Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-21

and three DrOtnerS, MeSSTS. w. y" IL -
and J. A. Ferguson. .... Mrs. Caroline
Hardin, widow of the late William Har-
din, died at the home of her son, Mr'
w. n. Hardin at Lowryville early yes
terday morning at an advanced age.
The funeral service were conducted at
Capers' Chapel yesterday afternoon py
Rev. A. f. Holler. Mrs. Hardin, who
was a Miss Pratt, was born on the old
Pratt place few miles from the city
She leaves two sons, Messrs. w. N. and
S. B. Hardin, and a daughter Mrs. Il.
L. PRESLEY.
LANCASTER.
News, Jan. IS: A. B. Ferguson went
over to York Wednesday, to look after
his farming interests in that county,.
Col. A. r. Banks went to Fort Mill yes
terday to attend the funeral of his kins-
man, Mr.. T. Banks Belk. Mrs. Han
nah Adams. widow of Joseph Adams,
who died the other day at her home
near WaXhaw, n. c., was in her 92nd
wear. She had been married over 20
years. and had been a member of the
Methodist church 76 years. $500. Mrs.
Whitaker, an officer, with the rank OF
captain of the Salvation Army post in
Columbia, accompanied by a fair CO.
worker, spent Wednesday in Lancaster,
soliciting contributions for the praise
worthy work in which they are engag-
ed. A little daughter, about 4-years-
old, of Mr.. B. L. Parker Of the Dwight
section, met with painful accident
one evening this week. Her clothes
caught on fire and before the flames
could be extinguished by other MEM
bers of the family she was severely
burned on her leg, body and face. .....
Mr.. Oscar w. Clark, the well known
and popular young commercial travel
er, whose home is at Heath Springs
is desperately ill at a hospital in Co.
lumbia, where he was operated on for
appendicitis Wednesday. A telegram
received from Columbia here yesterday
by his brother-in-law, Chief of Police
w. B. Cauthen, stated that but little
hope was entertained of Mr.. Clarks
recovery. {. . In the recent fire at Nine
ty-SiX, the Rev. A. j. Cauthen, who
has many relatives and friends in this
county, lost store room valued at 3d.
900, on which he had insurance to the
amount of $4,000. Mr.. Samuel Har-
per and his charming bride, who were
married during the recent holidays, are
now keeping house. They occupy one
of the cottages on Main streets SOUTH
ern extension. More warrants have
been taken out against the five men in
Jail here suspected of being safecrack-
ers. 1t will be recalled that when re-
Gently brought to Lancaster from Van
Wyck, where they were captured, they
were lodged in Jail on technical charges,
four for carrying concealed weapons
and the fifth for vagrancy. The next
day on the arrival of PoStoffice lnspec-
tors Gregory and Haverstadt, warrants
were sworn out before United States
Commissioner Paul Moore, charging
the suspects with robbing the postof-
fees at Pelzer and Seneca, in this state,
some time last year. On Thursday OF
this week, Inspectors ]. w. Bulla and
Hal B. Mosby, who came here to see
the men, had warrants issued for them
by Commissioner Moore on the charge
of robbing the postoffice at Dunn in
North Carolina, on the 2Sth Of last De-
cember The valise and one of the re-
volvers taken from the prisoners, It is
claimed, have been identified by the in
spectors as stolen property, the pistol
from a party in Norfolk, Va. The wea-
pom, it is said, was identified by its
number
GASToN.
Gastonia Gazette, January II: Mr..
John Whitesides of Sharon, S. c., has
been visiting relatives here and near
Dallas the past few days. The
stockholders of the First National Bank
held their regular annual meeting in
the offices of the bank last Tuesday af-
ternoon at o'clock All of the officers
and directors were reelected for an
other year and other usual routine bus
mess was transacted. The regular div
idend of per cent was paid January
first, making a total of per cent paid
in dividends to the stockholders for the
year 1907. ..... Following up it's policy
of retrenchment put into force at other
points along its line since the reduction
by the last legislature of the passen-
ger fare to q cents, the Southern rail-
way yesterday reduced its force here by
five men, cutting off the ticket agent,
the baggage man, the chief clerk, the
freight warehouse clerk and one other
clerk. The order was given by the
trainmaster who came out from Char
lotte 1t is understood that the tele-
graph operators will be required to sell
tickets and check baggage and it is ru-
mured that they will refuse to do this.
Depot Agent c. NJ. Nolen could not be
seen yesterday by the reporter, he hav-
| ing gone to Greenville. 5. c., to enter
a protest against the action of the di-
vision superintendent This action on
the part of the Southern came as q
complete surprise, all the more so be-
cause of the immense amount of bus
mess handled here. 1t is the general
belief that the force as it now stands
will be entirely inadequate to handle
the business in either the freight or
passenger depots. Just how the South
ern expects to take care Of the business
here with the reduced force is puZ
zling question to the locker on in
Venice" The outcome of this action
will be watched with interest by the
public. w There was something of a
sensation Wednesday night when it be-
came known that warrants had been
issued for the arrest of Mr.. ]. l.. Will
liams proprietor of the Williams Drug
company, and Mr.. L. II. Stowe, a clerk
in this store, the charges being for sell
ing whisky unlawfully. One warrant
was for the two jointly and charged