Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-07
ABOUT PEOPLE

Miss Bessie Mason has returned to
| her home in Yorkville, after a visit OF
several weeks to relatives in Charles
ton. - l,ls,II;
n Mr.. William Barron, who has been al
the Fennell infirmary for some time
past, is now at the home of his father,
Mr.. w. H. Barron, in Yorkville.
Clarence S. McCrorey, for some time
past manager Of the Victory Milling
Company in Rock Hill, has resigned to
become manager of q flour mill at
Lexington, N. G.
Miss Kate Cody Of Yorkville, who
Was badly bruised Sunday afternoon,
when a chair in which she was sitting
on the front porch of her home gave
way and caused her to fall to the
ground Is still confined to her home.
She is getting along as well as could be
expected.
Rock Hill Record: Miss Alice Beck
EFT, who has been head nurse at the
Fennell Infirmary for some time, has
resigned from this position and is
spending week as the guest Of her
sister, Mrs. W. E. Simpson, on Marion
street. Miss Beckett will leave next
week to spend the summer with her
mother ct her home on Johns Island.
Friends of Mrs. F. C.. Poe will
be glad to learn that she is resting
comfortably, following a slight oper-
alton this morning at the Fennell In
Urinary.
~ York county friends of DIR. E. W.
Prcssly, formerly of Glover, will be
interested in the following from the
Greenville News: Announcement was
made yesterday that with tn, closing
of the Chick Springs sanitarium, DR.. e.
w. Pressly haa decided to locLte in
Greenville for the practice of his pro-
fession. This brings great pleasure
to his many friends VINO have known
him for many years and to whom he
has greatly endeared himself. DR..
Pressly is one Of the Due West
Presslys, was educated at Due West,
and after graduating in medicine,
married and located in Glover. Upon
tie entry of the United States in the
war, DR.. Pressly responded to his
countrys call and entered the service.
He was located at Camp Sewer, where
he was rapidly promoted to the rank
of colonel and put in full charge of
the medical corps, rendering efficient
service during the scourSe of flu at
the camp. At the close of the war,
feeling that his service in this cap
acity was ended, he associated him.
self with other physicians and sur
geons at Chick Springs sanitarium,
where he has practiccd since, con-
tining his work to general diagnosis
and internal medicine. DR.. PreSsly
was at one time president of the
South Carolina, Medical association
and is now one of the board of exam
iners. He is a fluent speaker and his
services are in great demand all over
the state on both medical and literary
Subjects His work in Grccnville will
be limited to general diagnosis, heart
and lungs. Offices have not yet been
decided on, but will re opened within
the next two or three weeks.
The following dispatch from st.
George, Dorchester county, will be of
interest here, the deceased being n
brother OF Mr.. p. w. Patrick, of York
vile: An inquest in connection with
the death of John G. Patrick was held
in tffe courthouse yesterday afternoon
and the verdict was to the effect that
Willie Carr, now in the county Jail, is
thc person who fired the fatal shot.
The jury was impaneled Saturday
morning Immediately after the remains
had reached st. George from Charles
ton, but adjourned until yesterday.
when the verdict was reached. The
affair has created intense intedest. The
court room was we'll filled during the
hearing, which consumed several
hours. A number of witnesses were
examined and considerable testimony
was given as to statements of the
deceased after he had been wounded,
the burning Of his property. the move
ments of the accused prior to and
following the. shooting, and the
destruction of boats in the section in
which the tragedy occurred. The
hearing developed that the gun with
which the shooting was alleged to have
been done had been borrowed from a
neighbOr and had been returned short
ly after Mr.. Patrick had been wound
ed. Solicitor Hydrick came down from
Orangeburg to attend the hearing and