Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-11-17
NO. 90

ments were of direct interest to Chero-
kee county. Five young men, three
white and two negroes appeared in
police court Wednesday morning,
charged with beating trains They
plead guilty and were sentenced to
pay fines of $500 each, or to serve
twenty days each on the county
chaingang. They gave their names as
Horace Jones, Herbert Jockey, Ray
| Montgomery. The hoboes claimed to
be on their way to Norfolk, Va The
| arrest was made by Chief Of Police
Lemons. ...... Annie Mae four-year-
old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. B. Dar-
win Of Gaffney route 6, died Sunday
night after suffering from diphtheria
for only few days. She was buried
at Corinth church cemetery, Tuesday.
Annie Mae was very charming little
GIRL and the bereaved parents have the
sympathy Of a large circle Of friends.
l.. Bulwinkle of Company B, North
Carolina national guards, the local
military company, received, Saturday,
from the adjutant generals Office med
ais to be presented to those members
Of the company who distinguished
themselves in shooting at the annual
encampment last summer There
are nine of them as follows: Expert
rifeman, C. l.. Hord; sharpshooters,
W. L. Glover, Herman Glover, Verge
Short; marksman, R. E. Conrad, w. A.
Monaghan, John Glover, r. F. Bum
gardner, F. R. Stroup. ..... AT the
regular monthly meeting Of the city
council for November Tuesday night
Aldermen S. S. Shuford from ward
6, and R. G. Rankin from ward 1, ten
dered their designations which were
accepted. Both have recently moved
outside of the city limits, thus dis
qualifying themselves for service on
the board. Mr.. Shuford has gone to
his farm in York county, while Mr..
Rankin has moved to his farm on the
York road south Of the city. Mr. NJ. F.
Kirby, Jr., was chosen alderman from
the sixth ward to succeed Mr.. Shuford.
The election Of a successor to Mr..
Rankin was postponed until future
meeting. .... Following are the vital
statistics for the month Of October,
taken from the records in the office
of Vital Statistics officer w. Meek
Adams: Gastonia-Deaths, 1S; births,
33 Gastonia township, outside, deaths,
6; births IA; total for entire township,
deaths "a, births A. OF the total, 19
deaths were whites and colored; 36
births were whites and IL were ne
groes. go. Mr.. E. S. Millsaps Of States
Vile, district agent Of the farm de-
monstration work Of the United States
department Of agriculture, addressed a
meeting of farmers at the Pisgah
school house, on Tuesday night. Mr..
Millsaps made an interesting talk,
touching on number Of topics OF live
interest to his hearers. He discussed
the need Of cover crops and the ad-
vantages Of early sowing. He also
dwelt at length on the live at home"
idea, and stressed the great possibili-
ties of this section in the matter OF
having something growing on the farm
and in the garden all the year round.
He was heard with very great interest
and profit by large audience. Mr..
Millsaps' visit here was for the pur-
pose Of assisting and supplementing
the work Of Mr.. B. P. Folk, the county
farm demonstrator, who Is proving
very great help to the farmers Of the
county in planning and carrying out
improvements in their farm and crop
methods. Mr. Folk is an enthusiast on
the need Of cover crops for the soil or
this section and has succeeded in in
creasing very greatly the acreage which
will be sowed to such crops this fall.
..... Friends Of Mr.. w. L. Pegram OF
Charlotte, a former resident Of Cas-
tonia, will regret to learn that he Is
quite i'll at the home Of his kinsman,
Mr.. E. Lee Hanks, on East Main ave-
nue. in this city. Mr. Pegram was
spending the night at Mr.. Hanks
home, Tuesday night, with the inten-
ton Of undergoing a slight operation
for a throat trouble on the following
day at the City hospital here, when
about o'clock Wednesday morning,
he suffered a stroke Of paralysis. The
paralysis affected only one side OF his
body, and although quite serious at
tack, his condition is more favorable
today