Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-12-16
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IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
News and Comments Clipped From
Neishborins Exchanges.
LANCASTER.
ledqer, Dec. Il. We are glad to
learn there is thought to be some i'm
provement in the condition OF our
townsman, Magistrate w. P. Caskey,
who has teen seriously i'll the past
week. Married, at the home Of the
brides father, Mr.. w. T. Morris, by
Rev. J. H. 3oldridge, D. D., Dec, 8, Mr..
VIM. F. Mothershed and Miss Winney
Morris. A big reception was given
them at the home Of Mr.. ]. r. Mother
shed, father of the groom on the fol-
lowing day. Invitations have been is
sued to the marriage Of Mr.. c. M. Har-
din of this place and Miss Ida Steele,
daughter Of Mr.. ]. NJ. Steele OF the
Unity section, on Dec. 22d, 1904. .....
Wyatt Hughes, COL, was accidentally
shot in the abdomen, and probably IA
tally wounded, at a dance, on the "Er-
win" place four miles west OF town,
Monday night by Frank Allen, colored.
Allen and Hughes were taking 1t time
about swapping an unloaded pistol.
Hughes put a cartridge In it and hand
ed it back to Allen when the latter,
not knowing it was loaded, snapped 1t
again with the result above. 80. Mrs.
Emily Fudge. widow Of the late w. ID.
Fudge of Chester county, died at the
home Of her son-in-law. Mr.. X. II.
Massey, at Van Wyck yesterday, Dec.
13, 1904, after a protracted illness. She
was about sixty years Of age and leaves
three children surviving her, viz: Mr..
R. H. Fudge, Mrs. r. H. Massey and
Mrs. Furman Jordan. Her remains
will be inferred today in Elbethel
churchyard by the side of her late hus-
band. Mrs. L. P. Rodey visited
her sister, Mrs. R. ]. Mackorell at
Yorkville this week.
CHES- Err.
Lantern, Dec 13: DR.. Wylie Moore
of New York, is spending two weeks
with his parents, Capt. and Mrs. E. p.
Moore. Miss Esther Lewis Of Win
chester, Va, Is also there for rev
weeks visit Saturday morning,
Mr.. l. Med. Hood got up and made
fire about o'clock--according to his
old farm habits-and then went back
to bed-according to his new city hab-
its. He was taking another sleep
when his feet got too warm for COM
fort, and he walked to find the bed IN
flames, which had started at the loot
and were advancing rapidly. He leap
ed from bed, rolled the covering into
the fire place and got pitcher or wa
ter and put out the fire in the mattress.
Both his hands were burned, one OF
them quite severely. In minute more
the fire would have been beyond con-
troll, and he and Mrs. Hood might
have been suffocated without waking.
A spark from the fireplace must have
reached the bed. Mrs. Catherine
Peoples Johnston, wife Of DR.. N. e.
Johnstone of Luray. Hampton county,
died at Mr. c. C. Edwards yesterday
afternoon at $50 o'clock, from gall
stone. She and Mrs. Edwards were
college and room mates at the Female
college in Columbia about twenty
wears ago and became fast friends.
On Saturday, the 2sth Of November
she came to this city to spend week
with Mrs. Edwards and on the fol-
lowing Saturday she was taken SICK
DR.. Pryor was called in to see her and
upon his advice her husband was tele-
graphed for Wednesday, and every
thing was done that human skill could
do to save her life, but her time had
come. She was SO years old. and be-
sides her husband, leaves two sons,
aged about nine and seven years old,
to mourn her death. Dr. Johnston ana
the youngest son, who came with his
mother, left on the III S. A. L. train
yesterday evening ior their home at
Luray via Hamlet, N. c., with the re-
mains where they will be buried to-
day or tomorrow 80. Died, at Lock-
hart, on Thursday, at the home Of Mr..
]. T. Coin, Mrs. Mary Ann Watts, In
the 6Sth year Of her age. She was
sister of Messrs. VIM. and Thomas
Lucas and Mrs. James White OF the
Liberty church section. ....... Mrs.
Strange of Richburg, and Miss Jennie
Lynn Moffatt of YJrkville, who is Wis
iting her, were in the city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Cardwell of
Columbia, spent Sabbath at Capt. E.
P. Moores. &C.. Mr.. ]. Martin Grant
says there will be severe cold between
the 18th and 23rd, followed by in
creasing cloudiness and rain or snow
the 25th and 26th. Mr.. Grant says
people want something definite in the
way Of predictions, and here 1t Is.
They may make a note of it and see
how it turns out.
CHEROKEE.
Gatfney Ledger. Dec. 13: We regret
to learn that John w. Alexander, ESQ.,.
magistrate of Wilkinsville Is in bad
health He has been suffering for sew
eral weeks. He is one Of the county's
most fearless and conscientious Off
cials. -. w. ]. Good spent Sunday with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Good
near Yorkville. ;. Mr.. John H. Spake
Of Byersville, n. c., died at his home
at that place Saturday at the advanced
age of ninety-five years. He was born
in November 1S09 and has followed
farming all his long life. Mr.. Spake
was the father of our fellow townsman.
Mr.. w. L. Spake. and leaves, besides
him, several daughters, who will sadly
miss their venerable father. He was.
indeed. landmark Of this section Of
lacc I,.ill falt h1,