Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-04-10
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CHESTER.

Lantern, April 6: Mr.. Walter Moore
has been appointed night clerk at the
postoffice and has entered upon his du-
ties. The office will be kept open all
night, and persons having boxes Will
be able to get their mali at any hour OF
the night. The general delivery will be
open as heretofore only about half an
hour after nightfall, the time probably
to be from $50 to 9 o'clock. .... Court
adjourned Tuesday evening after going
through with the criminal docket. In
the case of Henry Johnson and Nose
Hill, charged with marder, the case
against the latter was mol pressed.
Johnson was found guilty OF man.
slaughter and sentenced to two years
on the chaingang. In the case Of Beu-
lah Alexander and Hannah Brown,
charged with murdec, the former
pleaded guilty to manslaughter and
was sentenced to five years in the PEN
itentiary. Hannah Brown was declar-
ed to be not guilty. Col. c. P. E.
Burgwyn, chief engineer Of the Rich
mond and Chesapeake Bay Railway
Co, has resigned to become consulting
engineer, and Mr.. j. H, Mcclure, diVis-
ion engineer. who has had charge OF
the construction work in the field, will
become chief engineer. An old COL
ored woman, Carolina Watson, was
burned to death in her house on the OLD
Jordan place, near Cedar Shoals, Tues
day night. Her daughter and other
members of the family were absent at
the time. 1t is a mystery why she did
not leave the house, as 1t was about
o'clock. and she is supposed to have
been up when the fire started. She
had rheumatism, but was able to walk.
.Supt. w. H. Hand has bought
house and lot in Columbia, in the
Shannon suburb and will move just
as soon as he can after the close OF
school, which will be June ist, weeks
from today. He will have charge OF
the district summer school at Green
wood, which will continue one month.
Then he will spend two months taking
a special course at one Of the large uni-
versities Of the north. There will be
many regrets here at the departure OF
so estimable a family, after residence
OF thirteen years, to say nothing OF the
breaking off of Mr. Hands work, after
having had the care of our children for
a generation and a third Of school life.
..... AT a meeting of the local school
board yesterday afternoon, Mr.. w. II.
McNairy, was elected superintendent OF
the Chester public schools to succeed
Supt. Hand, who has been elected to a
chair in the university. Mr.. McNairy
is at present superintendent Of the
Marion public schools, but he is well
and most favorably known in Chester,
having taught here three years. He
is a safe, conservative man, but thor
oughly earnest and industrious. There
can be but little question that the board
has made a wise selection and one that
will be approved by the patrons of the
schools. Mr. James NJ. Latham OF
this city and Miss George Morrell Ash
.ey OF augusta, I'D, were ulilSu III
marriage at the First Christian church
in the latter named city, Wednesday
evening. Rev. Mr.. Cree, pastor OF the
church, performed the ceremony. The
ceremony was short and simple, but
beautiful in the extreme. The bride
came in on the arm of her father and
WAS met at the altar by the groom, on
the arm Of his best man. Mr.. S. r. La
than. The minister with few i'm
pressive words pronounced the vows
that sealed two hearts. Immediately
after the ceremony, Mr.. and Mrs.
Latham boarded the train for New
York, where they will remain two
weeks. The following named gentle
men acted as ushers: Mr.. Robert ].
Lindsay of Chester, and Messrs. Paul
Dunbar, Harry Chaffee and John West
moreland.