Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-27
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FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That Is Of Moro
or Loss Local Interest.
LANCASTER.

GNNSASt En-
Ledqer, October "a: Mr.. j. N. Tay-
lor, an aged and highly esteemed cit
izen of the county, died at the home OF
his son, Mr.. S. D. Taylor at Craigsville
about a. m, last Wednesday. Octo-
ber 21. For the past six months he
had been confined to his home from
heart trouble. ... Married, by Magis-
.rate w. P. Caskey. October 81, 1908,
Mr.. Ben Ogburn and Mrs. Elizabeth
Stogner. :. q. Mr.. George Faulkenberry'
of this county, and Miss Sarah jack
son of Louisiana, who was on q visit
70 relatives near Kershaw, were mar
ried on Wednesday last. Jurors and
witnesses for the second week Of court
will see from notice published else
where in this issue that court has ad-
iourned sine die and that they are or
dered not to attend. ..... The remains
of Mr.. J. Sp< ford Moore, son Of Mr..
D. F. Moore Of Chesterfield county,
whose death, as announced in our last
issue, occurred in a hotel in st. Louis,
Mo-, last Sunday night Of pneumonia,
arrived at Monroe, Wednesday and were
taken on to Plains where they were
inferred Thursday. His brother, Mr.
Willie Moore, who lives in st. Louis,
accompanied the remains home, being
his second sad mission Of the kind,
having brought the remains of another
brother, Lemuel Moore. home from st.
Louis about year ago. Spoford
was about twenty-six years of age,
clever, big hearted, popular young man,
and his many friends sorrow at his un-
timely death. Mr.. w. G. Moore, Mrs. E.
M. Bennett, Mr.. Kell Moore and Miss
Ola Moore, Of this place relatives OF the
deceased, went over to Plains to at
tend the funeral. .... AT the time or
going to press Tuesday afternoon the
case Of the State VS.. Sydney Hilton
and Arthur Hough, charged with mali
cious mischief, was being tried. The
jury found them not guilty. George
Massey and John Gregory, were also
found not guilty. Johnson Benson
charged with violating the dispen-
sary law was found guilty and CIV
en- one year al hard labor or pay fine
Of $3.50. All other cases on the GRIM
inal docket were continued to the next
term of court. The following six
grand jurors were drawn from this
years panel to serve next year: ]. A.
Howe, w. P. McManus, ]. M. Harris,
w. H. Pardue. S. D. Taylor and A. B.
Smith.
GAsToN.
Gastonia Gazette, October %: There
was a small wreck on the c. & NV.
railroad Monday which caused a great
deal of trouble but no one was injured.
A small trestle between Newton and
Maiden was broken down and the cars
piled up at that place. The passenger
trains are running around by Char
lotte until the debris is cleared away.
..... The South Fork Baptist asso-
citation convened In annual session at
Maiden yesterday and will continue
through Saturday. A number Of dele
gates and visitors from Gastonia, Nc
Adenville and other nearby towns
went up yesterday morning to attend.
Those from Gastonia were Capt. and
Mrs. ]. D. Moore, Mr.. J. S. Terrence,
Mr. G. w. Bowman, Mr.. D. B. Holland,
Mr.. A. A. Wagstaff and Mr.. E. A. Hur-
ley; Prof j. S. Wray will go up this
morning. Mr. ]. P. Stowe of Belmont
and Rev. B. L. Hoke of McAdenville
were also among the number. ..... The
cotton receipts at the local platform
for the week up to today amount to
1876 bales as fellows: Monday 36 bales;
Tuesday 4S bales; Wednesday Al bales;
Thursdayt go bales. The best price
paid yesterday was 9.75 cents, slight
advance over the prices prevailing the
first Of the week. Some Of the cotton
being brought in is not marketed but is
stored in warehouses by the owners,
who are expecting better prices later In
the season.. 80. Robert Finger, mar
ried man having a wife and two chill
dren, eloped Tuesday with Miss Chat
tie Mingus from Salisbury. Finger
was chief clerk in the Southern yard
at Spencer and Miss Mingus is an or
phan girl. Finger has returned with
out the girl. The fall session Of
the First presbytery Of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church conven-
ed Monday morning in the church at
Sardis, in Mecklenburg county, and
closed Tuesday evening. The meeting
was a most successful one and the re-
ports from the different churches indi-
Gated that a spirit of progress Is prev
alent over the entire presbytery. A
very interesting feature of the meet
ing was the preaching by four of the
students in the Erskine Theological
seminary, Revs. G. w. Hanna, Nat
Smith. G. L. Kerr and Grier Pressly.
The sermons were strong in point of
thought, diction, and delivery and
showed that these young men are fit
ting themselves for able work for the
church in the future. Mr.. Hanna Is a
GaStonia boy and will finish the course
at Erskine next June. The discussion
Of the new book of government and
discipline consumed the larger part Of
one day. At the close Of the discus
sion 1t was apodted by the presbytery
practically without change. The re-
ports Of the work Of the presbytery in
it's several departments, both as to A.
nances and membership, were most en-
couraging. Nearly all assessments
have been paid in full and the remain