Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-12-06
Tuesday, December 6, 1904.
WITHIN The TOWN.

- Some Of the merchants are begin
ing to receive and open up stocks OF
Christmas goods.
The county board Of registration
was in session in the sheriffs office
yesterday. Only one certificate was Is
sued during the day.
Quite a large crowd Of colored peo-
pie and a number Of whites assembled
at the A. M. E. Zion church last Sun
day afternoon on account Of the ser
vices eulogistic of the late Bishop /. G.
Clinton, colored. Major James r.
Hart who was to have delivered an
address, was kept in by the weather
and Rev. w. c. Ewart, who was also
expected failed to get back In time
from Sharon, where he preached on
that day. The principal address OF
the occasion was delivered by Prof. r.
r. Killingsworth Of the Jefferson gra-
ded school and he made some interest
ing remarks, the substance OF whicn
was to the effect that good things said
Of a deserving man during his lie
time were much more timely and ap.
preciated than the same things SAID
after the death Of the subject. he
described Bishop Clinton, as an able
earnest, honest man, who deVoted MS
life to the advancement OF the best IN
terests Of the colored race. The bishop
well understood that there was an IN
surmountable barrier between the TWO
races, especially along social INES anu
he had no desire to see that parrler
broken down. He taught his people
that their only true friends were tne
southern whites and as to the cor
rectness of this teaching the speaker
was able to testify himself because ne
had seen enough to satisfy him OF lts
truth. The speaker said that the late
bishop had left an example to his peo-
ple that was worthy Of emulation, ano
he felt sure that such a life could not
have been lived In vain. Prof. Killings
worth was listened to with close at
tention throughout his address, ana an
the whites present bear testimony OF
the fact that he acquitted himsel1 most
creditably both as to matter ana 9e
livery. They regretted however, lna'
the speaker did not have q more rep.
resentative audience, especially OF
whites.
In spite Of the inclement Weatner,
a very good audience gathered at the
opera house Friday night to witness
the presentation Of Charles Aunt
by the local dramatic club, under the
ansnices of the Winnie Davis Chapter
Daughters Of the Confederacy. Cnar-
lies Aunt" Is a bright and amusing
three act farce, in which two young COL
lege students, Jack Chesney and Char-
lie Wycoff. find themselves in an en-
barrassing predicament, when a1ter
inviting two young lady friends, Amy
Spettigue and Kitty Verdun TO !unch
with them and meet Charles aunt, Doh-
ma Lucia d'Alvadorez, they receive
telegram announcing that the expected
aunt Is unavoidably detained, leaVlhs
their lunch unchaperoned. A happy
axnad,ant strikes them and they in
duce their friend, Lord Fencourt Bao.
berly to impersonate Charles Aunt:
This he does to the relief OF his frienas
and the immense delight OF the audi
ence. The real Donna Lucia, however
unexpectedly arrives, but grasping the
situation she remains incogntto. In
number of amusing situations, Loro
Rabberly, In the guise Of Donna Lu-
cia. who, by the way, Is the WIDOW
of a Brazilian millionaire, smootnes
the way for happy termination oi
the love affairs Of Jack and Kitty anu
Charlie and Amy, and foils the plal,s
of Amy's mercenary father-hlity 3
Guardian. Mr.. Frank G. Dobson play
cenary father, DR.. ]. B. Bowen, Loro
Chesney, the real Donna Lucia's dis
tinguished lover; Mr.. John Hart was
Jack Chesney; Mr.. Paul Neely Moore
Charlie Wycoff, and Mr.. ]. g. Barn
we'll Charles valet; Brassett. MISS
Daisy Hart took the part Of Kitty YER
dun. Miss Lizzie Hunter that OF Amy
Spettigue, Miss Iva Withers was
Donna Lucia's niece, Ella Delcher, ana
Miss Norma Vanlandingham was the
real Donna Lucia. Mr.. I. w. Johnson
took the part Of Lord Babberly ana
was irresistibly comic in the title role
"Charlie's Aunt, Donna Lucia dAi-
yadorez, from Brazil where the nuts
come FROM" All the players display
ed thorough preparation and trainlns'
and no little histrionic ability: Ine
performance was most creditable 10
the club, and was we'll received ana
much enjoyed by the audience: Be-
tween the acts, there was music oy MT
s. F. e. Gruber, on the violin. Mr.: 3.
s. Gruber on the mandolin and Mr.
w. M. Phillips on the guitar, and Mr.
S. F. E. Gruber rendered several violin
oDacia lties