Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-07-29

number ot Srandchlldren.
Lancaster News, July 27: Mr.. and
Mrs. Waddy r. Thomson of Fort Mill.
spent Sunday here with their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Thomson. making
| the trip in their automobile. Mrs.
r. S. Riddle and children, of Oklaho-
ma, who were summoned here recently
on account of the fatal illness of Mrs.
Riddles mother Mrs. NJ. J. Long, left
SUNDAY afternoon for their distant
home. They were accompanied by Mrs.
Riddles father Rev. J. NJ. Long, who
| will spend while i'm oklahoma. .....
, We are panied to learn that the illness
of Mrs. w. n. Ashe neCessitated her
removal to the hospital in Rock Hill.
Let us hope that she will soon be het-
| ter and in good health again. Rev.
| Mr.. YoungbloOd began a prOtracted
| meeting at Bclair church on last sun
| day night. May he have a glorious
meeting and help many to try to live
better and more uprightly. ....... Mrs.
Dora Powers. wife of Mr.. Ed Powers,
died Friday at their home I'm the east
ern portion of the county. She had
been in failing health for some time.
| She was daughter of Mr.. Il. +. Halle.
and was about 20 years of age. She
was an estimable lady. consistent
| member of Union Baptist church. and
| leaves q large circle of relatives and
| friends to lament her untimely death.
She is survived by her husband and
two children, her father and one broth
er, Mr.. Davis Halle. Mrs. Pearl
| Stogner, widow of the late Hampton
Stogner, daughter of Mr.. l.. l.. Black
mOn was married on the 18th instant
to Mr.. William Seegers of Mt. Pisgah.
| Chesterfield county. The ceremony
| was performed at the brides home in
the New Cut section, the Rev. f. O.
Thompson of jefferson officiating.
Chester Lantern, July 26: Lancaster,
| York, Union and Fairfield all have Spe-
cial taxes for good roads and will
Chester be satisfied to remain behind
| the procession. E. Mr.. and Mrs. Phil
| lip Adelsheimer and daughter, little
! Miss Mary Ellen. spent from Saturday
morning until Sunday. evening with
relatives in Yorkville. :. The Yorkvile
Enquirer and the Columbia State are
| having great time arguing the ques-
tion. "Prohihition VS.. Local Option"
We would contribute to the discussion,
| were il not for the fact of the hot
| weather and the local fight over the
road law. The roads need working,
but liquor doesn't for it will take care
| of itself. on with the discussion. hreth-
| rem. Mr.. w. S. Taylor for the past
eleven years chief of police of the city
| of Chester. has rendered his resigna-
| tion to Mayor Hardin To take effect
August 1st. He will go to Columbia
where he has purchased half interest
in the High Point Detective agency.
..... Mr.. a: X. Young of the Wood
| ward section states that he backed n
man out on a bet that he had an acre
of corn that would make 100 bushels
without any fertilizer or any manure
on the land at all. Mr.. Young also
says that his whole crop is very good.
| 1900. The residence of Mr.. +. l.. Glib
| son, near RoSsville, was destroyed by
| fire on Friday. mir. Gibson himself was
absent and the efforts of the family
| failed to save the home and ii was
burned down, part. however, of the
household goods were saved. DR.. j.
Wilson Mcconnell of Davidson. n. c..
is spending a few days with his father,
Mr.. J. d. Mcconnell, who has been
very sick the past week. .... Mr.. Hen
ry Hardin, son of the late Frank Har-
din, died Saturday morning at his
home in the Armenia neighhorhood, in
| the 5G,h year of his age. The funeral
services took place on Sunday MORN
ing and the remains were laid to rest
in the cemetery at Capers Chapel. He
is survived by his mother, Mrs. Eliza
beth Hardin, and three sisters. Mrs ].
G. Simpson. Mrs. John Wesley Wilkes
and Miss Mary Jane Hardin. He was
unmarried. .... Everything is in read
mess for the opening of the county
campaign meeting at Armenia tomOr-
row morning. The time for the filing
of pledges closed yesterday at noon
and the candidates for nomination
for the various offices are now ready to
face the people at Armenia tomorrow
and present their various qualifications
for the office for which they are seek
ing. And from all reports there will lie
a record breaking crowd at Armenia
when the meeting is called to order to-
morrow morning. 1t is estimated that
between 5000 and 1000 people will be
on hand, for this is always the greatest
of all the picnics in point of attend
ance. From all parts of Chester county
the people will be on hand and many
from York county will swell the at
tendance. The speaking will open at
1890 o'clock. Mr. Walter Simpson will
preside When the books closed at noon
today, the following candidates had
filed their pledges: For senator, =. l..
Hardin; for the house, A. G. Brice, j.
l.. Nunnery, S. II. McKeown, S. A. Rod
man and c. S. Ford; for auditor. |.
Med. Hood, w. II. Simpson, c. +. Dar
by A. c. Fischel. r. T. Lucas; for
treasurer, :. L. Wylie and w. w.
Stokes; for county commissioners. J.
Nj. MCCARTHY, l.. T. Grant. w. q.
Brown and r. f. Dye; for judge of
probate. J. II. Mcdaniel.
Fort Mill Times, July 27: From the
frequent expeditions of seining parties
To the streams in this section, ii is evil
dent that there are many persons in
York county who are either ignorant of
the game fish law or knowingly violate
the provisions of the law. .... Twenty
five years ago Hugh Moore was a well
known farmer of this section. one day
he dropped out of sight and for long
time his family thought him dead, but
he was very much alive and was max
ing considerable headway in a new
home he had established in the west.
Saturday he paid his first visit to this
section since he suddenly left here a
quarter of a century ago. Mr. Moore is
now living in GreenVille county.
Governor AnSrl will he asked to pardon
Charley White, the Fort Mill negro who
was recently convicted of killing VIII
Tillmali, another negro, and given two
years on the chaingang. petition
praying the governor to pardon White
was circulated for signatures in Fort
Mill Saturday morning. The Rev.
w. \. Hafncr, pastor of the PreShyte-
rian church returned tO Fort Mill Mon
day evening, after an absence of sev-
been assisting al ,ri"S of special
services in the Presbyterian church.
..... No more delightful or interesting
place could have been selected by the
local Daughters of the American Rev
olutinn for their picnic last Friday than
the Churchyard of old WaXhaw Pres
hytcrian church. in Lancaster county,
some 20-odd miles southeast of Fort
Mill. TIL" grounds are ideal for such
an excursion, the sober and inviting
shade of the old waterOakS seeming to
prepare the mind for the solemn con-
temptation of the lives and services Ia
their country of the Continental sol
dicrS whose graves are in the church.
yard hardly, for. be it known, ii was
tn" purpose of the daughters in visiting
this old and historic meeting house and
its cemetery to speculate on the
wrecks of splendid mortality" that Ii"
buried in this magazine for the final
reception of mankind rather than to
enjoy the delights of social occasion.
...... Governor AnScl has issued a r"
QUESTION on Governor kitChin of North
Carolina. for the return t. this state of