Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-02

last SUNDAY morning at ~ u CloCh
the ceremony being performed by
Rev. G. NJ. Robinson, pastor OF the
Loray Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs
Coates left at once for Asheville
where they will spend a few days be-
fore going to their home in Marshall
The following item from this
mornings Charlotte Observer gave
| the GaStOnia friends of the contracting
parties their first knowledge Of g
rather romantic marriage: "Unac-
mpanied, Mr. G. S. Kester and Miss
Francis Yates called at the home OF
Rev. Mr.. l.. r. Pruett last night and
asked to be married. They came ovel
! from Gastonia. where both are max
| ing their home. They were quietly
married at s o'clock i'm the presence
of Mr.. Pruett's household. The
bride was a trained nurse in st
Peters hospital for a year and half
She went to the hospital at Gastonia
short time ago.. The family
reunion at the home of Mr.. j. \
Hanna, on route one, Lowell, vii
take place this year as usual on the
| 27th day of August, which falls or
| a Saturday. This day is Mrs. Han
mas seventy-ninth birthday and the
event will also be made to commemo-
| rate the fortieth wedding anniversar!
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hanna. They viii
have been married forty years this
coming November. All the children
grandchildren and other close rela-
tiveS are expected TO be present tC
enjoy the occasion. OF the children
there are only two living, viz: Mr.. w
\. Hanna, who resides in South Caro-
lima, and Mr.. ]. V. Hanna, who live:
| with his parents. Mr.. Hanna has one
brother living Mr.. Sam b. Hanna, OF
| Gastonia and three sisters, viz: Mrs
j. r. Shannon, Mrs. Margaret Bagley
and Miss Sarah C. Hanna, all of thi:
county. Mr. Hanna is Seventy-Sever
years of age and is in the enjoyment
of good health.
Chester Lantern, July 29: Mr.. anC
Mrs. Mason Blair and little daughter
| all of Sharon, are visiting Mrs
Blair's parents, Mr. and Mrs. w. Y
| White. .... Col. and Mrs. L. T
Nichols and Mr.. and Mrs. +. F. REID
| left yesterday for Wrightsville Beach
| to spend several days. ...... The
Chester Chapter of U. ID. c., at theil
last meeting decided to organize 6
| Children's Chapter. 1.-The object OF
this association shall be social benev-
olent, historical and memorial: thai
| the children of the south may be
memories and deeds of their Confed-
crate ancestors. Any child or youth
| from infancy to eighteen years, who
is a lineal descendant of any one who
served in the army, navy or civil ser
vice of Confederate states, or who
gave personal aid to the cause, shall
be eligible. What was once the
shops of the Carolina & West
ern railway are today mass OF
twisted steel and smoking embers
Nothing remains Of them but small
office and a wrecked foundation
The fire which destroyed them start.
ed in the engine repair room amid
pile of waste, it is supposed, al
about $50 o'clock this morning and
for a time the city fairly echoed with
the blasts of whistles, ringing of the
fire alarm bell, and shots that were
fired to arouse the citizens. The fire
company was at the scene of the con.
fiagration within short space Of time
after the alarm was sounded, but sc
rapidly did the flames spread that the
whole structure was mass of burn.
ing wood when they arrived. Owing
to the close proximity of the Spring
stein mills it took heroic efforts on the
part of the fire fighters to keep the
mills from going up along with the
been for the fact that a brisk breeze
sprung up when the fire was at Its
height and which carried the flame!
and heat away from the cotton mills
there is little doubt but that they, too
would now be leveled to the ground
1t is impossible at this time to esti-
mate the loss sustained by the rail-
road, but it will probably reach figures
close to 100000. The greatest loss
that will be felt just at this busy sea-
son by the road will be the handicaI
that they will feel through being with
out shops in which to repair and keeI
up their equipment. The shops en-
ployed about 100 men and through
their being located here were the
means of adding some 1000 people tc
the population of the city. These mer
will be out of employment until the
shops are rebuilt, which it is said
will be done at once. The annual
payroll amounts to over $4,000
Besides losing the shops and the eX.
pensive machinery in them, the COM
pany lost two engines and one pas
senger coach which were being re-
paired and which were well under
way toward fitness to be put back or
the rails. The turn table is also out
of commission and for a time G. & y
w. trains will have to leave Chester
with engine going backwards. Gas
tonia and Hickory are hard after the
shops. but it is emphatically stated
that they will remain in Chester and
that they will be rebuilt quickly. Mr.
L. T. Nichols, superintendent of the
road. is out of the city having left
last night for a business trip to Will
mingtOn. y. c.. but he was wired this
l,,,n Nri1 M or q q o.
turn to the city and more definite in
formation as to the loss, the amount
of insurance and the plans of the rail-
road company can then be had. just
how the fire originated is impossible
to say. The night Waterman states
that he discovered it about $50 i'm the
engine repair room and that it was
burning briskly when he first dis
covered it, While the shops were
burning a spark set fire to a small
building in the rear of the laundry
building just beyond. but the flames
were quickly eXtinguished before any
particular damage was done. The
blaze was a spectacular one while il
lasted and so bright was the light
thrown out by the flames that one
could read newspaper as far away
as the pOstotlice and many people
when they first looked out of their
windows when the alarm aroused
them thought that the whole of the
east side of the city was ablaZe. And
had there been wind of any strength
blowing toward the heart of the city
there is no doubt whatever but that
the Conflagratiun would have beer
the very worst in the history Of Ches-
ter. While the fire was in progress
it seemed, as one man put II. as II
all of Chester had turned out and all
day today there has been a steady
stream of people going to the scene
to view the ruins.
Superstition.-"We'r all supersti-
tinuS" said Lew DockStalpr To the