Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-05-19
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CHEROKEE.

| officers were reelected ana q OlVl-
dend of per cent. declared, payable
the 1st of July. Mr.. Mills Higgins
and Miss Matte Moore, both Of the
Gaffney mills, were married Sunday
morning at the residence of Rev. G.
P. Hamrick, that reverend gentleman
officiating Sunday afternoon Mr..
o. D. Hancock and Miss Zula Wells
were Joined in marriage by Rev G.
P. Hamrick, the ceremony being per-
formed at the home Of the bride.
Only a few friends were present at
both weddings. These are all good
and worthy people, and they have the
best wishes of many friends for their
future welfare. Mrs. Lowery jack
son died Saturday night at her home
at Limestone mills. after months
illness. The remains were taken to
Buffalo yesterday for burial. Mrs.
Jackson was about thir[y-five years of
age, and leaves a husband and sew
eral children, some of whom are
grown, she having married at the
early age of thirteen. Consumption
was the cause Of her death.
LANCASTER.
Ledger. May II: disastrous hail
storm visited the eastern section Of
this county last Saturday afternoon.
It extended from the Creek section.
by Dixie. Gills Creek church. Flint
Ridge and on down through Flat
Creek 1t was severest in the Porter
neighborhood where hail stones, or
rather Jumps Of ice are said to have
fallen that could not be put into a
quart cup. In that immediate section
considerable damage was done to
crops, gardens were ruined, orchards
and vineyards badly injured, glass
broken in window sashes, shingles
split from roofs Of buildings, ETC. At
Mr.. w. G. A. Porter's mud was
splashed ten feet high on his dwell
ing by the hail when 1t struck the
ground, and holes where it had fall
len measuring AXIS inches were left in
the yard after the hail had melted.
Fortunately these very large stones
fell over but a small area. In other
sections along the path of the storm
the stones were Of medium siZe.....
Miss Sallie Nisbet Of the Jacksonham
section, who was stricken with pa
ralysis several weeks ago. died Mon
day, at the home of her brother, Mr..
jeff Nisbet. She was a daughter Of
the late ]. D. Nisbet, was about 55
years of age. and consistent member
of the Unity A. r. P. church. Her
remains were inferred at Unity yes
terday. Mrs. Emily M. Jones, Wild
ow of the late Hilton Jones, died at
Kershaw last Saturday Of paralysis.
She was in her Goth year and leaves
the following ch ldren surviving her:
Messrs. b. N, B. F., Geo. W.. VIM,
L. c. and B. D. Jones, and Mrs. T..
c. Slower and Mrs. ]. B. McGill. Her
remains were inferred at Sandhill
Baptist church, of which she was a
member, on Sunday after funeral SER
vices by DR.. Rice.
CHESTER.
Lantern, May 16: Rev. and Mrs.
A. H, Atkins Of Lowryville, have is
sued invitations to their glass we'd
ding. the 18th anniversary of their
marriage. this afternoon from four to
six o'clock. Mrs. Thomas Dallis
| (nee Gaston) died at Lockhart Sun
day night. Her death had been ex-
/ pectad for cnpoa ueakc Che ba6 heen
an invalid for some months. She was
aged about 25 years. Her husband
and a little child near a year old sur
vive her. Mr. c. B. Smith returned
to his home in Yorkvjile Friday, after
visit of several we s with relatives
in the city and county. Mrs. Wal
lace and children Of York county,
went home Saturday. after spending
a week with her mother. Mrs. Part
low, at the Springstein mills. Last
Saturday morning about one o'clock
Mr.. S. NJ. b. Stroud's barn, about six
miles southeast Of town, was burned,
with two mules, $50 bushels Of corn,
a lot of fodder a quantity of meat,
a buggy and many other things. His
horse broke out after being badly
burned. The fire was far advanced
before Mrs. Stroud discovered it and
walked Mr. Stroud. The fire is at
tributed to lightning, but suspicion Is
not wanting of arson to cover robbery.
There was some insurance on the
building, but none on the contents.
| Thelma Lee, the ten-months-ol
Grant died Saturday. May 9Th. Of
membranous Group, and the little
body was laid to rest at Armenia the
next day. the Rev. j. M. Fridy con-
Quoting the funeral service. -. The
following ladies left this morning for
Union to attend the meeting Of the
Federation of Womens Clubs: Miss
Louise Glenn, of the Alumnae associ-
alton of Columbia Female college,
Misses Ellie Fletcher and Susie La
than, Sin Nombre Book club; Mrs. J..
j. Stringfellow and Mrs. Ina Hemp
hill. Up to Date club: Mrs. A. G..
Brice chairman of Art club; Mrs. A.
| w. KluttZ and Mrs. j. S. Booth, Pal
metto club; Mrs. NJ. H. CASTOR,
Kindergarten association. Mrs. ]. B.
Mackorell of Lancaster, came over
and went with the party.
GASTON.
| Gastonia Gazette, May 16: Mr..
Howell Glenn, who has been sick
with fever at the home of his father
on Chester street. is convalescing.
Mrs. H. G. Ware. an estimable woman
of Kings Mountain, died Monday
morning at her home at Bonnie mill
from pneumonia. Mrs. Ware was
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