Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-29

company at this place. Any person
having one of said guns or knowing
the whereabout of any of said guns
will report the fact to the editor of
The Ledger. ........''The young corn
crop for several miles around town has
been completely destroyed within the
past 10 days by worm which some
say is the army worm. 1t is not con-
fining itself altogether to the young
corn crop for it devours grass and al
most any young green vegetation.
Mr.. Jake Knight tells US that it de-
stroyed a field of four acres of corn
for him in less than two days. 1t does
not attack old corn. .....'."''On Satur-
day evening last, Mr.. George Bar6eld,
an operative at the cotton mills here,
died, after an illness of several weeks
of fever. He was son of Mr.. John
Barfield and was about % years of
age. He moved with his fathers fam
| lily to this place last spring from Ker-
shaw county. His remains were in
tered in the new cemetery at this
place Sunday afternoon. .''''.''We are
Informed that Rev. Allen Macfarlan
preached a plain, matter of fact SER
mon, for the benefit of people who
might be inclined to embrace Mormon
ism, at Carnes' school house last Sum
day afternoon. After giving the his.
tory of Joe Smith, its founder, and
exposing the doctrine, he ventured his
opinion that people in this elightened
section who would embrace it ought to
be bored for the hollow head. Two
Mormon elders were present and heard
his discourse. The following day they
were requested to leave the neighbor-
hood and they did so.
GASTON-Gastonia Gazette, July
|27: DR.. D. E. Mcconnell went to
Chester Tuesday night, on the veter-
ans excursion, to visit his brother.
He returns today 1.-THE dry wealth.
er has knocked out the River Bend
picnic this year. Colonel Abernethy
announces that it is called off, and that
the people may expect double-buster
next year. He urges the farmers to
sow oats and turnips. Mrs. K. T.
Smith and Miss Mabel went to Green!
wood, S. c., Monday, for vacation
trip of three weeks. Mr.. Smith is at
Hendersonville. Miss Julia is visiting
in McConnellsville. ....'.''.'The Ozark
mills, under the moving management
of Secretary R. R. Rankin, are taking
on the appearance of new village in
east Gastonia. The cottages are form
ing in ranks and the brick walls of the
mill are going up as fast as the work
men can lay the brick. Mr.. Rankin
hopes to be spinning all right by cold
weather. ......... At Belmont, Monday
afternoon, Miss Sarah ]. Mckee died
after lingering illness of a year or
more. She was upwards of IS years
old, being the oldest sister of Messrs.
Wylie, George and Bob Mckee. She
was well.known and widely esteemed
in the community in which she had
lived and died. The funeral at New
Hope church, Tuesday, was conducted
by Rev. R. A. Miller. ''''''''"The Pres
byterian reunion at the Cliffs last
Thursday was from every standpoint
a delightful occasion. The the trains
carried about GAO excursionists, and
additions from the country round
about swelled the attendance to about
800. DR.. Moore was not present !;
but the speaking and other exercises
as indicated on the programme were
enjoyed greatly by the excurslonlsts.
All members from whom we have
heard an expression were delighted
with their trip to the Cliffs. ''''''.'''
Misses Julia, Mary, and Annie Gallo
way returned last Friday from an ex-
tended vacation visit to Due West, 3.
C. Mrs. Galloway is still in Virginia
and will return with DR.. Galloway
when be returns in August from his
trip to the Pittsburg conference. ''''''''.
The amount of fried chicken consumed
in Gastonia daily is a plumb caution,
to say nothing of steak and good sweet
ham. Granite Falls is chicken head.
quarters and many crates are shipped
from that point every day. .'''''''''The
Narrow Gauge. people have put down
a "dead-line" to assist the police in
making the crowd "stand back" 1t
consists of heavy oak beams let into
the ground, tandem fashion, parallel
with the track and about Is feet from
it, extending far enoug b on either side
of the baggage room to include the
getting ff.and-on places. The train
going crowd now have to toe the mark.
:."'."Gastonia is to have farmers
bonded warehouse. For this purpose
Mr.. Jno. F. Love has decided to erect
at once two more brick store rooms,
each 25 x 80 feet, one story high. Here
farmers who don't wish to sell their
cotton may deposit and draw money
on it-then sell when they get ready.
What's the matter with this "sub-treas-
ury plan"