Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-10-03
aAistellaneuas 8eaaius.
WITH NEIGHeoRINe EXCHANGES.
Notes and Comments About Matters
of Local Interest.

Quently nelu COloilei JoNii W. 4"ON'~.
! was unanimously reelected com
mander-in-chief. The selection o
next years place of meeting was lef
to a committee. which will report la
ter. The programme for the Colum
bia meeting as previously published il
the News was carried ont with th'
exception of John Sharp Williams
speech, the Mississippi senator not be
| ing present. The barn or Mr. w
A. Lingle, one of the hustling yount
farmers of the Creek section, was de
stroyed by fire about 2 o'clock Thurs
day morning, together with Its con
tents, lot OF fodder, etc. lncendiarisn
is suspected. After the fire partial
ly burned bundle of fodder was founC
on top of Mr.. Lingle's dwelling. indi
eating that an attempt had been mad'
| to burn his home also. In response t'
summons early Thursday morning
Sheriff Hunter, though sick in bed a
the time, arose and went to the scene
to investigate the burning. No clue
to the identity of the guilty party wa:
found however Mr.. Lingle had some
insurance on the property, but the
amount is not known here. .Tht
Lancaster County Sunday School asso'
citation met here Thursday and yester'
day at the Second Baptist church
President w. L. Croxton presiding ovel
it's deliberations. The Interesting
programme heretofore published, was
successfully carried out. Among the
visitors from a distance were Miss
Grace Vandiver of Spartanburg; Rev
F. W. Gregg and Mr.. w. w. Boyce oi
Rock Hill, who made entertaining and
instructive addresses. Over fifty del
egates were present, as many as TWEEN
ty-seven Sunday schools in the county
being represented. The following Of
ficers were elected for the ensuing
year: w. L. Croxton. president; j. Il
Stewman, vice president; ]. c. Craig
secretary and treasurer The next
meeting will be held at Bethlehem or
October and 4, 1912.
Chester Lantern, September 20: Mr.
z. V. Davidson, who has been CHIEF
train dispatcher for the c. & NV
railway for many years, has resigned
his position to take up the insurance
business. His resignation becomes ef-
fective October 1st, and Mr.. ]. c. Nc
Elrone, now first assistant, will sue
ceed Mr.. Davidson as chief dispatch
er, with Mr.. F. D. Miller first assistant
and Mr.. R. H. Gray second assistant
Mr.. Davidson has been with the G. q
NV. railway for many years and II
is with general regret that the COM
pany gives him up. Mr.. Davidson Will
become general agent for the Reliance
Life Insurance company Of Pittsburg
Pa, a we'll known old life insurance
company, and will also represent the
Royal Indemnity company OF New
York. as we'll as several Of the large
fire insurance companies. He will
open up an office in this city in the
near future. Mr.. Davidson will no
doubt make a success of his new busi-
ness as he possesses all the qualihca-
tions which go to make up successful
insurance man.. Preparations are
being made by Mr.. ]. G. l.. White
road supervisor of Chester township,
to begin work in a few days on the
road between Chester and Lewis,
which lies in Chester township. Mr..
James Hamilton, city engineer, has
made a survey from the overhead
bridge to Uriel church, where Chester
township terminates. The road will
be made thirty feet wide and Mr..
White will endeavor to have as much
sand-clay construction as possible.
There may be other announcements In
few days as Mr.. White has under
consideration the plan of letting the
road. or parts of it, by contract to the
lowest bidders . The charter Of the
Carolina Traction company, is being
recorded by Clerk of Court ]. E. Corn
we'll The corporators are j. NJ. Cher
ry of Rock Hill, and w. S. Lee and
George Stevens of Charlotte, who have
received O. commission from the Sec
retary of state to build a trolley line
in Landsford, Lewisville and Rossville
townships of Chester county, as well
as lines in and around Rock Hill and
Charlotte. This may mean that the
company will take some steps toward
beginning operations in Chester coun-
ty. The line. which is to be built in
Rock Hill, has already been started
and it is expected that the cars will be
running in the near future.
Gastonia Gazette, September 29:
Mr.. James E. Holland died last Fri
day afternoon at go o'clock at the
CITY hospital, where he had been un-
dergoing treatment for some time.
The body was removed to the Ford
Undertaking company's establishment
and prepared for burial. being taken
that afternoon to the home Of his
mother, Mrs. Ephraim Holland, near
White & Jenkins mill, on the old Dal-
las road. .....An amendment to the
charter Of the Love company has been
obtained by which the name of the
company has been changed to the
Harry Baber company. AS re-organ-
lied the new company will have the
following officers: ]. r. Baber, presi-
dent; ]. F. Thomson, vice president;
Il. B. Harry secretary and treasurer.
-. Wednesday night Finley Woods,
aged Il. an employe of the Avon mills,
was caught in some betting and was
so badly injured that ii is feared he
cannot recover. He suffered frac-
ture of the skull on the right side and
his physicians hold out practically no
hope for him. He was taken to the
city hospital where the wound was
dressed and where he is now lowering
between life and death. ..... Rev. DR.,
J. c. Galloway left Wednesday for
Louisville, Ga, where he will spend a
week or more assisting Rev. Paul
Presley, the pastor. in a meeting. DR.
Galloway's first pastOrate was at
Louisville, and it was there that he