Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-09-15
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News and Comment Clipped From
Neighboring Exchanges.
LANCASTER,

News and Comment Clipped from
Neishborins Exchanges.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, September IL: Died. at this
place, on Monday, September IL. the
lone year old infant child of Mr. and
Mrs j. S. Gardner of the cotton
mill district .... Married. on Sun
day, September 10, by Supervisor M.
lC. Gardner, Mr.. Thomas Phillips and
Miss Bessie Knight. daughter of Mr..
Joe Knight Of the Longville section.
The meeting at Pleasant Hill
A. r. P. church ne past week, In
which Rev. w. C. Ewart Of York
willie, assisted the .astor. closed Sum
day. There were five accessions to
the church and much good other
wise was accomplished. ...... The
amount taken in from the sale Of
whisky at the Lancaster dispensary
last Saturday, we are told, was $540.
With no dispensary We do not believe
that the sneak blind tigers would
sell as much in thirty days.
CHESTER.
Lantern, September 12: Miss Iva
lSanders went to Yorkville this morn
ling to see her sister-in-law, Mrs. j.
L. Sanders, who Is sick. Miss
Margaret Blain died at noon yester-
day at the home Of her sister. Mrs.
Cathcart in Winnsboro, from a sec
ond stroke of paralysis. The
many friends Of Mrs. L. T. Pressly
will be sorry to learn that she Is
critically i'll at her fathers home at
Hickory Grove, S. c. They sent to
Rock Hill Saturday afternoon for
trained nurse. ..... Mr.. Jos. +. wal
lace Of Yorkvllle, was in the city
few hours Saturday morning on
his way to Pineville, n. c. His
little grandson, Willie Dixon. who
has been visiting in Yorkville. came
with him and went to his home In
Winnsboro. ....." Miss Eunice Nc
Connell of Yorkville. who has been
nursing Mrs. T. G. Patrick at Mr..
IL. K. Henry's, left Friday afternoon
for Yorkville to spend few days
at her home before going to Phila-
delphia to accept a good position.
CHEROKEE.
| Gaffney Ledger, September II: John
w. Tripp. formerly a resident Of
Blacksburg, but now residing In Cali
fornia, was in the city yesterday,
having come back to this section on
railroad business. 80. The fire alarm
sent forth its ear-piercing shrieks
Friday afternoon about o'clock,
and the usual crowd turned out to
locate the fire. The alarm was OF
short duration, as the fire was ex-
tinguished before the fire company
reached the scene, which was Mr..
Moses Woods residence on Grenard
street The cause of the fire was'l
a lamp having been accidentally
knocked over by Miss Louise, Mr..
Woods daughter. in her dressing
room. The lamp broke, or exploded
when 1t struck the floor, and the
flame spread over the room. Some
window curtains, a portion of
bureau and a few articles Of clothing
were destroyed before the fire was
put out. entailing only a small loss.
The fire company was prompt to re-
spond to the call, and only few
minutes had elapsed before the hose
and reels were out and on the way;
but, fortunately, the services of the
| u,ara not naada6
GAsToN.
Gastonia Gazette, September IL: Rev.
D. S. Craig is dangerously Ill, even
Iif he has not already passed away,
at Dardanelle. Ark. He is at the
home of his uncle, r. R. Cox. 10
miles from a railroad station. Two
or three weeks ago, he left his field
lin Missouri to visit his uncle before
coming home or his way to the
seminary in Richmond. He was due
to arrive here Saturday. At noon
a telegram came that he was at the
point Of death with typhoid fever.
He had been desperately sick eight
days. His sister, Miss Lizzie Craig,
tleft at once for Atlanta, where she
was turned back on account Of the
rigid quarantine, arriving in Gastonia
ISunday morning. About sundown
last night another telegram came
saying there was no change for the
better. The little daughter Of Mr..
wv. M. White, who has been i'll so
Ilong and so seriously with typhoid
fever, has taken a turn for the bet
ter and is now believed to be al
lmost out Of danger. .... Mr.. K. l..
Jenkins Of Yorkville, came up yester-
day and spent the day and night
with his sister, Mrs. ]. Y. Miller,
leaving this morning for Due West.
Mr.. Jenkins Is a member Of the
senior class at Erskine.. Mrs.
Fred Carpenter died yesterday at IL
lo'clock at the hume of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. John Eiser, at the age of
about 70 years. She had typhoid
fever. Mrs. r. ". White and Mr..
Charlie Sarvis will attend the funeral
today at Bethel Lutheran church.
Mrs Carpenter was a Clemmer and
lis an older sister of Mrs S. E. Sarvis.
.Erskine and Due West Female
colleges open tomorrow morning. AS
usual Gastonia and CASTOR county
will have a fine representation at
each. Messrs f. G. Carson, ]. B.
Pearson and Edgar Long return to
finish their work N the senior classes:
Mr.. Robert w. Carson graduated last
session. and goes to take a course
in Erskine Theological seminary
Messrs. Lowry Falls and Ed Anthony
of Pisgah. enter as new students
The young ladies who go to enter
Due West college are Misses Maggie
Whitesides. of Gastonia; Essie Will
son, of Dallas; Willie Falls. of
Bowling Green; Bessie Falls, jamie
Crawford and Maggie Crawford, of
Pleasant Ridge. The entire party
will take the train at Gastonia this
morning.