Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-13

| to spare. He was here last Wednes-
| dav and while in the city paid the
Lantern office a visit. IL" is now -
wears old, having Just passed his l4tf
birthday when he started out on his
Ions walk. During the time he nus
been out he has covered about 4NO.OOr
miles. Has been in every state III tht
| Union and in every capital city III the
United States. as well as every capl-
tal CITY i'm the world. He has walked
twice around the world and has learn
ed To speak twcntY-SiN different IAN
| uuagcs Rath is Il middl" sized man
! and travels altogether by foot except
| when he has To cross water then. "l
course. hc takes ship. Mayor liar-
| din and the citizens committee nave
received notice from Chairman Earl"
nf tn" railroad commission, that IN,
commission would he in this city on
the 2Oth instant To hear arguments on
the location of the proposed station
which the commission has ordered tc
he erected somewhere near tn" present
| Southern station for the Southern, the
G. &. NV. and the l.. &. G. Tho
hearing will lie held on Tuesday. Sept
| 26th, at 10 o'clock a. m., in the opera
house. Representatives of the citizens
of the council, and of the three rail-
roads in question will he present on
| that day. 1t is distinctly stated in the
| notice that this is not matter ol re-
| oDening the union depot question. hut
| simplv to hear arguments on the loca-
tion of the proposed depot for the
three roads. 1t will be recalled that
the proposed location submitted 10y the
| ra ailroads was rejected by city cOun-
| ell as reported in the Lantern few
DAYS ago. All of the citizens are now
a unit in wanting to get nice sta
| tiou for the three roads and ii is he
licvcd this can he done. The matter
of a new station for the s. 4. l.. has
not been mentioned, but will possl-
| bly, come up later.
Gastonia Gazette, September 9:
Miss BESSIE Adams of Glover. was the
guest yesterday of Mrs. ID. +. McCnn-
nell. . Miss Pearl Cloninger, aged
nearly 30 years. died Tuesday after
noon at SIS o'clock at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Perry b. Clon-
niger. at the Loray mill. Death fol-
| lowed an illness of several months
with consumption. The deceased was
| a native of York county, =. c., and had
lived in GaStonia several years. Fu-
neral services were held at the hom"
Wednesday afternoon at $50 O'Clock,
by Rev. l.. J. Penley. and the remains
were Inferred at Shiloh cemetery. ....
party Of hunters composed of
| Messrs. w. n. Davis, J. T.. Falls, Jno.
w. Falls, Howard Falls, Willis Wilson.
Warren Neal and w. &. Ahernathy,
left Gastonia Monday for Hamlet on
fox hunt. They expect to be away
for two weeks or more. Word from
them Yesterday was to the effect that
so far they have caught seven foxes.
If this record can he maintained regu-
larly their friends do not expect them
hack before Christmas. .... Castor
county superior court conV"neS al
Dallas next Monday for the September
term, Judge r. +. Long, of Statesville,
presiding. The first days will he de-
voted To the criminal docket which
consists at present of ia cases. though
quite a number will probably he added
to this by the time court conVenes.
Most of them are of a minor import =
ancc. on the docket are two murder
cases. one the state against ID. :. Rey-
nolds of Chcrryville, for killing Am
hrose Pruitt: the other the state
against Cleveland Jones, young ne
gro. for the killing of his brother, Lc-
roy Jones. .... .Begonia defeated Clo-
yer at baseball on the Glover diamond
Wednesday afternoon by a score of 2
to |. Begonia made two runs, five hits
and two errors. Glover made one run
two hits and two errors. The feature
of the game was Johnston's pitching
for BegOnia. Batteries: Begonia-
Johnson and Johnson; Clover-Allcn
and Ford. Umpirc-POrter.. Miss
Nellie Honeycutt died Tuesday after
noon at 1.50 o'clock at the home of her
father. Mr.. G. +. Honeycutt, at the
Trenton mill. The deceased was about
20 years Of age. The body was taken
on train No. &c to Concord Wednes-
day for burial. .... AT the home OF
her granddaughter, Mrs. ID. c. Best,
near Bessemer, Mrs. Rchecca Eme-
line Best died last Saturday morning
at 80 o'clock. aged 1A years and
four days. Death was due To infirmi-
ties incident to old age. Deceased was
born and reared in the same neighhor-
hood in which she died. Prior to her
marriage to the late \. Jackson Best.
who died some seventeen years ago.
she was a Miss Gamble. For the past
five years she had made her hom" with
Mrs y. G. Best. She is survived by
three children. viz: Mrs. Lucinda Fra
ley. Mrs. Matte Thornhurg and Mrs.
Eliza J. Thornhurg. .... MIR. w. Y.
Warren this morning received telc-
cram from Mr. Sam Lawrence Of Mid
dleseX, y. c., stating that Richard
GattiS. the 15-year- son Of Mr.. w.
II. Gattis of Gastonia. met death there
by drowning yesterday. tn" body
will he brought to GastOnia for burial,
reaching here on No. II at 5.25 this al
tcrnnnn. No particulars as To tn" sad
event were given. Young GattiS went
to MiddlcseX a week ago To visit Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence. his sister and
brother -in-law. He was i'm GaStonia
en- route from Ynrkvlle there. His
father. who has been living in Atlanta
with a daughter for the past several
months. is in GaStOnia. He has been
here and at Bcsscmer City for the past
month with relatives and friends. His
many friends here sympathiZc deeply
with him i'm his distress. ON the ar
rival of No. II this afternoon the body
will lac taken Immediately To Oakwood
cemetery where 4 short funeral ser
vice will hc conducted hy Rev. r. c.
Anderson. pastor of the First Pr"Sby-
tcran church. following which il will
lac inferred i'm the family plot. 49,. Mr..
r. T.. Darlington returned to GaStonla
Wednesday from Ruthcrfordton where
he attended meeting of the board OF
directors of the ISuthermal Traction
company. Mr. Bahingtnn was elected
member of the board of directors.
other members from this county are
Mr.. T.. Lee Wilson of Dallas. and Mr..
NJ. l.. Mauney. cashier of the First
National Bank "f Ch"rryVillc. who was
elected treasurer to succeed Mr. j. +.
Black. resigned Two propositions
were presented tn the board 10y SYM
dicat"S which are ready and willing
To finance the system i'm its "ntircy up
to the sum of 81 800. 900. which amount,
il is estimated. will cover the entire
cost of building the line. One prop
oSitinn was from on" of the largest
banking institutions in New York city
and the other was from Il wcll-kmown
| French syndicate. \ committee was
appointed tn talk" the propositions un-
| der adviS"m"nt. The chief engineer
reported his cStimat" of cost of grad
| ing the road at $4,000 n mile.
Origin of the Hobble Skirt.
Now all tn" daughters of Ev" who
wear h"hhlc skirt. and their numbers
may Ice "au""d 10y any "n" VIII" oh