Tuesday, June 11, 1929. The many friends of MRS. E.C. BABCOCK will regret to learn of her serious illness at the Confederate hospital in Columbia. MRS. BABCOCK has been seriously ill for the past few days and little hope is entertained for her recovery. - Friends of MR. J.W. WYLIE, will be glad to learn he is improving following a serious operation in the Pryor hospital. It is hoped that he will be able to return to his home about Thursday. - MR. and MRS. C.L. DUNLAP and family of Rock Hill, were in Chester Sunday for the burial services of MRS. MARY SECREST HOWZE, sister-in-law of MRS. DUNLAP. - The fire dept. was called out yesterday to extinguish a blaze caused by the explosion of an oil stove at the home of MRS. LOUISE HUEY on Church street. The blaze was extinguished , however, before any serious damage was done. - MRS. NANNIE S. BOULWARE Funeral services for MRS. NANNIE STEVENSON BOULWARE, wife of MR. J.M. BOULWARE, who died this morning about 8 o'clock at her home in the Rossville section of Chester county, will be held tomorrow at 11 o'clock at Catholic Presbyterian church and burial will be made in the adjoining cemetery. MRS. BOULWARE was about 60 years of age and was a daughter of the late MR. and MRS. DANIEL STEVENSON and was a native of the section of Rossville. She was a devoted member of the church. She had been confined to her bed about 2 months. Surviving are 2 children; MRS. FRANK BEATTY, of Charleston and MR. GRAY BOULWARE of Memphis, Tenn. ------------------- Tuesday, June 18, 1929. LANCASTER NEWS ITEMS IN BRIEF MRS. HATTIE E. MOORE, who underwent a successful operation for sinus last Saturday spent Tuesday in Charlotte, going up for further treatment from a specialist. - MR. and MRS. JUNE CARTER of Chicago, are in Lancaster for a few days visiting MR. and MRS. W.P. BENNETT, the latter a cousin of MR. CARTER. MR. and MRS. CARTER came down for the reunion in Charlotte last week. - MISS MARION CARNES who has been quite sick at her home , is now taking treatment for sinus at the Matheson Clinic in Charlotte. - WALTER STEVENS continues to improve at a hospital in Greensboro. MRS. STEVENS is with her husband and they will return together in a few days. - Fire at about 3 o'clock Wednesday completely destroyed the home of SAM B. ROBERTS on Elm street. Two streams of water were necessary to check the flames, which had gained headway when the fire dept. arrived. Practically all of the house and furnishings were destroyed, which was partially covered with insurance. The origin of the fire thought to have been from defective wiring or rats. -------------------- June 28, 1929. YORKVILLE NEWS ITEMS IN BRIEF WILLIAM WRAY, son of MR. and MRS. J.Q. WRAY, of Yorkville, leaves today for Albany, N.Y., where he will take a position with the New York Power and Light Co. of that city. - MRS. MATTIE FAIRES TURNER, wife of MR. S.W. TURNER, died quite suddenly at her home in Clover on Thursday afternoon, June 20th, after an illness of less than one week. She was the eldest daughter of the late ISAAC T. and MRS. AMANDA REBECCA MOORE FAIRES and was born at the old FAIRES homestead near Bethel church on Jan. 7, 1854 and was therefore in the 76th year of her age. She was twice married, her first husband being JULIUS WHISONANT and of this marriage 4 sons and one daughter survives namely; WALTER R. , Salisbury, N.C., R.LEE, Charlotte, EDWARD, Gastonia, ISAAC E. WHISONANT of Troutman, N.C. and MRS. CLYDE BOYD of Clover, I.B.FAIRES, her remaining brother, lives in Steele Creek, N.C. ---------------------- nancie o.