Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-05
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.

Board of Assessors Resisns-Municipa
EIeetion-comins Marriases-Deati
Of Mrs. Parker-Death of William
Brown-Hidins Place of a Thief
New Year Hop.
Correspondence OF the Yorkyille enquirer.
Rock HILL January 4-The ole
board of assessors for Rock Hill hav
ing rendered their designations, TIT
city council at it's last meeting ap
pointed q committee to recommend
three suitable men to the governor
TO be appointed as their successors:
Messrs, sJoel w. Rawlinson, Geo. w
Witherspdon and Robt. Morrison were
appointed, by the mayor to act q!
managers of the municipal election
which will occur on the 11th inst. A
this election there will be two alder
men at large and one or two ware
aldermen selected. There are a num-
ber of candidates in the field and the
election will be watched closely. Ths
report of the treasurer showed pal
ance on hand which is matter o.
congratulation.
r. H. Mcconnell, of this city, ha:
been appointed as field deputy U. .
marshal with headquarters here. Ht
will work with Capt. ]. Wilson Mar
S. commissioner.
Two of Rock Hills citizens will be
married on the 18th, inst; Hon. Johr
T. Roddey will wed Miss Eliza Willis
of Winchester, Va, a young lady who
has several times visited here and who
has many friends In this city.
Mr., D. A. Hurley, who for two years
past has conducted the V. P. Ran
dolph Stock Exchange, will wed Miss
Katherine Jordan, Of Charlotte.
Two families have moved into the
city during the past week, Mrs. Re-
becca Lynn, the mother Of the late
DIR. Arthur Lynn, of beloved memory
with her children, Mr.. James and
Miss Millie, have come from Edge
more. Mr.. William Cooper and fam
lily, of Williamsburg, are also here
Mr.. Cooper has for some years occu-
pied the position Of superintendent OF
education in his county. He was
years ago a cadet at the Kings Noun
tain Military school in Yorkville,
when that school was in the charge
Of Col. Asbury Coward, and already
has found friends in his new home.
News has reached here Of death
in which our people are interested
that Of Mrs. II. U. Parker, OF Btsh-
opville, q sister Of Mrs. j. ]. Hull, OF
this city and the wife OF Mr.. II. U.
Parker who, with two children, sur
wives her. Mrs. Parker was the
daughter Of the late ]. b. Boyd' OF
Lancaster.
Mr.. j. William Brown, aged 56
years, q prominent farmer Of Bethes-
da township died here Monday, at the
home Of Mr.. H. T. Frew, after lin
gering illness with stomach trouble.
He leaves a brother, Mr.. Horace
Brown and a sister, Miss Lizzie
Brown. The funeral was conducted
at Bethesda church by the Rev. w.
L. Lingle, of Rock Hill, in the alb
sence OF the pastor, the Rev. j. II.
Hall. Quite number of friends ana
relatives from Rock Hill attended.
Mr. Brown had many friends both
here and In the country where he
has always lived highly respected:
There are quite number Of busi-
ness changes in evidence as one makes
the rounds since the beginning OF the
wear. Mr.. Joseph B. CASTOR, who Tor
years has been with the Roddey Mer-
chantile Co., is now with the Smith
Fewell, Co.
John ]. Landers, who has been the
manager Of the Darlington power
plant, will take S. T. Frew's place as
manager here and Mr.. Frew goes to
Florence.
w. u. goes tie
Fewell Co., to the Farmers Wholesale
Grocery. Paul Faris goes from A.
Friedheim and Bros grocery depart
ment to that Of the Smith-Fewell Co.
]. L. Hogan goes from the City
Drug Store to Ridgeway and David
Lyle takes his place. w. d. Craw-
ford transfers from r. w. Crawford S
to the Roddey Merchantile Co. j. b.
Roach, Of Ogden, is to be found with
]. B. Johnson & Co.
While. engaged in moving some hay
from house on the farm Of Mr.. Jas.
Whiteside, young son Of Mr.. w. S.
Boyd came across the evidence of
some one's rascaffty The find was in
sisting Of about a dozen complete suits
of clothes, a number OF odd pairs OF
pants. overcoats, shoes and other val
liable articles, the value of the whole
batch being in the neighborhood of
$500. With the exception OF the over
coats the goods were identified by Mr..
]. S. Glass, who runs a store In Edge
moor. The bulk of these articles had
been taken from a room over Mr..
GLASS; store and as he had not had oc-
casion to go into that part of the
building during that day he had not
made the discovery that anything was
missing Evidences were found that
the store had been entered by a sec
ond story window. The overcoats
have as yet not been identified.
The New Years dance given In
Friedheim's hall, though not so large
an affair as some that the club has
given, was one Of the most pleasant
and most enjoyed in the history Of the
organization. The Charlotte Orches-
ira. first-class one it is, furnished de-
oh f,,l ,,cfn hn
dancers were: Miss Dusenbury and
Mr.. Smith of Concord; Miss McCardel
of Lancaster, and Mr.. Axon Gelzer;
Miss Schulz Of Sumter and Mr.. E. Lad
Mobley; Miss Miriam Kinard of Co.
lumbia,. and Mr.. Ernest Robertson
Miss Elizabeth Cureton and Mr.. Kit
McMaster of Winnsboro; Miss Pauline
Davis and DR.. Rogers of Concord;
Miss Madge Johnson and Mr.. Will
Hicklin; Miss Lottie McFadden and
Mr.. James Sutton: Miss Kittie Stewart
and Mr.. Harry Ruff; Miss Roberta
Hail and Mr.. Rufus London; Miss
Bleka Lindsay and Mr.. Tom Crawford
Miss Mamie Orr and Mr.. Albert John
son. Miss Lillian Ryder and Mr.. Ju-
lian Johnson: Miss Annie Hall and
Mr.. Oscar Wilson; Miss Amelia Beck
ham and Mr.. Pheiffer; Miss Marion
johnson and Mr.. Morris Cobb; Messrs
Williams Of Lancaster. GLADDEN. and
Davis of Winnsboro, Smith of Chester
Greer Of Camden, Hoyt of Edgefield
Stevens of Cheraw. P. Gailliard OF
Sumter. ]. Fred Poag. Joe Lindsay, DR.
Davis. Fletcher Ruff. Pat Wylie, Sam
Mcdaniel, Peter Ihrie. Herbert Cole
man and Caldwell Rawlinson. The
chaperones were: Mr.. and Mrs. c. l.
Cobb. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Cauthen. Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. Greene.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Lloyd Phillips
whose marriage was noted in last is
sue, left for Charleston Thursday
evening, where Mr.. Phillips will con-
tinue his course in pharmacy anC
medicine.
Dr. Lathan's History and Horse
Shoe Robinson running in THE ENQUI'
RER at one time! That's a combina'
tion that goes we'll together and l:
hard to beat. have heard some ole
citizens say so.