Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-16

from the effects of the wounds in
ficted by DR.. McDow's bullets in last
Saturdays difficulty. Fortunately nc
unfavorable symptoms have develop
ed and Mr.. Witherspoon's ultimate
| recovery is almost assured-thanks
to a. divine providence, the skill oi
his physicians and watchful, tender
nursing. .... Mr.. ]. M. Sowell has
moved from the Taxahaw section tc
Lancaster. Mr. Sowell is a good cit
izen and he is cordially welcomed
here.
CHESTER.
Lantern, Jan. 12: Mrs. A. ]. StoveI
and little daughter, Bessie May of Rock
Hill. who have been in the city two
weeks, on account Of the illness and
death of the formers mother, went
home Wednesday. Her father, Mr.. j.
Alex Carter, has broken up house
keeping and will move to Rock Hill to
make his home with Mrs. Slower. Miss
Eliza Hartness, of Hickory Grove, who
came down to attend the funeral OF
Mrs. Carter, returned home Wednes-
day. About twenty relatives and
friends gathered at the home OF Mr.
and Mrs. John Peay, on Lancaster ST.
Wednesday afternoon, Jan IA, 1906 al
o'clock to witness the marriage OF
their daughter, Miss Laura Peay, and
Mr.. w. ]. Sims, of Waxhaw, N. C.
The impressive ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. ]. H. holland Of Blackstock,
pastor of Bethlehem Methodist church'
Mrs. w. NJ. Mcconnell and baby,
of Yorkville, who have been visiting
her grandfather, Mr.. r. S. Mc1lroy and
other relatives in the city, went home
Yesterday morning. Mrs. R. S. Dun
bar Of Avon, came up yesterday morn
ing and went home with her to spend
several days. Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
Elder of Columbia, passed through yes
terday morning on their way to Guth-
riesville to spend a few days with their
daughter, Mrs. ]. Palmer Moore. .....
Mr.. J. F. Oates, Jr., who has been
working in a hotel at Hamlet, n. c., for
several years, went to Marion, N. c.,
the first of this month and commenced
work with a railroad company.
News has been received in the city OF
the death of Mrs. w. H. Brawley In
Charleston after a lingering illness,
The funeral and interment will take
place in Charleston. ...... Miss Alma
Jordan, daughter of Mr.. D. D. Jordan
of Fort Lawn, and Mr.. Robert Lee Ed
wards, son of Capt. w. H. Edwards, of
this city, were married Wednesday af-
ternoon, Jan. 10, at 2 o'clock, at the
home of the brides parents. The GER
emony was performed by Rev. ]. H
Marlborough. Mr.. and Mrs. Edwards
will make their home near Harmony
Baptist church. .... Mr.. Samuel Ay-
cock, of the New Bethel neighborhood
and Miss Annie Sanders Of Guthries-
vile, were married Tuesday afternoon,
Jan. 9, 1906, at the parsonage at Ca
pers Chapel by Rev. ]. NJ. Fridy. The
bride is a sister Of Mrs. Jos. A. Walker
Jr. of this city. -. Married at the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Obadiah Roberts, Wednesday af-
ternoon, Jan. 10th, Mr.. Peter Sanders
and Miss Annie Beulah Roberts, Rev
]. NJ. Fridy officiating.
GASToN.
Gastonia Gazette, Jan. 12: Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. B. Pegram, of Yorkville
were in town Tuesday, guests OF
Mrs. T. c. Pegram. Mr.. Pegram was
| here on business. 1t is learned
that several of the married ladies
have formed a club to take exercise
in the open air. Every afternoon a
walk of two or three miles into the
country will be made by members OF
the club. 80. After a short Illness
with pneumonia, Mrs. E. E. Jones
died Tuesday in Louisburg, at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. P. H
Cooke. The body will be buried in
Laurel Hill cemetery, Philadelphia
| today. Mrs Jones visited her daugh-
ter while Mr.. and Mrs. Cooke were
residents of Gastonia, and their
friends hear with deep sorrow of the
aff1iction which has befallen them.
A valuable barn belonging to ]. Wiley
Clark was destroyed by fire about
six o'clock yesterday morning. 1t is
supposed to have been set on fire by
some unknown person. Mr.. Clark
lives on this side of the county line
near Grouse. With his barn good
horse was burned, and also a big lot
of roughness and farming imple-
ments. The barn was insured in the
Farmers Mutual and the loss was re-
ported to Esquire Jacob Kiser foI
| adjustment.
TRUTH OF AN OLD TRADITIoN.-The
| Board of District commissioners, ac-