Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-09-04
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and today for Raleigh where they go
to enter the A. and NJ. college. Some
new students are going while others
are returning to pursue their studies.
Among the latter class are Messrs
Leonard Q. Henry, Henry Rankin,
Erskine E. Boyce and Erwin Lewis.
Those who leave for the first time are
Messrs. Kenneth and Robert Lewis
and Wilson McArver. Perhaps others
will go whose names have not yet been
learned Mrs Dorcas Hoffman,
an aged and highly esteemed lady OF
the lanyard school house section, drop
Oed dead Friday while walking in the
ward at her home Though practically
an invalid for nearly 40 years, Mrs.
Hoffman had recently been in better
health than usual and on the day OF
her death was apparently unusually
we'll, having made no complaint. rum
eral services were held at Chapel
Lutheran church Saturday afternoon,
Rev. L. l.. Huffman, the pastor, offi-
ciating. Interment was made in the
cemetery at that church, of which she
had been a faithful member for 81
wears. She was confirmed at the age
of Is years At a called meeting
of the city school commissioners Fri
day night it was decided to postpone
the opening of the Central school for
three weeks but to begin all the other
schools as planned, on the 7th. Those
present were Mayor c. B. Armstrong,
X-officio chairman of the board,
Messrs. A. E. Woltz, H. B. Moore, ]. w.
Culp, w. V. West and DR.. D. E. Nc
Connell with Messrs. Austin and Boyd
absent on account Of sickness in their
families. The board got down to bus
mess Immediately. Supt. ]. s. Wray re-
ported that practically everything was
in working order and school was ready
to begin with the exception of the
Central school. On account Of the fall
ure of the desks to arrive, the opening
of the school was postponed until the
2Sth of September, at which time 1t is
believed and hoped the desks will have
come. The board at a former meeting,
selected the new Craig building, rooms
over Lebovitz department stores and
rooms in the Adams building, formerly
occupied by the Regal Club, for the
places where the Central school chill
dren will be taught But the students
of the Central school need not report at
the places until the 2Sth of September.
The other schools, namely, the Loray
and the ne-teacher schools at the sew
eral mills, will open on the 7th. Hence
all the teachers of these schools are re-
quested by Supt. Wray to meet for the
first teachers meeting on Thursday Of
this week At Union Presbyteri-
an church, seven miles south of Gas
tonia, there gathered three generations
of preachers-grandfather, father and
son. known as the Ratchford Trio. A
meeting is being conducted at this
church and all three generations
preached Sunday. Taking charge Of
the services in the order Of seniority,
the grandfather, Rev. w. w. Ratch-
ford, of WaXhaw, this state, preached
at II a. m, Rev. C. B. Ratchford, Of
Virginia, his son, preached at 8 in the
afternoon and Rev. William Ratchford,
grandson of the first named and son Of
the latter, conducted the service at the
evening hour. The grandfather is 81
years old, the father AZ and the son %.
This was quite a unique occurrence
AS old a man as Rev. G. A. Sparrow,
the pastor at Union, who by the way
does not appear to be so far advanced
in years as he actually is. said that he
had never known or heard Of a SINH
lar situation, where three generations
of the same family preached at the
same place on the same day. There
was present at each service large
number of people to hear the Ratch :
ford Trio preach A large num-
ber of friends are sorrowing with Mr..
and Mrs. B. F.. S. Austin in the sorrow
that has come to them through the
death of their daughter, Miss Mary Lee
Austin, which occurred Saturday af-
ternoon at their home. No. 1914 Ozark
street, following a serious illness OF
only n few days from sudden attack
of appendicitis. The deceased became
seriously i'll from the first, which was
Thursday. Mary Lee Austin was II
years and 10 months old and was IN
the fifth grade at the Central school,
being in Miss wilkins room. Her
playmates held her in high esteem
which is a manifestation of her popu-
larity as a child.