Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-10
LOCAL lACONlCS.
aurAl,uood and Ebenezer.

Memorial day exercises were held at
Laurelwood cemetery, Rock Hill, this
morning and are being observed at
Ebenezer this afternoon.
Carrier For FiIbert r. r. D. No. 1.
Mr.. w. Mason Clark, was notified
last Friday of mis- appointment as car
rier on Fibert r. F. D. No. /. There
were eighteen applicants for the posi-
| tion.
Death of I. A. Popiin.
Mr.. l. A. Poplin died at his home
near Filbert last Sunday afternoon at
2 o'clock, Of paralysis, after an illness
of about two weeks. He was 81 years
of age, and is survived by widow and
two children. The funeral took place
at Beersheba yesterday, and was con-
Quoted by Rev. H. J. Mills.
Death of r. A. McCorkle.
Rock Hill Record: Mr.. r. A. Nc
Corkle, one of the oldest citizens of the
Roddey section Of this county, died at
his home near Roddeys station Friday
night. Mr.. McCorkle was IS years Of
age and leaves a wife and four sons,
his wife being an invalid, having had
a stroke Of paralysis about four
years ago. His sons are Messrs. w.
A. and Murphy, of this city, and Banks
and Beasley McCorkle of Roddey's.
His remains were inferred yesterday
at the Hopewell cemetery. near Less
lies
Sent Up For vagrancy.
The first prosecution for vagrancy
since the recent comprehensive charge
of Judge DeVore to the York county
grand jury was instituted at Hickory
Grove last week, on an affidavit by JEFF
d. Whitesides, before Magistrate r. l..
A. Smith, against Charlie Caldwell, COL
ored. Caldwell had been hanging
around the neighborhood for some time
without visible means Of support, and
upon trial and conviction last Satur-
day, was sentenced by the magistrate
to go to the chaingang for thirty days.
Caldwell Is a ginger cake cOlored ne
gro, about 60 years Of age, and claims
to be from Charlotte, N. c.
Ninety Nine Island Development.
Charlotte Observer, Monday: DR.. w.
Gill Wylie of New York, and Mr.. w. 5.
Lee, Jr., of Charlotte, vice presidents OF
the Southern Power company. went
down to Ninety-Nine Islands, S. c..
yesterday to make final inspection or
the magnificent property there before
ga,., ,hna
mammoth power station are set ago
ing for the first time tomorrow. The
dam at Ninety-Nine Islands, four miles
from Gaffney, on the Broad river, Is
one of the longest and largest in the
south. 1t was built on contract, the
first of the power stations to be so
erected by the Southern Power compa-
ny, and was completed in fine shape
The station will generate $4,000 horse
power of electricity, which by reason
of its location with reference to the
other powers and the transmission field
is very valuable. DR.. Wylie and Mr..
Lee returned to the city last night.
Death of Mrs. j. N. Isom.
Rock Hill Record: The remains of
Mrs. Isom, wife of Rev. J. n. Isom
of the South Carolina Methodist con-
ference, who is now stationed at
NIIteHNllle -. -, anu WHO ulcu al
that place last Saturday were
brought to this city Sunday afternoon
at 5.35 and buried i'm Laurelwood GEM
etery. after funeral services conduct
ed at st. Johns NJ. +. church at IL
O'Clock Monday morning. The funeral
was to have been held Sunday after
noon at o'clock. but on account of
a mishap of some kind on the South
ern between Cireenville and Blacks
burg it was impossible to reach this
place until yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. IsOm was born and rear
ed I'm this county. about five miles
south of this city i'm the Ogden sec
ton, and was before her marriage
Miss Caroline Kidd. daughter of the
late II. Kidd. of that section. She
leaves beside her husband and sever
al children the following sisters and
brother. MeGdames j. A. Garrison.
of ogden; J. T. IsOm, w. S. Nichol-
son and Dave Rawls of this city.
and Messrs. j. II. and Ike Kidd, of
Ogden.