Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-03-20
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CHESTER.
Lantern, March Il: Mr.. Thomas
died at Fort Mill Saturday
night of lung trouble. On Saturday
news was received of the death of his
sister in Texas. Her body is to be sent
to Fort Mill for burial and it is eX-
pected that the bodies of brother and
sister will be buried at the same time
in the town cemetery The deaths of
brother and sister so near together as
to the time and so distant as to place
is sad coincidence. .... Miss Mamie
RothrOck, who has been spending a
few days in Yorkville, returned home
Saturday evening She was accom-
panied by her aunt, Miss Alice Craig,
and cousin, Mrs. Sam Bankhead and
baby. who spent until yesterday even
ing in the city. Mrs. Ann Mayo,
a sister to Mr.. w. o. McKeown of
Cornwell. and Mr.. r. B. McKeown of
Fort Lawn. died March ,, at her home
in Florida. with erysipelas. Mrs. Mayo
was reared in the Cornwell neighbor-
hood and has many relatives in this
county. Miss Leila DaNega receiV-
ed telegram this morning informing
her. that her brother in-law, Mr.. E. l..
Chevasse. was killed at Lexington, KY,
last night by night riders. He had gone
to Kentucky to buy tobacco. MI Che-
vase represents the America Tobac-
co company. at which the riders are so
enraged. His home is in Rockingham,
n. c. Miss Leila DaVega will leave for
that place this afternoon to attend the
funeral. Policeman j. G. Howe
captured sixteen pints of whisky from
Ella Baskins of the Lewis Turnout
one day last week just
after she had taken it out Of the en-
nress office here. The whisky was
turned over to the dispensary and the
woman was let go free. The whisky
cost her about twenty-four cents
pint and her sale price was seventy
five cents per pint. "A good deal OF
interest is being taken in baseball for
Chester the coming summer, as we are
to have a state league team. The
Lincolnton team, which made re-
markable record last year, will be re-
here, not only on account OF
their playing, but for the fine character
and behavior of the players. Three or
these men have been secured for the
Chester team, including the manager,
Mr.. B. P. Caldwell, who will manage
the Chester team. The others are
Buck" Pressly and ]. w. Wideman.
In addition to these, Manager Caldwell
has signed w. P. Grier, who has the
of being the fastest player
in the college teams of the state. Mr..
Caldwell is superintendent of Lincoln
toms graded schools, but all four OF
the men named are from Due West.
GASToN.
Gastonia Gazette, March II: Mrs. T..
N. Huddleston returned from York
Vile, S. c., Thursday. .Grier Crowder'
the 13-year-o son Of Mr.. c. NJ.
Crowder, a contractor of Gastonia, who
three weeks or more ago
from Kings Mountain, is still missing,
all efforts of his father to locate him
having proved fruitless. John Puckett'
a white man, who is charged with alb
Quoting the boy, was tried at Kings
Mountain Saturday and committed to
the Jail at Shelby in default OF $lOO
bond. Pucket maintains a stolid ST.
lence with reference to the boys where
abouts. 1t is understood that there
is strong evidence that Puckett abduct-
ed the boy. A rather exciting and
incident occurred Sunday
at the Wesleyan church when Mr.. W..
H. Ramsey made an attempt to take
his youngest child from his wife, from
whom he separated some six weeks ago.
Neighbors interviewed and assisted the
mother in keeping the child. Since
their separation Mrs. Ramsey has been
living at the Loray, their previous res
idence being at the Avon. She took
the children with her and Sunday had
them at the Wesleyan church. The
child, just able to toddle
around, was along and the father made
a frantic effort to get possession of it.,
but was foiled in his attempt. ..... Mr..
William King, who has been for sew
eral years the popular and efficient
manager of the Gastonia Oil mill, will
move to Chester about April first, haV-
ing accepted the position as manager
of the Southern Oil cOmpanys plant, at
that place. He will succeed Mr.. ]. j..
Hardin, the story of whose shortage
and disappearance was printed in Fri
days Gazette. 1t is not yet known who
will succeed Mr.. King as manager of
the Gastonia plant. Mr.. and Mrs. King
have a large circle of friends who will
deeply regret to see them make their
home elsewhere than in GaStonia. ...
Mr.. George w. Haas, the Charlotte
to whom the city gave the
contract last fall to lay concrete side
walks on Main street, arrived yesterday
and began at once placing machinery
and material for the work. The con-
tract calls for sidewalks on both sides
of Main street from York to Oakland,
where they have not already been laid.
....At their regular meeting last Fri
day night, McAdenville COnclave No.
594 Independent Order of Heptasophs
elected the following new officers: r.
B. Shields, archon; Geo. l.. Webb, sec
retary; DR.. G. w. Taylor, financier;
George l.. Wright, treasurer; T. l..
Austin, provost; w. L. Roberts,
prelate; ]. A. Johnson, inspector; Cy
Moore, warden; O. F. Moore, sentinel;
r. r. Ray, Jno. G. Rankin and /. F.
Mabry. trustees. In Mecklenburg
superior court at Charlotte Saturday
afternoon the jury returned a verdict
awarding Harry Starnes damages in
the sum of $4,000 against the Albion
Cotton mills of Mt. Holly. for the loss
of his right arm. The limb was ampu-
tated after StarneS had suffered an ac-
cident in which his fingers and hand
were badly torn up. He sued for SlO,-
600. .... Mrs George Sherer of York
vile, came in Saturday on a visit to
her parents. MI and Mrs. d. w. Pad
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