Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-25
Aliseellaneons &eaaing.
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New. and Comment That 10 Of More
or Lsss Local interest.
CHESTER.
Lantern, July, 21: officers to serve
six months were elected for the Bap-
ttst Young Peoples union at the Bap-
tist church Sunday afternoon. The re-
suit of the election was as follows:
Mr.. w. P. Bowles, president; Mr.. Wal
ter Waters, vice president; Miss Ruby
Bowles, secretary; Miss Maggie Ed
wards, corresponding secretary; Mr..
Fred Jarrett, treasurer. Miss Jo-
sic Oates, who attended Armenia pic
mic last Thursday and has since been
visiting Misses Maud and Daisy Guy
in the country, returned home yester-
day morning. 49,. After the exercises
of last Thursday at Armenia, the Ar
menia and Lowrysville baseball teams
played an interesting game Of ball.
The result was q score Of IL to IN
favor Of Armenia Batteries for Ar
menia, Love, Abel and Moore; for
Lowryville, Grant and Lackie, Bailey
and Bailey. =. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Ferguson of Florida, and Mrs. Thomas
Dunlap of Yorkville, left yesterday
morning for Yorkville, after spending
q day or two in town with their broth
er, Mr.. George w. Ferguson. MT.
George w. Hanna, who is preaching
during the summer at New Hope and
Brick Church, Associate Reformed
churches in Fairfield county, passed
through yesterday morning on the way
to his home at Gastonia. For the next
ten days he will attend the ministers
conference at All Healing. g...... Little
William Crawford, while talking with
City Engineer James Hamilton the
other day, said that buzzard has lfe
insurance. When he was questioned
how that could be, he said II person
should kill one it would cost him $40,
hence the buzzard had insurance.
Mr.. S. A. Murphy returned to town
Saturday morning from Feasterville.
He was very nearly broken down. For
the past while he has been at MI.
Thomas Owings, where Mrs. Owing,
three daughters and one son have the
typhoid fever. They were all getting
along very nicely when Uncle Sam
left them. The Lee Light infantry
left yesterday for Columbia to go into
camp. The boys were in good spirits
and were anticipating pleasant stay
in the capital city. The following left
yesterday, except Mr.. Nicely, who left
the night before, being quarter-master
sergeant: J. H. Marion, major; r. G.
Mills captain of company; Walker
Carroll, first lieutenant; r. G. Mar
shall, second lieutenant; Clarence
Cross, Henry DaVega, Richard Cousar,
Dawson Heath, Erwin Abel, G. q.
Bowling, Peter Hardin, Frank Hardin,
Alden Wilks, Theo. Tinsley, Lindsay
McFadden, Frank Marshall, Robt. Hall,
Albert Steinkuhler, Jno. MUIR, Harry
Burdell, Charlie Abel, Mac. Nicely, Bob
Abel, Will Caldwell, Jno. Wilson, ]. s.
Guy, Frank Spratt, E. H. Wilson, Har-
ry Withers, Watkins Nichols, ]. s.
Darby, Gill Mcclure, Louis Smith, VIM.
Stringfellow, Hugh Macauley, X. b.
Watson, Jesse H. Hardin. battalion ad-
jutant.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, July o.: 1t was with deep
sorrow that the many friends Of Miss
Minnie Crockett, formerly Of this place
but who has lived with relative Mr..
r. D. Robertson. at Edgemoor. the past
five years, learned Of her death last
Sunday evening. She had been In very
bad health for some time. She was
daughter Of the late Jones and Mary
E. Crockett of this place, and was
about 40 years Of age, member OF the
Methodist church and an exemplary
Christian lady. She leaves an only
brother, Mr.. Jas. A. Crockett, surViv-
ing her. AT the meeting or the
board Of trustees Monday afternoon,
Miss Nora Hough. Of this place, was
elected to fill the vacancy existing In
the corps Of teachers for the graded
school. Miss Nora Is a graduate OF
Winthrop college, has had several
years experience in teaching and we
are sure the patrons will be delighted
with her selection. 49,. Quite crowd
witnessed the interesting ceremony OF
the Jr. o. U. A. M, in laying the cor
ner stone Of the Second Baptist church
at the cotton mill here last Saturday
afternoon. State Councillor H. d.
Funderburk was master Of ceremonies
and everything passed off according to
programme. The ceremony was
opened with an Introductory by the
state councillor, followed with prayer
by Rev. T. A. Dabney. The song,
America" was then rendered by the
order when addresses were made by
H. D. Funderburk and Rev. T. A. Dab
ney. After the singing Of another ode,
Mr.. ]. T. Davis, the recording secre-
tary, passed over to the councillor the
documents, to be placed in the stone,
viz: History of the organization
Of the church with roll of officials;
copy of the constitution and by
laws of the Jr. o. u. A. NJ,
with roll Of officers Of the local council;
copies of the Ledger, Review and En-
terprise. After these were placed In,
the cement was spread and the stone
laid in position. The doxology was
then sung after which the benediction
was pronounced. The stone, which Is
cut from marble, shows two faces 12x16