Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-09-20
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l~ or Less Local Interest.
i YORK.
Rock Hill Herald, September II: Rev.
and Mrs. W. G. Neville, of Yorkville,
were visitors in the city yesterday......
Mrs. D. Gordon has returned from a
visit to the family of J. F. Gordon, near
Yorkville. ~. Miss Rose Lindsay of
Yorkville, lis spending awhile in the
city, with Miss jamie Massey. Mr..
and Mrs. w. c. Wherry gave an en-
joyable party at their residence Friday
evening. The following ladies and gen.
tlemen were present: Misses Leila
Raines, Lydia Culp, Lula and Joseph
Ferguson, jamie and Minnie Locke, ORR
lee, Maggie and Emma Thomasson,
Mary and Annie Wherry; Messrs Huet
Culp, M. E. 1. Fewell Sam Willeford,
Will Black, Coral Cornwell, Tom Thom-
asson, Will Nicely, Robert brennan,
Prof. Sturgis, Charlie Anderson, Jim
Locke, Murphy Boyd, Rob Thomasson,
Tom Sturgis, Will Shillinglaw, Everett
Holler, Newton Williams, H. McFad-
den, Ivy Thomasson. Music was fur
nished by Messrs. Hope Westbrooks
and Zeb Caldwell, of the Mt. Holly
neighborhood. We hope to have that
opportunity soon again. let was one to
be remembered. II Miss Lille Love,
of McConnellsville,' arrived in the city
yesterday She is boarding at the home
of her aunt, Mrs. Kate Fewell. and will
enter winthrop college,. Last week
we mentioned the anxiety which Mr..
Martin D. Allen, of Smiths Turnout,
feels for the safety Of his son, James,
who was i'm the American army In the
Philippines and who he had been told
had been killed in a recent battle. MT.
r. F.. Tompkins, of this city, who has
son in the Philippines, has list OF
all the deaths from any cause occur
ring in the American army since the
first of last April, and the name or
young Allen does not appear in the list;
so it is fair to assume that he is still
alive. The list referred to has appear
ed in the several issues of the Army
and Navy Journal and the names were
taken from the cable reports Of Gene
raj Chaffee. "
CHEsTER.~ y
Lantern, September 1es< Messrs. John
J. Mcclure, Jr., and Jas. Sc. Lowry were
the successful competitors for the Cit
adel scholarships. Their marks were
1885 and SS51 respectively. Mr..
John Miller and his two sisters, of
Camden, Ala, arrived in town Friday
night. They are at Mrs. A. G. Brice's.
The girls will go to school here. Mr..
Miller went to Erskine today. ...Col-
onel ]. w. Reed is arranging to have
another Rebel rally" that will eclipse
any previous effort in that line. 1t will
come off about the first week in No
vember. The Rev. John Bass Shelton
Is expected to lecture, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Smering and Mrs. ]. @. Hood will
probably have charge Of the music.
General C. Irvine Walker, commander
of the Army of Northern Virginia, will
be invited. ..\,/The following young la
dies leave for Winthrop this week:
Misses Lucille Withers, Net Spratt,
Margie Leckie, Sallie Leard, May Car
penter, Mary and Rachel Brawley,
Jennie May Carroll, Ocey Corkill, Ger
trude Wise, Marion Stringfellow, Kate
Mcclure, Esther Boyd and Lillian Nc
Keown. OF course we expect some of
these to come back all covered with
honors and medals.
n GAsTON.
Gastonia/ Gazette, Sept. 16: Col. w.
q. Stephenson Of the Kings Mountain
Military academy. of Yorkville. was a
visitor in the city yesterday. Mr.
John Jenkins. of Yorkville. arrived yes
terdav morning. spending yesterday
and last night with his brother-in-law.
Mr.. J. Y. Miller. He left this morning
with the party Of students for Erskine
college, Mr.. Brown Neil came up
from Yorkville yesterday morning ac-
companied by his brother, Mr.. Marshall
Neil. who left on the morning train
for Charlottesville, Va, to enter the
University of Virginia. Mr.. Brown
Neil returned to Yorkville yesterday af-
ternoon. -. After several unavoidable
delays the first train over the Carolina
and North-Western's new board gauge
track, arrived in Gastonia about Lab p.
m., yesterday and it was welcomed by
quite a large crowd of people who hail
ed it's coming with gladness. Sunday
was the date set for the arrival of this
train and all day long an anxious crowd
hung around the new c. and NV. de-
pot near the Old Mill. where the hands
were busy working on the track. hop
ing to witness it's arrival. But it did
not turn up: owing to the fact that
there was still some work to be done
on the track. The train which arrived
yesterday afternoon was pilot train,
consisting of two passenger coaches, a
mail car and the engine. and was IN
charge of Engineer G. w. Syfan and
Conductor L. r. Summerrow. They
left Lenoir Saturday afternoon, coming
to Newton. where they lay over until
10 a. m, yesterday, when they left on
the trip to Gastonia. No passengers
were carried, as it was merely an in
spection trip. No accident marred the
journey. The first regular run north
was made today. For the present all
mail and passenger transfers will be
made at the new c. & NV. depot.
| WoNDERFII, OLD MEN.-Men of
thought have always been distinguish
ed for their old age. Solon, Sophocles,