Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-02-05
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after the death of his grandfather. He
left Chester just a few days ago. ana
II is hard to realize that he IS deao.
Messrs. ]. w. Dunnovant and A. M.
Aiken and Mrs. Aiken went to Win
ston- Salem to attend the funeral, which
took place yesterday. Mrs. Agurs was
too sick to go. Frustrated as she Is py
the shock of this second bereavement.
Mrs. Edward Lewis Of Cornwell,
died Yesterday morning, after lingering
a long time with consumption. The
burial Is to be at Bethlehem To-Day.
Mrs. Lewis was cut off in the prime OF
young womanhood, being perhaps about
twenty-five years of age. Our INFORM
ant thinks she left two children, but
is not sure of it.. Mr.. ". II. Har-
din, chairman of the Hampton monu-
ment committee, requests that any per-
sons who have not contributed TO the
Hampton monument fund and wish to
do so will hand their contributions to
him within the next ten days. Persons
who have subscription lists will please
return then, with any funds collected.
The amour expected Of Chester coun-
ty is $780, Mr.. Hardin has received
s15s.52. Up to this date the most lib
eral contributions form the county,
outside Of the city, have come from
Blackstock and Fort Lawn. Others
may yet exceed these, however, II there
should be some united effort. Mr..
P. G. McCorkle bought from 5. NJ.
Jones & Co., and Jos. Wylie & Co.,
Saturday morning, 862 bales of cotton
paving in round numbers s60,00o....
The sermon at the Baptist church Sab
bath evening is reported to have been
warm number. The subject was,
1.-The fines and the costs, or lessons
from the mayors court"-ln other
words, intemperance. The preache:'
dealt Largely with the COSTS" He ask
ed, who Is responsible? and answer
ed, every man and woman-at the bal
lot box. True women don't vote, but
they WELD an influence on one side or
the other. The legislature Is respon-
sible, so is the dispenser who sells the
liouor, ana the landlord who rents
place for the business. Why did not
the governor, in his message to the
legislature, recommend such an amend
ment to the dispensary law as would
allow any community to abolish a dis
pensary If it wished to do so? The
answer is to be found in the subtle
hand of politics. Mr.. Shelton does not
wish to be understood as intimating
that the governor Is an intemperate
man, for he does not believe he is, and
he honors and supports him. The in
f1uence of politics, however. is to be
seen everywhere. This Is not even
synopsis but only a few points. The
discourse next Sabbath evening will
be a companion piece. Subject: The
material--some Of which is in Chester
with which the road to hell is paved
GASToN.
Gastonia Gazette, February 2: Mrs.
Lowe, wife of Mr.. Daniel Lowe, an
operative at the Trenton mill, died at
at her home Friday afternoon at 1.3o
o'clock. She was fifty-nine years OF
age and had been in declining health
for the past two years. After funeral
services, conducted at the house Sat
urday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev.
]. w. Ingle, the body was laid to rest
in the Loray cemetery. The deceased
is survived by a husband and four
children. Mrs. Hattie Cox, Messrs.
John, Will and Joshua Lowe, all OF
whom reside in Gastonia. .... Charley
Whitaker, the thirteen-year-old son OF
Mr.. Sam Whitaker, died at 4.30 o'clock
Friday morning at his fathers home at
the Loray after a brief illness. After
funeral services at the house, conduct
ed by Rev. ]. w. Ingle, the body was
inferred in the city cemetery Saturday
afternoon. AT the home OF Mrs.
Payne, widow Of the late Mr.. Robert
Payne, four miles north Of Kings
Mountain in the McGill neighborhood,
family reunion will be held on Fri
day, February the 18th, the occasion
being the eighty-fourt' --r:rthday Of
Mrs. Payne and the Hfty-f first birthday
of her son, Mr.. q. T. Payne. Mrs
Payne's living children. all Of whom
are expected to be present, are: Mr.
John Payne and Mr.. q. T. Payne OF
Bessemer City; Mr.. Joseph Payne, Mr
Thomas Payne and Mrs. j. T. McGill
of Kings Mountain; Mrs. J. L. Hicks of
Gastonia: and Miss Ellen Payne who
lives at home with her mother. TWO
children. Mrs. Mary Vandyke and Mrs.
Price Falls, are dead. Including chill
dren and grandchildren, Mrs. Payne
has 10 descendants living. -. The four
months old child of Mr.. and Mrs. JOS
hua Lowe, who live at the Trenton
Cotton mill, was found dead in bed at
6 o'clock yesterday morning. The
child's death was probably the result
of spasm, to which it was subject.
The body was inferred il the Loray
cemetery yesterday afternoon at 3
o'clock. This is their only child and
the parents have the sympathy of their
friends in their bereavement. "A box
car containing ninety-six bales of cot
ton shipped from Meridian, Miss. to
the Modena Cotton mills here, was dis
covered to be on fire when the train
reached Spartanburg Tuesday morn
ing. The fire was soon extinguished
by the Spartanburg fire department.
but quite a good deal Of the cotton
was damaged. When the car was
emptied Friday at Spartanburg the
5aod ho6, of on unkpown man WAS