Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-05-20
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FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That ls OF More
or Less Local Interest.
CHESTER.

1u-year-old Negro hoy VINO loaIs
around town, stole Mr.. Jim Dodds
horse and buggy Tuesday afternoon
Mr.. Dodds left his team behind 8. M
Jones & Co.'S. store. The little Negro
took it and had got as far as Brainere
Institute when by reckless driving III
ran into Bewley's dray and Mr.. Dodds
horse took fright and ran away tear
ing the buggy to pieces and throwing
the youthful thief out. Sheriff Corn
we'll soon arrived and captured hin
after q short chase. Whether the DO!
meant to sell the horse and buggy ol
simply to take ride Is not known
but results and not motives are to bt
considered, and since the buggy J!
ruined, he Is in Jail. 80. Mrs. A. NJ
Titman, Of Lowryville, and her daugh'
ter Louise were in town yesterday
Mrs. Titman has plenty Of Irish pota'
toes, English peas, strawberries ane
other spring luxuries that most OF III
don't have many Of yet. But she tolt
US not to put it in the paper, so tht
reader may just consider this para
graph expunged. Chester was vel
represented at the reunion in Colum'
bia. Among those who went Wednes'
day are Misses Bessie Westbrook
Kate Mcconnell, Cora Hardin, Lois
Hardin, Annie Williams and Wilmer
Walker; Messrs. I. Med. Hood, Jno. L
Peay, w. H. Hardin, ]. NJ. Fudge ano
Col. J. w. Reed. Mrs. ]. 0. Hardin
of Richburg, was also in the party.
Mr.. James H. Browning, Of the Pis-
gah section Of Anderson county, and
an old Confederate veteran, aged 81
years, and Miss Ossie Ducker, 20 years
old, were married recently under un-
usual circumstances. Mr.. Browning
keeps a country store and Miss Duck
er's mother sent her to do some trad
ing, and while there, Mr.. Browning
asked her to cook dinner for him.
which she readily did. Mr.. Brown
ing was 80 well pleased with the young
lady's cooking that he concluded tc
marry her, and after getting her con-
sent he at once rang his farm bell
calling in the laborers, and sent for
preacher and had the services per-
formed without delay and retained
Miss Ducker as permanent cook and
housekeeper. Mrs. J. S. Moffat,
was the charming hostess at an infor-
NAL tea last Tuesday evening. About
twenty young ladies and gentlemen
were present. Tea was gracefully
served by Misses Julia Moffatt ano
Rebecca Hafner. After this two
pieces Of tissue paper were handed te
each guest with the request that the
young ladies make hats for the mer
and that the men confer a similar
favor on the ladies. Amid much mer'
riment, the various species Of headgeal
were designed. Rev. ]. S. Moffatt, as
Judge, decided that Miss Bessie Lind
say and DR.. w. M. Kennedy had made
the most stylish hats for each othel
and he then presented them with
magnificent bouquet Of roses. Mr.
Henry White constructed a sunbonne
for Miss Susie Latham and was unan'
imously awarded the BOBBY prize.
Mr.. w. P. Wylie, Of Rock Hill, hal
issued invitations to the marriage o.
his daughter, Miss Bessie to Mr.. Johr
Goodwin Darby, of this city, or
Wednesday, May 20.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, May 16: Mr.. G.. w. Phil
lips, formerly Of Flat Creek, wht
moved to Rock Hill a few years ago
has moved to this place. 900. BY au'
thority Of the board of trustees o.
Clemson college, local Institutes will
be held in such counties as send re-
quests, signed by fifteen farmers. be-
fore the 18th of June, to ]. s. New
man, director Of Farmers Institutes
Clemson college. The petitioners will
name the places at which institutes
are desired and the dates will be ar
ranged by the college authorities. Th'
State Institute will be held at Glenn
son college commencing Monday even
ing, August 10th, and closing Friday
evening, August 14th. I'D. E. Boney
OF Yorkville, manager Of the Farmers
Mutual Life Insurance company, wa
In town this week. He appointed Mr.
r. E. McIlwaine as his agent for thi'
county. 80. Acting under telegram
from Sheriff Coleman, Of Richland
Sheriff Hunter arrested FELTON, Greg
ory, who came here some months agt
from Edgefield, Thursday afternoon
After being arrested, Gregory asked tt
be allowed to get something to ea
before being taken to Jail. The sheriff
granted the request, Of course, ant
sat down to wait for Gregory to eat
In a little while the children CAM,
in and were told that their father haG
been arrested and was going to bt
taken off. They went in the dining
room to see him and said he wasn'
there. Gregory's wife then began tt
take on and say she would never SCI
her husband again. The sheriff tol(
her yes she would and that it wouldn'
be long before she did. He then pu
out after Gregory in the direction HI
supposed he had taken. Finding
from inquiry that he was on the righ
track he soon came to Wylie's field
where he borrowed a mule that mar
was plowing, and mounting it bare
back rode around patch Of wood:
and got on the other side in time tt
see his escaping prisoner come ou
and make for a cane brake near by
Ordered to halt or take the conse'
quences. Gregory surrendered and wa:
carried to Jail. Yesterday morning HI
was taken to Chester by the deputy
sheriff where Sheriff Coleman was tt
meet him.