Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-24
Aliseellaneous Readine.
FROM NEIeHBoRING EXCHANGES
News end Comment About Things In
and Around the Country.


day afternoon, Miss Johnnie T. Moore
entertained most charmingly in honor
of her attractive guests, Misses Bessie
Flint of Charleston, and Winnie Craw-
ford of YOrkville. a negro boy liv-
ing out on the Rawlnson place was
quite seriously injured by a mule kick
ing him in the head Saturday after
noon about o'clock. .... The appear
ance of the banking room of the Ma
tional Union bank has been greatly
full tile floor. These rooms were pa
pered and also repainted several weeks
ago. .... Mr. ]. H. Carroll of York
vile, who has been under treatment
for appendicitis at the hospital, and
who was operated upon ten days ago,
returned home Sunday afternoon.
Lancaster News, June %: Mr. Har-
vey Beckham, son of Mr.. James Beck
ham, and Miss Eta Threat, daughter
of Mr.. j. r. Threat of the mill village,
were married last Sunday night. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
T. A. Dabney. The old Gooch ferry
at the Catawba river has been recently
reopened by Gooch brothers, which
will prove a great convenience to the
travelling public, and the trade of Lam
caster merchants will no doubt be in
| creased thereby. The circuit court
convened here Monday morning at 10
/ I,,Io
a session of a couple of hours how
ever, the court adjourned sine die. AS
heretofore stated, no jurors were
drawn for this term; consequently, no
criminal or other jury cases could be
| heard. The brief session held was taken
I'D with the hearing of motions and
appeals from magistrate courts.
Mr. ]. V. Funderburk, son of Mr.. l.. j.
| Funderburk, and Miss S. NJ. McMa-
nus. daughter of Mr.. Samuel McManus
of Tradesville, were married Sunday,
June 18th by Magistrate VIM. Carnes.
at his home.
| Gastonia Gazette, June 21: Satur-
days Raleigh News and Observer
|
Mrs. w. F. Marshall will regret to
learn that their little son, Master Rog-
er Marshall, is i'll with typhoid fever"
The many Gastonia friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Marshall will learn this fact with
sincere regret. .... Mr.. and Mrs. w. c.
| Rhyme, who were married in Charlotte
| last Thursday night as chronicled in
Fridays Gazette, left yesterday morn
ing after spending a short while with
| the groom's father, Mr.. A. p. H. Rhyme,
at Dallas. They will reside in New
York city, where Mr.. Rhyme has a lu-
crative position as an expert account
ant Mr.. f. Grant Pasour, Gasto-
MAS new postmaster, has received his
bond papers, and made his bond and
sent it in to Washington today. He
expects to receive his commission
promptly, and to take charge of the
postoffice on July first. He announces
the appointment of Mr.. Archie L. Jen-
kins as assistant postmaster. ..... The
board of county commissioners met at
Dallas Friday and let two bridge con-
| tracts as follows. Steel bridge over
Long creek between Bessemer City
and Cherryville to the York Bridge
company York, Pa, the contract price
being $3,775; concrete bridge over Maui
ney's branch on the same road to the
Carolina Concrete company of Green's
boro, the contract price being $1,O9S.
Both of these bridges are on the maca-
dam road now being built between
Bessemer City and Cherryville. -. The
series Of three games last Thursday,
Friday and Saturday went to Ruther-
| fordton by virtue of their winning the
last two games. The score Friday was
to 0, while on Saturday it was to
NJ. r. Goebel will give family reunion
at her home one and half miles east
of Pleasant Ridge in celebration of her
list birthday. All of her relatives are
| invited to be present, whether they
have received special personal invita-
| ton or not, and all friends and ac-
quaintances who wish to attend are in
vited to come and bring basket din
ners. Mrs. Goebel has ten children liv-
ing, the youngest of these being Mr..
| George Goebel of Gastonia, and large
number of grandchildren. .... Mr.. Nc
Kay of the Isothermal Traction COM
pany, appeared before the city council
at an informal session yesterday after
noon and presented a request from his
| company for franchise for a trolley
| line to enter Gastonia over West Air
Line avenue. The Isothermal Traction
company has been chartered to con-
struct a passenger and freight line
from Rutherfordton to Gastonia via
Shelby, Cherryville and Dallas. A corps
of surveyors has been engaged for
some time in making surveys of the
proposed route and at least one town,
Shelby, has granted franchise.
| Chester Lantern, June 21: The con-
| tract for the new school house on
Reedy street was let yesterday morn
ing by the board of trustees to Messrs.
j. c. Carpenter and j. w. Wylie for
| $10,650. The contract calls for the
completion by November Is. 1t will lie
two story building, six class rooms
and auditorium. The long talked of
movement of farmers from the north
west to Chester county has begun.
Mr. A S. Rogers of South Line, Mich.
attracted by the stories of the splendid
| farms of Messrs. S. ID. Cross and T. j.
| Cunningham near this city, has come
to Chester with a view of looking over
the field and ultimate purchase of a
| suitable farm and will move his family
to this county and become perma-
nent settler in such an event. Infor-
nation received this afternoon convey
ed the information that Mr.. a. s. Rod
ger had purchased farm through
Mr.. r. r. Hafner from the Chester
| Land and Investment company, and
will make Chester county his home.
| The farm is located east of the city.
... over $4,000 worth of cotton was
destroyed yesterday evening by a