Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-09

their daughter, Louise, to Mr.. Albert
Torbit Henry the wedding to take
place in November. Mr.. j. l.. Cuth-
bertson left Saturday morning for Ten
mile, Ga, where tomorrow morning he
will be united in marriage to Miss
Daisy Lingo. .... Mayor w. ]. Simp-
sons runabout was considerably dam
aged by fire Saturday afternoon while
being filled with gasoline at one of the
filling stations. 80. Mr.. j. E. Hamilton
purchased a bale Of cotton this morn
ing at ten cents from Henry Macon,
colored. The bale weighed 534 pounds.
.... Mrs. Lily Yarmouth, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Carter, Of Leeds,
r. f. d. |, died at her home inRock
Hill, Thursday, after a long illness and
was inferred Friday at Calvary Bap-
tist church in the western part Of the
county. y..... Mr.. Joseph Lindsay who
tional government in this county, re-
ports that up to Sep. 25th Chester
county had ginned 1856 bales as against
1859 bales up to and including the
same period last year. AT the meet
ing of the county commissioners held
this morning at the office Of Supervisor
T. ]. Cunningham, Mr.. S. o. McKeown
was reelected superintendent Of the
chaingang, Mr.. ]. Edw. Orr was re-
elected as superintendent Of the coun-
ty farm, and Mr.. Jno. NJ. Hemphill was
elected county attorney. ...... Sheriff
Colvin and forces were notified Satur-
day morning to be on the lookout for
Tom Holly, a negro who Is wanted for
killing his brother on the Weir farm
east of Smiths T. o. in York county.
Holly was seen late Saturday after
noon in the neighborhood Of the coun-
ty farm, but diligent pursuit failed to
result in his capture, though the off,
GERS succeeded in trailing him for sew
eral miles.
Gastonia Gazette, Oct. 6: Peace day
as designated by President Woodrow
Wilson, was observed in Gastonia,
Sunday night, when all the uptown
churches united in a union service at
the First Presbyterian church at 7.30
o'clock. A large congregation was
present and participated in the SER
vices. Rev. ]. H. Henderlite, pastor of
the above named church, presided over
the service, while Rev. w. c. Barrett,
pastor Of the First Baptist church,
preached an able sermon, with Rev. j.
E. Abernathy, pastor Of Main Street
Methodist church, also taking part.
When requested to give the date for
the opening Of the city Central schools,
Superintendent ]. S. Wray admitted
his inability to do so for the reason
that the desks, which were shipped
from Grand Rapids, Mich, some two
weeks ago. have not yet arrived. I'm
mediately upon their arrival they will
be set up and announcement will be
made through the columns Of the Ga
Zette, Of the date Of the opening Of
school. The First National Bank
Joined the "Buy-a- Bale" movement
Saturday, by purchasing a bale OF dis
tress cotton at 10 cents a pound. 1t is
their purpose to buy several bales to
help the cause along -. The report of
the U. S. census bureau on cotton gin
ned in CASTOR county prior to Septem-
ber 25, 1914, shows that 397 bales of
cotton were ginned in the county this
year prior to September 25th, as COM
pared with SIG previous to the same
date in 1913. -. Miss Bessie McAlpine
and Mr.. T. ]. Spruce were quietly mar
ried at o'clock Sunday evening at the
Loray Presbyterian manse by Rev. K.
A. Campbell. ..... The United States
census department at Washington, has
Just issued bulletin dealing with the
ownership Of CASTOR county homes.
The important facts contained in the
bulletin relating to this county are as
follows: There are 7,141 homes in
CASTOR county. OF this number 1886
are farm homes; 1927 Of the farm
homes are owned by their occupants
and are free Of mortgaged incumbrance
The mortgaged farm homes number
207. Renters occupy 1859 homes in
this county. Out Of total Of Z, ,141
homes in the county 4,445 are urban
homes. There are 1,064 urban home
owners in the county. or this number
lS4 are mortgaged; S55 Of the urban
owned homes are free Of incumberance.
There are 3,155 rented urban homes in
this county. ...... DR.. j. l.. Mckay, OF
Kings Mountain, who was stricken
with apopleXy last Monday, as he ar
rived in Gastonia, on train No AZ, died
Friday night at 1925 o'clock, in the
City hospital having never regained
consciousness. His remains were taken
to Kings Mountain Saturday morning,
where the funeral was held the same
afternoon, the services being conduct
ed by Rev. NJ. B. Clegg Of the Metho-
dist church. The deceased was in his
10th year and had been engaged in the
practice of medicine As years. He is
survived by his second wife and the
following children: Mrs. l.. A. Moults-
by, Of Bladen county; Prof. l. B. Nc
Kay, of Durham; Mrs. w. D. Morrison,
of Belhaven: Misses Kate Mckay of
Moorehead City and Hattie Mckay, Of
Kings Mountain; Messrs. ]. l.. Mckay,
Jr., and C. w. Mckay, of Concord; and
]. A. Mckay, of Kings Mountain.
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Lancaster News, Oct. s.: Mrs. w. J..
Long died last Friday morning at the
home Of her son-in-law, Mr.. Charles
p. Caskey, near Elgin. Mrs. Long was
a daughter of the late Matthias Sims
and was a woman Of the highest Chris
tian character. She was devoted
member of the Methodist church, to
which she had belonged for many
years Mrs. Long had almost reached
the allotted span Of life, being in her
SEVENTEEN year. She had lived a life
of usefulness, and had eXerted a benign
influence over a wide circle Of friends
and relatives. Possessed of many
splendid qualities of mind and heart,
she was much loved and will be sadly
missed. Besides her husband, Mr.. w.
j. Long, this good woman is survived
by one brother, Mr.. j. p. Sims of Co
lumbia, and two sisters, Mrs. w. M.
Blackmon of Bethune and Mrs. w. +.
Swearingen Of Charlotte; three daugh-
ters, Mrs. w. f. Lyon Of Rock HILL
Mrs. j. Fl. Elliott Of Anderson, Mrs. G.
p. Caskey of this place; two sons, r. S.
Long of Mexico and w. H. Long Of
Statesville, N. C....... Miss Mary Eva
Hite president of the South Carolina
School Improvement association, will
spend from October "a to October %,
visiting the schools of Lancaster coun-
ty. MARKEDLY |. G. Coan, mag
istrate, Saturday, October 3rd, Mr.
John Stow of McAdenville, n. c., and
Miss Carrie Deese of Lancaster. The
Baptist denomination have decided to
have paved the sidewalks bordering on
all Of their property along White, Arch
and Market streets. This means per-
haps six hundred feet Of pavement.
.... Mr.. NJ. l.. Beckham of Pleasant
Hill, who furnishes the government
with cotton statistics for Lancaster
county, informs us that 1000 bales
were ginned this year up to September
25, while last year at that date l,4I9
bales had been ginned. .... Magistrate
Dennis X Hall, who was in town yes
terday on business, informed us that
sowing grain and clover was the order
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