Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-02-27
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IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
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CHESTER

| was DTOuSIl W lllC City w.
terday and lodged in Jail. He is suf-
fering from a gun shot wound in the
shoulder, which he received In a gen.
eral fight at the Falls Wednesday. He
is not at all decided as to who shot
him, and 1t will probably never be
known as a number Of negroes were
engaged in the fight. .... Mrs. Eliza
McNinch, who has been living with
her son at the Wylie mills, went to
Yorkville Wednesday to spend a while
with her nieces. .... The interesting
little village Of Fort Lawn has under
gone a complete transformation as the
result of the establishment of the
mammoth power plant at Catawba
Falls. Fort Lawn is the terminus OF
the Great Falls railroad which has just
been completed, and is therefore the
depot of supplies. Where once the
train pulled into a drowsy little VII
lage there is hustle and confusion now
as the cars roll in, and a great crowd
of passengers dismounting and en-
barking. A great number of laborers
arrive on almost every train, and 1t Is
expected that the force, which already
numbers about 1000, will soon be swol-
len to far more than that number. The
establishment Of the plant has already
worked wonders in and around Fort
Lawn and the Falls, and when COM
pleted the effect will be far more wide
spread Mr. Charlie Alexander and
family moved to Union yesterday,
where he has been working for some
time for the Union & Glenn Springs
railroad. They have built house
there and expect to make 1t their
home in the future. Mr.. Alexander has
always lived here, and it has been Mrs.
Alexander's home the twenty years Of
her married life. 1t Is with regret that
their friends see them and their at
tractive daughters leave. Union was
Mrs. Alexander's girlhood home. ......
Mrs. Theresa Quinton died at the home
Of her son-in-law, Mr.. ]. Henry Glad
den, Tuesday at noon, after short ILL
ness from pneumonia. The body was
taken to New Hope church Wednes-
day morning for interment, the ser
Banks. Mrs. Quinton leaves three
daughters and a son to mourn her loss
She was an estimable Christian wom-
an and was highly thought Of by all
who knew her. She was in her sixty
eighth year. Cards have been re-
ceiyed in this city announcing the mar
riage of Miss Mary Cotes Of Rome, N.
Y, and Mr.. c. F. Zeigler, Of st. Mat
thews, S. c. Miss Cotes is very we'll
known in this city, having been millin-
er in Mr. E. A. Crawford's store two
years ago. She has been spending
week or two with Miss Helen Walker,
and accompanied by Miss Walker she
went to Columbia Wednesday MORN
Rev. Vernon Hanson Of st. Matthews,
at Wright's hotel at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon and was witnessed by Miss
Walker, a lady friend from Union and
the groom's son. A delightful wedding
lunch was served at the hotel, soon af-
ter which Mr.. and Mrs. Ziegler left on
the afternoon train for his home at st.
| Matthews. Rev. S. ]. Cartledge has
accepted the call extended to him by
Purity Presbyterian church, and the
ulating themselves. Mr.. CARTRIDGE will
arrive in the city in time to begin his
new duties on the third Sabbath In
March. Rev. Mr.. Cartledge Is one Of
the leading young Presbyterian min
listers of this state. He is said to be
la forceful and earnest speaker, and his
bearing Is such as to impress one with
his true worth and deep religious char
acter. He has been in Anderson five
years and before that time served the
church at Washington, Ga. 1t was
our privilege to be in Lancaster
short while Saturday morning and to
meet with Superintendent A. R.
Banks, of the city graded schools and
his bright young assistant, Mr.. John
A. Jenkins. In company with the lat
ter we paid a visit to the central grad
ed school. Owing to the fact that 1t
was Saturday the school was not In
session, but on every side we found
abundant evidences Of hard and earn
est work. The appearance Of the
various rooms suggested that of a
great piece of machinery. temporarily
inert but filled with the glorious capa-
| bilities Of action and impatient again
| 30 ha lie hoe hann
we'll for some time, and her invalidism
has naturally served as a check on
her husband; but we found him as
enthusiastic as ever on the subject OF
education and fired with the laudable
desire to make South Carolina's and
particularly Lancaster's, public schools
second to none in the entire land. Supt.
Banks is ever anxious to engage in con-
versation on his favorite theme, and
he is an interesting and fluent speak
er on this as on almost any other sub
ject. He has certain views as regards
methods, but he is open to conviction
and is never dogmatic. He Is the ex-
ponent of the middle ground in meth
| DDS of teaching, trying to preserve
1
| the best of the old methods and to in
corporate such of the new into his
system as seem likely to stand the
test. Without a superior as an in
structor and with but few equals as
regards executive ability, Supt. Banks
is easily one of the foremost graded
school men in the state. Mr.. John A.
Jenkins, who occupies the position of
principal. is proving himself to be
successful teacher He is an indefat-
igable worker. and there is undoubted-
ly future ahead of him if he adheres
to his present calling.
LANCASTER.
News, February "a: In accordance
with announcement previously made
in the News, the Lancaster council of
the Junior Order of United American
Mechanics made formal presentation
Thursday of a Bible and the National
flag to the Jones X Roads school,
taught by Miss Bessie Grider of York