Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-27
GARNERED With SCISSORS
News From Within and Without
the County.
CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING
Some Items of Fact, Some Of Comment
and All Helping to Give an Idea OF
What Our Neishbors Are Saying and

= and All Helping to GIVE an 'oea OF
: What Our Neighbors Are Saying and
:, Doing.
Fort Mill Times, Sept. %: The Rev.
]. r. Smith, pastor of Flint Hill Bap-
tist church, became seriously ill scv-
eral days ago and was taken to a
Charlotte hospital. He was removed
ito the Baptist hospital in Columbia
Monday morning and it is reported
that he stood the trip well and is rest
ing more comfortably at this time.
A marriage of interest to many friends
and relatives of the young couple IN
York and Mecklenburg counties took
,place at the home of Mrs. Dovie En-
win in Fort Mill last Wednesday
evening when her daughter Miss
Juanita, became the bride Of Mason
Smith, a prosperous young farmer
whose home is in Mecklenburg county
a few miles from Fort Mill....-...~.-..The
Fort Mill Times is now occupying the
new building on the west side of Con-
fedcrate street which, following num-
erous delays, was finished n few days
ago. The building is next to the Pal
metto hotel, a short distance off Main
street, and apparently is much better
adapted TO the use TO which ii is to he
put than any of the other rooms or
buildings occupied by the paper during
its 80 years existence. the
visitors to Fort Mill during the week
was ]. L. Grier of West Palm Beach,
Fla Mr.. Grier is n former Fort Mill
township citizen who was reared IN
the Flint Hill section and is a kins-
man of R. F. Grier Of Fort Mill. He
moved to Florida many years ago, but
has since returned for a number of
visits to his friends and relatives ii
York county. Monday Mr.. Grier wf<
telling q party of his Fort Mill friends
how, as a boy 16 years old, he voted
for General Hampton for governor Ill
1875. 'When the hour for closing the
polls arrived" said Mr.. Grier, ''one Of
the negro election managers, an old
man, said that dis is de fairest lection
ever held in Fort MILL" an opinion
with which Mr.. Grier said he did not
take issue because the Democrats hal
skinned the Radicals to a fare-you-
well in the voting.
Chester Reporter, Sept. %: Lightn-
ing last night destroyed the store of
Mr.. John s. Stone in the Crosbyville
community, together with the entire
stock of goods. Mr.. Stone was at his
home nearby. and was stunned by the
terrible shock, which was very per-
ceptible in all directions. Had the
building been struck hali-hour
Booner, 1t Is probable that there would
have been heavy loss of life as the
building was filled at that time. The
store was large frame structure, and
Mr.. Stone carried a complete line OF
general merchandise Mr.. Stone was
not certain this morning about thc
amount of insurance he had, but was
satisfied that his insurance would
nothing like cover his heavy loss .-
Little Raymond Dickcrson, six-ycar-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Dick
erson, of the Shelton neighborhood,
was suffocated in a pile of loose cot
ton Tuesday afternoon. Raymond,
with several other children, was play
ing in an outhousc where there was
pile of loose cotton, and when the
others went to dinner was So engroSS-
ed with the sport that he ran back
to play a little longer in the cotton;
and when his absence was discovered
and others had gone back TO search for
him, his legs were found protrudihS
from the cotton, and when his little
body was pulled forth life was en-
tinct. A pretty home wedding that
was the center Of interest yesterday
for friends in many parts of the state
was that of Miss Eileen Hardin, OF
Chester, K. +. ID. 4, and Mr.. LawtOn
w. Smith. of Holly Hill, which was
solemnizcd in ceremony OF much
beauty at the lovely country home OF
the brides parents, Mr. and Mrs =. -.
Hnrdin......-....M Mr. j. :. Glance has sold
his farm of 2i0 acres near LOckharl
to the LOckhart Mill Co, the deal be-
ing made through Messrs. Sims &
Carter and r. X. Hafner.......A we'd
ding of great brilliance and beauty
was solemnized at Purity Preshyter-
ian church Wednesday evening, when
Miss Caroline Summcy Hood, the at
tractive daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
A. Hood was married 10 Mr.. Alfred
Edmund Tisdale, prominent business
man Of Sumter.............Dr. G. NJ. Rake
straw has received notice Of his ap-
pointment as chairman of the commit
tee to make a study OF cancer in Ches-
ter county. The full committee will
he announced later. The plan is for
n great. nation wide investigation OF
the dread malady, in which all the
resources of the medical profession
will be brought into play in an effort
10 discover more effective mode
of dealing with the George
Mccullough. colored, a tenant on Mr..
no,55 NJ Dadan'S r,laDiatiOn on the