Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-11
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WITH NEIeHRoRINe EXCHANGES.
News and Comment Cleaned From
Within and About the County.
CHESTER.

convention convenes in Union this
morning. The ministers meeting was
neld yesterday afternoon and the con-
vention will be formally called to order
this morning. The Rev. J. S. Snyder
Mr.. Paul L. Coogler, Capt. W. H. Ed
wards and Col. f. T. Atkinson are in
attendance on the meetings of>the con-
vention as delegates of the Baptist
church Of this city. The Rev. Mr..
Sanders, who is at the home OF Mr.
W. w. Coogler will likely go over in
the morning MeSsrs. Joseph Lind
say, Jim Saye and Walter Simpson left
IN No. 20 over the Southern yesterday
morning for Charleston to attend theI
Grand Lodge of Masons, which meets
in that city this week. Mr. Lindsay
will stop over in Orangeburg on busi-
ness and will then go on to Charleston.
.. Saturday morning the body OF a
negro woman was found in well on
Will Babcock's place, on the Saluda
road about two miles from the city.
The coroner was notified and he had
DR.. Johnson to examine the body but
no evidence of foul play was found.
The woman was the mother OF John
Walker, who is at the present time
working at the Falls. The well mad
been filled up almost and was only
about two feet but it contained water
The woman evidently wandered into
the we'll and as she was old 1t was
probably impossible for her to have
much strength and hence she was un-
able to get out 1t IS said that the
woman lived in her house alone and
one morning not long since she was
found in her house almost frozen. n......
The work Of building the city post
office building Is progressing very
slowly. The actual work commenced
in July and up to the present, the
7th, the building is about one-third
completed Some Of the citizens were
figuring the other day just how long
with the present rate it would take tol
finish the building. One man figured
that it would be about three years
and another two. But all agreed that
unless the speed Of building was ac-
celerated it would take a long time
to finish the postoffice. 1t is said
hat last week that the Blue Ridge
construction company, of Asheville,
who have the contract for the erection
If the building, had only one mason
1t work Then too, some of the ma
.erial was condemned. Mr.. Price, the
government representative is pushing
the work all he can and wants TO see
the building completed as soon as pos
;ible. II is hoped that the Blue Ridge
Construction company will get move
IN them and let the citizens Of CheS-
ter get sight of what their postof-
fce building will look like.
LANCASTER.
News. December 8: Mr.. Rankin
Vest, son of Captain j. A.
West of Antioch, and Miss Wilma
Blackmon, daughter of Mr.. ]. A +.
Blackmon Of Rich Hill, were married
.ast Thursday evening at the home
If the brides parents, the Rev. Thom-
Is Blackmon officiating .... Mr. Oscar
Cauthen, son of the late George Cau-
then and Miss Lola Bailey, daughter
# Mr.. Anderson Bailey Of Elgin, were
married Sunday by Coroner j. NJ.
Caskey, at his residence at Pleasant
Hill. .... Married on last Wednesday
evening, December 2, by Rev. F. E.
Hodges at the Methodist parsonage,
Mr.. David l.. Deese to Miss Mamie
~tarneS, daughter of Mrs. Susie
Starnes of the mill village. Mr.. Clar-
ance Young and Miss Ettie were the
attendants. ..At its meeting last
Thursday night, Jackson Lodge, A. r.
VI, elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: w. I. Williams, |
worshipful master; S. w. Langley, SEN
ior warden; julius Blackmon, junior
warden; Frank Hunter, treasurer; Gill
bert Lazenby secretary. The new Of
icers will be installed on st. Johns
day, December 9th. .Messrs. j. A.
Hyatt and w. n. Ashe Of Van Wyck,
have entered into a contract with
County Supervisor Perry to work two
leading highways Of the county, the
road from Lancaster to the North
Carolina line, a distance Of 233 miles,
and the road from here by way of Riv-
erside to Cureton's ferry at the river,
distance of 133 miles, making 81 miles
altogether. This is the biggest road
contract that has yet been let, we be-
iieve The contractors are practical
and progressive business men and will
no doubt give the county first-class
Job. 80. Monday was salesday In De-
cember Two tracts Of land were sold
by Clerk of the Court Gregory at pub
lie auction, under orders Of court, as
follows: Lands of Alexander Carter,
in foreclosure of martgage suit 33l
acres, bought by C. D. Jones at $l,IOO.
Estate lands Of T. Thornwell Bruce. in
partition proceedings, 2O7 acres, pur-
chased by u. F. Mackey for $2,5O3.....
Mr.. Lee McManus. a we'll known and
highly esteemed citizen Of TaXahaw,
died Monday He had been afflicted
with dropsy for about two years. He
was a good man and enjoyed the con-
fidence and friendship Of all who knew
him. He was a Confederate veteran,
having served in the artillery branch
Of the service during the war He
made an excellent soldier and his old
comrades will he panied 10 hear of his
death. Mr. McManus was about 6SI
years of age and leaves a widow, who
was Miss Missouri Cook. an aunt of
Mr.. John A. Cook Of Lancaster, and
| the following children: Messrs. Thom-
as, George, John and William McMa-
nus, Mrs. Mary Adams. Mrs. Martha
| Adams and Mrs Hattie Roberts, all of