Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-16
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Cherokee, Cleveland, CASTOR, Lam
caster and Chester.
Chester Reporter, Oct. IL: OWN.
| to difficulty in disposing of it's pro,
duct brought about by the war situa-
I ton, the southern Manufacturing Co.
overall manufacturers, of this city
will run only half-time until further
| notice. This plant is one of Chester.
| most valuable assets, giving employ
| ment to about thirty-iive or forty
young women, and with the exception
OF one week during which business
was suspended on account of lack OF
material, has lost practically not a
days time since it's establishment.
Mr.. Fred Hardin continues seriously
i'll with typhoid pneumonia at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
w. Hardin on East Lacy street. ...
The city council held a special meet
ing Friday afternoon to meet and hear
Mr.. f. II. Hickok, special representa-
tive of Clawson Bachman, of Phila-
delphia, who was about a year and a
little more ago granted a franchise
to erect and operate a gas plant in
this city. Under the terms of the
franchise, work on the plant and
mains was to begin within one year
after the necessary ordinance was
passed, and the plant was to be finish
ed within two years. The year eX-
pired on September 11th, and as all
know no work was done. After some
debate council granted a six months
extension of the franchise. 80. Mr..
David II. Simpson, who was for a
short time agent of the Southern EX-
press Co., in this city a few years ago,
died Thursday afternoon at the West
brook Sanitarium in Richmond, Va,
after having been in declining health
for about eighteen months. For the
past four years Mr.. Simpson had been
connected with the Gem hotel and
restaurant in Charlotte, and about a
year ago became sole owner and pro-
prietor of the establishment. The de-
ceased was thirty-eight years of age
and leaves a widow and three chill
dren. The Peoples Bank is pre-
pairing to occupy its handsome new
building this week. The building has
been practically completed for several
days, all that prevented occupancy
being the non-arrival Of the marble
wainscoting. This has now arrived and
been put in place, and the transfer
will be made in a day or two.
Gaffney Ledger, Oct. 13: 1T is the
best exhibit for first year girls that
have ever seen," was the comment of
Miss Edith l.. PARROT, state agent in
charge of the club work, regarding
the Cherokee county tomato club
girls exhibit at the court house Satur-
III iS,t Nrtt tNt
of the highest praise, and If Cherokee
county is not proud Of her tomato
girls, she certainly should be-" re-
marked Miss Parrott. And this Seem
ed to be the general opinion of the
hundreds of visitors who inspected the
exhibits The exhibits consisted OF
canned goods and preserved fruits of
all kinds, neatly labeled with the club
label on which were the names Of the
members and "a H." representing
Improvement Of Heart, Head, Hands
and Health" The displays were judg-
ed Friday afternoon by Mrs. F. w.
Carpenter, Mrs ]. Harvey Wither-
spoon, Mrs. Tom Clarkson and Mrs.
Rosa Wilson, who awarded the prizes
according to the merit of the various
exhibits. go. Sheriff w. W. Thomas
returned from Raleigh, n. c., Thurs
Morgan Hill, white man who had
been arrested at Kings Mountain,
charged with assault and disturbing
religious worship. The sheriff went to
Shelby where Hill was being held and
returned with him Friday. He is now
in the Cherokee county Jail. a pre-
liminary will be held within the next
few days The offense with which
Hill is charged is shooting negro
preacher while he was conducting a
baptism near Grover a few weeks ago.
According to figures obtained
from the county auditor books, the
value of taxable property in Cherokee
county has increased $62,16S within
the past year, for the year 1913 the
value being $5,5S9,653, and for 1914
the value is $5,652,421. The total tax
realized upon this amount will be
$122,112. The poll tax will amount to
$4,405 and the dog tax to $1,l56.5O,
giving the county a total resource
amounting 10 $127,673.50. With
Judge Ernest Moore Of Lancaster pre-
siding, the fall term Of the court OF
common pleas for Cherokee county
convened at the court house yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock. Court steno-
grapher Il. G. Perrin was in his place.
This is the first session of court Tor
Cherokee county since the order OF
holding criminal and civil court was
changed last summer. -. New sports
for the school children are being IN
troduced at the Central Graded school
by Professor j. Harvey Wltherspoon,
the superintendent, who has organized
a football team among the boys, ana
basketball team among the girls.
Miss Nancy Jane Skates and Mr. Rob-
ert Martin, both Of Cherokee Falls'
were married late Thursday afternoon
by Probate Judge w. d. Kirby at his
home on Cherokee avenue. .... Mr.. M.
D. Amos, a prosperous farmer who
lives near the city, brought to the
Ledger office Saturday, cotton stalk
on which there were A large bolls. II
was Of the Vanderbilt's Improved Best
Variety. Mr.. Amos planted one-half
bushel of this seed on one-half acre or
land. From this he is confident that
he will obtain heavy bale OF the
tleecy staple. .... Mr.. Kelley Davis, a
respected citizen Of the Limestone mill
village, died at his home Saturday
night, after an illness of about two
weeks duration. He was about fifty
five years of age, and is survived by
his wife and seven children. He Is also
survived by a brother, Mr.. l.. l.. Davis,
or THIS city. lne luueIdl was Soh-
Quoted at the home yesterday after
noon by Rev. j. w. Shell. He was
buried at Oakland cemetery with the
honors of a respected member of the
Junior Order United American Me-
chanics fraternity.
Rock Hill Record, Oct. IL: The sec
ond annual meeting Of the Arcade-Nlc-
toria Fair, held Saturday at the Ar
cade village was an unqualified sue
cess, about 1000 people being present
during the day which was highly en-
joyable one in it's every aspect. The
people were happy, the exhibits were
fine, the speeches were goOd-thiS with
ideal weather carried things to ulti-
mate success. The success of the oc-
casion is due in a large measure to the
initiative Of Prof. j. l.. Carbery, head
of the mill village Improvement work,
which he is carrying on for the gov
ernment He has had loyal assistants
as we'll as the heartiest kind of Coop
Grafton from the mill officials and OPP
orators. The speakers on this occasion
were: President Alex Long, President
W. J. Roddey. Prof. Carberry, Col. f.. j.
Watson, DR.. ID. B. Johnson, Miss Ethel
Thomas of Charlotte, Miss Mary f.
Frayser of Winthrop, Prof. c. r. Burts,
Community Secretary Tucker, Demon