Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-12-22
aHisrellaneous 8eaains.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That 10 Of More
or Less Local Interest.
CHESTER.

CHESTER.
Lantern, December 1S: Most OF the
towns around us have had street car
nivals and want no more OF them.
Efforts were made time and again by
these aggregations to get into Chester
but the best terms they could get
from Mayor Hardin were $50 day
with the privilege reserved to close
them I'D at any time the council
might SO determine. Mr.. j. L.
Brandon, who has been night opera
tor at the Seaboard for some Time
leaves this afternoon for his home In
Florida, and Mr.. Jack Castles OF Smyr-
ma, York county, is to take his place.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Plaxico, Mrs.
w. A. Hood and Mr.. T. G. DoWGle OF
Hoodtowr, York county, were In the
citv Wednesday. Mr.. and Mrs. X.
B. Bigham and son, Of Wellridge, ana
little niece, Laura McIlroy, OF YORK
county, who Is spending some time
with them, spent Wednesday In the
citv Mrs. Sam Johnson and daugh-
ter. Miss Kate Of York county, and
Master Ernest Gibson Of Grover, N. c.,
came down yesterday morning to at
tend the funeral Of Miss Jane Brown
and returned home this morning. Mr..
Horace Johnson Of Yorkville, who has
been down several days, also return
ed this morning. .......M Mr.. TuesVah
Coin of the Clarkson neighborhood'
brother Of Mr.. Alexander Coin OF this
city, died yesterday morning and Will
be. buried today at New Bethel. he
was about seventy years Of age and
was a veteran Of the Confederate army.
He left six children to mourn his
death. Miss Blanche Grant and
Mr.. S. A. Brakefield were married at
the home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Ansley Grant Of Armenia,
Wednesday afternoon at o'clock, by
Rev. J. NJ. Fridy. The bride was the
recipient Of many valuable and useful
presents. :. Yesterday about 1 o'clock
Ticket Agent c. S. Cannon, Of the
Southern railway, locked his office
and went to dinner, leaving $120 In the
cash drawer. When he returned he
posted up his books and then went to
the drawer for his cash, but 1t was
gone. The office was locked when he
returned and he supposes that some
one must have had key, as he thinks
it hardly possible for the money to
have been taken after he returned. No
clue. has been found yet... MISS
Jane Brown died Wednesday morning
about one o'clock, after prostration
from paralysis for four weeks. Flu
neral services were conducted at the
residence Of her brother, Mr.. w. T.
Brown on Columbia street, yesterday
morning by Rev. ]. S. Moffatt, d. D..
assisted by Rev. James RUSSELL and
the remains were buried at Pleasant
Grove. The deceased was a native OF
North Carolina but had been living
here many years. She was sixty-one
wears old the 9th Of September. She
had nursed and assisted many people
In their homes, and had a multitude
of friends.
GASToN.
Gastonia Gazette, December 10: Mr.
Clarence Ledford and Miss Leila Hoyle
were united in marriage Sunday after
noon at o'clock at the home Of Mr.
George Jarrett near the Modena mill
The ceremony was performed by Rev
J. w. Ingle. The young people have
the congratulations Of friends on the
happy event. AT the home OF the
brides father Mr.. ]. G. Arrowood, at
the Loray mill yesterday morning at IL
o'clock, Mr.. w. D. Davis and Miss
Bessie Arrowood were united in mar
riage. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. J. w. Ingle, pastor OF west
End Methodist church. The groom Is
an operative at the Loray mill. .....A
special to the Charlotte Observer OF
Wednesday from Kings Mountain tells
Of a serious shooting ARRAY which oc-
Cured in a livery stable there on Mon
day night in which Henry Graham
colored, was seriously wounded by
Robert Abbott, a white man. Five
shots were fired at distance of nine
feet. One shot struck Graham, inf1ict-
ing serious wound and only missing
the jugular vein by a hairs breadth
Abbott was drinking and abused Gra-
ham with curses and threats. The at
tending physician thinks the wound
will not prove fatal. Abbott has bad
reputation while Graham is quiet
industrious negro. The following
members of the city graded school fac
ulty will leave tonight and tomorrow
for their respective homes to spend the
Christmas holidays: Miss Louise Ma
son to Clyde; Miss Madge White to
Collettsville; Miss May Stewart to
Carthage; Miss Elise Stokes to York
Vile; Miss Bessie Horton to Lenoir;
Miss Madge Little to Wadesboro; Miss
Mary Gray Sandifer to Rock HILL.
An heirloom upon which the family
Justly sets much value was shown us
yesterday by Mr.. P. L. Horsley OF
South Point. 1t is a tortoise shell
snuffbox, brightly lacquered in black
and a purplish red and inlaid with
gold. This box was the property of
Mr.. Horsley's mother and at her death
a few years ago she left in the care OF
her eldest daughter, Miss Amanda,
with the wish expressed that it might
be always kept in the family. Mrs
Horsley received the heirloom from
her father, Abram Stowe, who was a