Outside of the military, not many people camped in tents in this country, except soldiers and people at revival meetings. Evidence of this is echoed in this article, where it was so rare that someone would have a tent, that it was mentioned in his obituary. James nancie o wrote: >The Lantern , published Tuesdays and Fridays. >J.T. BIGHAM, Editor, 1901. >Tuesday, Dec. 17, 1901. >LOCAL NEWS >MR. WILLIE ATKINSON, of Anderson, formerly of Chester, is in town. >- >MISS MARY SMITH, of Glenn Springs, is visiting MRS. M.V. PATTERSON. >- >MRS. ANNIE DAVIDSON, of N.C., is visiting her mother, MRS. J.M. BRAWLEY. >- >MRS. W.B. WYLIE and little daughter, RACHEL, of Yorkville, returned home Saturday, after attending the McKEOWN-WYLIE wedding. >- >MRS. SALLIE WYLIE McCROREY, wife of MR. J.T. McCROREY, of Banks, died Saturday and was buried at Hopewell on Sabbath. >- >MR. J.C. ROBINSON has a fine winter scene in his show windows. They are decorated with holly and the bottom is covered with a good imitation of snow. >- >MR. AMBROSE WYLIE, who came home from the medical college in Charleston to be present at the marriage of his sister, will not return till after the holidays. >---------------------------- >JOSEPH B. ROSBOROUGH died at the home of his brotherinlaw, COL. J.S. WILSON, Saturday night about midnight . The man who nursed him says that the disease was dropsy and heart trouble. Brief funeral services were conducted at the residence on Sabbath afternoon by the REV. D.N. McLAUCHLIN, and the remains were buried in Evergreen cemetery. > He would have been 80 years old the 27th of this month. He was a native of this county, the son of W.ALEX. ROSBOROUGH, who moved to Lincoln county, Tenn, when the deceased was about 5 years old. There he grew up. He was educated in Tennessee and in 1851 he went to California where he lived till 1864, when he was forced to leave or take the oath of allegiance. He left and came to Idaho, making the trip with a coach and four, bringing a tent with him...later, he practised 22 years in Salt Lake city. In 1891 he abandoned the law practice on the advice of a doctor and bought a cattle ranch in Texas. Broken in health, he returned to Chester in 1899 . > MR. ROSBOROUGH was the third from the youngest of a family of 6 brothers and 3 sisters, all of whom are dead except the youngest, MR. W.M. ROSBOROUGH of Tenn., who arrived here last Tuesday. The sisters were MRS. JOHN MILLEN, MRS. J.S. WILSON and one who died unmarried. > He was a man of stalwart frame and unusual intellect. He made money because he enjoyed the pursuit of it, but cared little for it and spent it freely after it was made. >------------------------------------ >FOR RENT >Plantation containing 370 acres of good land, situated 2 miles west of Cornwell P.O., Apply to MRS. K. MOBLEY, Blackstock. >------------------------------------ >DEATH ABOUT ROCK HILL > MRS. GEORGE P. HOLLER, formerly MISS JULIA LOVE, died at Rock Hill Thursday, aged 37 years. She left 4 children, from 15 years to one week old. > MISS ISABEL BLACK, aged 16, died Friday at the home of her sister, MRS. J.H. MILLER in Ebenezer. The disease was typhoid fever. >----------------------------------- >November 15, 1901. >CLERK'S SALES > The old STROUD place , at Wellridge, 2.60 acres, at suit of JAMES H. STROUD, Admin. of E.E. STROUD, dec'd., vs. JNO. J. STROUD et al. Terms, one third cash, balance in two equal annual instalments. > Lot at Lando, 2 acres, with store house, dwelling, tenement house and workshop. Also lot of half acre with dwelling. Both sold at the suit of ADDIE WILLIFORD vs. SIDNEY ROBINSON et al. Terms, half cash, balance in one year. >----------------------------------- >nancie o.- share, don't sell ! > Spartanburg County researchers are encouraged to visit the USGenWeb Spartanburg County website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~scsparta/. >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCSPARTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >