Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-10-31
LOCAL lAcoNIcs.
York Canning Club.

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The York County Canning club
| won the award Of the third place at
the state fair in competition with the
canning clubs Of the state. Beaufort
won first and Lee was second.
Philadelphia School.
| The Philadelphia school four miles
south OF yorkville, begins the fall ses-
sion Monday. The building has been
repaired during the summer. Prof ],
| D. Alsbrook Is principal Of the school,
with Miss Zula Stevenson as assistant.
Death of Mrs. Adams.
Mrs. ]. C. Adams died In Gastonia,
Monday afternoon after q lingering
illness Of several months. Mrs. Adams,
with her husband, lived In Yorkville
until a few weeks ago. when she NOV
ed to Gastonia. The funeral was held
at St Pauls church, Tuesday after
noon, the service being conducted by
Rev. Grady Hardin, after which the
body was inferred in the cemetery at
the church.
Death of Mrs. Willis.
Mrs. z. C. willis died at the home
|. of her son, Mr.. T. J. Willis, near
Blackville, last wednesday night, and
was buried in the family cemetery
near Blackville this morning. Mrs.
Willis was "a years Of age last April.
She was member of the Yorkvilie
Baptist church and lived with her son,
Mr.. M. O. willis In Yorkville for q
number of years. Mrs. Willis Is sur
vived by the following children:
Messrs. A. E Willis, Rock Hill; w. w.
Willis, Charleston; T. j. Willis, Black
Vile; and M. c. Willis OF Yorkville.
Whitesides. Bigham.
Rock Hill Record: A marriage that
will be of interest to the friends of the
contracting parties in this city and
community was that Of Miss Sarah
Whitesides, one of the efficient corps
Of nurses Of the Fennell Infirmary, and
Mr.. Boyce Bigham, manager OF the
White Front dry goods store, which
took place yesterday afternoon about
$50 at the Baptist parsonage, the
ceremony being performed by Rev.
w. ]. Nelson, pastor Of the First Bap-
tist church. After the marriage the
young couple left for the home Of the
brides parents near Yorkville, where
they will spend some time, after which
they will make their home In this
city.
Mr.. w. =. Boyd Stricken.
Fort Mill Times, Thursday: The
many friends here and elsewhere OF
Mr.. VIM. F. Boyd, one of Gold HilPs
leading citizens, will regret to learn
that he suffered a slight stroke Of par
alysis Saturday afternoon. by which
he has been partially deprived Of the
use Of the right side Of his body as
well as experiencing difficulty In
speaking. Mr.. Boyd had returned from
Fort Mill to his home Saturday after
noon and was found near his front
steps where he had fallen when at
tackled by the paralytic stroke. The
latest report is to the effect that Mr..
Boyd Is doing as well as could be ex-
peced.
Court House Question at Sharon.
Discussing the court house location
question at Sharon, Wednesday, Mr.
John l.. Rainey expressed the opinion
that If the matter were submitted to
the voters Of York county, the decision
| would go two to one in favor Of the
F. E. smith gift lot. Mr.. ]. S. Hart
ness telephoned Mr.. r. M. Wallace OF
Piedmont, about the matter, and Mr..
Wallace replied that he would sign
petition for the Smith lot and he be-
lieved that almost everybody In his
country would sign 1t. A petition cir
culated in Sharon, Wednesday for To-
cation on the Smith lot, was signed
freely by the leading business men and
others.
Gouging at the Fair.
Notwithstanding the fact that Co.
lumbia's hotel facilities have been
largely increased since the state fa1r
Of a year ago, the gouging OF the vtsl-
tors by the boarding houses and eat
| ing places went on as usual. one re-
turned visitor informs The Enquirer
that he spent one night in a room In
which there were forty cots so thick
ly placed together, that there was
hardly room to walk between. and the
price was dollar cot Animal heat
and foul air removed all need for steam
radiators or stoves. A lady told him
that she had slept with ten other
ladies in small room In the same
building, the cots being similarly ar.
ranged and the price the same. dol
lar a cot. Prices were out OF sight at
the eating houses, even the common
est old 25 and 35 cent restaurants
charging from 75 cents to $1.0O for an
ordinary meal. And the various skin
games Of all kinds were wide open.
Mr.. A. /. Lineberser Dead.
Mr.. A. L. Lineberger died at his
home in the Bethany neighborhood'
last night after a long and tedious Ill
ness, the nature of which is not def-
nitely known. Mr. Lineberger was
son Of the late ]. L.. and Selena HUFF
man Lineberger and was born In cas-
ton county, N. c., April 80, 1850 For
the past twelve years or more he has
made his home In the Bethany neigh
borhood, where he was regarded oy ell
as a good and useful citizen. His WIFE
who before her marriage, was Miss Re
becca Davis, died about twelve years
ago. Mr.. Lineberger is survived by
the following children: Mrs. Cora
Howell. Mrs. Carrie Brown, Mrs. Mat
tie Beamguard; Misses Willie May,
Pearl, Iva, and Ola, and Mr.. Frank
Lineberger. Mr.. Lipeberger was for
long time a member Of the Bethany A:
r. P. church and the interment was In
the Bethany cemetery, after funeral
services conducted by Rev. w. P. Grier
and the Junior Order United American
Mechanics at o'clock this afternoon.