Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-26
ABOUT PEOPLE.


ing relatives and friends In Yorkville.
Miss Elizabeth wilborn of Yorkville
visited her aunt, Mrs. s. NJ. Jones in
Chester last week.
Miss Georgia Witherspoon Of Rock
Hill, visited friends and relatives In
Yorkville the past week.
Miss Agnes Hunter of Yorkville, is
spending this week in Charleston, at
tending the music festival.
Mrs. s. M. Jones and Mrs. Carl Lat.
inner Of Chester, are the guests Of Mrs.
w. c. Latimer In Yorkville.
Miss Rita s. Beard Of Columbia coll
lege visited her mother, Mrs. M. B. Jen-
nings in Yorkville this week.
Mrs, w. L, MCGEE and children Of
Columbia, are in Yorkville on visit to
the family of Mr.. o. D. Anderson.
Mrs. R. T. Allison and daughter, Miss
Ola, and Miss Alec Star of Yorkville,
are spending this week in Charleston.
Miss Ida de Loach, who has been
spending the past several months in
Washington, D. c., Is visiting relatives
this week in Yorkville.
DR.. and Mrs. T. B. Kell and little
daughter, Miss Ella, Of Fort Lawn, Wis
tied the family of Mr. Geo. T. Schorb
in Yorkville this week.
Mrs. w. ]. Whitener of Linwood, N.
c., came down to Yorkville, Saturday
on account of the serious illness Of her
brother, Mr.. Truman Turner.
Mr. Ira Hardin Of Blacksburg, was in
Yorkville during several hours last FRI
day. having come down on account Of
business in the office Of the probate
Judge and the clerk Of the court, and
while here called upon number Of
his old friends, including the editor OF
The Enquirer, all Of whom were glad
to see him. Although IS years Of age,
Mr.. Hardin's friends cannot see that he
Is any older than he was twenty years
ago. and he has no hesitation in saying
that he does not feel any older; but
this Is probably not remarkable when
1t Is considered that Mr.. Hardin comes
from such long lived family. His
father lived to be SO, and several aunts
and uncles passed the ninety mark be-
fore their deaths. Mr.. Hardin's father,
Abraham Hardin, was born within
short distance Of Kings Mountain bat
tleground, in 1889, and knew well many
Of the men who were engaged In the
battle. He was for many years init
mately acquainted with Col. Ham
bright one Of the commanders Of the
patriot forces, and not only got a great
deal Of information about the battle,
but was the means Of preserving much
history that would have otherwise been
lost. The late Rev. DR.. Latham got
much information from him and so did
Lyman C., Draper. Both historians
gave the old gentleman as authority for
quite number Of important state
ments. Mr.. Ira Hardin remembers
much that he has heard his father tell
about what he had been told by 9TH
ers who were in the war, and related
one incident that was interesting. MY
father" he said, bought the house In
which I was born from a man named
Jacob Randall, who was living in it at
the time of the battle Of Kings Noun
tain. The house is located about three
and a half miles from the battlefield.
Randall used to tell my father how the
American troops came to his house on
the afternoon Of the 7th Of October, IN
the rain, and after he had told them
where the British were, they put him
under arrest and detailed a guard to
keep him from getting away. The
guard only remained long enough to let
the main body get a good start, then
as they left him, they whipped their
horses into gallop with their hats and
hurried after those who had gone be-
fore In less than an hour after that
Randall heard the shooting going on at
the mountain. II do not know whether
Randall was a Whig or a Tory" con-
cluded Mr.. Hardin.