Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-02
NO. ~.

Newton. n. c., arrived here last week
and on Saturday, Mr.. Campbell was
taken to a Charlotte hospital. 49,. Mr..
]. e. Parker Of the Mutual Dry Goods
Co., received letter Friday, from Nor
man & Bennett Of Boston, manurac-
turers Of gymnasium shoes, to buy a
bale Of cotton at 10 cents per pound,
and he bought one Saturday and put IL
in the warehouse for them. ...... MRS.
Mary Phelps Walker, matron OF the
East Dormitory at Winthrop college, Is
in the Fennell Infirmary for treatment.
Her friends will regret to learn that she
Is threatened with typhoid fever. go.
Mrs John M. Cannon has accepted a
position as stenographer in the offices
of the Equitable Life Insurance Co, at
this place Mr.. !. T. McFadden OF
Charleston, who has been spending the
week in this city and at Newport with
his parents, returned TINS morning "
his work. 49,. DR.. w. w. Fennell left
last night for Rochester Mimi, to pur-
sue a brief course Of study at the hos
pital Of the famous Mayo brothers. the
surgeons Postmaster Poag informs
the Record that the road leading from
the Hutchinson place on Saluda ROAD, 10
Mr.. D. l.. Rawls' place Is being WORKED
and put in good shape, so that the mali
delivery along this road Will De con-
tinued. He had received Instructions
from the department to discontinue
this delivery permanently on OCT. !,
the roads were not put In proper conoi-
lion, but before this was received the
supervisor Of Catawba township had
begun work on the road.
Gastonia Gazette, Sept. %: CASTOR
las $S, 900 motor fire truck was ship
ned from the factory at Elmira, N. T.,
last Friday, the 25th, and 1t Is expected
that il will reach Gastonia before the
end Of the week. 1t Is of the most MOD
ern and up-to- date type ana Is manu-
factured by the American LaFTance
Fire Engine company. Chairman Beal
of the fire committee Of the city coun-
Gil, has received the bill OF lading TOT
the truck, which weighs 10000 POUNDS.
When this truck Is installed, Gastonlas
fire fighting equipment will be among
the very best in the state. .Mr. Plato
Pearson, Of Gastonia, TINS morhtns
bought a bale Of cotton and paid ten
cents a pound for it. So far as the Ga
zette has been able to learn, Mr.. Pear
son is the first Gastonian to practical
ly advocate the popular and much
talked of buy bale" movement. ......
Mr.. ]. Y. Miller is erecting nice one
story store room on West Airline ave-
nue. Just opposite the Southern passen-
ger station. The store will be built OF
brick, with glass front, and will be "a
by 10 feet Mr.. Miller has already plac-
ed the brick and excavated Tor the
foundation. He expects to begin To-
morrow with the actual work. 1t Is MS
purpose to hurry the building to com
pletion as quickly as possible. 80. Fol-
lowing a severe illness Of three weeks
from typhoid fever, Miss Helen Jack
son, aged II, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Frank Jackson, died shortly be-
fore o'clock this morning at their
home southwest Of town. She had been
desperately i'll almost from the begin
ming and while II was known by her
family and friends that her condition
was critical, they were not prepared
for the shock that the news OF her
death brought. ..... Mrs. Myra Moore,
wife Of Mr.. Thomas Moore, died on
Tuesday Of last week, September 22nd,
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. w.
P. McAlteer, in McAdenville, aged
nearly IS years Death was due to
the infirmities Of old age. Mrs. Moore
Is survived by two sons and one
daughter Messrs. Cy Moore and o. r.
Moore, and Mrs. w. p. McAlteer, all OF
McAdenville. Funeral services were
conducted at the Methodist church in
McAdenville, Wednesday afternoon by
the pastor, Rev. B. F. Fincher, and the
remains were inferred in the LoWeL
cemetery. The revival meeting which
began at Main Street Methodist church
last week continues to grow In interest
and good results. The pastor. Rev. J:
E. Abernathy, Is preaching series or
excellent gospel sermons to good con-
gregations and much interest Is being
manifested by those who attend. AT
the morning service Sunday eleven
persons were received into the church,
nine by profession Of faith and two by
certificate ..... Following a lingering
illness Of several months, Mrs. Sue Gill
Wylie, wife Of Mr.. ]. T. Wylie, passed
away yesterday afternoon at her nome
on Morris street, aged 81 years. Sur
viving the deceased are her husoand
and two sisters, Mrs. w. G. Reid and
Mrs. viii Stultz, both Of Rock Hill, s.
c. Mrs. Wylie had made her home In
Gastonia since her marriage in July,
1908, and had many friends who es-
teemed her highly for her excellent
traits Of character. She was a faith-
full member Of Main street Methodist
church, where the funeral services
were conducted at eleven o'clock TINS
morning by her pastor. Rev. ]. E.
Abernethy, assisted by Rev. w. c. Bar
ret pastor of the First Baptist church.
go. Mr.. and Mrs. l.. H. Long and son,
Hazel, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Glenn and
children, Mr.. Spratt Terrence and
daughter Miss Annie, and Mr.. ]. E.
Page returned last night from Florida,
where the men Of the party had gone
on a fishing trip. Mr.. Long caught a
sea turtle weighing seyenty-four
pounds, while his son Hazel caught a
sea bark fish weighing 36 pounds. Be.
sides these other fish were caught. All
those who went report very pleasant
time and would have stayed longer put
for the fact that the wind was so
strong they couldn't fish any for the
last two days.
Lancaster News, Sept. 20. The gov
ernor has appointed Federal and state
commissioners Of election In the varl-
Gus counties of the state, those for
Lancaster county being: Federal, G.
Washington Williams, j. A. House,
John E. Porter, all Of Lancaster; state,
]. E. Rutledge, H. R. Blakeney, L. r.
Clyburn, all Of Lancaster. The Lam
caster County Colored Fair association
met at the colored school building,
Sept. 22, to arrange for holding fair
this fall The meeting was well attend
ed and a great deal Of interest shown.
The officers and promoters Of the fair
last year were present and urged that
every section of the county be repre-
sented this year and that every negro
farmer be urged to put something on
exhibit that he has raised or grown out
Of the ground. -. Hon. Claud n. Sapp
is back home after a pleasant week
spent on the hunting preserves OF DR..
Simon Baruch Of New York city, near
Georgetown, this state. The hunting
preserves include $4,000 acres OF land
on the Georgetown coast. Mr. Sapp
was one Of an invited party who shared
DR.. Baruch's hospitality. The party
engaged in the sport Of killing wild
duck, deer, wild hogs and in fishing.
Mr.. Sapp killed two does, one of which
he sent to Stogner Bros. & Connor, and
which was on exhibition for several
days. Mr.. Sapp had to go through the
initiation, always enforced from time
immemorial, against the person who
kills his, or her, first deer-and that Is
to have the face we'll washed in the
blood of the victim. Mr.. Sapp. Of
course, submitted with all the grace
possible, to the ordeal. He says he
brought down large buck with ant
lerS like a chair The reason he did