Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-12-22
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Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs Of
Cherokee, Cleveland, CASTOR, Lam
caster and Chester. s-s
Gastonia Gazette, Dec. 1s: Mrs
Lewis H. Kerr died at her home OF
North Marietta street yesterday morn
ing at $50 o'clock. She had been II
declining health for some time ant
her death, while not unexpected, came
as distinct shock to her family anC
friends. For several weeks her con.
dition had been very critical and Il
was known that she might pass away
at any time. .... The annual banquet
Of the CASTOR county alumni and stu.
dents Of the University Of North Car.
olina will be held in Gastonia, on Wed.
nesday evening, December 80. This
event promises to be one Of much sig
we'll as to the alumni and students di-
rectly concerned. ..... Nineteen and
fourteen has been a year Of fatalities
among Castor county's Confederate
veterans. According to the records ir
the Office Of Clerk Of the Court c. C.
Cornwel there have passed away dur
ing the year up to the present time 27
veterans and 16 widows of veterans
It Is probable that the records are as
yet incomplete and that this number
may be increased. It is the largest
number that has died during any one
year in the county since the war. Fol-
lowing Is list Of the dead veterans:
Noaf F. Pence, w. A. Lowery, E. l.
Shires, F. w. Armstrong, e. M. Ber-
ry, ]. l.. M. Clemmer, E. w. Carson
]. T. r. Dameron, Daniel Esker, ]. F
Foy, James L. Groves, Nathan GUM
w. N. Hullender, E. c. Huffstetler
Zimri Kiser, James M. Mccullough
w. F. Kirksey, F. A. F. Noblett, Wiley
Mauney Thomas L. Purdie, F: w
Peyton Smith, L. r. Welch, Thomas
Lindsay. :. Reports from the bedside
Of Mr.. w. M. Wilson, who suffered q
stroke Of paralysis last Sunday morn
ing, are to the effect that he Is resting
somewhat better today and seems to
be slowly improving. :. Eight cars OF
a Southern Railway freight train were
derailed at 2.30 o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon about three miles south Ol
Gastonia, the wreck being caused by q
draw-head pulling out. Fortunately
no one was hurt. The track was block.
ed for several hours, causing some de-
lay to passenger trains. ITO issue
bonds or not to issue bonds will be q
live question in CASTOR county for the
next few months. That to issue bonds
will be the most economical and best
way to handle the financial problem
which the county faces was the unani-
nous opinion Of the members Of the
board Of county commissioners and a
large number Of influential citizens
tourned meeting Of the board Tues
day afternoon.
Kings Mountain Herald, Dec. II:
Mr.. H. T. Fulton Of Kings Mountain
was elected chairman Of the Cleveland
county commissioners. Anton Bros
open up q department store here next
week. They will occupy the store now
occupied by D. M. Baker Co., next to
Kiser Mauney. Mr.. Baker has i'm
proved his store by shelving 1t to the
ceiling so that II will accommodate his
stock Of hardware. The new firm
comes from Gastonia. -. .Messrs. II
T. Fulton and WIS. billing Joined
Capt. F. Dilling on the annual deer
hunt at Green Pond, s. c., last Sat
urday. The captain had been down
there for several days They are ex-
pected back Saturday. Arthur Hay
Of Galveston, Texas, arrived Saturday
to take charge Of the insurance busi-
ness Of P. r. Hay who Is moving to
South Carolina. We are grieved to
note that Rev. D. E. Vipperman Is to
leave us. He has accepted the Kenly
and Princeton churches, and will live
in Kenly, N. C. The family will leave
here Tuesday to spend the holidays In
High Point with relatives. Brother
his local field for the past year, and
may success ever attend his efforts.
Gaffney Ledger, Dec. 18: Reports
from different sections Of the county
indicate that Cherokee county farm
ers have sown more wheat and oats
this year than ever before, and even II
the usual amount Of cotton Is planted
next year more food products than
have been customary In times past
will have been produced. There are
many farmers, however, who say that
they are not going to plant single
cotton seed during the year 1915, un-
less the present prospect for this crop
is greatly improved. Mr.. Albert Cook
has accepted a position with the Cher
okee Drug Co. For number Of years
he has worked in his fathers store on
Limestone street, during which time
he has made hundreds Of friends
throughout the city. He Is an accom-
plished young gentleman, and Is thor
oughly capable Of performing his new
duties acceptably. :. Miss Mary Eliz-
abeth Wells Of Grover No. l, and Mr.
Jesse c. White Of Reidsville, N. c..
were married at the home Of the bride
near Blacksburg, Wednesday after
noon, Rev. B. L. Hoke performing the
ceremony. go. students and teachers
at Limestone college are leaving this
morning for their various homes In
different cities. The college holidays
will continue until January 4.....The
barbershop Of Messrs. Elmore and
Melton has been moved from the Set
tlemyer building on Limestone street
to the building formerly occupied py
the Piedmont cafe on the same street
The shop has been repainted and re-
papered, and is clean and sanitary In
every respect. The Piedmont cafe has
been transferred to the Lockhart-
Thomas building on Robinson street.
...... AT a called meeting Of Lime
stone Camp, No. 375,. Woodmen Of the
World, the following officers were
elected to serve the ensuing year: j.
]. Smith, consul commander; George
Mosely, advisor lieutenant; Morris
Sarratt, clerk; j. H. Buice, banker;
Roland Miller, escort; Alfred Gaffney,
inside sentry; Garrison Hill, outside
sentry. The new officers will be in
stalled at the first meeting OF the
camp in January.
Chester Reporter, Dec. II: The
books in the office Of County Treas
urer S. E. Wylie show that for the
past fiscal year, ending June goth last,
the magistrates Of Chester county col
lected a total Of s3,626.65 in fines, di-
vided according to townships as fol-
lows: Baton Rouge, ]. w. Wilks, $S45;
Blackstock, w. T. Castles, $429.35;
Chester, J. ]. Mcclure, $S79.10; Haisell-
Vile Lee Carter, $974O; Hazelwood,
r. R. Steele, $21.20; Landsford, w. B.
Crosby, $342.50; Lewisville, ]. r. Reid,
$S45.20; Rossville, ]. r. P. Gibson,
s167. Mrs. Elizabeth Hardin, wild
ow of the late Frank Hardin, died yes
terday afternoon at the old homestead
in the Capers Chapel neighborhood,
at the ripe old age Of ninety. Funeral
services will be held at Capers Chap
el this afternoon, by the Rev. w. I.
Duncan, followed by interment in the
Capers Chapel graveyard. Mrs. Har-
din was a lifelong member Of the
Methodist church and was reverenced
for bar oopS;ofont rhristian life She