Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-15
Mistellaneous &eaain9.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That Is Of More
or Less Local Interest.
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CHESTER.
Lantern, September II: Mr.. Carl
Latimer who has been serving for
some time as assistant bookkeeper In
S. M. Jones G. Cos. store, has been
promoted to the chief bookkeeper's
place. upon the resignation of Mr.. Ed
ward l.. Craig. Mr.. w. Latta Massey
of Yorkville. is the new assistant book
keeper. Supervisor Jno. O. Darby
went to Columbia Tuesday to hire a
few convicts from the penitentiary to
work on the Chester roads. He sue
ceeded in getting four, and he brought
them up from Columbia yesterday af-
ternoon. One Of these is serving
sentence Of six months, one five years,
one six years, and the other life sem
tence for murder. Supervisor Darby
said that he would have gotten eight,
but the county supervisor Of Edgefield
happened to be there at the same time
on the same mission, and four was
given to each. However, Supervisor
Darby got his choice of the eight. 800.
Mrs. A. A. Porter died at her home In
Steel Creek, Mecklenburg county, N.
c., after a prolonged illness. Her re-
mains were buried on Tuesday in Steel
Creek Presbyterian church cemetery.
She was a member of Steel Creek A. r.
P. church. Mrs. Porter was daugh-
ter of the late Mr.. Alex. Grier, and has
MANY relatives in this county. She
was a sister-in-law of Mrs. w. E.
Sledge. Mr.. Sledge attended the fu-
neral Tuesday. Mrs. Sledge was al
ready in that neighborhood, having
been visiting relatives there for some
time. Miss Margaret McDill of
yCoulterville, ILL.,, is in the city. She
arrived this week, and the purpose OF
her visit to South Carolina Is to learn
something Of her ancestors. Her
mother was a Mcguire, and the old
Mcclure home was near Mr.. M. E.
Whites residence, and her grandfather
was buried in Old Purity cemetery.
Upon his death her grandmother went
to Illinois, and often had Miss McDill
heard her speak of South Carolina,
Chester county, and Old Purity church.
So much has she heard Of the south
land, the home of her ancestors, that
she was constrained to come and visit
the place she had heard so much about.
Her grandfath ar McDill lived near the
Old Brick church in Fairfield county,
and left that section for Illinois in 1882,
seventy-one years ago. Accompanied
by DR.. G. B. White, she visited Old
Purity Wednesday afternoon. She
will visit Mr.. Sam McDill next week,
being related to the McDills Of this
county.
LANCASTER.
ledqer, September 10: Mr.. Ernest
Bell of Belltown, met with a serious
accident last Wednesday,. While he
and his father were raising the franz
ing of a house on the latter's place the
portion of the framing already raised
fell, catching Ernest under it. breaking
his left leg above the ankle and badly
MASKING it. also painfully injuring his
back and considerably cutting and
bruising his face. DR.. Strait is attend
ing him and reports that he is doing
fairly we'll, considering the seriousness
Of his injuries. Mr.. Fred Poag,
who was injured in the Fishing creek
wreck while en- route to Clemson COL
lege last week and had to be brought
back home, was able to start again for
Clemson yesterday. He has not fully
recovered, but had to leave yesterday
in order to hold the room assigned him
at the college,. Mr.. r. j. Flynn OF
Newcut, was summoned to Charleston
Thursday on account Of the serious ill
ness of his daughter, Mrs. N. E. Moore,
of that city. He reached her bedside
that night. Yesterday morning tel
egram to relatives here announced her
death, which occurred in the early
morning. Mrs. Moore Of late had been
suffering intensely from the result Of
an injury by being thrown from bug
gy by a runaway horse several years
ago, and as last resort her physi-
clans determined upon an operation,
which was successfully performed in
an infirmary in Charleston Sunday.
Her death is peculiarly sad. Only a
few months ago she left Lancaster; a
lovely, happy bride, to make her home
in Charleston, where her husband, Mr..
N. f. Moore, was manager Of the
Charleston Live Stock company.
A phone message from Fort Lawn
yesterday morning brought the dis
tressingly sad news to Lancaster that
our esteemed townsman, Major j. M.
Riddle. manager of the Review, had
accidentally shot, and almost instant
ly killed his little grandson, r. j.
Mackorell, Jr. of Yorkville, while
Jas. Blacks river bottoms near Fort
Lawn. Major Riddle. his son, Mr.. Jas.
Riddle. and his little grandson, and
Cube Riddle. colored, whom they car
ried with them, went over to the river
on the train the evening before, camp
ing out that night, so as to be ready
bright and early yesterday morning
for the hunt. 1t was about 8 o'clock
when the accident happened. Major
Riddle was watching for squirrel
which he had seen on q tree on very
steep hillside. Little Robby had been
left in the valley some distance below
while the major climbed the hillside.
Watching intently for the reappear-
ance of the squirrel in the tree, the
major heard sudden rustling in the
underground and on looking in the