Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-25
GASTON.

Gastonia Gazette, October %: Mr.. S.
E. Foy, of route one, brought to the
Gazette this morning a stalk of cotton
Of the King variety, six and half
feet high. 1t bore S3 bolls, only about
20 of which are open. Mr.. Foy says
he has six acres Of this cotton which
would have made two bales to the acre,
but since frost has arrived, will not
now make a bale to the acre. He does
rot understand why the bolls did not
open. The cotton was planted May
goth. Mr.. J. S. Armstrong, who
has for many years been the the c. &
NV. railroad agent here. has accept
ed fiattering offer from the Southern
railway. and goes this week to York
Vile, S. c., to take charge Of the bus
mess of the Southern railway at that
point. Mr.. Armstrong is one OF our
best and most popular young men and
everyone will be sorry to see him leave
Lincolnton, but he Is to be congrat-
ulated on this advancement and pro-
motion and the Southern railway is
fortunate in securing his services. 49,.
Mr.. John F.. Davis received phone
message this morning from ST. Leo's
hospital, Greensboro. stating that Mrs.
Walter G. Davis, who was so seriously
injured in the wreck Of No. "a at Rudd
last Thursday night, was slowly i'm
proving. She did not rest quite so
we'll last night but the physicians have
stronger hopes than ever for her re-
covery. MIR. Davis is still confined to
the hospital but is rapidly improving.
Their many friends in Gastonia anx-
iously await the announcement that
Mrs. Davis has passed the danger
mark. E. . In the course of few weeks
Main street between York and Oakland
lavenue will be paved. The Atlantic
Bitulithic company. which has the
contract. put a force of men to work
yesterday morning at the York street
end and the work will be pushed rap
idly to completion. A large number of
people were attracted by the operation
and looked on interestedly throughout
the day. This morning the big roller
was put to work and the putting down
of crushed stone for the bed was also
commenced. The city council held a
called meeting last night and accepted
the grade for Main street as establish
ed by Surveyor S. c. Cornwell, If the
weather does not interfere, it is be-
lieved that the paving will be complet-
ed within thirty days. -. Sheriff Love,
of Stanley county. who was here re-
Gently on a visit to his uncle, Mr.. C..
| w. CLANCY. had the misfortune to lose
his handsome Colts revolver. BY some
clever detective work, Chief of Police
Wiley Carroll, assisted by Policeman
Williams. recovered it yesterday and
as a result Ed Shannon, a young ne
gro. was placed in Jail to await trial
today on a charge of larceny. Sherif
Love left Gastonia Monday, the l4th.
He arrived at the depot late, in fact
just in time to catch his train. In the
hurry he left his grip, which contained
his pistol among other things, in the
.arriage which brought him to the de
pot. When he reached Salisbury the
| sheriff phoned back TO the Gastonia
police to get his pistol from the grip
land express il to him. When the Of
flcers found the grip at Davis stable
it was minus the pistol. They set to
work with the result that Shannon,
when confronted with the charge. con-
fessed and extracted the gun from
some hay in the loft at the Davis sta