Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-22
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IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
News and Comment Clipped From
Neishboring Exchanges.
CHESTER.

Lantern, May lS: MeSSrs. ndiNeS
Mcdaniel of r. F. D. No. l, and Charles
Whiteside of Lewisville. went to Beth-
any Saturday to attend the commence
ment exercises of the Presbyterian
school. DR.. ]. S. Moffatt returned
Yesterday evening from Bethany, where
he attended the closing exercises OF the
Presbyterial school. He gives hie
report of the work of the school ana
Prof. Higgins management. ..... MISS
Corenna Faris of Fort Mill, who mas
been visiting the Misses Triplett, went
home yesterday. y..... Mrs. K. }. OllVer
and baby, of Union, spent Tuesday
night here on her way to Yorkville to
visit her friend, Mrs. Lovelace, and re-
turned yesterday. Mr. Samuel Blair
of Sharon, is here to spend several
days with his granddaughter, Mrs. }.
G. Johnson, and other relatives In
town AT a meeting Of Chester
Council No. 122, Of the Modern Purl-
tans, a fraternal insurance association
Tuesday afternoon, a local organlZa-
ton was effected and the following
officers elected: Jos. A. Walker, past
president; ]. w. Means, president; j.
M. MCCARTHY, of Richburg, vice presl-
dent; M. R. Clarke, chaplain; j. o.
Wylie, of Richburg, guard; Z. M. Al
kinson, conductor: John K. Ritz, depu-
ty; and Jno. M. Wise, secretary ana
assistant deputy. The council consists
of eighty-eight members, secured
through the efforts of Mr.. ]. K. Ritz
special deputy for this district.
GAsToN.
Gastonia Gazette, May 1S: The Pos
tai Telegraph company is putting up
a new line from New York to New
Orleans and another from Washing
ton to Atlanta. The construction
force that was stringing up both
wires pitched camp in Gastonia last
night They will also install a new
switchboard in the local office.
The many friends of Mrs. w. S. Han
ma are glad to learn that her condl-
ton is now much better and that she
is rapidly improving in health. Mrs
Hanna is still in the Presbyterian
hospital, Charlotte, but she is able TO
sit up and occasionally to take
short walk about the place. the
Love Trust company is closing up its
banking and trust business, the prin-
cipal part of which is transferred to
the Citizens National Bank. The az
fairs of the company will be pracu-
cally settled up this week with a view
to retiring by the end of the month.
Mr.. John F. Love was president, MI
Edgar Love, vice-president, and Mr..
Robert A. Love. treasurer OF the COM
pany, and no patrons of any bank
could covet more liberal treatment or
courteous consideration than their
patrons enjoyed. Their important
mill interests demanded the time and
attention of the management to such
an extent that they deemed 1t desr-
able to withdraw from the banking
and trust business. -. Mr.. }. v.
Blanton died at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Blanton.
near the Loray mill Wednesday
morning at 11.3O o'clock, after a long
and wasting illness of tuberculosis.
Mr.. Blanton was twenty-seven years
of age, leaves a wife. who was Miss
Mollie Bell, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. P. Bell, and two small chill
dren. The remains were taken to Gro
yer yesterday morning for burial.
Those accompanying the remains
from Gastonia were Mrs. Blanton and
children, Mr.. w. P. Bell and family,
and Mr.. G. w. Blanton and family.
An Alumni Building has just been
completed at Wake Forest college
which, with all its appointments, was
estimated to cost $4,000. The amaz-
ing thing about this is. that it actu-
ally cost less than $4,000. This in
cident deserves to go down into his
tory alongside the York county road
overseer who was praised in the
papers for his good work on the
roads.