Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-10
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FROM NEIGHeoRING EXCHANGES
News and Comment About Things In
and Around the Country,

L
er of the Antioch section, lost heavily
by fire about midnight Friday. his
barn. crib, lot of corn and fodder, some
| guano, two wagons and two buggies
being burned 1t was with great diff
Guilty that Blackmon saved his horses
and mules. He thinks the fire was of
| incendiary origin. The loss is fully
| 5000, with no insurance. ...... Henry
| Witherspoon, a young negro, was tried
and convicted by jury in the mayors
court Monday of the charge of steal
ing Sc out of the coat pocket of Alec
Boykin, the well known old colored cit
izen. The coat was hanging up near
where Boykin was at work. Wither-
spoon was sentenced to pay fine Of
$50 or serve 30 days on the chaingang.
He paid the fine. ..... The barn OF Mr..
T. ]. Reeves of the Rich Hill section
was struck by lightning during
| thunder storm early Sunday morning.
killing one of his mules and burning
| the building, together with a lot of
corn, fodder, etc. There were other
mules and horses in the barn, but they
were not hurt by the lightning and
| were safely gotten out of the burning
| building. Mr.. Reeves's loss is heavy.
The mule killed was alone worth $3.50
or $500. Mr.. Reaves had some insur-
ance on the property Mr.. ]. W..
Knight of the Creek section had mar
row escape from death or serious bod
| lily harm last Thursday. While plow-
| ing a young mule the bride bit came
in two and the animal dashed off,
dragging Mr.. Knight, who had been
jerked down. thirty-five yards across
the field before he released his hold on
the plow handles. His breast and side
were badly bruised and lacerated by
the earth. stones, ETC., with which his
body came in contact as he was being
dragged over the field, and the upper
portion of his clothing was also torn
off. Just after Mr.. knight turned the
plow handles loose the stock struck a
stump and was wrecked.
Rock Hill Herald, June 7: Mrs.
Alex Long has been visiting relatives
in Yorkville. =. On last Saturday, the
contract was let to ]. ]. Keller & Co.,
of this city, for the erection of the res
idence of J. B. Sykes, on Oakland
avenue. The contracts calls for nine
room house with all the modern i'm
provements. The whole city was
shocked on Friday to learn of the sud-
hot of of NJ
A. Kendrick. Death is always sad, but
this was especially so, in that it leaves
orphaned a large family of devoted
children to whom she had for many
years been both father and mother.
Her success in the rearing and educat-
ing these sons and daughters has Of
ten been the subject of warm COM
mendation from her friends. That her
work was well done is evidenced in the |
strong characters, the noble manly and
womanly traits of the sons and daugh- |
ters thus privileged. That none of
them were with her at the end will be |
to them a lasting grief, but that she
passed away without suffering; just |
simply stepped over the borderland, |
will be a blessed consolation. Mrs. |
Kendrick was about Sc years old at
the time of her death and was a ma
tive of the Bethesda neighborhood. |
She was Matte Antoinette Erwin, |
daughter of the late Ieonidas Erwin |
and cousin of the late Jas. A. Erwin,
of this city. In early life she was mar
ried to Mr. John Kendrick of Pineville, |
N. c. Here they lived and to them six
children were born. Upon the death |
of her husband, Mrs. Kendrick moved |
to Rock Hill in order to educate her
children. She has for some years lived |
in her own home on College avenue, |
where her death occurred. Funeral |
services were delayed until Sunday, |
awaiting the arrival of her children.
The remains were carried to Flint Hill |
church near Pineville, the old family |
burying ground. The convention OF
the Second district, United Daughters
of the Confederacy was held today in |
the reading rooms of the Commercial |
club, beginning at 10 o'clock. fine
delegation, numbering about forty, and |
a number of visitors were present and
there was evident enjoyment of the |
sessions Miss Emily Graham of Ches-
ter second vice president Of the state |
division, was in the chair and presid- |
ed with dignity and ease. The con-
vention was hOnored by the presence
of Mrs. August Kohn of Columbia, |
president of the state division. u. d. c. |
The morning session was opened with |
a prayer by Rev. r. T. Marsh of the
First Baptist church of this city. Then |
Miss Amelia Beckham in behalf of the |
Ann White chapter, gave a graceful
welcome to the visiting delegates. The |
response was well made by Mrs. w. H. |
Willingham, of the John BrattOn chap |
ter, Winnsboro. Next was the presi- |
dents report for the district, read by |
Miss Graham. Then followed the roll |
call and reports of the chapters of the |
district We read of the Babes in |
Toyland' but Commencement in |
Babyland" is the latest novelty. On |
Saturday morning the Winthrop Kin
dergarten held its closing exercises, |
which in their freshness, their naivete.
their entire absence of formality were
delightful in the extreme. A gOodly |
number of mothers, a sprinkling of
fathers and friends assembled to do
honor to the wee graduates and to 'ad-
mire the lovely surroundings, the coZy |
nest where the tender fiedgelings have,
for the past nine months, been so low
ingly cherished and nurtured by the
gentle "motherbird," Miss Macfeat, and
the young girls under her tuition. The
room was bright with flowers. the walls |
gay with freZes of birds, animals and
butterflies, while overhead were gar
lands and strings of flowers Fashioned
by the tiny fingers at the tables below. |
The exercises consisted of the ever
lovely good morning songs, games. sto-
ry-telling and last of all, as a great
surprise to the guests, delicious ice