Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-23


evening for New York, where they
will live for the present, at least. This
move may or may not be permanent.
Mr.. Barber's business will require his
remaining there for several months,
and his future residence will depend
upon developments. The Reporter,
September 81: A few days ago las told
| by Mr.. w. o. Guy) Chester's oldest
mechanic, Mr.. J. NJ. Parish, (he won't
object to being so called) Was called in
at Mr.. Guys to do some upholstering
work. While at his job, Mr.. Parish
found in the house a piece of furniture
which he had made just SO years ago.
1t is not here intended to assert that
Mr.. Guy was excepting house" half a
century ago; not at all. The piece Of
furniture aforesaid descended from
"sire to son." as one of our poets has
remarked, or rather from sire in law to
son-in-law, it having been given by Mr..
Blair to his daughter, Mrs. w. o. Guy.
.'...'''.The people of Wellridge and
Rossville may yet realize the fruition
of comfort from the maxim, call things
comes to him who waits" The good
people have waited for, 10, these many
years, the coming of railroad among
them. The extension of the Carolina
and North Western from Chester to
Camden will insure the building Of
such a road. It is needless TO talk Of
the benefits which will come the Ross
vile and Wellridge sections from the
building of this extension. With this
road built the Catawba Falls water
power, the finest in the state, will, of
course, he speedily developed. Fellow
citizens of our old home, we congratu-
late you and hope soon to be a passen-
ger on the first train on which the con-
ductor shouts, Gall aboard for Catawba
Falls ~
GASTON Gazette, Sep
tember 81: Lucius Bani Robinson, died
at the home of Mr.. J. F. Bradley, Sep
tember 18th, age Is years, l month and
DAYS. ........"News reached here this
morning that Colonel Richard Rankin,
the oldest citizen of CASTOR county,
died on the night of the 18th at his
home in "Rankintown," near Mount
Holly. He was 95 years of age, and
up to two years ago had never had any
serious illness in his life. Two years
ago he fell and broke his hip-bone, and
never recovered from its effects. He
was in his usual health up to few
years ago. .'....."Mr. E. D. Lackey, lies
| iu the Office of Mr.. Reid with ball in
his leg as a consequence of inadver-
tently acquiring wheel. Mr.. Lackey
is from Tucaypaw, and is a carpenter
by trade, he was on his way to Mocks.
Vile, where he had job offered him
in building factory. In Spartanburg
he borrowed a wheel and rode Oft.
The owner telegraphed to Gastonia to
arrest him. When he arrived here the
police arrested him and when he pro-
duced the warrant Lackey started to
run. The police called to him to halt,
he repeated it three times and then
said, 'tIf you don't stop will shoot"
.....:".Mr. James Allen Kendrck, of
this county, died at his home Tuesday
morning at $50 o'clock, after an
illness of four weeks. The deceased
was consistant member of the Union
Presbyterian church. Funeral SER
vices took place at Union church at
4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Rev. G..
A. Sparrow conducting the exercises.
Mr.. Kendrick was 80 years of age and
leaves wife and five children. '''''''''
On last Saturday morning while coup
ling cars, Mr.. Almer Falder, fagman
on switch engine, was painfully hurt.
His arm between the elbow and hand
was crushed. DR.. c. E. Adams had
him moved to his Office and admins
tered something to give him temporary
relief, and then he was carried to Calf
ney. From last reports he was getting
on very well.
CLEVELAND-The Shelby Aurora,
September 20: Mr.. Springs Borders
left on Monday for San Francisco,
where he has position in a large mer-
camille establishment. ..'....'''Dr. Della
Dixon, our brilliant lady physician left
on Tuesday for Raleigh to assume her
duties as resident physician and pro-
fessor of hygene and physiology in the
Baptist Female universlty.''''''' There
has been a current rumor of the pres.
ence of scarlet fever in Shelby, which
report is calculated to cause much
damage to the town in general. We
are glad to state that the suspicion is
entirely unfounded and there has not
been a single case of the malady. '''''''
An enterprise that is just as feasible as
it is vast, has finally been arranged
that means much to Shelby and sur
rounding towns. 1t is the Harvesting
of the russing, tumbing waters Of
main Broad river so that its volume
may be used in the transmission of
electrical power sufficient to operate
the mills of Shelby, Gaffney, Kings
Mountain, Gastonia and Cherryville.
....''."At Mocksville about SO, 900 Of
the furniture factory stock has been
subscribed and charter applied for.
As soon as the charter is received the
stockholders will elect officers. The
| lot has been bought and adioins the