Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-15
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LANCASTER

News and Comment Clipped From
Neishborins Exchanges.
LANCASTER.
News, October 12: The little daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. G. c. Cauthe!i OF
Charlotte, died at their home in that
city Wednesday night, of meningitis,
aged about II months. The remains
were taken Thursday to Heath Springs,
the former home of the parents, for
| burial. ...... The fire alarm was
sounded here Wednesday morning,
about 8 o'clock, but it turned out that
no building was afire, only the burning
out of a chimney at the residence Of
Mr.. R. r. Riddle, in West End. .....
We have published some remarkable
achievements by boys in cotton pick
ing this season, and here are some ex-
traordinary figures. Last Tuesday
Frank, jack and Ernest Sims, sons of
the late Henry ]. Sims, of the eastern
portion of the county, picked 1851
pounds of cotton, Frank picking 532
pounds; Jack, 526, and Ernest, sos.
The cotton was ginned at Mr.. j. e.
Bowers gin, and it made bale weigh
ing 522 pounds. 80. .Manser Shaver,
lad about 16 years old, an orphan,
met with a painful accident last We'd
nesday afternoon. His left hand was
caught in the Hagins gin at Elgin and
so badly crushed that amputation was
necessary, the operation being per-
formed by Drs. Poovey and Funder-
burk. All the hand was cut off except
the little finger. .Ex-Auditor John
A. Cook, now manager Of the Peoples
Supply company, and also secretary
and treasurer of the Lancaster Pub
fishing company, was successfully OPP
Grated on for appendicitis Wednesday
afternoon at the Pryor hospital in
Chester. He was taken i'll last Satur-
day, and went over to Chester Wednes-
day morning. His friends, whose
name Is legion, will be pleased to learn
that he is getting along very nicely.
CHESTER.
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Division of U. D. c. will hold their
annual convention in Chester Dec. 3 to
6, 1907. Following are the officers:
President, Miss Mary B. Poppenheim,
Charleston; 1st vice president, Mrs.
Reed Stoney, Columbia; End vice
president, Mrs. w. L. Coleman, john
ston; 3rd vice president, Mrs. Julia
K. Campbell, Chester; 4th vice presi-
dent, Mrs. w. H. Fowler, Yorkville;
recording Sec'y., Mrs. August Kohn,
Columbia; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. H. P. Lynch, Cheraw; treasurer,
Miss Mary McMichael, Orangeburg;
auditor, Mrs. A. B. Hames, Jonesville;
chairman historical committee, Mrs.
R. D. Wright, Newberry; recorder or
crosses, Mrs. Thomas w. Keitt, Glenn
son College; register, Mrs. E. c. Gra-
ham, Greenville. -. Wednesday, the
Rev. ]. S. Mills, now Of Due West,
Mrs Jane Mills Stitt, Of Taylorsville,
n. c., Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Bigham, OF
Wellridge, their son, Rev. j. M. Big
ham, of Huntersville, N. c., and ]. T.
Bigham dined together with the three
Misses Bigham on Columbia street.
Seven of the group, children of broth
er and sister, grew up on adjoining
farms on little Rocky Creek, were in
timately associated in their younger
days, before the family was broken,
and had not ali been together since
The others were related and had
grown up as neighbors, in a sense.
1t was a meeting that recalled pre-
cious memories. The Rev. j. II.
Simpson, when in Charlotte a few
days ago, had little time to spare,
and being in front of the mint, felt
inclined to go in. After some con-
yersation with the man in charge, he
said, you look and talk just like
man 1 knew in Oklahoma" giving
his name. The other replied, THAT
is my brother, and 1 returned from
visit to him only last week." and
went on to tell about seeing Mr..
simpsons daughter and other friends.
interested in the man and the report
of his visit than in the gold In the
mint. "A small blaze on the roof
of Mr.. R. G. Smiths house on church
street caused some excitement this
morning. The fire company respond
ed promptly but before they arrived
on the scene the blaze had been ex-
tinguished Only a small hole was
burned in the roof. The Rev. ]. H.
Simpson, who was at DR.. McCon-
nelps, ran with a ladder that happen
to be at hand, and got some water,
and with the help of a colored man,
put out the fire.. .Adjutant Gem
eral ]. c. Boyd has notified Capt. j..
Is. McKeown that he will be here on
the 23rd inst. to look over the regi-
mental rifle range. Invitations have
been extended to Col. w. w. Lewis
and Lieut. Col. j. r. Lindsay, of
| Yorkville, and Capt. T. B. Spratt, of
Fort Mill, all of the first regiment,
to meet General Boyd here and go
over tHe pIopoSeu site Will hiii' -
is hoped that the regimental range Of
this regiment will be located at Ches-
| ter. This is about the center of the
regiment and is a very convenient
point for the other companies to
come here and practice. General
Boyd and the other visitors will be
met by a committee and taken over
the proposed site for the range. De-
tails for the entertainment of these
distinguished visitors will be made
later.
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