Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-13
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News and Comment Clipped From
Neishborins Exchanges.
CHESTER.

News and Comment Clipped From
Neishborins Exchanges.
CHESTER.
Lantern, Oct 10: Mr.. Alex Frazers
house, on Columbia street, was burned
about one o'clock Friday night with al
most all lis contents. The fire was first
noticed by a harness drummer who was
sleeping in the Office at Mr.. Crowders
stable and the roof was then railing
in. He broke down the front door OF
| the house and walked Mr.. and Mrs.
Frazer up In time for them to barely
get out before the fire fell into the
room from over where they were
sleeping. The fire Is supposed to have
started from rats and matches, as IL
started somewhere overhead In tne
| front part of the house. 1t was an old
building, Mr. Fraser having bought 1t
from Mrs. Lizzie Gill last winter, and
| II burned rapidly andhad made such
headway before the fire company got
there only a very few things were
saved Mr. Frazer had considerable
work done on the house before NOV
ing there and 1t was elegantly fur-
nished. Besides their own, Mrs. Nor
gan's furniture was there, and there
were things lost that money cannot
replace. The frame Of Mr.. John Fra
zers new house on the adjoining lot
caught fire, but was put out, and
Mr.. Crowder's house was considera-
bly, scorched. There was $l,625 in
surance on the house and furniture.
Solicitor J. K Henry returned
from Alabama Saturday night: he
reports his brother, Rev. H. M. Henry
with his wife and daughter, who nave
all been quite sick with fever better
tp hn nf danger whRl
he left. .Lottie Marion, aged IL
months, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Don
Bankhead, died at s o'clock Saturday
morning, Oct. Z, 1905, after an illness
of several weeks with some bowel
trouble. At 2.30 o'clock Saturday af-
ternoon the family, accompanied oy
Messrs. w. S. Mcdonald, Thomas Hig-
gins, John Bankhead and son. Lowry,
left with the little body In white cas-
father, Mr.. ]. M. Higgins, at Stover.
The funeral services conducted by
Rev. c. G. Brown, were at Hebron
church about o'clock Sabbath after
noon and the burial was In the ceme-
terry there. Misses Marie and Eli
zabeth Stevenson Of Tampa, Fla, who
have been visiting relatives in this city
and at Yorkville, left for their home
Sabbath night.
CHEROKEE.
Gaffney Ledaer, October 10: The
cotton growers meeting at the court
house yesterday was history making
epoch for Cherokee county: We DO
not remember Of more thoroughly
representative assemblage OF the peo-
pie of the county. Mr.. Jordan's
speech was that Of a plain. practical,
| business farmer pleading with the
| people to unite to better their own
condition. Mr.. Smiths speech was
full Of humor and pathos, common
sense and education. Every avail
able seat was occupied and many
stood The meeting convened at IL
O'Clock and when the speaking began
the court house was crowded to lts
utmost capacity. Splendid order pre-
vailed throughout the entire speak
ing. President f. G. Sarrat, in most
pleasant and attractive manner. well
coined the speakers and then intro
duced President Harvie Jordan. of
| the Southern Cotton association, who
spoke for over an hour on the value
/ of the cotton crop; manner OF hand
ling it, and the credit system. He
was followed by Hon. E. d. Smith.
who spoke on emigration and the
south's monopoly OF cotton growing.
After the speaking a collection was
taken, seventy-odd dollars being con-
| tributed to the cause. An incident
| of the collection was the contribution
of a darkey. who, when depositing
his mite, said: Use use to payin
| for good sermons and / wants to pay
for dis one" A telegram was re-
ceived from Hon. John L. McLaurin
stating that he could not be present
on account of being unable to reach
the city on account Of railroad con-
nections Mr.. Latta Parish. a
real estate dealer in this city, receiv-
| ed an inquiry yesterday from gen.
tleman in Arkansas in regard to
some land near the city, which Mr..
Parish had advertised in the Ledger.
The gentleman stated that he had
| seen the advertisement in the Ledger.
and wanted full particulars concern
| ing the nature of the tract. Mr..
Parish also received a similar inquiry
from California few days ago. .....
| Broadus Westmoreland, a young son
| Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Westmore-
land, who live In the West End por-
| ton of the city, was accidentally
shot Saturday afternoon by small
rifle in the hands Of another boy by
| the name of Stacy. The boys were
in a corn patch at the time, after a
chicken. Stacy fired at the chicken,
and after breaking its leg the ball,
which was a 22-calibre, glanced and
struck young Westmoreland, who was
some distance away in the field, and
out of sight Of the other boy. Drs.
| Jefferies and Griffith were sent for.
and upon examination 1t was found
that the ball had entered the boys
right side, about on a line with the
navel, producing a serious but not
necessarily fatal wound. The physi-
clans administered an anaesthetic and
endeavored to find the ball, but were
unable to locate 1t. The boy was
resting we'll yesterday, and with good
care and attention he will likely re-
cover. The shooting was purely an
accident, and no blame is attached to
the boy who fired the gun.
LANCASTER.
News, October, IL: Mrs Martha
Brazzel, an aged lady of Heath Springs,
died last Friday She was the widow Of