Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-12

Roc Hill Herald, August g: on
Saturday afternoon, little Geneva. the
two and a half year old child of Mr.
and Mrs. 4. G. Hudson, died after a
short. illness. The little one had only
been sick since Wednesday night and
this sudden death was a great shock to
the parents, who have the sympathy
of every one. Funeral services were
conducted at the home Sunday after
noon at o'clock by Rev. 4. s. Rogers.
I .At the Fenncll infirmary on Sat-
urday night, Mr.. j. B. Blackmon, dled
after an illness of eight weeks oil tF-
phoid fever. Mr.. Blackmon's case pre-
sented some unusual features and in
hopes of saving his life. already de-
SPARED of, a very delicate operation
was performed. He recovered nicely
from this. but had an unaccountaDle
backset and passed away as above
noted. Mr.. Blackmon was a MEMBER
of the brotherhood of Railroad Tram
men. under whose auspices iuherai
services were conducted on Monday
While i'm New York recently on
business, DR.. D. B. Johnson, president
of Winthrop college and also president
Of the Southern Educational assocla-
tion, called upon Mayor Gaynor and in
behalf of the association, secured from
him a promise to deliver an ADDRESS
at the meeting of the S. f. A in Chat-
tanooga, Tenn, Dec. 27-29. The COM
ing convention promises to be one or
the most successful in the history OF
the association; special attention VIII
he given to the subject of teachlng
agriculture in the schools and there
will be a number of exhibits of the
work done, especially by the Boys
Corn clubs of the south. Several thou-
sand teachers and educators Will be IN
attendance. Rev. II. r. Mills and
several other parties will spend tomor-
row at the home of Mrs. S. j. Glenn
near Tirzah. The occasion will be
dining in honor of Rev. Marion Rogers
and wife of Beaufort. Mr.. Rogers IS
pastor of the Methodist church IN
Beaufort, which aside from being one
of our oldest towns, has connected with
il a bit of history not known to many.
In 1877 John Wesley preached a SER
mon in Beaufort, probably on the site
of the present church. During the
same year he preached in Savannah.
Ga. He was at that time chaplain to
Gen. Oglethorpe, Georgia's first. gov
ernor. and his brother. Charles Wes-
lev. was the generals private secre-
tary. At that time "Charlestown, as
it was then called, was not on the map
These were the only two sermons
preached by John Wesley in America.
Gastonia Gazette, August 9: Mr.
John Lindsay expects to go to Sharon
York county. this week where he VIII
spend a week with friends. .... Mr..
and Mrs. w. Y. Warren and children
returned home yesterday after spend
ing several days with the family OF
Mr. ]. w. Pursley, route one, Blowing
Green. .....A party of CASTOR county
fox hunters spent last week in Anson
county chasing Reynard-or rather en-
deavoring to strike a trail that would
result in a chase. They came back
Saturday after having been gone 81 ice
Monday morning, but they brought no
trophies of the chase with them. The
party was composed of Messrs. j. ID.
Morton, r. A. Falls, w. N. Davis, Jim
Falls, John Falls, Meek Crawford and
Jim Adams. They took with them
eighteen dogs The only animal caught
during the entire week was a wildcat.
which they left. The hunters say that
all the foxes have been hunted out OF
Anson during the past two years. Cow
ering the same territory two years ago
they caught seven foxes in week s
hunt. From their reports 1t would
seem that the good old foX-hunting
days in Anson are now but a memory.
ON Friday night a meeting was
held in the rooms of the Commercial
club attended by a large number OF
the business men of Gastonia for the
purpose of holding a conference with
General Manager L. T. Nichols OF the
Carolina and North Western Railway
company. The object of this confer
ence with Mr.. Nichols was to obtain
some definite information concerning
the proposed new shops so that there
might be a definite basis on which to
proceed in making a proposition to the
company. Mr.. Nichols cheerfully an
swered all inquiries and gave those
who were present much information
which will enable tho citizens of Gas
tona to formulate a proposition and
make an offer to the company which.
it is hoped and believed, will induce
them to locate the new shops hera.
Can't. X. 6. Finch and Mr.. George
L. Mckay of the Tsothermal Traction
company, were i'm town yesterday on
business connected with their road.
Capt. Finch returned to Charlotte on
the afternoon train: Mr.. Mckay Will
remain here for about a week. The
latter has been confined to his bed in
Rutherfordton for some time, but has
recovered from his I:;ness and is now
able to look regularly after his work.
When seen by the Gazette man yester-
day. Mr. Mckay stated that the survey
of the route from Gastonia to Ruther-
| fordton had been completed. 1t is
about seventy-siX miles long. The
corps Of surveyors will begin shortly
| the survey of the route from Ruther-
| forGton to Asheville, a distance Of some
| forty-SiX miles. A computation of The
cost of grading the roadbed from Gas
tonia to RutherfOrdtOn, just COM
pleted, shows that this work will cost
the company about $4,000 per mile,
| whereas it was roughly estimated be-
| fore the survey was completed that it
| would cost i'm the neighborhood of $10,-
| 600 per mile. While talking to his
| friends. Mr.. \. Kennedy and Mr.. Alon-
70 Rhyme. in front of Long Brothers