Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-16
TUESDAY APRIL 16, 1907.
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.
Agent Forney Resigns His Place at
Southern-Miss Owens and Mr.. Gas
ton-Personal and Other Notes.

Correspondence Of the Yorkrille Enquirer.
Rock HILL, April 15.-Mr. ]. E
Forney who for the past eighteen OIL
twenty years has been the agent Of
the Southern railway at this place
has rendered his resignation to take
effect the lst Of May. Who his sue
cessor will be Is not yet known, OF
course. Mr.. Forney leaves this place
to take that Of agent at Anderson fol
the Blue Ridge railway. He is looked
upon in business circles as one OF the
best railroad men in the state. A
number of young men, who have been
trained under him have taken high
standing in railway circles and 1t was
said by high official that man who
graduated under Mr.. Forney at ROCK
Hill woHld have to know business. Mr.
Tony b. Lumpkin also a Rock Hill
man has been the agent at Anderson
for several years and the vacancy Is
caused by his promotion to be solicit
ing freight agent. Mr.. w. B. Steele
Jr., a Yorkville man trained under
Mr.. Forney and for years in the office
here Is dispatcher for the Blue Ridge
road.
Wednesday evening, at her home in
Columbia, Miss Jennie Owens will
become the bride of Mr.. Joseph B,
CASTOR of this city. Both of these
young people have a great many
friends here and in the state. Miss
Owens was a student in Winthrop and
afterwards a teacher in the free kim
dergarten and is very popular; Mr.
CASTOR is a native Of the Fishing
Creek section and for sixteen years
has been in the mercantile business
here, being one Of the most popular
statesmen and society men in the city.
Postmaster Poag, who has been
working to secure, as an addition
to his present force, a mounted car
rier to serve the northern district or
the city, has received the gratifying
announcement that his request mas
been granted. The new carrier Will
go on duty July 1st.
The deep well upon which the
Southern railway people have been
working for nearly year mas peen
completed at the depth Of 5S5 rect.
OF this only As feet was through dirt'
49O feet being through granite rock
An abundant flow Of water for the
purposes desired has been obtained.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Stewart lost
their infant son, Joe, last week. Ser
vices were conducted by Revs. COZ
and Rogers. The child was one or
twins and today the other one also
died.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Neely Moore OF
Yorkyille have been in the city for
several days visiting at Hon. w. n.
Stewards. Mr.. Moore has decided to
make Rock Hill his home and will be
found with ]. L. Phillips & Co, drug
gists. Mr.. and Mrs Moore will live
in a part of the Wroten house on
Oakland avenue.
Rev. M. E. Porter of Charlotte, n.
c., who is superintendent OF Sunday
school work in North Carolina ana
Virginia, occupied the pulpit OF the
First PRESBYTERIAN church Sunday
morning and of the White Memorial
church in the afternoon. A letter was
read at the First church from the
pastor elect, Rev. DR.. Carson or val
dosta, Ga, who stated that he would
preach here the fourth Sunday In
April.
been visiting here for some time nave
gone to Jacksonville. Fla, where MT.
Russell will take a position in the
railroad office.
Misses Rer.ah and Bessie Barron
are visiting Miss Maude Matheson In
Bennettsville.
in the city.
Mrs. r. M. Bratton spent a day
here on her way to Washington to the
D. A. r. convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Sloan OF Atlanta,
are visiting their daughter, Mrs. j. w.
Rawlinson.
Mrs. d. d. Perry Of Lancaster wa?
a visitor in the city last week.
Prof. ]. w. Thomson is home from
a convalescing visit to Abbeville.
Mr.. william Thor lson is home from
Davidson college for few days.