Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-05-17

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


CHESTER.
Lantern, May 13: Col ]. w. Reed has
received a letter from Gen. Stephen D.
Lee that he has been appointed an
officer, on Gen. Lees official staff.
When it comes to matters pertaining
to the Confederate veterans, no man in
the United States Is more worthy Of
promotion than Col. Reed, and his work
has made him a reputation that Is
known by evelJ prominent officer In
derson of Lowryville, and his daughter,
Mrs. E. C. Lowry, were in town We'd
nesday. Though in his seth year, he
Is in good health and feels none Of the
infirmities of age except that his eyes
have failed, so that he can't read. He
is thankful however, that he can see
to go about. He has been practicing
sixty-one years and wants to rest now,
but his old patrons have not altogeth-
er agreed to release him. There are
very few men in the country who star
ted into life ahead Of DR.. Anderson.
Mr.. John Knox had the start of him
by about three years.. Last Tuesday
Is credited with having broken the
record of successful memorial days in
Chester. The number who attended Is
pronounced the largest in the history
of the days observance. The exercises
at the opera house were opened with
prayer by the Rev. H. o. Judd, which
we thought one Of the most suitable,
in matter and length that we have ever
heard on such an occasion. The ad-
dress of DR.. Hyde could hardly be ex-
celled. It was appropriate and impress
sive and paid just tribute to "The
American Soldier" Crosses Of honor
were bestowed upon a number of vet
Grams, whose names have already been
published. A bevy Of school girls sang
patriotic songs, with accompaniment
of Mrs. j. @. Hood at the piano. A
long line Of vehicles went to Evergreen
cemetery, and flowers were placed upon
the soldiers graves. The marking of
the graves Of the unknown dead and
the improvement Of the ground make 1t
look like different place. Con-
federate flag waved over the graves.
In a section adjoining, are the graves
of a few Union soldiers. Only one of
these graves is marked, that Of
young man from Maine, who died In
Chester in March 1866, at the age Of
19, after serving in the army four
years. Respect was shown these
graves also in the strewing Of flowers.
The long procession was under the di-
rection of Marshals ]. C. Robinson and
]. B. Westbrook, who were attentive
to their duties, which, it Is true, were
not very arduous. The unusually large
attendance indicates that people are
not losing interest in Memorial day.
GASToN.
Gastonia Gazette, May 13: Stanley
has been experiencing a smallpox scare
the past few days but there are no
serious cases as yet Mr.. Burke Boyd
and daughter have mild cases and there
are a number of cases in negro fam
lilies near town. Stringent measures
have resulted in isolating the patients
and no further trouble along this line
is anticipated. .... The slate for COW
ering Mr.. Dick Flanagan's new house
at Bowling Green has been laid down
on the premises. Messrs. Long Broth
ers have the contract for putting 1t
on. Mr.. Will Flanagan at Bowling
Green is adding two more rooms to his
house, also. go. Mr.. r. H. Hambright,
former resident of Gastonia, dropped
dead at Mooresville Tuesday. The
news of his sudden death came to Mr..
]. F. Davis in a letter received by him
yesterday from his daughter Mrs. Ella
Brawley, who lives at Mooresville.
Mr.. Hamtright lived in Gastonia two
years and left here three years ago
moving first to High Shoals and from
there to Mooresville. He was about
IS years OF age and was Confederate
veteran, having served gallantly
throughout the war. A rather peculiar
coincidence was the death Of Mr..
Hambright's family horse, which oc-
Cured within five minutes after his
own demise. ....."I saw only two men
in Yorkvi!le Memorial day that were
there thirty-seven years ago." said Cap
tain Sam Hoey of Shelby, yesterday in
telling c. his Yorkville trip. 'They
were Bill williams and Frank McCon-
nell. WAS in school there fifty years
ago when the school opened under Jen-
kins and Coward and hadn't been back
to Yorkville in thirty-seven years."
The Presbyterian Standard of this
week contains the following happy
record of the years work Of the Cas-
tonia Presbyterian church: 1.-THE
quarterly communion was held the
third Sabbath in April. In the prepar-
atory services the pastor was assisted
by Rev. w. A. Hafner Of Bowling
Green. S. 9. His preaching was earn
est, plain, Scriptural and powerful.
The past year has been one of bless
ing to this church. There were 62 ad-
ditions to it's membership, and the con-
tributions to the benevolent causes
amounted to $2,754.7S. The total
amount contributed to all causes was
s4,971.17. The pastor and congrega-
ton are greatly encouraged in their
work.. Mr.. Charles Mullis, aged
about "a years, a member of the firm
of Hoge Il Foy, doing a merchantile
business at the Loray, disappeared from
his home Tuesday and his whereabouts
are unknown. Tuesday morning Mullis