Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-12-14
Miseellaueuus Reading.
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
News and Comment Clipped From
Neighboring Exchanges.
CHESTER

CRES Elk.
Lantern, December IL: Mr.. Erskine
Whiteside returned Friday from q few
days visit to his sister and other rel
atives in the neighborhood of Smyrna
in York county. .... Miss Sallie Nun
merry of wylie's Mill. who has been
visiting her brother, Mr.. L. S. Nun
merry, and other relatives here, went
home Saturday. y..... Mrs. S. M. Rob-
inson Of Yorkville, who has been vis-
iting her daughter at the orphanage
in Columbia, passed through Saturday
on her return home. Mrs. B. Grant
went to Yorkville Saturday to spend
a while with her son, Mr.. Foster
Grant and help nurse little grand
child who Is quite sick. 80. Married,
at the residence Of the brides father,
Mr.. H, L. Roddey by Rev. James
Russell on Sabbath, Dec. 9. Miss Lily
j. Roddey to Mr.. Albert Smith, and
Miss Ella Roddey to Mr.. James Burn
side. All of Chester. ...... Mr.. w. d.
Knox, representing the Chester lodge,
and DR.. w. DeK. Wylie the Richburg
lodge, left for Charleston yesterday
morning to attend meeting Of the
Grand Lodge of Masons.
LANCASTER.
News, December ~: "Messrs. A.
Brown Ferguson and T. X. Cunning
ham of Lancaster have organized
company to conduct the Cedar Grove
farm. The capital is $4,000. These
are two of the brainiest farmers In the
state" The foregoing is from the CO.
lumbia State Of Sunday. The farm
referred to is the place whereon Mr..
Cunningham resides, about three miles
from town. and 1t Is already consid-
cred a model plantation, being well i'm
proved and in a high state Of cultiva-
ton, but under the combined manage
ment and skill Of two such exception
ly fine farmers as Messrs. Ferguson
and Cunningham 1t Is destined to rank
second to none in the south. .Sher-
in Hunter went to Charlotte this week
with requisition papers for Lance, the
wounded young man charged with
killing Ben Hood, but Lance's condi-
ton would not admit of his removal,
in the opinion Of the attending physi-
clan. Sheriff Hunter went back to-
Charlotte Monday and got couple OF
negroes. John Ballard and Rollins
Jones, wanted here to answer criminal
charges. John, the ten-year-old
son Of Mr.. John Robinson, who lives
near wingate, fell from a wagon load
ed with shingles last Friday and
leg was caught between two spokes
and both bones were broken below the
knee. DR.. ]. NJ. Blair set the broken
Enquirer. Mr.. J.
F. Addison of Lancaster, recovered a
verdict last Friday in the Federal
court in Columbia for $500 against the
Southern, for personal injuries sus-
tanned some time ago while serving as
a brakeman on the road. He was rep
resented by Mr.. John T. Green OF the
Lancaster bar. -. Mr.. j. D. Caskey,
who has been in Athens, Ca, for the
past few weeks, at the bedside Of his
sick son, Mr.. j. Willie Caskey, arriv-
ed here Monday. but will return to
Athens next Saturday. Mr.. Caskey Is
hopeful of his sons ultimate recovery,
from his long siege Of typhoid fever,
but he says the young man is improv-
ing very slowly.
GASToN.
Gastonia Gazette, December II: Mr.
w. F. Marshall is at home from Raj
eigh where he has been doing editorial
work on the Progressive Farmer for
the past month. .... Mr.. P. M. Miller
died at his home near the Modena mill
Saturday at noon. Mr.. Miller, who
was about sixty-two years old, had
been confined to his bed for several
months and his death was due to a
Of diseases. The funeral
services were conducted Sunday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. ]. l.. Vip-
perman and the remains were inferred
in Shilo cemetery. The deceased leaves
a large family Of children. 80. AS a
result of the election Of officers at the
regular meeting of the Knights OF
Pithias last night, the following will
serve for the coming term: ]. w.
Kirkpatrick, D. G. c.; ]. H. Kennedy,
c. c.; S. A. Robinson, V. c.; ]. D.
Tucker. prelate; L. C. Pegram, M. E.;
I. n. Alexander, Sr.. NJ. F., G. w. Will
son, K. of r. & S.. V. G. Grier, M. A;
w. L. Coon, W.; ]. H. Workman, /. G.;
w. L. Head, o. G. The third degree
was conferred upon Mr.. Meek Bar