was a delightful success. Only men,
bers Of the club with their lady friends
were invited. The arrangements for
the dance were perfected by the COM
mittee on entertainment and to the
gentlemen comprising that committee
is due the credit for the pleasant way
in which everything was arranged.
There is one feature connected with
this dance that deserves special COM
mendation and that should meet with
the approval Of everyone. The dance
was commenced at o'clock and at
12.15 o'clock the band played Home.
Sweet Home" This is a precedent
worthy of being followed: The follow
ing were present: Mr.. and Mrs. w. B.
Wilson, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Reid,
Miss Fannie Beckham and Miss Ella
Love, DR.. and Mrs. w. G. Stevens,
Mrs. R. T. Fewell, Mrs. Kate Fewell.
Miss Annie Stevens and Sidney Fried
helm; Miss Hattie Stevens and T. A.
Moore; Miss Lillia Stevens and H. M.
Dunlap; Miss Nellie Lee Boykin and
]. H. Beckham; Miss Amelia Beckham
and ]. w. Rawlinson; Miss Josie
Sadler and c. w. F. Spencer; Miss
Lillian Massey and G. H. Greene; Miss
Harriette Banks and J. Allen Long;
Miss Pauline Davis and j. G. Cauth-
en-; Miss Aida Winn and M. F. Cobb;
Miss Marie Fewell and ]. Lloyd Phillips;
Miss Essie Todd and w. H. McFadden;
Miss Sadie Friedheim and P. Ratter-
rec; Miss Ella Mcdaniel and D. Fried
helm; Miss Lizzie Hall and w. H. Nc
Cav; Miss Ada O'Bryan and Charles
Cobb; Messrs. Caldwell Rawlinson,
Hazel Mobley, ]. H. Witherspoon, r.
M. London. ......It is expected the
transfer of the S. C. & G. Elk. road to
the Southern will be completed in
few days. General Manager F. S. Gan
non, so it Is reported, with other Off
cials, went to Camden for this purpose
Wednesday. When the transfer Is
completed, it is probable the o. R &
C. division Of the Southern will be
created, and it is reported that Colonel
A. Trip, now superintendent of the
S. C. & G. Elk. road, will become super
intendent Of the new division. Col.
Tripp Is very popular along his line
and the news that he Is to be retain
ed in his place will be very gratify-
ing to the roads patrons. 1t is to be
hoped the Southern will see its way
clear to retain all the officials Of the S.
C. & G.. We are sure that would be the
request of the patrons If they were
consulted. The following dispatch to
a New York paper will furnish the
reason why the Southern desired the
purchase of the S. c. & G. Elk. road:
plans have been formulated and are
about to be worked out for establishing
short line from the Virginia Poca-
hontas coal fields to the Atlantic
Ocean, at Charleston, S. c., in which
the Ohio River and Charleston, owned
by Philadelphia capitalists and of which
Samuel Hunt is president, will be an
important link. This road was for
merly a part of the Charleston, Cincin-
natl and Chicago, which was project
ed to run from Charleston to Chicago,
whose owners are the same people who
had the Cincinnati, Virginia and Ports
mouth and sold it to the Norfolk and
Western. Portions Of the road in
South and North Carolina were sold to
interests representing the Southern
and are now known as the South Car
olina and Georgia Extension. Another
link in the proposed Charleston, Gin
cinnati and Chicago, which was built
| between Johnston City and Huntsdale,
Tenn, a distance of IS miles, is to be
fore mentioned by extending it to the
Virginia coal fields at Big Stone Gap.
The Southern terminus is now at
Huntsdale and by building from that
point to Lincolnton, N. c., 60 miles, a
connection will be made with the Sea-
board Air Line. When the work is
completed the shortest line from the
coal fields in question to the seaboard
will have been established.
CHESTER.
| Lantern, February 2S: We have
heard a good one, which has been go
ing the rounds, about Chester's small
pox situation. This may not be abso-
lutely correct, but from what we can
gather it is something like the follow
ing: The town authorities sent out a
man with the instructions to place a
yellow flag at a certain house where
there was smallpox. The man was
gone only short while when he re-
turned, not having complied with the
instructions of the authorities, where
upon he was asked for his reason for
not so doing. He replied that there
were only three cases at that house so
he decided not to put up the signal.
Then after considerable discussion the
final conclusion was reached: That
as soon as the patients were able to
be about. when they had reached the
scaly stage, to attach yellow flag as
a signal of danger to each of their
hats and let them loose and whoever