Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-15
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News and Comment Cleaned From
Within and About the County.
LANCASTER.
News, September II: Because of his
connection with the old dispenSary," Is
the answer made by a prominent far
mer when asked the reason of Evans's
small vote for the United States SEN
ate. Maybe so, but Smiths work fol
the farmers for the past four years cut
no small figure in the result OF the
election. Mr.. Herbert Horton, book
keeper for the Lancaster cotton mills
was bitten by dog Tuesday afternoon
Just as he was in the act Of lifting his
hat to a couple of ladies whom he was
passing on Dunlap street, small dog,
which he had not observed, attacked
him from the rear, biting him on the
ankle. Mr. Horton went at once to a
drug store and had the wound eau
terized Bethel presbytery had a
pleasant meeting at Liberty Hill this
week. A feature of one of the sessions
was an interesting discussion Of the
subject of church discipline. The Rev
w. w. Arrowood was licensed to
preach. The next meeting Of presby-
terry will be held at Clover in April
The delegates were royalty entertained
by the hospitable people of Liberty
Hill.
CHESTER.
Lantern, September IL: Miss Nell
Schorb of Yorkville, spent Tuesday
night with DR.. and Mrs. H. E. McCon-
nell. She expects to leave Friday for
Spartanburg. where she will teach in
the graded school. Mr.. A. w. Nose
ley returned Wednesday night from a
visit to relatives in Camden. Mrs.
Moseley and the children, who were
with him, stopped over in Rock Hill
until yesterday morning. Mr.. Nose
ley's grandmother, Mrs. ]. C.. Moseley,
of Camden, came home with them. -.
Miss Matte Brown and Mr.. B. R. Will
liams were married Tuesday afternoon,
September s, at the home Of the brides
parents, near town on route NO. D.
The ceremony was performed by Rev
S. ]. Cartledge. The marriage was a
very quiet one, the only witnesses be-
ing the immediate members Of the
family. The bride is the second daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Brown and
with her marriage the county loses a
good teacher. For two terms she was
teacher of the Heath school and only
few weeks ago closed summer ses-
sion of the Dewitt school, Mr.. Will
liams is from Milledgeville, Ca, but
taught the Fort Lawn school last year
Soon after the marriage Mr.. and Mrs
Williams left on No. q of the South
ern for Columbia, where he is at pres
ent engaged in the real estate business
GASToN.
Gastonia Gazette, September IL: w
A. Melton, car inspector for the Sea-
board Air Line, was run over and in
stantly killed at Hamlet Tuesday night
by train No A. No one seems able to
state the exact manner in which he
met his death, but it is supposed that
he was on the front platform of the
rear car and when the train started to
pull out he slipped and fell under the
car. Mr.. Melton was young man, "a
years old, and leaves a father and
mother who live near Blewett Falls
Mr.. Newman Plaxico, who lives
in the Bethany neighbornood, York
county, this week sold to the McAden
mills about sixty bales Of last sea-
son cotton, the price being 1Os cents
About twenty five bales Of the lot pass
ed through Gastonia en- route to Nc
Adenville this morning. Abe McArver
negro driver for Mr.. PlaXico, fell
from one Of the wagons near Pleas
ant Ridge this morning and was seri-
ously injured. IL. M. Swan, 80 years
old, was killed by freight train on
the Southern, Tuesday, while crossing
the track just north of the Reidsville
depot. Some one called to him to get
out Of the way and as he turned around
he was struck by the train. His arm
was broken and he received a severe
wound about the temple. He was car
ried to his home, where he died about
an hour after the accident. Deceased
is survived by his aged wife and one
son, Haywood Swan, now Of Charlotte
but formerly of Greensboro. .... Rev
| ]. Meek White and family of Sterling
| N c.. spent Tuesday night in Casio
mia en- route to Blacksburg and other
points in South Carolina, where they
will spend two weeks visiting relatives
DIR. ]. c. Galloway, pastor Of the
Associate Reformed Presbyterian
church, left at noon yesterday fol
Tampa and Barlow, Fla, where he
goes on special work for the home
mission board Of the church. He was
accompanied by his daughter, Miss
Mary Galloway, who goes to Mullins
S. c., to assume her duties as teach
er in the graded school at that place
! DR.. Galloway will be absent about ter
days. The first bale of 1908 cotton
sold on the GaStonla market was pur-
chased Wednesday morning by the bro
kerage firm of D. NJ. Jones & Co., from
Mr.. Robert B. Riddle of the Bethe
neighborhood, York county, S. c., the
| price paid being cents. This bale
was ginned at Mr.. Riddles gin. .......
Mr.. w L. Lanier, a well-to-do farmer
living near the Long Creek Baptist
church, died this morning at O'Clock
following a long illness from consump-
ton. He is survived by a wife anc
two children. Mr.. Lanier was about 81
years Of age. He was a deacon Of Long
Creek Baptist church and his funeral is
being held here this afternoon, the houl
being 8 o'clock, Rev. ]. A. HOyle con-
ducting the services. Interment will be
made at the cemetery at this church
Deceased was a man of integrity anG
| worth and his death brings sorrow tC