Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-28
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CHESTER.
| Lantern, June 25: The negro, John
Adams, who, as reported in Friday S
Lantern, was shot by another negro
Monroe Sims, at Carlisle Thursday and
brought here to the hospital, died Fri
day evening. Adams and Sims ooth
I claim Chester county as their home.
Misses Ethel and Elise Latimer
and Anna Steele McCaw Of Yorkville,
spent from Saturday morning until
YESTERDAY morning at the home Of the
Misses Latimers brother, Mr.. Carl
Latimer, on their return home from
the Jamestown exposition. 1900. Mr.
John r. Culp, son Of Mrs. j. r. Culp
of this city, suffered a partial stroke or
paralysis a few days ago. The postal
from Mrs. Culp did not state to what
extent he was paralyZed except that MS
tongue was involved. Mr.. Culp Is In
the railroad business In Remington
Va. Mr.. Sherman, the immigrant
agent, said Friday that he could bring
US shipload of immigrants every week
of the Wittekind variety, If we wanted
them, but declared that they would be
neither satisfied nor satisfactory.
Those present were unanimous and
emphatic in saying that, that variety Is
not wanted go. During thunder
storm Friday afternoon, Mr.. A. n.
Grants house in the Armenia neigh
borhood, was struck by lightning. The
bolt struck the roof Of the house, tear
ing two holes in 1t and followed the
rafters to the side Of the house then
ran across tearing off piece Of wealth
er boarding and ceiling. When it reach
ed the second floor 1t jumped on to the
Telephone wire and was grounded. Mr..
Grant says it is one time telephone
wire did good service. None Of the
family were hurt.
LANCASTER.
News, June 81: Mrs r. ]. Mackorell
and children Of Yorkville, who have
been visiting the formers parents, Ma
jor and Mrs. ]. NJ. Riddle, returned
home Monday. 49,. Mr.. W. F. Nisbet
of the Jacksonham section, killed a
blue crane last Friday that was five
feet In height and measured six feet,
three inches from tip to tip Of wings.
Joseph Hunter, and Miss Ella Barton,
daughter of Mr. Robert Barton Of the
cotton mills village, were married last
Sunday. The ceremony was perform
ed at the Methodist parsonage by the
pastor, the Rev. R. E. Turnipseed..
The depot at Caskey station, on the
Southern, was blown down during a
wind storm a few days ago. The rail-
road company will be put to its
stumps" to erect another like the old
one, for 1t was a majestic oak tree.
A destructive hail storm visited con-
siderable portion of Flat Creek town.
ship last Friday evening. The storm
was heaviest about Flat Creek church
and in that vicinity. A number OF
farms were badly damaged. Among
the farmers whose crops were most
seriously injured are Messrs. M. G..
Gardner, Amos Cook, Jack Morgan
anu Charles Dunn. Mrs. Whitaker,
wife of Mr.. Romulus Whitaker Of Flat
Creek township, died one day last
week, at their home on Mr.. John Birds
place. She was about twenty-five
years old and is survived by her hus-
band and three children. Her maiden
name was Baker. The burial was at
Flat Creek church. .... The Rev. o.
w. Carmichael of Moreland, Ga, has
accepted a call extended him to the
pastorate Of the Lancaster and Shiloh
A. R P. churches. He will enter upon
his work July /. Mr.. Carmichael was
graduated this year from the Erskine
Theological Seminary and is young
minister of much promise. He has
already made many friends and ac-
quaintances in Lancaster and in the
Shiloh community, having recently
preached at both places. He is twen-
ty-two years old and unmarried. .....
The colored Odd Fellows Of Lancaster,
Kershaw, jefferson and Flat Rock had
big celebration at Pleasant Hill last
Sunday In addition to the members,
a large number Of women and children
were present many Of them from Ches-
terfield and Kershaw counties who had
never seen nor heard Of an automobile.
While the celebration was in full blast
men, women and children singing
shouting and hugging, and some eat
ing, a couple of Lancaster autos ap-
peared on the scene, honking, putting
and sputtering. Instantly there was a
Transformation in the picture. A gen.
eral stampede became the order of the
day, the error-stricken people falling
over one another in their frantic ef-
forts to reach tall timber. Even the
stuffin' was scared out Of lot Of bak-
ed Chesterfield chickens. About four
acres Of somebody's cotton were torn
ing to keep up with the rapidly moving
procession of fleeing humanity. A Flat
Rock niger said afterwards that an
automobile looked to him like Satan
and made a noise like judgment day.
When heard from yesterday some Of
the Jefferson negroes were still run
ming and headed for the Pee Dee
swamp.
| GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, June 25: Mrs. R.
]. Sifford left yesterday for North Au-
gusta, Ca, where she will spend two or
three weeks with her parents, Rev.
and Mrs. J. L. Stokes. .... Mrs. w. K.
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