Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-11-03
of Prof. Chas. R. Weeks has a mild
case of diphtheria.

Gaffney Ledger, Oct. 80: Young peo
pie of Gaffney who do not have the op
portunity to attend the public schools
Of the city in the day time will have al
opportunity to secure an education a.
an evening school now being conduct
ed at the Cherokee Avenue schoo
building under the supervision Of Pro.
fessor r.. e. Shuford. The night schoo
was opened last Monday, and now has
an enrolment Of 1913 stuGents. While
the courses Of study have not yet beer
fully arranged they will embrace sub.
jects that will likely be of most bene-
fit to the students. The board Of trus-
tees has made arrangements for five
teachers to conduct the work Of the
school, which Is in session from 7.3C
to 9 in the evening on Mondays, Tues
days and Thursdays Of each week. Nc
child under twelve years Of age will be
allowed to attend the night school,
while all persons above the school age,
q years, will be given instruction free
Of charge. .... Working silently, but
with untiring effort, for the past sew
eral weeks the police force Of the city
has been gathering evidence against
the whisky sellers For some time past
it has been apparent that an unusually
large quantity Of whisky was flowing
in Gaffney, as many 'drunks" have
been appearing in police court during
this time, and it was a logical conclu-
sion that there must have been at
least one or more distributors operat-
ing within or near the city. Acting
upon these premises the local author
tiles by skillful detective work, secur-
ed evidence enough to warrant them in
charging four men with violating the
dispensary ordinances. These men
were hailed before Mayor N. H. Little
John in police court Tuesday morning.
..... No tidings of ]. d. Kicker, the
convict who escaped from the county
chaingang last Thursday have yet
been received by the local authorities.
80. Figures compiled by Superinten-
dent ]. Harvey Witherspoon show that
the total enrolment in the Gaffney
city schools at the end Of the second
month to be 1888, Of whom 567 are
boys and 6S6 girls. The enrolment by
schools is: Cherokee Avenue, boys
30S; Granard Street, (colored), boys
80, girls 1870. .... Mr.. Frank McCluney,
farm demonstration agent for Chero-
kee county, was carried from his home
in the Wilkinsville section Of the coun-
ty, to the City Hospital, Wednesday to
receive treatment. Mr.. McCluney has
been suffering from an attack OF fever
for many weeks past. Mrs. Nancy
Macarthur, after spending several days
visiting relatives in Georgia, has re-
turned to this city and is again at
home with her daughter, Mrs. w. II.
Smith. Mrs. Macarthur is now in her
ninety first year but she is still bright
and lively, taking a great interest In
the events Of the day. Mr.. Adam
Metz Of Fort Worth, Texas, is spending
a few days in the county visiting
friends and relatives. Mr.. Metz for
merly lived in Cherokee county and
has many friends here. He now holds
a responsible position with the Texas
Pacific railway company at Fort Worth
..... 1t was reliably reported in the
city yesterday that the plaintiffs, Sar-
ratt, Hedrick, ct al, in the case Of the
people Of the West End section Of tn
city versus the board Of trustees of
school district number 10, will file an
appeal from the decision Of the board
of referees recently rendered adverse
to the complainants. The appeal will
go before the circuit court. This means
that the litigation developing out OF
the selection Of site for new school
building has not yet been settled and
it may be several years before the new
building is erected. Mr.. G. w. Speer,
local attorney representing the olain-
tiffs in the action, went over to Spar
tanburg yesterday afternoon to confer
with Sanders & DePass, his colleagues
in the case. The appeal must be filed
within ten days after the decision was
rendered.
Gastonia Gazette, Oct. 80: On petit
ton of the B. w. Wilson Paper COM
pany Of Richmond, Va, through their
attorney, Mr.. P. w. Garland, Jr., Judge
Shaw in CASTOR Superior court yester-
day appointed Mr. j. w. Timberlake,
Of the local bar, temporary receiver for
the Progress Publishing Co., Inc. A
hearing on the matter OF making re-
ceivership permanent will be had be-
fore Judge Shaw in Charlotte, on No
vember 5th . {. . .Gastonia's annual flo
raj fair, under the auspices OF the Gas
tonia Woman's Betterment association,
opened this morning and will continue
through tomorrow. The Arlington
Hotel, on the ground floor Of which the
show is being held, is a scene today or
bustling activity. The propitious wealth
er brought out hundreds Of ladies and
should it continue thus through tomor-
row. the attendance will doubtless be
record breaking. There are many In
attendance from out Of town. Despite
the heavy drop in the temperature dur
ing the past day or two, the building
where the fair is being held, which Is
as yet uncompleted, is being kept COM
Portable with oil and gas stoves. ......
Mr.. L. M. Robinson, who is buying and
shipping timber, tells the Gazette that
he cut and shipped yesterday the larg-
est white oak tree that he ever hap
pened upon. The tree was on the il.
Terrence place five miles west of Gas
tonia and out of it were cut one ten
foot log 3S inches in diameter at the
small end and one eight-foot log 3S
inches in diameter the former meas
uring 723 board feet and the latter 57S
board feet by Doyle's rule. The logs
were hauled to the siding here and
Shipped to the Gray Veneer company
at China Grove. 80. Mr.. l.. B. Fergu-
son died at his home in the Crowders
Creek community Tuesday, from can
Ger from which he had suffered for a
long time. For a number Of years he
had suffered from this disease but was
confined to his bed for only a short
time. During the past summer he
worked a small crop and was able to
get about among his friends. Funeral
services and burial took place Wednes-
day at Olney Presbyterian church, OF
which he was a member, Rev. G. A.
Sparrow, the pastor, officiating. Quite
a large number of friends were pres
ent to do honor to his memory. Mr..
Ferguson was nearly 10 years of age,
having been born in this county Feb
ruary IA, 1S45, the son Of Thomas Fer
guson. OF the large family Of children
only one survives, Mr.. Alfred Fergu-
son, who also lives in the Crowders
Creek section. Deceased was a Con-
federate veteran, having served vail
antly for two years or more in Com
pany H, 49th North Carolina regiment.
His wife died in 1892. He leaves one
child, Mrs. Sarah Stroup. with whom
he lived. Mr.. Ferguson was a farmer
and had followed that occupation sue
cessfully all his life. He was a man OF
sterling worth and will be greatly
missed from his community. Among
those attending the funeral from Gas
tonia were Mr.. w. Meek Adams, Col.
r. n. Wilson, Mr.. w. NJ. Nolen, Mr.. W..
H. Pursley and Mr.. ]. c. Ferguson.
Kings Mountain Herald, Oct. 29:
Mr.. and Mrs. James Thomson OF
Blacksburg have issued invitations to
the marriage of their daughter, Miss
Elizabeth Lee, to Mr.. B. +. Williford,
the ceremony to take place in the
First Baptist church of Blacksburg, on
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