Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-06
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News and Comment Cleaned From
Within and About the County.
LANCASTER,

| LANCASTER.
News, october 3: Master BeVan wal
ters, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. AL
len Walters of Dixie, met with a pain
| full and serious accident last Sunday
evening He went out on the piazza to
get a drink of water, when his foot
slipped and caused him to fall to the
ground, breaking both bones Of his
arm. Miss Lula Smith has a Gala
dunn the leaves Of which are unusually
immense, some of them being so inches
in length and 35 inches in width. Her
lemon tree is bearing this year, one
of the lemons measuring II inches in
circumference. -. Burke Stevenson, a
colored youth, was pretty badly scald-
ed on the legs Wednesday at Mr. W.
]. Cunningham's gin, by steam escaping
from the boiler. A patch on the boiler
was accidentally knocked off in putting
wood into the furnace, which caused
the steam to escape.
CHESTER.
Lantern, October 2: Mr.. and Mrs. F.
A. Nunnery announce the marriage of
their daughter Mary to Mr.. Richard
Wright Adams, Wednesday, October Z,
at their home at Wylies Mill. The GER
emony will be an informal affair, wit
messed only by a few intimate friends
and relatives. 49,. Mr.. ]. Monroe Grant
told us Tuesday Of some good work in
picking cotton on the farm of his son,
Mr.. j. Martin Grant. About 1900
pounds were picked in one day. One
Of the hands picked 325, another 316,
and third PIG. The last was wo-
man, and at midnight she added an
other little cotton picker to her family.
$500. Mrs. Maggie Horton, daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Starnes, and Mr.. w.
D. Roof, both Of this city, were mar
ried Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 29, at
the parsonage of Pleasant Grove Pres
byterian church, the Rev. G. G. Brown
officiating .... Miss Emily Jordan and
Mr.. John Mobley were married at 4
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 3O
at the home of the brides mother, Mrs.
c. W. Jordan at Rodman. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. W. S,
Martin of Richburg. The marriage was
witnessed by only a few near relatives
and intimate friends Of the contract
ing parties. The groom and his bride
were given a wedding dinner yesterday
at the home of his father, Mr.. R. B.
t. {ta rni0hhnrhnO6
Mr.. Ernest Atkinson, a young man OF
the Armenia neighborhood, Chester
county, has the following cotton pick
ing record: Monday, 3S1 pounds;
Tuesday, 421 pounds; Wednesday, 300
pounds: Thursday, 357 pounds; Friday
270 pounds. Leaving off Friday, he
picked a good bale in four days.
Where is the man who can beat this
record for one day or four or five days
..... Mr. John G. Magill died Tuesday
night, September %, at his home on
Mcclure street after an illness Of sew
eral months following paralysis. He
was 60 years old and was a Confeder-
ate veteran, having served in company
4, Seventeenth regiment during the
civil war. Mr.. Magl.l moved here from
near Richburg about two years ago
Previous to that time he had served
as magistrate for Lewisville township
for number Of years. He was twice
married His first wife was Miss Ma
tilda Cauthen of Lancaster county
and the last wife was Miss Blanken-
ship of Fort Mill, who, with two chill
dren, survives him. He is also sur
vived by three children Of the first fam
lily, Mrs. S. S. McNinch and Mrs. W. F
Buchanan Of Charlotte, and Mr.. Chas
Magin of Fort Mill. The funeral SER
vices were at the home at O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon, conducted by
Rev. c. E. Mcdonald and the buria,
was in Evergreen cemetery by the side
Of two little children who had preceded
him to their grave.