Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-11-25
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CHEROKEE-The Gaffney Ledger
Novembe II Mr.. D. A. A. Watson,
of Clay Hill, spent several days in the
CITY this week, the guest of MIR. and
Mrs. James B. Bell. Mr.. Watson is
Mrs. Bells father and a most excellent
gentleman of the old school. He
graced The Ledger Office with his pres
ence for a few moments yesterday
morning. Mr.. Watson leaves this
morning for his home at Clay Hill
......'"The infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. P. Shufford died Tuesday af-
ternoon, aged 4 months. ..'''''''The last
sad rites over the remains of the late
T. R. Gaines were performed Wednes'
day afternoon. Rev. B. P. Robertson
conducted the services, assisted by
Rev. C. E. Robertson, Of the Presby-
terian church. The services were held
at the late home of the deceased and
were largely attended by host of the
dead mans friends. Mr.. Gaines was a
Baptist minister but for years had not
preached. He was a conscientious
Christian man and did much good in
his day that will live after him. The
remains were inferred at Limestone
cemetery. The pail bearers were A.
N. Wood, J. G. Wardlaw, F. G. Stacy
J. R. Tolleson, A. G. Pridmore and B.
IF. Camp. p......'".W Wednesday morning,
at the home of the brides parents, on
Grenard street, Miss Rosa Gaffney and
Mr.. Robert Roundtree were united in
the holy bonds of matrimony, the Rev.
w. H. Hodges, of the Methodist
church, performing the ceremony.
The wedding was the most ultra pri'
vate that has occurred in Gaffney for
years, there being only very few of
the relatives and close personal friends
of the contracting parties present.
The announcement of the engagement
of Miss Gaffney and Mr.. Roundtree
was made several months ago and the
wedding day was generally we'll
known; but the young people were
averse TO display, so concluded to have
a quiet home wedding. The bride is
the daughter of Captain and Mrs. T..
M. Gaffney. ''.'''''' Manager J. N. Lip
scomb put the first seed through the
Victor Cotton Oil mill Wednesday,. II
was an interesting proceeding for all
who are interested iu the new enter
prise. This was only preliminary to
the regular starting up of the mill,
which will take place today. Every
body in Gafney will wish Manager
Lipscomb success with this new enter
prise, and everybody who has the
slightest acquaintance with his busl-
ness ability will feel assured that he
will make the new enterprise one OF
the leading manufactures of Gafney.
Ledger, November 21: At the home
of the bride near Blacksburg, on Sun
day, Mr.. Clarence Jones was welded
to Miss Ida Hamrick, by J. R. Healan,
notary public. After the ceremony
the happy couple were taken to Blacks
burg in one of Cline & Borders best
turnouts, there to board the north
bound vestibule for several points in
North Carolina. ..........Chief of Police
and Sheriff Thomas searched the prem
ises of Betsy Anderson on Friday and
found some clothing belonging to Mr..
and Mrs. E. L. Eison that had been
stolen from Florence Fernandez, who
does Mr.. and Mrs. Eison's laundry
work. Betsy will likely be arrested
and bound over to answer at the nexs
term of the criminal court.
GASTON-Gastonia News, Novem-
ber 81: Mr.. Jno. F. Love left Friday
night on the vestibule for a trip to
northern cities. Before returning he
will visit Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
York and Boston. He is expected
home this week. ........"Last Saturday
evening Mr.. E. E. Ratchford had fox
chase near his house, about two miles
from town. His dog treed something
and he went to see what it was. TO
his surprise he found it to be large
gray fox. He shot twice before killing
the animal. Yesterday he had it in
town stuffed with bran. The fox was
an extra large one and weighed eight
pounds. ........"Dr. E. F. Glenn has sold
his interest in The News plant to
Messrs. Geo. Glenn and Chas. Loftin,
and Mr.. Loftin has bought of Mr..
Glenn half interest in his book and
Job printing business. Both the news
paper and the job printing business
will be run by these two young men
under the firm name of Glenn q
Loftin. .'..'''J. E. Page & Co. are going
to build a new dry kiln in the near
future. 1t will be a standard size S5-
foot kiln, with hot air system of heat
ing by means of blowing process.
This will be quite an addition to their
shop, as the one now in use is too
small for the amount of business done
by this company. They are doing
some fine work and turning out lots OF
t.'..'''''.By permission from the board
of aldermen, several shade trees have
recently disappeared from Main street,
to make room for more beautiful i'm
provements in the shape of handsome
store fronts. Heretofore the shade
trees on Main street have been quite a
pleasant resort for gentlemen of leis-
tho