Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-07
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Notes and Comments About Matters
of Local Interest.

| Jordan, prominent citizen of Fort
Lawn, died Saturday night. He was in
his 62nd year. and was never married.
For many years he was successfully
engaged in the mercantile business at
Fort Lawn. He was a consistent
member of the Baptist church. The
burial was at Fort Lawn Sunday af-
ternoon, the Rev. j. H. Marlborough
conducting the funeral services. .....
The Rev. w. S. Patterson, the new
pastor of the Lancaster A. R. P.
church, arrived here Saturday and
filled his appointment to preach Sun
day morning, making a most favorable
impression on his congregation. 80. The
water courses throughout the coun-
try are reported to be lower than they
have been in many years. In many
instances branches, springs and even
wells are now practically dry. The
spring on the place in the Dry Creek
section where Mr.. w. T. Vanlanding-
ham was born and reared, which was
never known to "go dry" before, is as
dry now as a dusty road. :. Mr.. Man
ly Gregory, son of the late Samuel
Gregory, and Miss Cora Small, daugh-
ter of Mr.. T. r. Small, were married
last Thursday evening.
Rock Hill Herald, July 4: The many
friends of Mr.. L. c. Harrison Of Char
lotte, will regret to learn that he Is
suffering from an attack of typhoid at
his home in that city. He Is receiving
the new serum treatment, however, and
it is hoped that he will have speedy
recovery. =. The city carriers window
was closed at the postoff1ce Sunday for
the first time since the city delivery
system was installed here. The clos
ing of this window was occasioned by
the patrons Of the window signing
petition asking the postoff1ce depart
ment to close the window. Postmaster
Poag informs the Herald that he has
received forty eight additional post
office boxes which will be installed this
week. Evangelist w. w. Smith Is
conducting services each night in his
tent on the corner of Peachtree and
Laurel streets. He is said to be very
forceful preacher. The public is invit-
ed to attend all services. .... Today,
at the First Baptist church, a meeting
of the pastors of the York County as
ISOLATION was held. The members pres
ent were: Revs. J. w. Thomasson of
Ebenezer, S. P. Hair Of Fort Mill, w.
E. Lowe of Glover, F. M. Satterwhite
of Yorkville, S. R. Brook and w. j.
Nelson of Rock Hill. 49,. The Carolina
hotel is to be remodelled and when the
tedious task is completed it will be
among the handsomest hotels in the
state. The entire front of the whole
building which includes the front Of
the Roddey-Poe Mercantile company's
store, is to be torn away and a new
pressed brick front with granite trim
mings will soon ornament Main street.
Massive stone columns will be placed
in front of the hotel and 1t is to be
completed before fall. The office Of
the hotel is to be changed also and the
alleyway between the hotel and Rat
terree building will be utilized. The
new office will have tile floor and the
wainscoting will be of marble. The
entire building will be steam heated
and connected for sewerage. An
other new feature to the hotel will be
a barber shop which will be located on
the first floor. Hook & Rogers Of
Charlotte are the architects and they
will let the contract for the improve
ments Saturday week. 1t is stated
that the improvements will cost about
$4,000.
Gaffney Ledger, July q: Judge Of
Probate Kirby issued the first mar
riage license for Cherokee county on
Saturday evening at Z o'clock. The
license was issued to two colored peo-
pie, Ernest Sanders of Kings Creek
and Cleo Bryson of Grover. .... On
June 9th quite a pretty wedding took
place at the home of Mr.. Jerry Black
we'll when Miss Julia Blackwell and
Mr.. w. R. Taylor were united in the
holy bonds of matrimony. The young
people were both from Caroleen, N. c.
Magistrate ]. A. Scruggs officiated at
the ceremony in his usual happy style.
The Ledger readers will wish for the
young couple a long life and much
happiness. .... AT a meeting of the
school trustees held in this city Fri
day night the resignation of w. ].
Francis, as superintendent of public
schools for the ensuing year was ac-
cepted. Prof. Francis has been su-
perintendent of the schools here for
the last two sessions and his many
friends will regret to learn that he
will leave. He will go to Boiling
Springs, N. c., where he will be con-
nected with the Boiling Springs High
school The trustees also elected Miss
Roden of Georgia, as one of the teach
ers for the first grade. Her acceptance
has already been received. AS yet no
definite steps have been taken in re-
gard to securing another superinten-
dent. =. An accident which came very
near resulting fatally for Mrs. Fred
Turner, occurred Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Turner had taken Mrs. Kirby to
drive and had just stopped at the
home of Mrs. Hawkins on Limestone
street to let her out when an automo-
bile, driven by Mr.. J. G. Dover of
Blacksburg, ran into the buggy, al
most completely demolishng it, An
eyewitness of the occurrence, speak
ing to a Ledger reporter yesterday
stated that Mrs. Turner's buggy was
pulled far to one side of the street, up
against the curb in fact and that plen-
ty of room was left for the machine
to get by. The machine was travelling
at rather rapid rate and the shock
was considerable when the vehicle was
struck. So far as could be learned
yesterday no adjustment had been
made and it was impossible to learn
Just what steps Mrs. Turner intends
ta king Investigation Yesterday at the