Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-05-13
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FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That Is Of Moro
or Less Local Interest.
CHEROKEE.

or Less Local Interest.
CHEROKEE.
Gaffney Ledger, May 10: Hon. T.
Yancey Williams Of Lancaster, has an
nounced himself a candidate for con-
gress from this district. Mr. Williams
is a former speaker Of the house Of the
South Carolina legislature, and Is
good able man, so we are informed.
The Ledger, however, does not believe
| it good politics to change congressman,
provided we have a good one, and
while Mr.. Finley may not be so bril-
liant as some others, we have reason
to believe he is honest, sincere and
faithful II will take a new congress-
man years to get in touch with the
members Of that body and he cannot
do effective work, no matter how bril-
liant he may be, until he gets in touch
with the others. Mr.. Finley, therefore,
in our judgment, will be able to serve
us to better advantage than any new
congressman we might send. He has
been in congress eight years, knows
something Of its workings, and can, in
all reasonableness, be Of more value to
his constituents the next two years
than in the entire eight he has been
there. We Of the south have got to
learn that good steady working con-
gressman is worth more to US than
brilliant meteor, and that the way to
make them worth more to us than
they are is to keep them there. We
are not raising any objections to Mr..
Williams, and If we must change we
see no reason why he should not be
the man, hut we are "agin swapping
horses in the middle Of the stream
and we believe that to change now
would have the effect Of negativing
much Of the silent good work Mr.. Fin
II ley has been doing and has mapped
out. The. commencement at Lime
stone college will begin on Sunday, the
29th instant. DR.. l.. w. Wingo will
preach the baccalaureate sermon. .......
Mrs. Charles Petty Of Spartanburg has
been invited to deliver the alumnae
address at Limestone college on May
the 3Oth. Mrs. Petty graduated at
Limestone under the Curtis regime In
the latter fifties.
CHESTER.
Lantern, May 10: Miss Ella McMur-
ray, matron of the infirmary Of Clin-
ton orphanage, passed through Satur-
day on her way to Fort Mill, IN
response to telegram announcing the
serious illness Of her grandmother,
Mrs. L. N. Culp.. Mrs. ]. T. Stew
art and son. Dewey. who have been at
the Springstein, returned to their home
at Yorkville Saturday.. Constable
B. E. Wright went to the Catawba
Falls picnic Saturday and captured
two barrels Of beer. It Is said that 1t
was not safe to be there on account OF
the reckless shooting, which we sup
pose Is chargeable to liquor furnished
by unscrupulous persons. Mr.. w,
S. Dunbar has received the appoint
ment as carrier Of r. F. D. route No.
8, serving a section Of country west OF
the CITY,. Judge Joshua H. Hudson
has written Colonel Reed making a
third don; ton of copies Of his book
for the lanefit of the Confederate
monument. This time he directs that
the remainder Of his books here in the
hands Of Miss Sallie Kennedy be turn
ed over &c the committee to be sold
and the proceeds turned into the mon
ument fund. If all our residents would
take so lively an interest in the mon
ument and manifest that interest in
so substantial a way, the monument
would soon be built. ..... Mrs. jamie
Grafton Ragsdale, wife Of Mr.. B. A
Ragsdale, died at her home at Ross
vile, yesterday morning about five
O'Clock She had not been well for
sometime, but went to bed in her US
ual health and when Mr.. Ragsdale no
ticed her she was too far gone to
speak. She was about fifty-one years
of age. Her husband and two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Eliza Wylie, wife Of DR.. w,
DeK. Wylie of Richburg, and one little
girl, Eula Lee, about seven years old,
survive. The funeral services will be
at Catholic church today at II o'clock
and the burial in the graveyard there.
She was a woman of a great deal of
energy and will be very much missed
in the community as we'll as by her
own family. Walker CASTOR camp
has named the following delegates to
the meeting Of the general camp at
Nashville June 14-16: ]. w. Reed, H.
w. Hafner, R. M. Cross, w. H. Har-
din. These are authorized to name
their own alternates in case they can
not attend.
GASToN.
Gastonia Gazette, May 10: The con-
gressional convention is likely to meet
this year in Gastonia. The executive
committee of this congressional dis
trict will meet in Lincolnton Thursday
to fix the time and place for the con-
vention. Mr.. E. L. Wilson of Dallas,
is Gaston's member of this committee
and is, we understand, emphatically in
favor of having the convention meet in
Mr.. Sam Kindley were married last
Friday night at the home Of the brides
mother. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. M. Meg. Shields at o'clock.
The wedding was a very quiet affair,
only few relatives being present.
Miss Glenn is the daughter of Mrs.
]. P. Glenn and has numerous friends
in the city. Mr.. Kindley is popular
salesman in the firm of Kindley- Belk
Bros. Co. These young people have the
best wishes and congratulations of