Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-05
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Washington special Of Thursday to
the News and Courier: Through the
efforts of Representative Finley the
postoffice department has ordered the
establishment Of railway mail service
on the Carolina and North Western
from Chester to Lenoir, and on the
Southern railway from Rock Hill to
Kingville. Under this arrangement an
additional car and a postal clerk will
be placed on each road and In conse-
auence mail facilities will be materially
expedited.
Death of Mrs. N. M. Simpson.
Mr.. S. B. Latham of Chester, passed
through Yorkville last Saturday on his
way home from Sharon where he had
been attending the funeral Of his Sis
ter, Mrs. N. NJ Simpson, who died at
the home Of Mrs. M. A. Garvin. anoth-
er sister, on Friday. Mrs. Simpson
was about seventy five years OF age,
and was a sister of the late Rev. DR..
Robert Latham. Her surviving broth
ers and sisters are Mr.. S. b. Latham OF
Chester: Mr.. w. ]. Latham Of Black
stock; Mr.. d. w. Latham Of Troy.
Tenn; Mrs. M. A. Garvin Of Sharon,
and Mrs. M. f. Wylie Of Gastonia.
Dump Car Accident.
Mr. George H. Smith, sectlonmaster
on the c. & NV. railroad between
McConnellsville and Lowryville, was
badly hurt last Friday afternoon as the
result of a rear end collision between
two dump cars. Exact particulars
have not been obtainable; but 1t ap-
pears that Mr.. Smith had been ordered
down to do some work In the vicinity
Of Chester and was returning home!
Another dump car going In the same
direction ran into his car and he was
thrown Gu. He was badly bruised
about the head and body, so badly In
fact that for time 1t was thought
that he had been killed. DR.. w. M.
Love gave him such attention as he
seemed to require at the time and he
was afterward taken to the hospital
in Chester for further attention.
DR.. lathan's Library Burned.
The splendid library of the late Rev.
Dr. Robert Latham, long known as in
cluding one of the finest private collec-
tions of books to be found I'm the south,
is no more. 1t was destroyed by fire
on May 18th. The facts were recited
by Rev. w. c. Ewart last Sunday
morning in connection with a request
for assistance for Rev. T. B. Stewart
in whose possession the library was.
Rev. Mr.. Stewart married Dr. Lathan's
eldest daughter, Miss Annie l., who
died about three years ago. The libra
ry was a part of Mrs. Stewards pos
sessions. Mr.. Stewart is pastor OF
Back Creek church in Mecklenburg
county. The parsonage which his fam
lily was occupying and which contained
the library. caught fire on the 18th
and was burned with its contents.
Practically nothing was saved. In this
collection there were numerous rare
volumes, some Of the books being each
one of a half dozen or less of some par
ticular edition known to exist. One
particularly rare volume was Tarle-
tons Memoirs; but this was only one
among many equally valuable. There
were also scores of old unpublished
that the doctor had col
lected while searching for historical
and other material, and also number
of unpublished manuscripts Of his
own. Among these later manuscripts
was a continuation of the history of
South Carolina from the war Of the
Revolution up to the civil war. Though
the library was not for sale and would
not have been sold at any price, 1t was
worth thousands Of dollars in cash.