Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-07-18
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CHEROKEE

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CHEROKEE.
Gaffney Ledger, July IA: Mrs. Camp
bell Hambright, aged twenty-one
years, died very suddenly Wednesday
morning about IL o'clock, while sitting
in the dining room at the home Of her
brother, Mr.. B. o. Patrick, In this city.
The remains were taken to Grassy
Pond yesterday for burial. .... United
States Deputy Marshal A. L. Hallman
arrested Asbury Lynn, Tuesday, near
Gowdeysvllle, in the lower part Of this
county on a charge of selling whisky.
He was carried before U. s. Commits
sioner ]. B. Bell, who bound him over
for the October term Of United States
court at Greenville. .....A heavy rain
storm passed over Gaffney yesterday
morning. The rain came down In tor
rents for two or three hours, and the
streets and sidewalks In many places
were entirely submerged, while gardens
and patches were badly washed. 1t
was the heaviest downpour that peo-
pie of this section have witnessed In
years. 49,. Miss Ruth Harvey delight
fully entertained q number OF her
friends Monday night with birthday
party. The refreshments were cream
and cake, which were served to the
guests by Misses Lecta Harvey and
Mamie Hancock The dining room and
the hallway were beautifully decorated
with plants anu ferns, and good music
was furnished by the string band. Miss
Harvey received many nice presents
and all who attended seemed to enjoy
the occasion very much.
CHESTER.
Lantern, July IA: Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
McCorkle returned to the city this
morning from Baltimore, where the
former has been under treatment at
Johns Hopkins hospital. .... DIR. and
Mrs. ]. B. Bigham returned Tuesday
night from a very pleasant visit TO
relatives In Washington. DIR. Bigham
went to Baltimore while he was away,
and visited some of the professors that
he used to be under when he attended
the dental college twenty-one years
ago. He was very much pleased with
his visit. =. The Carolina & North
Western passenger train due here at
7.45 In the afternoon did not arrive
until / o'clock this morning. Heavy
rains have fallen ir North Carolina and
streams are considerably swollen. Be-
tween Newton and Lincolnton the wa
ter was six feet above the trestle so
that the crew had to take the train
around over the Southern's line by
Charlotte to Gastenia, reaching Ches-
ter In this round d-about way at the time
mentioned. 80. Mr.. F. S. Fisher, who
has been state constable in Chester for
over a year, has been transferred to
Abbeville, his old home. His family
left Wednesday morning, and Mr.. Fish
er expects to join them the last OF this
week. Mr. B. E. Wright, who has been
stationed here for the past few months,
will have charge Of this territory. Mr..
Fishers friends regret to see him and
his excellent family leave Chester. ...
Mr.. w. H. Hamilton arrived on the
Seaboard yesterday afternoon with his
bride. On last Saturday, the 9Th, he
was married in Chattanooga, Tenn,
to Miss Blanche Hobler, Of Petosky,
Mich. Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton will
spend a week or two with Mr.. Hamil-
uton, and other relatives in the county,
after which Mr.. Hamilton will go to
Watkins, Ala, to become secretary and
treasurer Of large lumber concern, he
having resigned his position with the
Seaboard, with headquarters at Bir-
mingham. 49,. Mr.. A. w. Jones, state
comptroller general, was in Chester
Wednesday making his annual settle
ment with the county auditor. Mr..
Jones always finds 1t pleasant and
easy undertaking to settle with the
Chester official, as he says he is among
the most competent In the state. AS
compared with other counties, Chester
is I'm fine shape, the comptroller gen.
eral said 1t Is the third county visit
ed. He first went to Orangeburg, then
to Lancaster, and from there here. His
next point was Abbeville. He is going
to the counties they notify him that
they are ready to make the settlement
Mr.. Jones said tn t he was little sur
prised at the small cost with which
the inmates of the county home, 30
in number, are cared for. The actual
expenses connected with the manage
ment of the poor house for the past
year were $3,196.i3. The proceeds from
the sales of the cotton crop, cotton
seed, and pork, mounted to $1,76S.l9,
making a net cost to the county Of
$1,42S.24. Each inmate at the county
home has been cared for during the
past year at a cost Of s40.S1. In other
words, the county paid out only $34O
a month for the protection Of each one
of it's poor. Mr. Jones says when a
county cares for its poor at the rate
of 81 or $3.50 apiece per month, 1t Is
considered fortunate. The supervisor
expressed the hope that the proceeds
from the farm for the present year
would even exceed those Of the past
year.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, July Is: The Catawba Power
Co, put a corps of surveyors at work
on a preliminary survey for railroad
from Fort Lawn to the Falls, Thursday.
They have just finished a survey from
Bascomville to the Falls. They will
build the road the most practical route.
.. Mr.. n. H. Hallman Of the
Unity section. has returned from Cas-
ton county, n. c., where he was sum-
moned July 9th On account of the death
of his father, Mr. A. H. Hallman. Mr.
Hallman was SS years, months and 13
days of age and leaves surviving him
twelve children, 80 grandchildren, and
sc great grandchildren. Several of his
sons reside in this county. "A delay
Of a few hours was occasioned to the
9 o'clock D. m, northbound passenger
train on the Southern Thursday by the
trucks of the tender jumping the track