Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-26
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IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
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LANCASTER

News, April "a: MI. Jolln Asho va
Kershaw, and his sister, Miss Mary
Ashe Of Yorkville, were the guests OF
Miss Cornelia Elliott last Sunday.
Capt w. F. Rutledge, near Kershaw'
made last year. on about one-half acre
a five hundred-peund bale Of cotton
He planted the mortgage litter seed'
He says there was no extra prepara-
ton, manuring or cultivation. he
considers 1t a good cotton. and justly
so. Mrs. Matte Roddey, wife OF
w. P. Roddey, died last Friday after
noon at their home in Fort Lawn, OF
heart failure. She had been sick for
some days. The news of, her death
was a painful shock to her numerous
friends in Lancaster, where she oc-
casionally visited. .. A nice four-room
cottage in the vicinity Of the Lancas-
ter cotton mills, belonging to Sherin
j. P. Hunter and occupied by Mr.. j.
E. Westmoreland, was destroyed by fire
last Friday night, together with pretty
much all of Mr.. Westmoreland's house.
hold effects. The fire started In the
cook room and 1t Is thought to nave
been Of accidental origin. There was
danger for a while Of other buildings
in the neighborhood catching from
flying sparks and fire-brands. Mr..
Hunters loss Is fully $500, with only
$500 insurance. Mr.. Westmorelands
loss is also heavy, amounting to sew
eral hundred dollars.
CHESTER.
Lantern, April %: About 200 men
are again at work on the lower dam'
which is about the mouth Of Rocky
creek and below the other dam built
by the Southern Power company at
Great Falls. . Mr.. ]. L. Furman'
who has been tagging on the c. q
NV, had the small bone Of his left
arm broken near the wrist at Dallas,
N. c., last Wednesday. He was climb
ing up on a freight car to see after
the brakes and was knocked off by the
depot which he did not notice was 80
near He has been in this city since
Thursday evening and says he is suf-
fering very little pain from the frac-
ture.. :. The Rev. c. E. Mcdonald OF
Winnsboro, preached at the A. X. r.
church last Sabbath morning and
evening. Mr.. Mcdonald is a native Of
Chester county and is a general favor
ite among all his acQuaintances, be-
sides being a consecrated and eloquent
preacher. The matter of voting for a
pastor was postponed. 80. Something
should be done to preserve the history
Of Chester county before more of 1t is
swallowed up in oblivion. A few days
ago a gentleman who takes much IN
terest in such matters, though not a
native Of this county, urged that
something be done, and suggested that
an organization be formed or that
some effort be made by those qualified
to do such work. Very much can yet
be done to preserve valuable history
that would be honorable to Chester
county. One'of the obstacles in the
way of this work is that those Of us
who feel an interest in 1t wait to Ia
ment the fact that so much has al
ready been lost, that the work was not
undertaken in the life time Of the hon.
orable D. G.. Stinson, Father Saye, Mr..
Thomas Howe, DR.. Robert Latham,
his father, old Mr. Sam'l Latham, and
others-instead of going to work to
save what Is still in reach. Let US
unite our efforts and do something.
Chester county has history that is
unique in some particulars and alto
gether honorable.
Reporter, April %: Misses Maggie
Swami Of Bullock's Creek, and Ola
Porter Of Charlotte, who have been
visiting Mr.. w. E. Sledge and family,
left for their respective homes this
morning. will Jeter, colored, plead
ed guilty in the United States court at
Greenville to breaking into the local
postoffice and was sentenced to spend
three years in a Maryland reformato-
ry.. AT the A. R. P. church yester-
day morning the matter Of selecting
pastor was deferred for the pres
ent. The pulpit will continue to be
filled, however. from Sabbath to Sab
bath until the vacancy has been per-
manently supplied. ..... The following
announcement will be read with inter-
est by his many friends here: Mar
ried, April IS, 1907, at the residence
of Mrs. L. M. Ragin, mother Of the
bride, Rev. j. w. Daniel, D. D., of
Sumter, to Miss Ethel Ragin Of Co
lumbia. by Rev. w. w. Daniel" "......
Mrs. ]. D. Henson died at her home
on Richburg R. F. D. l, on Wednesday
last as the result of a cancer. Mrs.
Henson was about forty years Of age.
She leaves a husband and several
children, the youngest Of the latter
being a mere infant. The funeral SER
vices were held at Mt. Prospect M. E.
church Thursday by Rev. S. M. Jones.
| -. Wade Head, colored, an employee
Of the Chester Plumbing and Heating
company, was almost instantly killed
Friday afternoon by the caving in Of
ditch. In company with other Ia
borers Head was engaged in digging
sewer ditch to Mr.. ]. M. Wise's new
house on Pinckney street The acci-
dent occurred just about quitting
time, and one theory is that the dead
man in scrambling out Of the ditch,
which was about six feet deep and
two feet wide. caused the bank to
break and fall in on him.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette. April %: Mr.. Ru-
disill a resident of Bessemer City,
died yesterday at the home Of his
brother -in-law, Mr.. James Dixon, at
that place. The body was taken today
to Cleveland county for burial. .......
Sunday night William Miller and
Sparkle Smith. both living near the
Modena mill, hied themselves across
the line to South Carolina where low
ing couples find it unnecessary to go
to the trouble of procuring a license
granting them permission to tie up for
lifa II is not kpown inst what noint