Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-05

Mr.. John HOviS died at his home
near Hickory Grove Baptist church last
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. aged
about &c years. Mr.. Hovis has been in
i'll health for several months and his
death was not unexpected. He was a
Confederate veteran and a member of
Hickory Grove Baptist church, and is
survived by two sons, AMI and James,
and two daughters, Mrs Mosely and
Miss Caroline Hovis. Funeral services
were conducted by Rev. Mr.. Mcclure
of McAdenville, Friday afternoon at
o'clock, and the remains were laid to
rest i'm the Hickory Grove cemetery
..... Between 1.5OO and 1000 people
gathered Friday at Union church. six
miles south of Gastonia, to attend the
picnic given by Eureka Local No. 167
of the Farmers Union. Persons who
have attended every picnic at this
place for the past number of years de-
clared the crowd was as large as that
of two years ago, which was the larg-
est ever seen at Union on picnic oc-
cason. To look at the vehicles and
horses and mules that were grouped
in scores over several acres of ground
one would almost have been ready to
believe that half of CASTOR county was
on hand to enjoy the hospitality of the
good people of the Union section. n......
THE devil of procrastinatiOn is an
easy boss but he pays low wages"
someone has said. Another: The
bee that gets the honey doesn't hang
around the hive" Again: DO it now."
Gastonia has an opportunity to get the
railroad shops of the q. & NV. 1t
won't be open long. Today is the
time to act 49,. Responding to a call
which was issued two or three weeks
previous, quite number of the largest
landowners living on Crowders Creek
between Bakers mill and Riddles mill
met at Pleasant Ridge Saturday afterS
noon at 9 o'clock to discuss the practi-
cability of dredging this stream and
Strengthening the channel in places. A
majority of the land affected was rep
resented at the meeting in the persons
of the following farmers and land
owners ]. f. Falls, w. S. Grissom,
S. A. Lewis, G. w. Falls, w. A. Falls,
Sam Bradley, H. f. Forbes, d. M.
Walker, f. w. Carson, r. A. Caldwell,
w. M. Crawford, RoZelle Stroup, w.
d. Anthony, w. N. Davis, James
Adams, ]. A. Crawford, r. A. Falls, d.
d. Grier, Ed Crawford, Oscar Torrencc.
An organization was effected, to be
known as the CrOwder's Creek Dredg-
ing association, and the following off,
GERS were chosen: President, w. A.
Falls: vice-president, H. F. Forbes;
secretary, Sam Bradley. These, to-
gether with the other men mentioned
above, were enrolled as members. 1t
is the expectation of the association to
enroll as members every landowner on
this creek between the two mills men,
toned. The distance covered is about
twelve miles. A number of the gentle
men present made short talks, the OBJ
ject of the meeting being to obtain as
much information as possible relative
to the amount of land affected, the dis
tance, possible cost of dredging, what
has been accomplished in other coun-
ties where dredging has been done or
is now in process. Following a free
discussion, participat in by practi-
cally all present, a motion was made
and carried To the effect that the chair
man appoint a committee OF six, the
chairman and secretary included, to go
the second week in August to Lincoln
and Catawba counties and make a
thorough investigation of the dredging
of Clark's creek and any other streams
that are being worked on in that ter
ritory with a view to obtaining definite
information as to just how the land
owners proceeded, what the cost is per
acre, how long the work requires and
any other facts that might prove val
liable to the association here. 1t was
also suggested that every member who
could possibly do so accompany this
committee on this trip.
Gaffney Ledger, August 2: Mr.. Geo.
Brown of Yorkville, spent Sunday in
the city with his father, Mr.. J. T.
Brown on East Frederick street. .....
why is it that nearly everybody who
attends church likes to sit i'm the end
of seat and hold on to it like grim
death and every person who gets a
berth in that pew must stumble over
them?" Well, we confes we do that
sort of a thing. 1t is to get out quickly
i'm case of fire-we sinners are quite
strongly reminded of fire, flames and
birthstone that is pursuing us, and we
to come. We want to be in position to
make a quick get-a-w The w.
O. w. picnisc at COrnth, Friday, was a
decided success. if one may be permit
ted to judge from attendance and in
terest shown. Excellent speeches were
made by Messrs. Slaughter, Speer,
Butler, Henry ana Dobson. The oc-
casion was the dedication of the hall
of Chestnut Oak Camp, w. O. W.....
Last Wednesday night some miscr"ant
threw a large stone into the tent Of
the James Adams show while a per-
formance was going on. The rock
struck George BerZelle, a brickmasOn
of this city, in the head, cutting the
scalp and causing quite a painful
wound. Mr.. BcrZelle was sitting high
up i'm the tent and the rock came
through the edges. Medical assistance
was summoned and several stitches
were taken in his head. The police
got busy at once and three young
white men, Clem Lell and two named
Cody, We're arrested and locked in the
city Jail. The crime has not yet been
positively placed on them and it is
probable that more arrests will follow.
The police feel sure that they will cap
ture the right man. Mrs. II. Cling
man Wood died at her home in this