Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-08-29

the appetite. Mr.. Cooper Joined them
in most of the races which he enjoy
ed very much. One member of this
reunion said it was the best yet.
2S,3S4 bales of cotton were produced
in Chester county last year, count
ing each bale at five hundred pounds,
and since the average price paid last
year was 14.70 cents per pound. the
Chester county crop was equivalent
to $2,0S6.224. Last years crop was
considerably above the average for
the county, and these figures are in
teresting in view of the shortage of
this years crop. 1t is not believed
that the crop for this year in Chester
county will go over $4,000 bales.
Gastonia Gazette, August 25: Among
the ministers in attendance at the
Sabbath school and young peoples
convention at the A. r. p. church
this week is Rev. Watson Boyce, pas
tor of a prominent United Presby-
terian church near Pittsburg, Pa. He
Is kinsman Of Mr.. S. n. Boyce, of
Gastonia Mr.. Boyce has just re-
Gently returned from an extended Eu-
ropean trip. Following direct
ly the appointment of a receiver for
the Dallas Cotton Mills, as chronicled
in Tuesdays Gazette. Mr.. ]. r. Lewis
one of Dallas largest merchants, VOL
UNFAIRLY closed his place of business
Wednesday, This action was the re-
suit of heavy investments in stock of
the Dallas Cotton Mills and endorse
ment for that company and for other
individuals. .... "A call has been eX-
tended by the First Baptist church
Of Gastonia to Rev. w. c. Barrett. of
Durham, to the pastorate of this
church recently made vacant by the
acceptance by Rev. w. H. Reddish OF
pastorate at Wadesboro. AS yet Mr..
Barret has not given an answer. For
the past several years Mr.. Barrett has
been pastor of the Second Baptist
church at Durham but recently re-
signed. The Gastonia congregation
hopes that he will accept the call CIV
en- him. It. Mr.. Robert Motion, a
prosperous farmer living four miles
south of Gastonia on the Union road,
belongs the honor Of marketing Gas
tons first bale Of new crop cotton. II
was ginned for him Wednesday morn
ing by the Southern Cotton Oil COM
pany here and was sold to Messrs. D,
NJ Jones & Co., local brokers, for
l12s cents. It weighed $50 pounds.
80. Glover, S. c. Aug. 22.-On Fri
day of last week, August 18th, the
| children and grand children of Mr.
H. F. Forbes met at his home near
Crowders Creek and celebrated the
67th birthday of Mr.. Forbes. All the
children and grand children were
present except M. c. Forbes and fam
lily, of Granite Falls. There were
present also his two sisters, Miss
Elizabeth Forbes, of Atlanta, Ga.
and Mrs J. w. Ferguson, Of Clover
route two; also his brother. Mr.. D. ]
Forbes. Of Glover. route one, togeth-
er with a number of other friends
and relatives. The arrangements for
the occasion had been kept a secret
from Mr. Forbes and not until the
crowd began to assemble did he know
that his 9th birthday was to be such
a pleasant occasion. 1t had been
previously arranged that each one
should bring a well-f1lled basket, and
when the noon hour arrived a table
was constructed in the beautiful
lawn and dinner spread. where each
partook to his entire satisfaction
with an abundance left over. The
party numbered fifty-six. all Of whom
hoped that Mr.. Forbes would live to
be the central figure in many more
such occasions.