Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-21
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LANCASTER

News, May IS: Mr. ]. T. Hunter and
Miss E. Cauthen, daughter of Mr.. Jas
Cauthen, of the cotton mills commu-
nifty, were married last Wednesday
night by Magistrate w. p. Caskey..
Miss Annie Bludworth of Yorkville,
formerly with the Williams-Hughes
company here, visited friends in Lam
caster a few days ago. ..." While
some farmers say that they have good
stands of cotton, many others COM
plain of having such poor stands that
they are planting over again. Cotton
that was up two weeks ago has since
died out" Farmers Of Fairfield and
other counties are experiencing the
same trouble with cotton stands this
season. In fact, unfavorable crop
conditions prevail generally through
out the cotton states. Mr.. Andrew
]. Marshall, son of the late Thomas
Marshall, and Miss Ethel Mackey of
Heath Springs, were married in Ker-
shaw last Sunday, at the Methodist
parsonage, by the pastor, the Rev. o.
A. Jeffcoat The charming bride is a
daughter of Mr.. q. F. Mackey and a
sister of Mr.. Curtis Mackey Of the
First National bank of Lancaster.
CHESTER
Lantern, May II: Miss Anna Steele
McCaw of Yorkville, came down Tues
day evening to spend few days with
her cousins, Misses Florence and Su-
sic Caldwell and other relatives here.
The district conference Of Rock
Hill District w. F. M. S. will be held
in this city, beginning Friday evening,
May "a, and continuing through Sun
day evening following. -. Mrs. Geo.
McKeown, with her little daughter,
Hazel. of Hickory Grove, came down
on No. 33 Wednesday and spent until
yesterday morning with Mrs. B. E.
Wright on her way to Blackstock to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
G. Castles. Her sister, Miss Willie
Castles, came up in the afternoon and
accompanied her.. There is very
little change in the condition Of Annie.
the little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ].
T. Perkins, who has been lowering be-
tween life and death the past four
days. Miss Alma Hoods condition is
She has not spoken in
several days and is lying apparently in
an unconscious. condition. William,
the little son of DR.. and Mrs. j. M.
Brice. whoS has been quite sick with
is improving. Mr.. w. H.
Hardin continues to improve. .....'.
William Albert, aged two years and
five months, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Glenn Bowles, died about o'clock
Tuesday afternoon. May IA, 1907, af-
ter an illness of about two weeks with
pneumonia following dysentery. The
funeral service was at the home on
Lancaster street at o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon, conducted by Rev. M.
L. Banks and the little body laid to
rest in Evergreen cemetery. Mr..
T. Bell had an exciting ride on a mo-
torcycle late yesterday afternoon and
and some other bruises. Mr.. Thos.
Owen recently purchased Mr.. ]. M.
Bells motorcycle and as he was not
familiar with it's ways he went by the
telephone office and asked Mr.. T. B.
Bell, who was there, to start it off for
him. Mr. Bell got on the wheel and
when he started the engine, the valve
seemed to have been open and the
wheel dashed off at a terrific speed.
Seeing it was beyond his control he
to turn up the hill when he
reached Gadsden street but the speed
was so great the wheel struck the
Collins store before he could get turn
ed. He jumped off about the time the
wheel struck the curbing, but the little
finger of his right hand caught in the
over his hand, breaking the bone near
his hand and dislocating and pushing
the Joint a piece down into the hand.
Mr.. j. E. Cornwell, who was a witness
to the accident, Strengthened the fin
ger, and it was set by Drs. Brice and
Mcconnell, and he has not yet suffer-
ed a great deal of pain with it.
CLEVELAND.
Kings Mountain News, May 16: Mrs.
E. L. Campbell and Miss Iona Or
mand left Wednesday for Yorkville to
attend the marriage of Miss Maggie
Ormand, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G..
c. Ormand. AT the time of our
last issue we stated that there was a
tie between G. w. Kendrick and ]. c.
Patrick, candidates for mayor of our
town, and that no official announce
ment of the result had been made.
Thursday morning the registrar and
Judges of election got together and
broke the tie between Messrs. Ken
drick and Patrick by casting lots for
the office. Eight blank tickets and
one with Mr. Hendricks and another
with DR.. Patrick'S name on these were
placed in a hat and the first name
drawn was to be the one elected. Az
ter drawing several blanks, Mr. T. P.
McGin, who was blindfolded, drew
the name of DR.. Patrick and declared
him to be the mayor-elect. On Satur-
day DR.. Patrick subscribed to the oath
of office and assumed the duties of
mayor. Last Sunday morning,
MAY -, at 10 o'clock, Mr.. Newman
Crawford and Miss Fannie Allison,
both of this city, were united in mar
riage. Rev. G. F. Kirby of the Metho-
dist church, officiating. The marriage
took place at the home Of the brides
parents and was witnessed by many
friends of both parties. Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Caveny. who were married IN
the same house four weeks before
Miss Pearl Kennedy and Mr.. Marvin
Farris. and Miss May Ramsey were
the attendants.
GASTON
Gastonia Gazette, May II: Mrs R.
C. Mendenhall died Wednesday after
noon at four o'clock at her home near
l....