Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-22
ABOUT PEOPLE,

MT. JONI II. ASIie VI TNci oha"' 10
in YorkVille on short visit
Mr.. C. F. Gordon Of Rock Hill, spent
last night with Yorkville friends.
Miss Cloyd Of the Western Union Of
flee, spent Sunday at her home In Lam
caster.
Mr.. T. H. White of Chester. came up
yesterday to see his brother, DIR. M.
w. White.
Mr.. John A. Jenkins Is home from
Lancaster, where he has been teaching
in the Graded schools.
Miss Marion Logan, who has been
teaching school in Lancaster county,
returned home Saturday.
Mr.. Hamilton Witherspoon spent
Saturday in Fort Mill with Prof. and
Mrs. ]. H. Witherspoon.
Mr.. Minor Bigger Of the Clarks
Fork section, is with the Yorkville
B. & M. Co., as salesman.
Master Wheeler Willis, who has been
attending school at Fort M!ll, Is at
home for the summer vacation.
Miss Amelia Kennedy returned
home Saturday from Morganton, N.
c., where she has been teaching.
Mr.. Samuel Blair returned to his
home at Blairsville yesterday after a
short visit to relatives in Chester.
Miss Grace Whisonant Of the Lam
caster Graded schools, Is In Yorkville
on a visit to her sister, Mrs. ]. z.
White.
Mrs. G. w. Kunz and child. and Mrs.
J. H. l3eckham and children returned
from a visit to relatives in Columbia
last Sunday.
Mrs. Mary E. Cain and daughter,
Miss Jennie Cain Of Memphis, Tenn,
are visiting Rev. j. s. Grier's famlly
at Sharon.
Masters Carlisle, Edward and Tom
White of Chester. made short visit to
Yorkville Monday to see their little
cousin, Leslie White.
Mr.. and Mrs H. e. Strauss returned
last Friday from Charleston, where
they had been on account Of the criti-
cal illness of Mr. Strauss step-mother,
Mrs. Leonora Strauss.
Prof. r. ]. Herndon is the posses
sor of q gold plated cornet worth
$110, and presented to him by c. q.
Conn the well known manufacturer
Of musical instruments.
Messrs. Chas. Berry, Burt Smith, Bep
Gaines, Earle Grist. Herbert Marley and
Masters Miller Drakeford, Sam Lati-
mer, Sam Lowry and Howard White
are visitors to Charlotte this week.
Mr.. Mason Caldwell, the nineteen
year-old son Of Mr. B. F. Caldwell, has
been in the st. Peters hospital, Char
lotte for some time past under treat
ment for paralysis. He Is thought to
be improving somewhat.
Charlotte Observer, Saturday: Will
Boyd, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Theo V.
Boyd of Fort Mill, S.. c., was brought
to Mercy General hospital yesterday
where he will be operated on for ap-
pendicitis. The young man has not
been well for some time.
Mr.. John r. Hart went to Gaffney
this morning to meet his uncle, Mr..
VIM. Jones of Montell, Texas, who
will accompany Mr.. Hart to York
Vile for a short visit. This Is Mr..
Jones' first visit to South Carolina
since the early '70s. He Is a dele
gate to the Presbyterian general as
sembly now in session in Greenville.
Mr.. r. It. Stephenson arrived In
Yorkvi!le last Friday morning from
Gainesville, Ala, to take position In
the offices of the York Cotton mill.
Mrs. Stephenson, who is in Gainesville,
will probably not come on until the
latter part Of July or the first of Au-
gust.
Mr.. j. E. Lowry Is very much i'm
pressed with what he saw on his re-
cent trip to the west. The main OBJ
iective point of his visit was Okla
homa to see his father, the venerable
DR.. ]. M. Lowry, and his sister Mrs.
Matthews. who are now residents OF the
territory Oklahoma has been open to
the developments of white civilization
only about fifteen years A large por-
ton still remains to be opened up. But
the growth of the towns and cities that
have been commenced within the past
fifteen years Is simply remarkable.
The rule, according to Mr.. Lowry. Is to
begin with asphalt streets, cement side
walks. electric light and water sys-
TENS necessary public buildings and
other general conveniences, and people
do the building afterward. There are
numerous towns in Oklahoma with
population figures ranging from 5000
to 10000, all grown up within the past
few years The basis of all prosperity
out that way Is alfalfa. Land Is worth
something like s10O an acre. especially
near the towns and along the streams.
After a farm is once properly set In
alfalfa the crop is good for twenty-five
or thirty years, and ii is frequently
worth from $25 to $50 an acre each
year. The alfalfa is used for feeding
stock including cattle. hogs and mules,
and there seems to be no reasonable
limit to its practical utility. The
health of DR.. Lowry continues good.
The old gentleman is drawing near to
his eighty ninth year; but goes about
wherever he likes the same as when
he left here He Is still very much in
terested in his old home. however, and
is considering the idea of making trip
back to Yorkvlle, probably next fall.