Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-29

Mrs ]. R. Thompson writes from Ho-
that while 1t Is a trying ordeal to leave
behind the friends Of a life time. she
lis very pleasantly situated and the
people there are very kind and socia-
Ible, and everybody works. ...... MIS-
Judson Collins died Tuesday morning,
October %, at her home in the Peden
Bridge neighborhood. after an illness
Of about ten days. She was a daugh-
ter Of Mr. James Young, and was
about As years old The burial was at
Pleasant grove Wednesday at noon,
after the funeral services conducted by
! Rev. G. G. Brown. The nome OF
MIR. and Mrs. A NJ. Hardee on Church
street was the scene of a beautiful
wedding yesterday afternoon at 4
o'clock when their oldest daughter,
Miss Hattie May, became the wife OF
Mr.. Robt. r. Hall Of Columbia
Promptly on the stroke of the hour
to the strains of Mendelssohn's we'd
ding march beautifully rendered by
Mrs. r. T. Sandifer Of Lowryville, the
bridal pair entered the parlor, and
taking their places before bank OF
ferns made the responses that made
their lives one. Rev. S. ]. CARTRIDGE
pronounced the words that sealed the
life compact. .... General j. c. BOYD
spent Wednesday afternoon in the city.
He attended the wedding of his as
sistant, Col. Brock, in Rock Hill on
Wednesday morning and came on No.
33, stopping over for the horse show.
He said the show was fine and thought
the horses as good as any county could
show. The general was here on Tues
day in the interest of the rifle range as
has already been noted in these COL
umns. He seemed we'll pleased with
the proposed location Of the range and
| there is every reason to believe Ches-
ter will get 1t. Mr.. j. Ed Cornwell
of Conwell, had the misfortune 10
have his left leg broken just above the
ankle Tuesday morning. He was on
the platform Of his gin house when
bale of cotton was thrown on the plat
form and the jar caused the tlmpers
to give way and Mr.. Cornwell fell In,
breaking his ankle. The fracture was
set by a physician and he is getting
along nicely now. The same morning
in the same neighborhood, Richard
McKeown, who lives on the Ross place,
was thrown from mule and had his
left arm broken.
GASToN.
Gastonia Gazette, October 25: Capt.
John D. Mcconnell Of McConnellsville'
s. c., stopped over yesterday for a
short visit to his son, DR.. D. Z. NC
Connell, being on his way to Davidson
college to visit another son, who Is
professor there. Capt Mcconnell
served in the civil war as captain OF
company E, Fifth South Carolina VOL
unteers. Little Miss Christine Sloan,
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. ]. M. Sloan
while playing at her home on YORK
street Monday afternoon, was struck
in the face by a falling bar Of iron
land painfully injured. While no per-
rnanent injury was doEe, she suffered
considerable pain from the accident
but is now recovering from the eitects
of II. Mr. Jonas Clemmer, prom
inent and influential citizen OF the
county. died at his home in Stanley
Wednesday, The funeral services were
held in Christ's Lutheran church at
Stanley yesterday afternoon at l
o'clock and were conducted by Kew.
w. A. Deaton. Mr.. Clemmer Is surV'V-
ed by a wife and several sons, one OF
whom is Mr.. Laban Clemmer of STAN
LEY. Mr.. John F. Davis received
phone message this morning from ST.
ILeo's hospital, Greensboro, stating that
his son, Mr.. Walter c. Davis, and Mrs.
Davis, who were injured in the wreck
lpear Greensboro. both had gooo
hight and are better today than at any
time since the accident. This will be
glad news to their many friends here
land elsewhere. .... Officers Kendrick
land Williams arrested Rankin Hayes,
a young white man, at his mothers
home on w. N. Davis farm south OF
town Wednesday night. Hayes togeth-
er with several others, Is wanted al
Blacksburg on a charge of breaking
into q freight car and stealing mer-
chandise. Policeman Duncan OF
Blacksburg, came up yesterday morn
ling and took Hayes to Gaffney, where
he was placed in Jail to await trial..
1t is understood that the gentlemen
who purchased the milestone Cotton
Mill at Bessemer City Tuesday, will
put the factory into operation neX
, week. 1t was bid in by Mr.. c. Judsor
Huss for party of mill men composed
, of himself Mr.. r. F. Coble and others
. Mr.. Coble will be in charge as mana
ger. When work is resumed here Bes'
semer City will have five cotton fac
tories in operation. Bessemer City l:
one of the best little towns in this Sec
ton of the state, and as a prominen
man of the town remarked to the re-
porter who was there Wednesday, i
would be a great deal better bushes:
/ town than it is if it were not rent by
l political factions. which fact is to bt
; deplored. :. The Clinch Valley Baryte:
company, which is operating the Law
/ ton mine at Crowder's Mountain, ha!
begun the shipping Of barytes, having
: shipped three cars recently from Bes'
/ semer City. The company has erected
; shipping platform near the Gray
!, mill and will hereafter make Gastonis
2 their shipping point. Already one ca
has been shipped from here and in {
short time Capt. Vincent, the manager
: expects to be shipping car every day
The work Of pumping the water from
f the mine was finished yesterday. ant
. this will make it possible to get ou
, the ore much faster. Mr.. E. H. Jone!
of Honaker Va, vice president of the
= company, arrived Wednesday, and vii
= spend some time in this section, max