Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-26
Friday, October 26, 1906.

Vice preSluent, LIT. D. d. hIllOttI seCTc-
tary and treasurer 8: L. Meacham:
manager, F. H; HIGGINS; press agent
y, j. BaiIessf II was decided that the
first production would come Off on No
-yenber 2sth, Wednesday night before
anksgiying, Down! In, Dixie is the
Title of the play SELECTED. as,; ar. -
Curious Old Will.
w. w. Lewis, Esq, has been engag-
ed In looking up some ancestry infor-
nation for client In Honolulu named
Dickey. Among other places. to which
he has been, Is the Office Of the pro-
bate Judge. There he found the will
Of one Of the ancestors about whom
Information was wanted, and quite a
curious provision in the will made, II
the duty Of one Of the sans toS carry
'gristsi to mill for his mother as sIofis
as she should live. Mr.. Lewis found
also from Draper's Kings Mountain
and other sources that the DieKey In
which the Honolulu man Is interested
was a patriot soldier in the Revolu-
ton.
The Sugar Creek Bridge.
Fort Mill Times: The Times Is
pleased to announce that the CONNER
cial club has taken UP the matter o1
building an iron or steele bridge over
Sugar creek and will exert every effort
to succeed in the undertaking. A
special meeting of the club was held
Monday morning and the bridge mat
ter was the subject OF q lengthy dis
cussion. A committee consisting OF
Messrs. ]. M. Spratt, w. B. Audrey and
s. A. Epps, was appointed to commu.
nicate with the officials Of York and
Lancaster counties in regard to the
dressed a letter to officials of the two
counties asking that they meet the
committee on Friday next, or at 9
convenient date, for the purpose Of
taking some definite action. It Is ex.
planned In the letter that the trade
from Pleasant Valley and upper sec.
tion of Lancaster county Is being di.
verted to Pineville on account OF bet
ter roads and bridges, and that the
people Of Fort Mill are willing 70 "gt
down in their pockets" to help built
the bridge and hold the trade which
rightly belongs to the town. This Is
matter of the utmost importance II
the people Of Fort Mill township ant
the upper part OF Lancaster county
and It is to be hoped that the officials
Of the two counties can come to ar
agreement and give US bridge thai
can be crossed at all times.
The D.. A. r. Conference.
Charleston Post: Elegantly gotten VI
announcements have been received II
the city Of the annual conference Of thu
South Carolina chapters OF the nation
al society of the Daughters OF thu
American Revolution. to meet In York.
willie from October 81 to November 2
by invitation Of the Kings Mountain
Chapter D. A. r. The emblem Of the
order Of the d. A. R., distah ant
spinning wheel, around which are thu
words, Daughters of the American
Revolution, and thirteen stars, rep
resenting the original thirteen states
handsomely embossed In blue, adorni
the first page of the announcement; or
the third Is the programme for ths
conference. 1t Is most attractive aIlc
novel. and 1t appears that the little
town of Yorkville Is to excel all OF tht
places where conferences OF the ID. A
r. have been held In the number anc
variety of its entertainments, a pleas
ing feature being that not only are tht
delegates to be entertained by the
several D. A. r. chapters OF Yorkvtlle
Uy q ClldpbCL VI tAiG. OAAeSA A>SS4oA =
ters of the Confederacy as well. Wher
next a conference Is held In Charleston
II is said that the old city will have tc
look to her laurels In the matter OF
entertaining. Among the charming
events arranged for the pleasure OF the
delegates Is a novel one to be giver
by Mrs. r. Moultrie Bratton, the STATE
regent, d. A. R., who lives at Guth-
riesville, little place some miles oui
Of Yorkville. It being impracticablt
for her to entertain at q conventional
function In Yorkville, she has inyitec
the daughters to the old homestead
where she lives, the drive out to bt
taken in the early afternoon, and the
return drive to be enjoyed by moon
light. The novelty of this attention
and the hospitality to be received a.
the charming old home place makes Il
one of the most attractive that have
ever been arranged at conference
The programme is the following: Wed
nesday October 81. at 1890 p. m,
luncheon. complimentary to the daugh.
ters by the Winnie Davis Chapter, y
D. c., at Mrs. w. g. Whites; O'Clock
drive and the "Old Homestead" hospi'
by Mrs. r. Moultrie Bratton; Thurs.
day, November /, open session from i
to Q o'clock. At 2 O'Clock, the daugh'
ters entertained at luncheon by thu
Kings Mountain Chapter at Mrs. w
B. Moore's. Business session $3.50 u
$50 d. m. At p. m. there viii be aI
address; 8 o'clock a reception by ths
Kings Mountain Chapter, at Mrs. 3
M. McNeels. Friday, November 2, q
business session from $50 to o'clock
The beautiful announcements are SEN
only to regents Of the various chapters
Of the state and the delegates who arr
to attend the conference, The only
daughters from Charleston who vii
attend the conference in Yorkville are
Mrs. F. NJ. Jones, Mrs. ]. Allen Miles
and Mrs. j. Palmer Lockwood.