Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-02-06
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CHESTER.

and Will leave Tor new 1OrR MOIudy
to be ready to sail on Wednesday, the
7th, for Panama. He expects his work
to be railroad blacksmithing. His
family will remain here at Mrs. Nc
Candless'. Mrs. Geo. w. Ferguson,
with her son, Mr.. Albert Ferguson and
little daughter Jane, went to Yorkville
yesterday morning to be present at the
celebration of her fathers birthday at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Mace Fer
guson. All his children were expected
to be present Mr. T. P. McKeown
of Fort Lawn, came over yesterday
morning and left on No. S3 of the
Southern for Istachatta, Fla, to spend
two or three months with his sisters.
His brother Christopher aged about
seventy-seven years, died last week at
his home in Florida. Mr.. McKeown
celebrated his eighty-first birthday
last week. He is active for his years
and will make the trip alone. He says
"Old fools are the worst Of fools, and
I am one of them."-Mr. Albert Moore,
who has been working at the telegraph
business in Augusta, went to Yorkville
yesterday morning to visit his relatives
after spending a few days with friends
here. .Messrs. H. M. and W. l.
Dunlap and u. c. Partlow, members
of Oakland Lodge K. of P. at Rock
Hill, came down for Tuesday evenings
exercises, and all of them played an
active part in the ceremonies. .....
Alex Marion, one of the prisoners In
the county Jail, made an effort to es-
cape Wednesday. He secured leg
from the stove in the corridor and
with this instrument made quite a
good sized hole in the wall just below
one of the windows. An old bag In
the room, which was used to chink a
hole in the window was employed In
which to conceal the brick and mortar
removed. Marion was in fair way to
succeed with his scheme when one OF
the other prisoners apprised sheriff Pc
den. The sheriff at once put a stop
to the proceedings and placed Marion
In close confinement where he Will
probably remain until the trial. .....
DR.. ]. M Brice received a telegram
Wednesday morning, Jan. 81, telling OF
the sudden death Of his mother at
o'clock from apoplexy. She was called
to go up stairs to see a member Of the
family who was sick and after walk
ing across the room to get her cloth
ing she sat down and stopped to lace
her shoes and Immediately fell to the
floor. Major Brice and her son Laurie
were both there and went to her as
sistance, but after one gasp as they
aid her in bed her spirit took its
flight. Before her marriage, Mrs. Brice
was Miss Mamie Boyce and was raised
in the neighborhood Of Pineville, N. c.
Besides her husband she leaves seven
sons and one daughter, viz: DR.. ]. M
Brice Of this city; Messrs. Robert, T.
w. Jr., Laurie, Samuel, James and Joe
Brice and Miss Mamie Brice of Wood
ward. Messrs. James and Joe Brice
were away from home, the former al
Montgomery, Ala, and the latter al
Nashville, Tenn. when the summons
came, but both reached here in time
for the funeral. The funeral services
were held at Concord Presbyterian
church yesterday afternoon at O'Clock
conducted by Rev. G. G. Mayes and
the burial was in the cemetery there
Her sons were the pail bearers. Mrs
Brice was a devoted wife and mother
and kind and generous neighbor and
will be missed not only in her own
home but in the community. She was
fifty-eight years of age.
GASToN.
Gastonia Gazette, February 2: Sher-
iff Hugh Brown Of York county, pass
ed through Tuesday afternoon with
Sam Kimbro who is wanted in York
county for an assault with a deadly
weapon. ... Mrs. Silas Smyre died al
her husbands home at Newton Wed
nesday morning about o'clock. She
leaves a husband and a little grand
daughter to mourn their great loss
The little granddaughter, now six
years old, is the motherless daughter
of Mrs. Sallie Smyre Fisher, who
taught music in the High School here
in 1890. Mrs. Smyre was buried at St
James church, Newton, at l O'Clock
yesterday, Mr. A. M. Smyre, brother
of Mr.. Silas Smyre, and his family
with Mr.. Lee Robinson and Mrs. M
H. Curry, attended the funeral leaving
here on the northbound train yester-
day morning. A North Carolina boy
has just been appointed private secre-
tary to Governor Joseph K. Toole OF
Montana. His name is VIII Aiken
He was born a poor boy near Hickory
and has worked his way along in the
world. A few years ago he was tele-
graph editor of the Asheville Citizen
was later on the Raleigh Post, from
which paper he went about six years
ago to Montana. When appointed by
Governor Toole, he was on the He
lena Daily Record. Mr.. Aiken is a
warm personal friend Of Rev. E. L.
Balm, pastor of the Main street Metho-
dist church. . Mr.. Eli Dixon formerly
carrier on the r. F. D. No. 1, enlisted
in the navy yesterday in Richmond
Va, and was sent to the receiving ship
Franklin, at the Norfolk navy yard
where he will learn the checkered
ways of a sailors life. Good luck to
you Eli, but you must expect a stormy
voyage occasionally, and then remem-
Der that the good old country grub
your mother used to give you Is not
served on the old Franklin. Mr.. John
Huffstetler went to Richmond also to
enlist but failed to pass the required
physical examination. "A party COM
posed of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Adams
and Messrs. Will and Howard Glenn
will leave Gastonia tomorrow morning
for San Bernardino. Cal. Mr.. Adams
and Hr. Howard Glenn go for the ben
eft of their health and may decide tC
make their home in the west .Mr
Will Glenn, who goes to accompany
his brother, may also decide to remain
Mr.. w. E. Adams of Glover. was here
yesterday to assist his son in arrang-
ing his business affairs. and Miss Pan
sy Traywick of Yorkville, was here to
OF