Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-07-15

laid by Grenard Lodge A. +. & NJ. No.
1S6, Sunday morning at II o'clock. The
ceremony will be interesting. instruc-
tive and impressive. Every Mason in
the county is invited to join in the
corner stone laying and the public is
invited to witness the ceremony. .....
News reached the city yesterday
morning of the death of Mr.. r. II. Por-
| ter, prominent planter who lives near
| Blacksburg. Mr.. Porter was about
40 years of age. He had only been
sick about two weeks, and the end
came Sunday night. the fatal malady
being typhoid fever. Mr.. Porter was
| the son of Mr. r. E. Porter of the Buff
| falo neighborhood He married Miss
Grace Mintz, daughter of Mr.. John S.
Mintz, who, with several children sur
wives him. Mr.. Porter was splendid
citizen and q number one farmer. The
| interment will take place at Buffalo
| this morning. DR.. L. M. Harrison,
| who was brought to this city some
days ago from Florida on the charge of
obtaining money under false pretenses,
viz: securing the endorsement of Mr..
| w. F. Brown to a worthless draft and
getting the money thereon, was given
a preliminary examination before
| Squire VIM. Phillips yesterday morn
| ing. The prisoner was attired In a
neat fitting suit of blue serge and
wore an immaculate shirt. His auburn
hair bore evidence of not having visit
ed the barber shop in some time. The
prosecution presented enough evidence
to Justify the magistrate in binding
over the prisoner in 5000 bond for
| trial at the next term of court. Harri-
son arrived here last week in charge of
a special officer. He was placed in
the county Jail. Sheriff Thomas liked
his appearance and decided to treat
him kindly, so placed him in cell on
the lower floor. Friday morning the
sheriff discovered that Harrison had
sawed two bars of the cell and was to
all intents and purposes making ar
rangementS to take his departure
| without the permission of the officer.
| The sheriff promptly removed him to
more secure cell. He will i'm all prob
ability remain in the keeping of the
sheriff until the next term of court.
Chester Lantern, July 13: Mayor
Hardin has taken the proper steps i'm
| issuing orders that the Jeffries- john
son pictures shall not he allowed in
Chester. There is no good in them
and it would only result in harm to
somebody. Miss Annie May Fergu-
son died at the home of her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen H. Ferguson.
near Bascomville early yesterday
morning, death being due to peritonitis
which resulted from gastritis. The de-
ceased was only II years of age and
was a student at Winthrop college
the past session. The funeral services
were held yesterday afternoon at Mt.
Prospect church and the remains bur-
led there. The anniversary of the
Chester Auxiliary of the American BIZ
BILE society was held on Sabbath night
at the A. r. p. church in this city, the
other churches taking part in the SER
vices all of them being members of
the American Bible society. Rev. S. j.
Cartledge, the president of the local
society, presided while Rev. ]. S. Sny-
der of the Baptist church, preached the
sermon. The other ministers present
were: Presiding Elder O'Dell of the
Rock Hill district, Rev. ID. NJ. Mcleod
and Rev. ID. G.. Phillips. :. Death ear
ly sabbath morning claimed Mrs. Mar
tha Knox, widow of the late John
Knox, at the home Of her daughter
Mrs. ]. H. Mcdaniel, near Pleasant
Grove Presbyterian church, death be-
ing due to a stroke of apopleXy. The
funeral services took place at the
house Sabbath afternoon and the re-
mains were buried at Union A. r. p.
cemetery at Richburg yesterday. The
deceased was SO years old and who
held the esteem and love of all who
knew her. She is a daughter of the
late Joseph w. L. Johnson of 'he
Landsford community and is survived
by only one child, Mrs. ]. II. McDan-
iel The annual barbecue of Post
l, T. p. A., on Saturday afternoon at
Murray springs was a most enjoyable
affair. In addition to the members of
the local post and several of the busi-
ness men of the city, President Ed M.
Wells of Darlington, and Secretary j.
w. Lilliard of Columbia, both of the
state T. p. A. were present as guests
of the occasion. The barbecue was
prepared by Mr.. l. Med. Hood, a mas
ter of this art. Messrs. r. M. Strange
and J. Y. Murphy having charge of the
arrangements as the committee from
the local post. Both worked hard and
faithfully for the success of the day.
The barbecue consisted of lamb NUT
ton, soup, and the other eatables Incl
dent to such affairs. 1t was splendid
and there was plenty for everybody.
After the cigars were lit and the crowd
had gathered around on the grass and
under the trees, Mr.. A. NJ. Aiken rap
ped for order.
Fort Mill Times, July ID: The bridge
force of the county chaingang has
been at work for several days making
needed repairs to the county bridge
across Catawba river, near Fort Mill.
The work is being done under the per-
Sonal direction of County Supervisor
Gordon and consists principally of re-
painting the structural parts of the
bridge and the putting down of Il new
floor .. Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Crook
of the Gold Hill section of Fort Mill
township. suffered an irrcparablc loss
Monday morning in the death of their
l2-year-old daughter, Eleanor who
had been i'll less than week. The
little girl was stricken with brain fe
Yer on Tuesday of last week and her
condition was regarded as serious from
the first evidence of the malady. The
best medical attention and the devoted
care of the child's parents failed 10
stay the raVagcs of the malignant fc-
yer and the end came at 10 o'clock
Monday morning. The child was a
member of Philadelphia Methodist
church and the funeral service was
preached by her pastor. Rev. Mr..
White TupSdaV morning The inter-