Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-07
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YORK.
Rock Hill Herald, February 4: Chief
Of Police Jenkins and Officer Langley
captured flfty-one half pints and two
quarts Of blind tiger whisky Satur-
day. The seizure was made in the ten
derloin district in the house Of Chris
tine Douglass Willie G. Shilling
law, son Of ]. A. Shillinglaw, In the
Leslie neighborhood, while cutting
wood Friday afternoon, met with a
serious wound. The axe glanced and
cut a deep cash in the front part Of
the left leg, just above the ankle joint.
The cut was about two inches long.
DR.. CASTOR, who was called, responded
promptly, and sewed the cash, taking
four stitches. It Miss Sophia Whilden,
first assistant teacher Of music in
Winthrop college. died in the college
infirmary yesterday morning between
4 and S o'clock Of pneumonia, aged A
years. Her sisters, Mrs. Charles S.
Hard, Of Greenville, and Mrs. A. NC
liver, Of Charleston, with their hus-
bands, were with her when the end
came. Last night her remains were
to have been taken to Greenville,
where the burial was appointed to
take place this morning. Services
were held at the college yesterday by
Rev. w. E. Thayer. Prior to this,
however, a meeting Of the faculty and
students was held in the auditorium
when suitable resolutions Of apprecia-
ton and sorrow were adopted. Out
of respect to the memory Of the de-
ceased, exercises were suspended In the
college yesterday. Miss Whilden was
native of Charleston, but removed
to Greenville when she was a girl
There she attended and graduated at
the Greenville Female college. She
made a specially of music, prosecuting
her studies in the north, and was for
some time a student Of Prof. Arthur
Foote, a noted piano teacher. and COM
poser Of Boston. She came to Rock
Hill as one Of Prof. Brownies assist
ants, becoming q member Of tie fac
ulty of 1898. She was musician
Of high class, teacher Of patience and
thoroughness and q woman who on
account Of her gentleness, sweetness
of disposition and graciousness Of
manner made her the idol Of the stu
dents Of the college, whether in her
department or not, and when the sad
news was whispered from ear to ear
that Miss Whilden Is dead" there was
many a tear-stained cheek and sor-
rowing heart in the college. Her loss
to the college as a teacher will be felt
very sorely, but as a pure-minded,
Christian lady, sweet companion ana
friend, the chair left vacant Will be
hard to fill. OF her it may be truly
said, BLESSED are the pure In heart,
for they shall see Cod" By vote OF
the faculty, President johnson was
selected to accompany the corpse to
Greenville.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, February 4: Eli Rogers, VINO
shot and killed a Negro boy and af-
forwards shot and killed Miss Nancy
Presley near Monroe. last week, has
surrendered to the sheriff Of Union
county. Married, Sunday, Febru-
ary l., 1903, by T. w. Secrest, notary
public, Mr.. Walter L. Bailey and Miss
Lizzie E. Laney, both of Mineral
Springs, N. C.......Dr. j. D. Nisbet, OF
New York, and DR.. Vernon Nisbet, OF
Philadelphia, are visiting their moth
er, at Van Wyck.. Mrs. Ida Tay-
lor, wife of Mr.. S. D. Taylor, of Craig
VILE, died at her home last Saturday
after a protracted illness. She was
daughter of the late S. P. Durant, OF
Marvin, N. c., whose death was chron-
icled in the Ledger last week. She
was about As years Of age and leaves
her husband and eight children surviv-
ing her.
CHESTER.
Lantern, February 3: The following
petition was drawn up at an enthu-
siastic good roads meeting held yes
terday: To the county board Of COM
missioners: We the undersigned citl-
zens and free-holders Of the county
and state aforesaid. residing or own
ing land on the highways hereinafter
mentioned, do hereby petition your
honorable board to authorize and In
struct the county supervisor to take
the chaingang and macadamize In
most acceptable manner the high
ways leading from the city of Chester
toward Cornwell, known as the 20
lumbia road, and toward RossVille
known as the Rossville road, and to-
ward Rocky Creek, known as the Pc
den's Bridge road, beginning at the
corporate limits Of the said city Of
Chester and extending to the third
mile post on each Of said highways
(about four miles in alD and If this
petition is granted and the conditions
hereinafter written accepted, we here
by promise to pay to the county treas
urer for the purpose Of assisting IN
such building the sum set opposite
our respective names-one-half there
of payable when one-half of said work
is done and the other half payable
when all of said work Is completed.
The conditions above referred to are
as follows: That the county board en-
ploy a competent civil engineer to first
locate and grade said highways and
to superintend said work; that the
county board buy a rock-crusher, en-
CINE, roller, dump carts and all other
necessary improved and up-to-date
machinery to be used in doing said