Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-29

Rural School Improvement for this
county. Miss Gertrude Sherer, MEM
ber of the state executive committee,
called the meeting to order and intro
duced Miss Starke Of Winthrop COL
lege, who made an excellent and high
ly interesting address on the subject
of how to improve the rural school,
giving many apt Illustrations. Talks
were made by Miss Sherer, Messrs. w.
M. Moore, T. M. Belk, D. Funderburk,
]. A. Jenkins and A. R Banks. Then
county association was formed with
the following officers: Miss Gertrude
Sherer, president. Miss Grace Whiso-
nant, vice president; Miss Ola Culp,
secretary and treasurer.
CHESTER.
Lantern, March 26: Miss Nellie
Ward, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. M.
Ward and Mr.. ]. Harry Jones, son OF
Mrs M. A. Jones Of Lewis Turnout,
were married Sabbath evening, March
"a, at the Baptist parsonage by Rev.
d.
nell and Miss jamie Burns spent Sat-
urday in Charlotte with their aunt
Mrs. Sarah Beard, who has been quite
sick. They found her better. Mrs.
]. Palmer Moore and children of Guth-
riesville, and Mr.. Norman Elder Of Co.
lumbia, spent Saturday night and Sab
bath at the home of Mr.. s. ]. Lewis
at Rodman. -. Postmaster Dunnovant
says the postoffice will be moved
Thursday, and all persons holding
keys should come and exchange them
promptly for keys to the new boxes.
The old boxes will be shipped off. AS
is generally known, the new Office will
be at the corner Of Main and Wylie
streets, in the new Eberhardt concrete
building. Saturday morning some
people who have been camping south
of town, and say they are English, but
whom people who do not discriminate
carefully call Gypsies, were in trouble
about horse trading. The old mother,
her son and daughter and the sons
wife and baby, all answering to the
name Of Stokes, which sounds more
English than their brogue, were in
Judge McLure's office. A negro had
charged that the young man had ban
tered him for trade. and under some
pretext, got the negro's horse hitched
to his buggy and left, claiming that a
trade had been made. Deputy Hedg-
path overlook him little out OF town,
on the Sandy River road and brought
him back He and all the family still
claimed that 1t was fair and square
trade. The case was settled by allow
ing the negro to take his horse and
Stokes his mule, the latter paying the
costs, s400. Stokes, who looks quite
youthful, was rather defiant, but his
young wife acted as counsel plenipo-
tentiary and settled up without wait
ing for argument about going on with
the case. She had $3.50 ready, and the
old lady drew out a baby's stocking
and produced the needed so cents.
Judge Mcclure says he has had many
arguments of various kinds presented
in his court, but none so hard to an
swer or resist as little baby in the
arms of its weeping young mother.
The young woman Is a blonde from
West Virginia. ..... The community
was shocked Saturday morning, March
%, when it was announced that Mrs.
jamie Cunningham Brice, wife Of Mr..
James McCalla Caldwell, had passed
away at 6 o'clock that morning. She
had attended a funeral service Thurs
day morning and in the afternoon had
called on several of her neighbors
At 2 o'clock Friday morning she was
stricken with form of collie and DR.
Mcconnell was Immediately summon
ed. She was quite sick through the
day and the doctor was with her sew
eral times but the family did not be-
come alarmed about her until 2 O'Clock
Saturday morning her symptoms grew
worse and congestion Of the bowals
and stomach set in and death resulted
in a few hours Mrs. Caldwell was
born in January 1851 and was the old
est child of Rev. and Mrs. r. w
Brice. Her father was the beloved
pastor of Hopewell A. r. P. church
for a number of years and her whole
life, until they moved to this city
about two years ago, was spent with
in the bounds of that congregation
She was a thorough and devoted
Christian and lived a beautiful Chris
tian life. She considered her first
duty was to her home and her children
and spent much time in their training
In Feb 1871, she was married to Mr.
J. McC. Caldwell. From this union ter
children were born. of whom two
daughters and one son preceded hel
to the better land. The remaining
children are: Mrs. w. S. Hall Of Gaff-
ney, Mrs. J. B. Westbrook, Messrs. R
B.. William F., James NJ. and Johr
Steele and Misses Florence and Susie
Caldwell of this city. She is also sur
vived by two brothers and three sis
ters: Hon. j. S. Brlce and Mrs. Fannie
B. McCaw of Yorkville; A. G. Brice
ESQ, of this city; Mrs. ]. w. Baird OF
Covington, Tenn, and Mrs. j. P. Kno'
of Columbia A short funeral service
at $50 o'clock at the home was con-
Quoted by Rev. S. J. Cartledge, ther
the body was taken to Hopewell
where funeral services were held II
the church by her pastor, Rev j. A
White. The casket was opened at the
church and the majority of the large
congregation went forward and took 6
last look at her dear face. More thar
dozen colored people were there tc
pay a tribute to her and they too
went forward TO see the still form who
no doubt had been kind to them. The
burial was in the cemetery near by
where her parents and children anc
sisters sleep. About forty conveyance'
were in the procession which accom-
panied the body from this city to it:
last resting place and there was 6
large congregation there. The flora
tribute was most beautiful. The caske
was covered with the lOvelieSt Of flow