Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-06-05
Mistellaneuus Rmdin9,
WITH NEiGHsoRING EXCHANGES.
News and Comment Cleaned From
Within and About the County.
CHESTER

News and Comment Cleaned From
Within and About the County.
CHESTER.
Lantern, June 2: Mr.. VIM. Latlmer
of Yorkville. came down Saturday and
spent until yesterday with his son,
Mr.. Carl Latimer. E. Mr.. NJ. L. Hitch
cock. a native Of Lewiston, Me-, who
has made his home in Chester for the
last ten or twelve years, died at his
home in this city early Saturday morn
ing. Mr.. Hitchcock had been in fail
ling health for several years, and his
death was, therefore, not unexpected
The funeral services were held at the
residence yesterday morning at nine
O'Clock by Rev. D. M. Mcleod, and the
remains laid away in Evergreen Gem
etery. Mr.. George w. Foster,
well do farmer Of the McConnells-
willie section, died at Magdalene hospi.
tai in this city yesterday morning
June l, and his body was taken to Nc
Connellsville on the 1.30 o'clock train
in the afternoon for burial. Mr.. Fos-
ter was suffering with kidney trouble
and came here nearly two weeks ago
with the hope of getting relief but all
that could be done was to ease his suf-
fering. Mrs. Foster was here all the
time, and his son, Mr.. Marion Foster
was with him when the end came. He
was about so years old and is survived
by his wife and nine children. .... The
series of meetings that covered the past
week at the Baptist church was one
which we believe made deep and
lasting impression. Dr. Hatchers
preaching was strong and yet simple;
such that the preachers said it was
| fine. and yet the child could compre-
hend it. There were fifteen accessions
to the church, most Of them by profess
sion. There might have been two or
three times as many with the methods
sometimes adopted at revival meetings,
but perhaps these are all that there
ought to have been. There was no ef-
| fort to work the congregation into
swing and bring them to the altar on
| a wave of emotion. People were in
vited to come but warned against false
profession. There was no mid-weeK
prayer meeting or Sabbath evening SER
vice at any of the other churches, but
it would have been better to have had
evening service on each Sabbath in at
| least one other church, as the crowd
could not be accommodated.
LANCASTER.
News, June 8: 1t is reported here
that Mr. Vincent, the young man who
married the widow of the late Thomas
Mungo, shot his wife last Saturday at
her home in Flat Creek township, and
that he has since disappeared. Mrs.
Vincent's wound is serious, the bullet
having entered near the heart. She Is
a. daughter of the late Thomas Faile
and is a most estimable lady. She and
her husband it is said, have not been
getting along well together. .SherlH
Hunter has been notified by Solicitor
Henry to be prepared to bring back 10
Lancaster the five alleged safecrackers
taken from here to Raleigh, N. c., in
the event of their acquittal in the u
6. court there this week. If returned
to Lancaster they will likely be tried
OF the charges for violation OF state
laws for which warrants were issued
at the time of their capture. =. During
the rain storm Saturday evening,
which was accompanied by considera-
BILE thunder and lightning, a tenant
house on Mr.. w. G. A. Porter's place in
the Dwight section, occupied by John
Clark. colored, was struck by lightning
The electric bolt entered at the gable
end, and running down the inside OF
the building, shattered and knocked
about several large pieces of timber
one of them falling at the feet or
woman. who was lying down. All the
occupants of the house, however, eS-
caped unhurt. A sleeping child was
not even awakened. The glass door
Of a clock was broken. but the time
oiece did not stop running. ... The
infant of Mr.. A. ]. Baskins Of Elgin,
about eleven months old, was accident
ally burned last Saturday and its con-
dition is serious. The child was lying
in its cradle and it is thought that as
the father passed by with chunk OF
fire. going to his blacksmith shop,
live coal dropped into the cradle, set
ting the bed clothes on fire. The burn
ing clothing was not discovered until
the child began to scream. DR.. Brown
of Lancaster. is attending the little
sufferer. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Miller,
widow of the late r. NJ. Miller, died
suddenly last Friday evening at her
home in Charlotte. The summons
came while she was sitting talking to
her sister. Mrs NJ. r. Potts. 1t will be
recalled that her husband, who for
many years was a prominent and sue
cessful business man in Charlotte, died
but a few months ago. Both he and
his wife were natives Of Lancaster
county. Mrs. Miller was a daughter OF
the late John Cureton. She was born
February 81. 1927, and was married to
Mr.. Miller in 1S45. They moved to
Charlotte in 1866. Mrs. Miller is sur
vived by two sons and a daughter.
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