Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-22
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IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.

IN COUNTIES ADJOlNING.
News and Comment Clipped From
Neiehborins Exchanges.
CHESTER.
Lantern, Feb. 10: Mrs. ]. B. Lyles
went to Yorkville this morning to at
tend a birthday dinner at the home OF
her sister, Mrs. ]. NJ. Starr. She ex-
poets to be gone several days. .Solic-
itor Henry went to Winnsboro yester-
day to attend court. He was engaged
by the attorney general to assist In
preparing the Zimmerman bond steal
ing case. but Solicitor Davis Of Barn
we'll. will probably take his place in
the trial of the case, which will come
up in Columbia next week. .... Mr.. J.
w. Means was interesting himself yes
terday in circulating a petition to have
the range for the First regiments tar
get practice located at Chester. EV-
erybody signed il and 1t is hoped that
such conditions will be found here as
will secure the influence of Adjutant
General Boyd in Chester's favor. ....
Two cars, the commissary and shan
ty car. of the work train were burning
on a side track below the s. A. l.. de-
not about 2 O'Clock yesterday morning.
The alarm was given but as there was
not sufficient hose to reach the hre
with water, all that could be done was
to let them burn up. An engine which
came into the yard about the time or
the fire pulled the other cars to a safe
distance from the fire. .... Mr.. J. M.
Sanders of Bascomville. whose illness
was noted in Tuesdays issue, died Fri
day morning, Feb. Is. at o'clock. af-
ter a long illness with typhoid pneu-
monia. He was forty-seven years old
and leaves a wife and several children
The funeral services were at MI
Prospect church Friday afternoon con-
Quoted by Rev. S. M. Jones and the
burial in the graveyard there. Mr.
Sanders has been a steward in Mt
Prospect church about three years, and
one who knows him we'll testifies that
he was one Of the most sincere and
best Christians in the community.
LANCASTER.
News, Feb. 20: Rev. j. NJ. White has
declined the appointment OF synod to
Chicota, Texas. ..... The governor mas
appointed Messrs. w. B. Bruce and L.
n. Montgomery on the board of county
commissioners for this county. They
will make good aides for Supervisor
Perry. ... Rev. ]. M. White. modera-
tor. has issued called for a meet
ing of the First A. r. P. presbytery to
meet in Charlotte, N. c., 26th instant.
Our old friend, Mr.. John S. Black
mon of the Fork Hill section, dropped
in to see. US Saturday. and tell us
about the big Berkshire Poland China
pig, twenty-five months old, which his
neighbor. Mr.. Ben F. Baker. had re-
Gently killed. 1t netted 760 pounds,
and, after trimming for lard. its hams
weighed 572 pounds EACH. ....... Jim
Heath, cOlored, paid a fine or 500 In
Mayor Wylie's court Monday morning.
Policeman Riddle caught him selling
whisky Saturday night-surprised him
by throwing his flash-light on him
while in the act of delivering the
goods" and some change. ..... Yester-
day morning at an early hour one OF
the old landmarks of Lancaster county
passed into the great beyond when
Mr.. John Lee Tillman breathed his last
at his home near Van Wyck. Mr.. TILL
man was in his eighty-sixth year. hav-
ing been born Oct. IS. 1921. He was a
son of the late Middleton Tillman OF
the Tank section. He was married to
Miss Sallie Denton in 1S49. Eight
children were born to them, five Of
whom, ]. F.. F. D. and NJ. M. Tillman,
Mrs. B. c. Cunningham and Mrs. j. M.
Yoder. survive him. Funeral services
were conducted yesterday afternoon by
Rev. R. E. Sharpe, his pastor, after
which the remains were laid beside his
wife's, who died about five years ago,
in the cemetery at Van Wyck Metho-
dist church.