Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-09
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FROM NEIGHBoRING EXCHANGES
News and Comment About Things In
and Around the Country.

many friends in this section of Mr.. J.
f.. Ferguson of Stanford. Texas. will
regret to learn of the death of his
mother. which occurred on August II.
Soon the negro cooks will he lcaN-
ing the kitchens for the cotton fields.
The annual migration will begin in
about three weeks. .....A 2-N"ar-old
child of Mr.. and Mrs. :. G. Waldr"p
of the Loray, died yesterday morning
and was buried this morning in the
Loray cemetery. funeral services being
conducted at the Loray Baptist church
at 10 o'clock by Pastor Robinson. ....
There were at least thirty visiting ru-
raj mail carriers i'm GaStunia yeStcr-
day. They were royalty entertained
10y the home carriers. They were
shown over town and all expressed
highest praise for our town. They
were greatly pleased with it and some
of them were surprised at th" cvi-
dences of progress they saw. We've
got a good town; let's push it along.
There were at least five men at
Saturdays picnic i'm the Hanna grove
here who thoroughly enjoyed the day,
or rather they perhaps enjoyed it more
than the average picnicker and for a
very good reason. They were Castor
countians who were back on their ma
tive heath after many years absence.
That they derived great pleasure from
meeting and talking with friends
whom they had not seen for these
many years was apparent. The Ga
Zette man enjoyed meeting and talk
ing with some of them. The gentle
men i'm question were Mr.. George Fer
guson. aged 81. Of Hilsh"ro, Texas;
Mr.. J. NJ. McNair, of Little Rock Ark;
Mr.. w. Rhett Johnson, of Jacksonville,
Ark; Mr.. r. w. Love, of Stratiord
Okla: and Mr.. J. \. Y. Love, OF chi
Gotta, Texas. Mrs. Willie Lewis Kerr,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Myers
of GaStonia, and wife of Mr.. y. Ianc"y
Kerr. editor of the CaSwcll Democrat,
died Saturday at her home in Yanccy-
three months. With her at the time
of her death were her father and moth
er and sister. Mrs. S. s. Pittman. all
of GastOnia. Mr.. Myers and Mrs. Pitt
man were in Baltimore buying fall
goods when notified Of hcl critical i'll
ness and reached her bedside before
death came Mrs. Myers went from
here last Tuesday. The deceased was
% years old and n woman of most lev
able character. She Joined the B'ip-
tist church at the age of S-ycars and
has lived as a loyal and consistent
Christian. Notwithstanding the fact
that the temperature was high and
that many farmers, deprived last week
of an opportunity to pull fodder be-
cause of the continuous rains, were
forced to remain on their farms to look
after that important feature u their
crop gathering, the crowd Whlch as
scmbled i'm the Hanna grove yesterday
morning to participate in the joint an
nual celebration and picnic of the Gas
ton County Rural Letter Carriers as
sociation and the Castor County FAR
mers Union was a representative one
There were people from every nook
and corner of the county. The spot
chosen for the picnic was an ideal one,
there being plenty of shade, an @"uhd-
ance of water for people and Stock and
Il; !, in IN ,.nII1l
desired. The committees having the
matter in charge left nothing und"nr
to make the day a pleasant and proilt-
able one for all and the general Ner-
dict was that they succeeded admir-
ably.
Chester Lantern, September 6: The
first cotton bale of this season was
bought here Saturday by S. NJ. Jones
& Co. 1t weighed 41O pounds, graded
as middling. and sold for IA 1-2 cents.
It was raised on :. NJ. Jones & Cos
Henry place of which Mr.. T. l.. Grant
is manager. The first bale last year
was raised by these same parties but
was sold on Aug. 22nd, several days
earlier than this season. ..... .John
Mills, colorcd, yesterday sold bal"
of new cotton to JOS. Wylie Il co.
The bale weighed AS pounds, was
graded middling and brought 13 IL
cents a pound. Mills is a One-armed
Culurcd farmer ON Chester K. i. ID. :.
who owns his own land and is good
huStling fellow. shown by the fact that
the second bale of the season came
from his farm. Last season JOS. Wylle
d Co. bought their first bale from TINS
same negro on Sept. |. 1t WelShed
4GS pounds and sold for l. Ia cents.
.. Possibly | am the only man IN
this county who was Schoolmate OF
{. G. FcathcrStouc. | knew him in
timately in bOyhOOd days and have
watched his career with keen interest
down through the years. l never
knew him to be guilty of a dishon-
orable acton the contrary his In
iluence has always been on the side
of good and | can say that G G. Feath-
erStOnc, through the channel of his
church and on the platform has SOWn
the good seed" that has already
blessed and will continue to bless his
fclluwmcn throughout the coming
years He is Il clean and capable man
and will reflect credit on himself and
on his state if elected In the high
office of governor. | would like to ap-
peal to my friends i'm Chester county
To give my friend and sChoolmatc. G..
{. FeatherStOme, Il great landslide on
next Tuesday. Very sinccrly, w. ID.
Bcwlcy.
Lancaster News, September 7: As
heretofore published in these columns.
the act passed at the last session of the
legislature requiring all hotels in the
state. over 2-t"rics high, t" he equip