Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-16
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IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
News and Comment Clipped From
Neighboring Exchanges.
CHESTER.

| Lantern, March 13: Frank BarDer,
colored, who is a resident in the
country, stole several yards of SILK
from the store of ]. T. Collins & Co.,
Friday afternoon. The theft was
soon discovered, however, and Frank
was placed under arrest. He was al
lowed to keep the silk after paying
for ii, but the mayor was not to be
got rid of so easily. Barber received
a fine of $12.50, thus making the SIX
yards of silk cost him $16.5O. 1t Is
needless to say that his intentions are
to buy what silk he needs in the fu-
ture. Deputy Sheriff w. w. Car
roll went to Charlotte last night ana
returned with George Long, white,
who is charged with breaking into
store at Beckhamville few days ago.
Long was placed in the county jail.
Mrs. Henry Massey Of Rock Hill,
went home yesterday afternoon after
spending a week with her sister, Mrs
S. NJ. Jones. Mr.. Massey came down
in the morning and accompanied her
home. Mrs. S. G. Long of Union,
who has been visiting her brother,
Mr.. M. A. Gwinn, went to Yorkville
this morning to visit other brothers.
Mr. ]. E. Norment, for many years
popular newspaper man and for the
last three years private secretary to
Governor Hayward. has announced
himself a candidate for secretary OF
state. MI Norment is widely known
and very popular throughout the
state, and it is safe to say that he
will make a creditable showing.
Mr. Robert NJ. Mcconnell, sub
stantial farmer about fifty years of
age, living on Mr.. w. o. Guys place
near Lowryville, died Saturday morn
ing, after an Illness of several
months. The funeral occurred at
Lowryville. Sabbath afternoon, Rev.
A. H. Atkins, pastor of the deceased,
conducting the exercises. Mr.. Nc
Connell was we'll liked by all of his
neighbors and by all who knew him.
He had met with success in his chosen
line of work, having acquired con-
siderable property as the result or
HRS enterprise. He leaves a wife and
six children to mourn his loss. Mr..
Mcconnell was a brother-in-law OF
Mrs. A. H. Hardee Of this city.
Miss Daisy Grant spent yesterday in
Yorkville. .... Miss Ruth Brice OF
Woodward, passed through yesterday
morning on her way to Yorkville to
spend a few days with her brother,
Mr. Mack Brice.
GAsToN.
Gastonia Gazette, March 1S Miss
Maud Goode of Sharon, S. c., was
forced to give up her studies at Lin
wood Female college last week on
account of her eyes" Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. P. Allen of Birmingham,
Ala, sailed from New York the 26th
of February for the Panama Canal.
Mrs. Allen will be remembered in
Gastonia as Miss Minnie Chitty, who
visited her sister, Mrs. ]. H. Gallant.
Mr.. Allen will be stationed on the Pa
cific coast side of the isthmus, and
will be superintendent of the mining
department of canal construction.
Mrs. John F. Wilson is breaking up
housekeeping this week and will
move to Charlotte. She is leaving her
household goods with her son, Mr..
| B. w. Boyd, and will take her de-
parture for Charlotte Thursday, di-
! viding her time between Charlotte
and Gastonia in the matter of resi-
dence. Here she has two sons, in
Charlotte she has a brother and three
sisters. She will make her home
there with her sister, Mrs. w. H.
Cauble. .... Mr.. and Mrs. B. Meek
| Ormand Is sorely bereaved by the
death of their bright little son Henry,
which occurred Sunday morning at
five o'clock at their home in Kings
Mountain. He had been sick only a
few days. The little boy was four
and a half years old and was a
grandson of Mr.. H. P. Allison, editor
of the Kings Mountain Herald. The
| funeral services were held at the
home at five o'clock Sunday after
noon and the burial followed at the
Kings Mountain cemetery.