Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-05-27

FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That Is OF Moro
or Less Local Interest.
CHESTER.


or Less Local Interest.
CHESTER.
Lantern, May %: The commission
appointed by Bethel presbytery, con-
sisting of Revs. C. Fraser, ]. H. Wilson
and C. G.. Brown and Elder w. L. Nc
Crorey, to ordain and install Rev. j.
| ]. Brown will meet for that purpose at
Fort Lawn, Saturday May 2Sth, at IL
a. m., Rev. c. G.. Brown to preach, Rev.
C. Frazer to charge the pastor elect,
Rev. ]. H. Wilson to charge the people.
Same committee is to meet at Cedar
Shoals on Sunday at II a. m. to In
stall Rev. j. ]. Brown pastor OF said
church. Rev. c. Fraser to preach, Rev.
]. H. Wilson to charge pastor elect ana
Rev. C. G. Brown to charge the people.
| Teachers for the 9Th and 7th
grades in the Chester public schools
have not been elected yet The only
new teachers elected as yet are Miss
Williams Of Greenville, and Mr.. Gra-
ham of Charlotte. Many of the chill
dren will be glad to know that Miss
Wilson, who was here part Of last year,
has been reelected. :. Miss Amelia
Kennedy, who has been teaching at
Abbeyille. spent last night in the city
and went to Yorkville, her home, this
morning. 49,. Mr.. John Ashford, aged
about 70 years, died at his home at
Heath, from consumption, Friday and
was buried ut Rossville Saturday. He
had no family and lived alone. .......
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Lazenby, Mr..
l. J. A. Miller and the Misses Miller
of Lancaster, came over on a spe-
cial train Sabbath evening to see their
father Major B. F. Miller, who had
suffered a third stroke of paralysis.
He was brought over from Lancaster
Thursday to the Magdalene hospital
The many friends of Mr.. w. N.
Walker and Miss Sadie FAINT Of Union,
were surprised yesterday afternoon to
learn that they had eloped and gotten
married. Mr.. Walker went over to
Union on Sunday, and he and Miss
FAINT went presumably for pleas
ure drive yesterday afternoon, but they
continued to drive until they arrived
at Carlisle where they found the Rev.
John Bass Shelton awaiting them.
And in one minutes time, while they
sat in their buggy, in the middle or
the street, Mr.. Shelton united them
in happy wedlock. The elopement was
not on account Of parental objection,
but simply unique way Of springing
surprise upon their many friends.
Mr.. Walker is one of Chester's best
business young men, and Mrs. walker
is the charming daughter Of the Hon.
John T. Fant of Union. They are re-
ceiving congratulations today from
their numerous friends. They have
taken apartments at the residence Of
Mrs. I. N. Cross, on Pinckney street,
where they will be at home to all their
friends.
GAsToN.
Gastonia Gazette, May "a: Mr.. W..
Henkle McGinnas and Miss Ira Harris
were married at 8 o'clock Thursday
night at the home Of DR.. L. A. Bikle,
Kings Mountain, in the presence OF a
| few close friends. The bride Is a
daughter Of Mr.. H. T. Harris and the
groom is young business man Of
Kings Mountain. Mr.. Marshall Long
of Gastonia, was present as one Of
the guests. ;. 1t was told by Mr.. Bob
White. One day last week Mr.. John
Sarvis came to town in his buggy and
returned home. Mrs. Sarvis was in
the buggy with him. Upon the arrival
at home one noticed commotion
through a crack under the buggy COW
er. Mr.. Sarvis raised up the cover
diately there was a high old time
killing them. Sixteen were killed and
nine got away. Mr.. Sarvis had brought
them to town and back again. Mr.
White says the ladies didn't help any,
but they kindly gave the men and the
rats plenty Of room. m..... The board of
aldermen has decreed by an ordinance
that people who use the flat rate must
put out their lights at midnight or
pay double. This curfew law goes in
to effect the first Of June. ....... The
smallpox patient, Mr.. w. H. Collins.
who was taken from the Alexander
house to the pest house last Friday
is convalescing. The inmates o. the
Alexander house were promptly vacci-
mated and the house disinfected. Mr.
Collins is the travelling representative
of the International Correspondence
School of Scranton, ON Mr..
Columbus Ormand's place near Besse-
mer City a tenant house was burned
last Thursday morning. The house
caught, it is supposed, from some fire
that had fallen out Of the cook stove.
The family was away except two little
children. One of them six years old
told of putting out the fire around the
stove and of leaving because the
house was full of smoke. About 8
o'clock the house was seen burning
furiously. 1t had three rooms and was
worth about $3.50.
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