Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-08
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sufficiency for twice the number OF
people present. Kershaw centainly die
herself grand and the $500 or more
contributed by her enterprising citi-
zens for entertainment on this occasion
will doubtless rebound many fold fol
the benefit Of the roads in Lancaster
Kershaw and Chesterfield counties
The speeches of Senator Latimer and
Mr.. F. H. Hyatt on good roads and how
to get them were listened to with the
utmost attention and the sound, practi-
cal suggestions made by them found
lodgment in many minds. The era OF
good roads has dawned in this state
and such meetings as the one at ker-
shaw last Thursday will do much to
speed it on. E. D. Blakeney, Esq.
presided over the meeting and intro
duced the speakers in his usual grace
full style. Congressman Finley, Hon. w
D. Trantham, Hon. w. B. Wilson, Hon
Mendal Smith, ex-Congressman Strait
and other prominent men of the Fifth
district occupied seats on the speakers
stand. The order was excellent during
the day, but one unpleasant affair oc-
curing and it being occasioned by ar
impudent Negro.
GAsToN.
Gastonia Gazette, September a: Mrs
L. j. Holland of Dallas, was In the city
yesterday afternoon, the guest Of Mrs
c.. D. Holland. 80. Mr.. George Glenn
has returned from his vacation and
fishing trip near Columbia, tanned and
hearty. 80. Mr.. VIM. Watson Of New
bern, will leave for home today after
pleasant weeks visit to his daughter
Mrs. T. L. Craig. 800. Mr.. Thomas Roy
ster, the hustling carrier on Bessemel
r. F. D. No. l, was in the city on busi-
ness short while yesterday afternoon
He travelled on his wheel. l..... Mrs. P
H. Cooke is expected to return next
Friday from very pleasant vacation
spent at her old home in Philadelphia
with her mother. She writes that she
will begin her music class on the 18th
..... Mr.. d. Schenck Craig will leave
tomorrow morning for Richmond, Va
to enter the Union Theological SEM
mary. He will stop enroute al
Greensboro with two of his former class
mates, Messrs. w. M. Skies and Le-
roy Wharton Mr.. Skies is also a stu
dent at the seminary. Mrs. S. Green
man and daughter, Miss Bell Green
man, left last night on No. 40 to joir
Mr.. Greenman at Brooklyn, N. Y, theil
future home. Mr.. Greenman was for
pany here and now holds a position
with a similar concern in Brooklyn.
The Kings Mountain presbytery viii
meet in the Presbyterian church al
Lowell next Tuesday night. The open
ing sermon will be preached by Rev
r. 2. Johnson Of Lincolnton. This
presbytery is a grand daughter Of the
old Concord presbytery. Mr.. johnson
and Rev. ]. ]. Kennedy of Gastonia, are
the only two ministers in the Kings
Mountain presbytery, who were H.
censed by the grandmother presbytery
They both expect to attend the meet
ing at Lowell. 49,. 1t was happy day
at Mr.. John H. Craig's spacious home
in east Gastonia yesterday, and none
were happier than Mr.. and Mrs. Craig
in having their children all gathered
once more under the parental roof. II
was family reunion day. All the chill
dren were present as follows: Mr.
Thomas L. Craig, Mrs. Sarah Brady
Mrs. E. w. Mellon, Mrs. T. M. Shelton
j. Robert Craig, David ]. Craig, John
M. Craig, Miss Mabel Craig. With
these a number Of other guests were
present and gathered around the festa
board. An interesting feature of the
occasion was the completing distribu-
ton of the estate among the children
the youngest of whom had just become
of age the day before. The amount
settled off upon the sons and daugh-
ters by this division completes tota-
of 100000. Mesdames Mellon and
Shelton and their children returned tc
Charlotte last night. Mrs. Brady leaves
today for Pine Bluff. Ark. Today also
Mr.. David Craig will return to States
VILE and Mr.. John Craig to Charlotte
A fine photograph of the gathering
was made by Mr.. ]. H. Van Ness OF
Charlotte, who came over for the pur-
pose. &. The first new cotton marketed
in the county was bought by Mr.. R. R
Ray yesterday afternoon for the Nc
Adenville mills. 1t was sold by Mr.. j
R. Stewart of the Bethel section ir
York county. The weight was ATS, the
grade was strict middling, and the
price received was 143 cents. The
Loray Cotton mill has established ar
enviable reputation for it's goods in the
Chinese empire, as is attested by the
large number of shipments of its pro-
ducts made to that country. These
shipments have been noted in the Ga
zette from time to time. The company
Is now shipping to Shanghai, China,
via San Francisco, four thousand bales
of it's standard sheetings, the largest
single shipment yet made by loca
mill to a foreign country. This re-
quires for transportation twenty-sis
cars and represents a value of $4,000
1t is gratifying to note the demand III
foreign countries for Gastonia goods
and the Loray is to be congratulated
OH the splendid trade it is building uE
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