Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-11-25
LOCAL LAcONlCS.
at Glover.

Thanksgiving at Clover.
Thanksgiving exercises were held in
the Presbyterian church OF Clover
yesterday morning and the thanksgiv-
ing offering realized about $2S for the
Thornwell orphanage. The Masons
had a, big oyster supper Thursday
night sand entertained visiting breth-
eren from Yorkville and Gastonia.
Mysterious Fires.
Eight bales Of cotton belonging to
Mr.. r: K. Lowry and his brother, DR..
M. ]. Lowry, were destroyed by fire on
the Lowry plantation, four miles south
of Yorkville this morning at about 2
O'Clock. The origin Of the fire is un-
known. The cotton was partly insur-
ed. A barn that was used by William
Bratton on Mrs. Harriet ]. Bratton's
land, hear Guthriesville, was burned
Wednesday night. The loss included
a lot of corn, fodder. roughness and
two cows. The origin Of the fire Is
unknown.
Case Of Smallpox.
Mr.. B. F. Marley, who lives on the
Latta place on the eastern outskirts OF
Yorkville, is confined to his home with
smallpox. The case developed a week
or ten days ago, and where the dis
ease was contracted is a mystery to
all concerned. Mr.. Marley was thor
oughly broken out before he was IN
formed as to the nature Of the mala-
dy. Ali Of the members Of his family
were promptly vaccinated, and they
have since been getting all the atten-
ton that their case requires. UP to
this time there have been no new cases
in the family, and there Is no alarm
about the matter, most people in this
part Of the country having become ac-
custorned to the disease.
A Rare Specimen.
r. F. d. Carrier Allison Of route
No. g. showed a white owl at THE En-
oUIRER Office last Wednesday. The
bird was killed by Mr.. w. E. Gettys
Of Clay Hill, Wednesday morning on
Mr.. D. A. A. Watson's place. His
attention was attracted to 1t by a
flock of crows which had discovered
1t in a tree and which were trying
to put it out Of business. He finished
the fight with his gun, and having
never seen just such bird before
was at a loss to identify 1t. From the
cut and description given in Web
ster's International there is no doubt
of the fact that 1t Is a genuine white
owl, a bird that Is rarely seen in this
section, and which, by the way Is
beauty. The back Is a light brown
and the breast and under side Of the
wings are silver white, spotted with
small brown spots. The bird has a
spread Of about 80 inches from tip
to tip.
Confederate Fathers and Sons.
We have been making some inquiry
as to the veterans Of the Confederacy
who had sons in that bloody contesl
and whose residence is now In YORK
county. So far we have only been
able to ascertain the names OF ;. M
Roach. Sr., who had three sons IN the
Confederacy, viz: T. j., w. L. ano
Leroy Roach. The latter was killed
at the battle Of Sharpsburg. Mr.. w
T. Sturgis, a son Of Samuel Sturgis
donned the grey and was a defender
Of the Southern Cross. Peter Garri-
SON, whose home Is just north OF the
city had one son in. the army, viz:
w. Brown Garrison, now Of Warren,
Arkansas. Ledbetter Parks, OF Fort
Mill, was a son Of Joe Parks, and
fought under jackson. These men
live in east York, and while there
may be others living who had sons
who were Confederate soldiers, these
sre the names we have been able to
collect so far. We would be glad to
be informed OF any others.-Rock Hill
Herald. Col. w. ]. Bowen, OF YORK
willie. saw active service in the war
and two sons, n. ]. n. Bowen ana b
r. T. Bowen, both Of Yorkville, wear
crosses Of honor along with thell
father.