Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-03-07
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.
Recent Deaths-Mr. shinn Leaves the
Victoria Mills-Mrs. Steele ~ With

victoria Mills-Mrs. steele lll with
Pneumonia. ~
Corsspendence Of the Yorkyiiia Enqtdrsr.
Rock HILL, March 7.--Mr. ]. 2. Al
len. well known and highly esteemed
veteran Of the civil war. died SAT-
urday morning at the hom, OF his
law, J. F. Wingate. In this city.
in the 73rd .-car OF his age. Mr.. Allen
had been unwell for two wesks prior
TO his death. He finally contracted a
case OF pneumonia which was the Inn
mediate cause Of his death. The de-.
ceased has resided In this section ever
since the close Of the civil, war. Dur
ing The greater part Of these forty
years he lived in the Lesslie sectt M.
but for the past year he had made his
home with his daughter Mrs. Wingate
Of this city. Mr.. Allen was a good cit-
izen. and enjoyed the love and respect
Of all who knew him. He Is survived
by five children: Messfs. ]. y. and f.
G. Allen Of Lesslie; J.. A. Allen Of Flor
ida, and Mrs. J, +. Wingate OF Rock
Hill, and Mrs. John w. Boyd OF the
Neely'g Creek neighborhood. The ft-
neral services were held Sunday after
noon st Catawba church, and the re-
mains inferred In the cemetery at that
place, the Rev. A. s. Rogers cfficiating.
Mrs. N. ]. Neely, widow oE the late
Tillotson Neely, died very suddenly
Friday night at 8 o'clock at the home
Of her son, A. Z. Nicely In the Ogden
neighbour Although she Has com
planning OF feeling unwell. she attend
ed to her usual duties about the house
ture and drove the cows up at milking
time. She retired early In the even
ing but nothing was thought Of this
as she usually retired earlier than 9TH
er members Of the family. About 3
o'clock her daughter, Mrs, T. G. Work
man, who was sleeping with her no.
ticed that Mrs. Nicely was not breath
ing naturally. She did not respond tos
several calls from Mrs. Workman, who
went st once to arouse her brother, A.,
L. Nicely, who was sleeping IN anoth-
er room. BAR. Nicely arose and went
to his mother as quickly as possible
and found her breathing her last
breath. Death ts supposed to be due
to heart failure, She leaves two chil-
dren, Mr.. A. /. Nicely and Mrs. Il, @,
Workman, both Of Ogden. One broth.
er also survives, T, K, Bates, post.
years old, She was member of the
well known Bates family, daughter or
David K. and Mary Bates, deceased.
T. X. Bates Of Ogden, Is the only sur
viving member Of this family. Funeral
services were held at the home Satur-
day afternoon, by Rev, w, G, Wfnn,
pastor Of the deceased, The inter-
ment took place In the old family bury
ing ground near the residence Of j.
H. Campbell, Has tt.ts 49,
Mr.. J. B. Clyburn, who went to At
lanta about two weeks ago to visit his
mother, who was very III, and was
stricken down with pneumonia him
self shortly after arriving In Atlanta,
The body will be brought to Waxhaw
today for interment, The deceased
was native Of Lancaster county but
has resided In Rock Hin for several
years and at the time Of his death he
was foreman OF the wood working de-
partment In the Rock Hiil Buggy
shops which position he was filling In
a manner very satisfactory to his EN-.
ployers. He Is survived by his wife
and one child. he was a brother OF
Mrs. j. L. Wilson OF this city, and he
leaves several other brothers and sia.
ters besides an aged father and moth
er to mourn his untimely death,
I have just received news Of the
death Of Mrs. Peter Garrison which
occurred at her home In the country,
Monday afternoon. Mr.. Garrison u
also quite sick himself.
There are many expressions Of re-
gret over the decision Of ldr, ], A.
Shinn, the very efficient superintend-
ent OF the Victoria Cotton mill, to
leave Rock Hill, Mr.. Shinn received
very fiattering offer from the Cen.
trail Mills Of Sylacauga,' Ala, and after
due deliberation decided to accept, and
will leave with his family for Sylacau.
ga on the 18th instant, Mr., 5hinp has
been holding the position Of superin-
tendent Of the Victoria mill for the
past seven years and has made q good
record for himself as a mill man, Mr..
Shinn thoroughly understands every
work at the Victoria has been very
satisfactory to the company. and they
regret very much to lose him. a. a
citizen, Mr.. Shinn Is highly appreci-
ated and esteemed. Rock Hill regrets
to lose this excellent family, very
much.
Mr.. L. w. King. boss weaver at the
Victoria, and good citizen will &C.
company Mr.. Shinn to Alabama Mr..
Kings family will remain In Rock Hill
for the present. Mr.. King Is also
very capable mill man and one that
the company regrets very much to give
up. But like Mr.. Shinn, he has re-
ceived an offer that he felt justified In
accepting.
Mrs. S. E. Steele is quite sick with
pneumonia at her home In tine Ogden
section. Two other members OF the
family are also confined to their beds
with the same disease.