Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-13
aAiseellansous Rsading.
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
News and Comment Clipped From
Neishborins Exchanges,
LANCASTER.

News and Comment Clipped From
Neishborins Exchanges.
LANCASTER.
News, September II: The Lancas-
ter Graded schools opened under faV-
orable auspices Monday morning, all
the teachers being present. The ex-
ercises were opened with prayer by the
Rev. ]. H. Wilson of Chester county.
Remarks appropriate to the occasion
lwere made by Mayor Wylie. We hope
to be able to secure for publication In
our next issue the number of pupils
enrolled and the grades to which the
teachers have been assigned. .....T.
H. Sneed, colored, charged with steal
ing a picture" outfit and a suit or
clothes in Camden about a year and
half ago, was arrested in Lancaster
and taken to Camden yesterday by the
deputy sheriff of Kershaw county
Sneed had been to Wilmington. n. C.,
and other points, finally locating In
Lancaster some time ago. Mr.. John
r. London, a young man Of Rock Hill,
who is we'll known here. will be mar
ried this afternoon to Miss Annie Lett
ner Shurley, daughter of Mr.. and MRS.
D. A. Shurley Of Old Point, this state
For the past six months Miss Shurley
has resided in Rock Hill...... Mr.. E.
]. Mathis, formerly Of Lancaster, but
for some years resident OF Tennes-
see, has established a newspaper plant
at Coal Creek, in that state, and will
get out its first issue next Saturday.
Mr.. Mathis, as is we'll known, Is an ex-
perienced newspaper man. and he has
the best wishes of his old Lancaster
friends for the success Of his new
journalist enterprise. 1--WE suggest
that the Lancaster delegation intro
duce a bill at the next session of the
legislature providing for the erection
of the proposed monument, las pro-
posed by the News and Courierl. Such
a bill might also make provision for
the placing Of suitable stone at the
unmarked grave of Jackson's mother.
a few miles from Charleston. .... The
barn of Mr.. r. E. Rollings Of the Oak
hurst section, was destroyed by fire
last Friday night, together with a lot
OF forage. The loss Is fully $500, with
only 800 insurance. 1t Is thought to
have been set on fire.
CHESTER.
Lantern, September 10: Miss Sallie
Mcconnell of McConnellsville, who has
been visiting Mrs. Holmes Hardin, on
r. F. D. No. 3, went home Saturday.
..... Mrs. ]. L. Aycock and children
of Rock Hill, who have been visiting
her sister, Mrs. S. C. Carter and other
relatives in the county, went home
Saturday She was accompanied by
her mother and nephew, Mrs. B. A.
Grant and Master Clyde Carter At
ter spending a while in Rock Hill,
Mrs. Grant will go to the Bethesda
neighborhood to visit her sister, Mrs.
]. Frank Moore. 49,. Mr.. j. 5. Guy OF
Lowryville, was in the city yesterday
on his return to Fredericksburg, Va,
where he is professor Of mathematics
in the Fredericksburg college,. 49,. Mrs.
j. c. Butler and son, Master Chalmers
Butler Of Yorkville, passed through
yesterday on their way to Winnsboro
to visit her father, Mr.. j. c. Mack
orell. The white public schools
will commence the session Of 19O7-OS
on next Monday morning, Sept. 16th.
Supt. McNairy will be in his office on
Thursday and Friday of this week for
examining and classifying new pupils
No new pupils will be examined on
the opening day, for this delays the
work and the intention is to start on
promptly and have no delays. A hne
corps Of teachers has been secured and
the prospects for a successful year are
very bright. Nearly a mile Of ma
cadam has been laid on the York ROAD,
and the work is going steadily on.
Material for the new steel bridge over
Turkey creek, at the Parks bridge
site, has arrived and the road force
will have to take time to put 1t up.
This will delay the work on the York
road, but it will be just as important
as road work. -. The board Of health
held a called meeting Saturday morn
ing in the office of the secretary, Mr.
c. S. Ford, with the following men,
bers present: Messrs. w. S. Hall, D.
B Refo, c. S. Ford and DR.. j. G. john
ston. The following resolution was
unanimously adopted: That the health
officer be instructed to notify all
butchers In the city that in transport
ing beef or other fresh meats from
the slaughter pens to the places or
sale, to place the carcass on some
clean material and to cover 1t with
some clean cloth or other material SO
as to protect it completely from flies
and dust, as infectious and contagious
disease germs are often communicated
or spread by dust or flies. THE fol-
lowing young people left for college
this morning: Messrs. Lusk Marion,
Marvin Roddy. Millen Simpson. Ira
Hicklin and Erskine Ketchen Of Rich
burg, Cloud Hicklin Of Knox Station,
S. Jordan and Harper Sanders Of Bas-
comville, Leonard Lee Of Rodman. Ad-
olson McKeown and Wade Craig OF
Blackstock, Frank Whitlock, Campbell
Spratt. Joe Wylie. Roy Miller, Leroy
Bigham, William Connolly. Robert
Morrison. Chevis Mcclure and Albert
Hamilton of Chester. to Clemson. Miss
Mary White to Charlotte. Messrs. 7.
]. Irwin, Caud McDill. VIM. Lindsay.
Steele Caldwell. Harold White OF
Chester, w. G. White, Jr.. Of Yorkville.
Matthew Patrick of White Oak, Lewis
White OF Blackstock, VIM. Burns OF
Lewisville, Ellie Simpson Of Edgmoor,
and Misses Hamilton Henry, Eugenia
Walker and Maud Bigham of Chester.