Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-15
Miseellaneous 8radins.
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
News and Comment Clipped From
Neishborins Exchanges.
IANcASTER
| LANCASTER.

LANCASTER.
News, January 10: Mrs. Robinson,
wife Of Mr.. Dunbar Robinson, OF the
cotton mills community, died Thurs
day evening. She had been sick for
some time. Her maiden name was
Hare and she was about forty-five
years old. Mr.. Robinson and family
moved from the Taxahaw section to
Lancaster some years ago Besides the
husband Mrs. Robinson leaves several
children. Her remains were buried in
the new cemetery yesterday afternoon
at 4 o'clock. .... Senator Williams OF
Lancaster, has been assigned to the
following committees in the senate:
Commerce and manufactures. immi-
grafton, interpretations, judiciary Rep
resentative Jones to house committees
on engrossed bills and Federal re-
lations. Representative Robinson TO
committees on banking and insurance
and legislative library. ..-... DIR. John
Canton Foster, formerly Of Lancas-
ter, but now successfully engaged in
the practice Of his profession In
Rowesville, this state, will be married
on the 22nd instant to Miss Ethel
Boone, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
Edward Boone of Rowesville. The
ceremony will be performed at the
home of the prospective brides pa
rents, at $50 o'clock in the afternoon.
AS is we'll known, Dr. Foster is the
second son of the late DR.. ]. H. Fos-
ter, of Lancaster and is a young ply
sician of ability and much promise.
He is a graduate of the South Carolina
college and also of the Medical college
of Richmond, Va. The News hear
tlly commends to the favorable con-
sideration of its readers. who are n
nancially able to respond, the appeal
published elsewhere for contributions
to a fund to be raised TO establish a
home for the aged homeless. 1t ap-
pears that such a benevolent institu-
tion was first suggested by good lady
Of York county. who proposes to give
$1,000. to aid in its establishment.
u
idence. there are comparatively few
old persons In this country without
homes. but the last days on earth OF
those few should be made comfortable
and free from want. Will not some
of the philanthropic citizens OF means
In the town and county Of Lancaster
subscribe literally to the proposed
home? Nothing has been said. we be-
lieve, as to the location of the home.
Why not Lancaster make an effort to
have il located here?
CHESTER.
Lantern, January IL: Mrs. ]. NJ.
Ferguson of Yorkville, came down
Wednesday morning to visit her Sis
ter. Mrs. w. G. Ferguson and return
ed yesterday. -. Rev. James McDeW-
ell Of Clarendon county, arrived from
Yorkville Tuesday evening to visit his
nephew and nieces, r. L. Douglas,
Esq, and Misses Kate and Agnes
Douglas, at Dr. S. G. Miller's, and left
for Columbia yesterday morning. 80.
Judge and Mrs. G. w. Gage and
daughter, Miss Martha, and Miss
Grace Gage accompanied Mr.. Edward
]. Gage to Laurens Wednesday, where
he was married at 10 o'clock yester-
day TO Mrs. Mary Prentiss Of that
city. After the marriage Mr.. and Mrs.
Gage left for Jacksonville, st. Angus
tine and Cuba on bridal tour. Judge
and Mrs. Gage and Miss Grace Gage
returned yesterday evening. Miss
Martha will visit friends in Aiken be-
fore returning "A five room cottage
on Mrs. Anna Jones place at Lewis
Turnout. was burned Monday evening
of last week. An old negro man and
his daughter lived in the house. The
daughter was off on visit and the
old man went down to the station at
train time, leaving the window up
and lamp burning on a table near
by. The supposition is that the wind
blew the curtain over the lamp and
either set it afire or turned the lamp
over and set the house on fire. The
thing when it was noticed. There was
no insurance. .. Mr.. John Cassels,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William Cassels
of Baton Rouge, was killed at Whit
mire about 2 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Young Cassels left home with his gun
Monday morning presumably to go
hunting but came on to Chester and
sold his gun. A part of the day was
spent at the home OF his uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. T, N. Bennett.
That night when No. Al came along
the suppOsitiOn is he got on between
the baggage and express car and when
the train was slowing up for Whitmire
he jumped off when the train was still
running at the rate of fifteen or twen-
ty miles an hour and struck the sharp
corner of a coal car. The left side Of
his forehead and head was crushed in
and his brains oOZed out He was
still living when found about day light
and lived until about o'clock in the
afternoon but was never conscious
An effort was made at once to iden-
tify him and everything possible was
done to try to save his life. Mr.. Ben
nett hearing of the accident went
over on No. 33 Wednesday, morn
ing and identified him at once. The
body had already been prepared for
burial and he returned with it on the
evening train, taking 1t to his home
on Pinckney street. Yesterday MORN
ing the burial was in the cemetery at
New Hope Methodist church. Young
CaSSels was between seventeen and
eighteen years old and was aiming to
go to Il rock quarry in Georgia where
some III his acquaintances had gone
who had sent back fiattering reports.
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