Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-04-29
atliserllaneous Rsadins.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That Is OF More
or Less Local Interest.
CHESTER.

CHESTER.
Lantern, April 26: Mrs. Leslie NC
Cormick, who has been missionary
in China for seven years, passed
through the city a few days ago en-
route, to Clinton with two orphan
children. She is expected to return
this afternoon and will spend several
days with Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Langdon
Mckee, where she will be given a re-
ception tomorrow afternoon. She will
be glad to have any Of her friends call
on her who are interested in her work.
Miss Sadie Wood. of Edgmoor.
and Mr.. VIM. G. Orr, Of this city. were
married Sabbath afternoon, April Oath,
at the parsonage at Edgmoor, by Rev.
L. T. Pressly. On the 25th Of May,
the congregation Of Hopewell A. X.
P. church will celebrate the quarter
centennial Of the Rev. John A. Whites
pastorate. The 23rd Is the 25th ami
versary, but Wednesday was thought
to be a more suitable day than Mon
day. The Rev. r. G. Miller, D. D.. of
Sarais, N. c., who was pastor Of the
New Hope congregation, in Fairfield
county. at the time of Mr.. Whites in
stallation, delivered the charge to the
pastor on that occasion. and he Is ex-
pected to address the pastor again on
this 25th anniversary Of his pastorate.
The Rev. J. P. Marion was pastor OF
the Chester A. R. P. congregation
quarter Of century ago, and 1t was
his duty to charge the people as to
their duty to their new pastor. He
has been invited to address the peo-
Pile again. Rev. j. S. Moffatt, D. D.,
the present pastor of the Chester con-
gregation, which is an offshoot from
Hopewell, is to speak Of the Pastors
of Hopewell. DR.. Moffatt's ancestors
were Hopewell people, his father hav-
ing been reared there. ]. K. Henry,
ESQ.,, a son Of the congregation. is to
speak of the History of Hopewell. The
Rev. c. E. Mcdonald, Of Winnsboro.
for several reasons has been thought
a suitable man to address or speak of
the societies Of Hopewell on the 25th
LANCASTER.
Ledger, April q: Last Saturday
morning, April 23, 1904, at his home
near Elgin. Mr.. Leonard S. Porter
passed from the cares of this life to
the bright beyond. He took chill on
his return home from a meeting of
the board Of stewards of his church on
Saturday, 18th instant, and from that
pneumonia set in, resulting in his
death in just one weeks time. L. 5.
Porter was born near Dixie, Dec. 81,
1847. At the age Of sixteen years he
entered the Confederate service In Co.
I, 3rd regiment of state troops, and was
elected a lieutenant in this company
of boys. of which the late James D.
Caskey was captain. Five public
schools in this county have raised the
necessary amount to secure libraries,
viz: Oakhurst, Rich Hill. Heath
Springs, Antioch and Tabernacle. The
first three have already put in orders
for books. Four other schools have
notified Superintendent of Education
Rowell Of their intention to secure the
libraries. Only twelve schools in
county under the provisions of the act,
can get libraries during any year..
The dispensary constables, it seems,
are to call a halt on the sale of malt
Two were here this week and made
seizures of small stocks on hand at
several of our grocery stores.
At the quarterly conference for Lam
caster station, Major ]. M. Riddle and
L. c. Lazenby were elected delegates
and Messrs. w. P. Bennett and w. M.
Reed alternates to the Rock Hill dis
trict conference which meets at Ker-
shaw in July. Mr.. Durham Cau-
then, who was recently drugged by
woman at the fremont hotel in Fort
Scott, Kan. and robbed Of his watch,
diamond rings and $40 in money, has
been notified Of the arrest Of the par
ties in st. Louis, Mo-. and the recov-
cry Of his stolen articles. The woman,
and the man who was with her at
the time Mr.. Cauthen met up with
them at the depot in Fort Scott, were
arrested one day last week on calling
at the express office in st. Louis for
package expressed them from Fort
Scott. The package was found to con-
tain the articles Of which Mr.. Cauthen
had been robbed. E. The little eighteen
months old son Of Mr.. Lucius Bell,
erside, was run over by the northbound
freight on the Southern last Saturday
afternoon and died from it's injuries an
hour or so later. The little fellow had
slipped from the house and strayed off
while his mother had gone out to at
tend to something about the lot. Re-
turning to the house she missed the
child and thinking it might have fol-
made search of the lot for it and had
gone to the front of the house when
she spied it several hundred yards away
about the railroad track. She heard
an approaching train and ran to get
her child. and had it been possi-
BILE for her to have made the distance
a minute sooner she would have res
cued her precious boy. But before she
could reach him the train was upon
him and his little life was crushed out.
GASTON.'
Gastonia Gazette, April 26: Speak
ing about the snow of last week break
ing the record, Miss Cora Clark showed