Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-07-12
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News and Comment About Things In
and Around the Country.

| Dunlap of Yorkville is the guest of
Mr.. ]. ]. Dunlap on r. F. D. No. H..
Miss Maud Gardner of Baltimore, for
merly of Yorkville, spent a few days
| last week with Mr.. and Mrs. w. b.
Wilson, Sr.. Mr.. w. l.. Law left
the city Wednesday night for Atlanta
where he has been appointed to a po-
sition with the Southeastern Tariff as
sociation. w Mr.. E r. Bell is resting
more comfortably, but there is no
marked improvement in his condition.
| AT the regular meeting of the city
council last night, with Acting Mayor
pro TEN j. f. Parker in the chair, the
prize fight pictures was the first mat
ter under discussion. Council went on
record as opposing their exhibition in
| this city, and an ordinance to that ef-
| feet was adopted. .... Mr.. L. ]. David
| son was notified of an accident which
had befallen his father, Mr.. +. d. Da-
wilson, who lives q few miles south of
Yorkville. While hitching up his horse
on Tuesday afternoon, the animal be-
came restive and kicked, the blow
striking Mr. Davidson on the face, in
hicting painful bruises and temporari-
ly closing up one eye. He received
prompt medical attention and is doing
very we'll at this time. His son, L. j.
Davidson, went over yesterday after
noon. Mr.. Alex Fewell has return
ed from a trip to Western North Caro-
lima where he purchased S65 head of
cattle for Messrs. T. l.. Johnston, j.
F. Reid, ]. T. Roddey, ]. G. Anderson.
w. W. Miller and himself. The cattle
will be shipped on the 10th of October
and it will take twelve solid cars to
bring them here. Some of these cat
tie were bought on a little mountain
that borders on three states, North
Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee.
Chester Lantern, July g.: 1t is en-
tirely possible that Chester will get
the union station as was wanted by the
majority of the citizens at first. The
old site of the Southern is condemned
and there seems TO be no place to
build it but up near the railroad
crossing and in that case the S. A. l..
would come in. ..... Mr.. j. X HAM
rick. who has been awarded the con-
tract for the erection of the Swift
mixing plant. begun work this morn
ing, first commencing on the cement
house. The building will be pushed
to completion as rapidly as possible.
49,. Jim Stevenson, colored, under
sentence for life for the murder Of
his wife, was taken to the pententiary
Ill Two hui No 1fxy
to begin his sentence. .... Before
adjourning court Tuesday evening
Judge Shipp issued an order releasing
Lethia Hcmphill on her own lecpS-
niZance and reducing the bail In the
case of George McCrorey and Henry
johnson 10 $500 EACH. Pro-
tracted services will begin at the
Lowryville Baptist church on the
morning Of the fourth Sunday In July. |
The meetings will be in charge of the
pastor, Rev. S. r. Brock, who will be
assisted by the Rev. ]. S. Snyder of
the Chester Baptist church. The |
meetings will continue for eight or
ten days, and services will be held
each morning and night during the
time. A vigorous kick against !
the tardiness which the Chester Pow |
er company displays in turning their |
lights on Sunday afternoons and a
warning that unless better services
were given the public that their fran |
chise stood in danger Of being revoked, |
featured the regular monthly meeting |
Of the city council yesterday after
noon. A resolution was introduced by |
Alderman NJ S. Lewis instructing the |
city clerk to write to the officials of
the Chester Power company demand
ing that the lights be turned on ear |
lier Sunday afternoon and that better |
service must be given the citizens or |
their franchise might be revoked was
unanimously passed by the council |
just before adjourning.
Gastonia Gazette, July 8: A three
months-old child of Mr.. and Mrs. R. |
B. Millen died at o'clock Monday |
morning at their home in East Gas
tonia and was buried Tuesday morning |
at Shiloh cemetery. ...... Mrs. E. w.
PRESLEY and Mrs. Linden Smith of
Clover were among Tuesdays visitors
in Gastonia.. .....Mr. ]. M. Craig of |
Yorkville, route eight, was a business
visitor in Gastonia Wednesday. ......
The following named young men
from Glover composed a fishing party |
to Wright's Ferry last week: Messrs. |
%. A. Neal, G.. II. Williamson. B. c. |
Jackson and c. T. Ford. The party |
spent four days of pleasure, amusing |
themselves with boat riding, hunting |
and fishing and succeeded in catching |
forty-five pounds of fish. This prop !
erty is the summer resort Of Mr. H. |
L. Wright. ... Miss Marie Terrence
will leave Monday to attend a house
party at Piedmont Springs. There will |
be fifteen in the party, consisting of
both hnN.S an1 pirlS tho most nf them |
being from Spartanburg and Gaffney. |
The chaperones are Mr.. and Mrs. H. |
D. Wheat and Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd |
Hames of Gaffney.. Messrs. Ed
Adams, Ross Clinton, Thad Clinton, |
Mason Stevenson and Robert Cur
renee attended the funeral of the late
Mr.. John ]. Smith at Glover Sunday |
afternoon. A large cOncOurse of peO-
pie were present to pay last tribute |
to the memory of this excellent citizen. |
Gaffney Ledger, July 8: Cotton sold
on the local market yesterday at Is
cents. The offerings for the past few
days have been very good and a large
number of bales have passed from the
grower to the mills. Mayor j. Q. |
Little advised a reporter of The Ledg |
er yesterday afternoon that the city |
exhibition of the Jeffries- Johnson
prize fight pictures in this city. The
executive committee of the Gaffney
Creamery association, consisting of
MesSrs b. G.. Clary. T. c. Petty J. B.
Petit, Il. w. Williamson and T. L.
Robbs met yesterday morning and Sc
lected the site for the creamery. The
site is on the corner of East Frederick
and Hill streets. The building will be
34x5S feet. Mr.. Ben Wildman. who
is an expert builder of creameries is
now in the city and will go to work
on the structure at once. The plant
is to cost $3.50 and it is hoped to have
it completed and ready for operation
in sixty days. .Coron Randall,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Matt Randall,
died at the home of his parents in this
city on Wednesday morning about 3
lO'ClOck. COrOn was about twelve
years old and as bright and gentle
manly a young fellow as one generally
meets with. He was somewhat of
an athlete and had a habit OF walking
on his hands. While engaged in this
paSt-time some two weeks ago he
sprained one of his arms. The arm
SWelled considerably and had finally