Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-01

the Baker Cotton mill, was a good
business man, popular with his help,
and had friends wherever he was
known. He was a member of Pisgah
Associate Reformed Presbyterian
church. A wife and one child, with
devoted father and mother and
other relatives, are left to mourn their
sad loss. .......'. The northwestern part
of CASTOR is much stirred over the
preaching of a Mrs. Watts, who has
been conducting a meeting at Symrna
(Northern) Methodist church. She
was preaching at Cherryville last week.
On Sunday she began a meeting at
Smyrna. She preached there on Sun
day and Sunday night and again Mon.
day night. All the country round
about goes to meeting to hear her.
She is eloquent, well read in Scripture
and seems to preach for the salvation
of souls. While she displays no great
learning, her language is good and she
breaches we'll. She does not occupy
the pulpit or give out hymns, but con-
fines her part of the service to reading,
praying and preaching. Mrs. Watts
was reared in Mecklenburg county
and has preached much in the west,
especially in Tennessee, Arkansas and
Missouri. ......'..The tax rate bounds
upward, too. The board of town com.
missioners has raised the rate per 500
from 33A to so cents. So your town
tax call will be so per cent. stiffer this
fall than usual. Even at this rate
Gastonia is in a class with Goldsboro
and Kinston, having about the lowest
tax rate of all the leading towns of the
state. Charlotte's rate is $1.0O, Ashe-
ville's S1.2O and Wilmington's $l.75.
Amt you glad you live in Castor,
though ?.....""He who so lovingly said:
"Suffer the little children to come
unto e,"has called unto himself little
Mary, the only child of Mr.. and Mrs.
T. w. Wilson. Born December ~,
1896, she was taken from earth to
heaven in the early morning of Sep
tember % at the tender age of l year,
6 months and 9 days. Since last Sun
day she hat been unwell but her
condition Tuesday and Tuesday night
grew rapidly worse and about 7.3O on
Wednesday morning she breathed her
last and was asleep. The sweet baby
form, wreathed with flowers, and in
snow white casket of velvet, will be
laid to rest this afternoon in the ceme-
terry, after funeral services at 2 o'clock
conducted by Rev. NJ. MEG. Shields at
the Presbyterian church. In their
deep and sudden sorrow, the bereaved
parents have the loving sympathy OF
all who know them.
CLEVELAND-King's Mountain
Reformer, September 29: Mr.. Robert
McElwee, of Clark's Fork, was in the
city last Friday night and Saturday on
business. .......'A farmer from Kings
creek tells us that corn and cotton in
his section was badly damaged by
Thursday nights rain and storm. "''''''
A series of meetings is being conduc-
ted in the Methodist church at this
place in which the pastor, Rev. B. F.
Carpenter, is ably assisted by Rev. MIR.
Conan, of Belwood. .'..''''''Mr. l. w.
Garrett died at his home in this place
at 6.15 o'clock on Tuesday evening af-
ter a protracted illness from heart
trouble. At the time of his death, Mr..
Garrett was nearly 63 years DID, ''..'''''
The Enterprise mill did not run Mon
day and Monday night because of re-
pairs being made about the boiler.
The inside casing had given away and
had to be repaired. '''''''Miss Sallie
Herndon, the blind lady Of our town
who went to Atlanta recently to have
Dr.. Calhoun examine her eyes, was
told by him that nothing could be done
for her sight, and he advised her to let
no one treat her eyes.