Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-20
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WITH NEIGHBoRING EXCHANGES.
News and Comment Cleaned From
Within and About the County.
CHESTER

News and Comment Cleaned From
Within and About the County.
CHESTER.
Lantern, October 16: Mr.. w. G. John
sons family moved yesterday from
Foote street into the house on Pine
street which has been vacated by Mrs.
E. F. Dillingham;. Mr. Cal Whisonant,
who has been here several months in
] the insurance business, will move his
family here from Hickory Grove and
will occupy the house vacated by Mr..
Johnson's family. :. Misses Mary and
Lou Ashe Of McConnellsville, who have
been spending the past five weeks with
their nephew, Mr.. E. A. Crawford,
went home Wednesday. Their niece
and nephew, Miss Kate and Master
Herbert Crawford went home with
them to spend several days with their
grandmother, Mrs. Ellen Crawford. -.
Pauline, the two and half year old
daughter of Mr.. r. r. and Mrs. Sallie
Mills Steele Of Blackstock R. F. D. No.
l, died yesterday morning, October IS,
from the effects of a congestive chill,
at the home of her parents, after an
illness Of about two days. The burial
was at Hopewell A. R P. church today,
after funeral services in the church at
IL o'clock, conducted by Rev. ]. A.
White. Much sympathy is felt for the
bereaved parents in their time of afflic-
tion. The annual report of County
Superintendent of Education w. D.
Knox to State Superintendent o. B.
Martin, which by the way involves
some laborious work and some exceed
ingly nice calculations, is about COM
plete. 1t shows that the schools of
Chester county are in healthy condition
and are keeping pace with educational
development in other parts Of the state
and county. The report shows that
there are 103 school houses in Chester
county, SO white and 81 colored. The
| total number of teachers in 123, diVid-
ed as follows: white, 81; colored, Sc.
There are 6,523 children enrolled in the
schools of the county, 2,219 of this
number being white and 4,304 colored.
The average attendance is: white,
1893; colored, 1897. The average
length of session of the white schools
is 31.3 weeks; colored 1886 weeks.
The greatest distance travelled by white
children to school Is six miles; by col
ored children, five miles. The salaries
paid to white teachers aggregate $2S,-
731.03, while the total of salaries paid
to colored teachers amounts to $5,-
6S7.S7.
LANCASTER.
News, October II: A negro named
Buck Davis from Greenville, was acci-
dentally killed at Great Falls Wednes-
day. He was swinging out of a NOV
ing "dinkey" engine, when he was
struck by a projecting rock in a cut
and killed. .... Mr.. George w. Jones,
who has taken one of the county's road
contracts, began work this week on the
Camden road, and Is now working be-
tween Lancaster and Elgin, having al
ready completed about three miles. He
has invested in modern road machine,
which is doing fine work. The machine
recently purchased by the county is be-
ing used on the New Cut road. The
marriage Of Mr.. William Stringfellow
Mcclure of Union, and Mrs. Catherine
Mackey Of Lancaster, was duly SOL
emnized here Wednesday, in accord
ance with announcement previously
made in the News. The ceremony was
performed at l o'clock in the afternoon
at the lovely home Of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
P. Mcclure, brother and sister of the
groom and bride, respectively, the Rev.
C. H. Jordan, the Episcopal clergyman
Of Union, officiating. Only members Of
the family and a few friends were pres
ent, among them Mr.. w. w. Johnson of
Union, and Mr.. Harold oliver of Bal
| timore, who accompanied the groom to
Lancaster. -. Work was begun We'd
nesday on the new bridge over Cane
creek west of town. The old bridge,
it will be recalled, was among the
many in the county washed away by
the flood some weeks ago. The new
structure will be entirely Of reinforced
concrete, and will be so constructed as
to withstand any kind Of freshet. The
work is being done under the super
vision Of the county engineer Mr.. Re-
quarth, who drew the plans and spec
| ifications. Lancaster is to be con-
graduated on the start thus made to
construct permanent bridges across her
streams, for one Of the county's heav-
lest expenses is the building and re-
building of numerous wooden bridges
every year. ..... The court Of general
sessions, which convened here Monday
morning, adjourned Tuesday night.
When The News went to press Tues
day afternoon the court was engaged
III the trial of Harvey Massey for kill
| ing Bart Fraser, both colored, which
resulted in verdict Of not guilty. Ac-
cording to the evidence Fraser attack
ed Massey with grab plow," where
upon the defendant shot him. Col. w.
c. Hough represented the defense. The
other homicide case, that Of Mamie In
grain, charged with the murder Of her
own infant, likewise resulted in an ac-
quittal. The state failed to prove that
the child was ever alive and a verdict
of not guilty was accordingly ordered.
The woman was defended by Judge
Ernest Moore. The sentence of Lewis
Potts, convicted of violating the dis
pensary law, as previously published,
was three months and a fine of $1O0.
The sentence of Lewis Dorrah, con-
victed on a similar charge, was three
months or 500.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, October l6: Mr..
John Gamble and Miss Ida Oates were
married Thursday night at o'clock at
the parsonage at Pisgah Associate Re-
formed Presbyterian church, the cere-
mony being performed by Rev. A. T.
Lindsay. The bride is the daughter Of
the late ]. r. Oates and the groom is a