Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-09-25


ed invitations which read as follows
have been received in the city by
| friends of the contracting parties: Mr..
and Mrs. James Yancey Elliott request
the honor Of your presence at the mar
riage Of their daughter Essie, to Mr..
James Edward Crawford, Wednesday
afternoon, September the thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and fourteen at three
o'clock at home, Shelby, r. F. D. No. 8,
North Carolina. Miss Elliott Is no
stranger in the city, having been con-
nected with the city school for two
years She Is young woman OF pleas
| ing disposition and has the power or
winning friends. The groom elect Is
J the son Of the late John T. Crawford, or
| the Pisgah neighborhood, and Is a
young man Of energy and thrift. His
home is two miles south OF the city
| on the Yorkville road, where he Is sue
cessfully engaged in farming. He has
numerous relatives and friends In both
the city and county who will be inter-
ested in his approaching wedding.
Gaffney Ledger, Sept. u: The Buy
Bale Of Cotton" movement continues
to gain ground in Gaffney, although no
wild enthusiasm has been displayed.
Local business men realize that all tnat
Is necessary Is to buy the cotton at
ten cents per pound and let IT be known
that it will be kept off the market In
definitely or as long as necessary to
bring the price Of the staple to nor.
NAL condition. A partial canvass or
the city made Saturday afternoon
showed that all the business men are
heartily in favor Of the movement and
are quietly encouraging 1t. Many or
them have already bought one or more
bales paying ten cents per pound Tor
it, and said they would probably buy
more in the future II 1t Is necessary.
The meetings at the First Baptist
church, conducted by DR.. j. H. Dew,
are making a profound impression
upon the city. The large congres tions
that hear him at each service are
greatly stirred by the clear scriptural
teachings Of the preacher The morn
ing sermon on Sunday on Salvation
by Grace and the Rewards OF Chris
tian Work." was Of unusual power. The
afternoon meeting for men was largely
attended and was a special blessing to
all who heard the preacher. Mrs.
Dew's service for the ladies at the
Methodist church in the afternoon, was
largely attended and was source OF
pleasure and profit to all. Thus far %
have been received into the church.
800. Limestone college will open for
the coming session tomorrow morning
with bright prospects for most sue
cessful session. 1t is expected that the
enrolment will fully equal that of last
year If ii does not exceed 1t, in spite OF
the financial depression that has ex-
listed throughout the country during
the past few weeks. 80. Friends OF DR..
]. n. Nesbitt, who recently underwent
an operation at the City Hospital for
appendicitis, will be glad to learn that
he has recovered sufficiently to resume
a small part Of his practice. :. Among
the interesting presentations recently
made to the Carnegie Free Library Is
diary written by Michael Carney,
the man from whom the town OF Gaff-
ney takes it's name. The diary covers
a period Of fifty years or more at
very interesting time. 1t was given to
the library by Mrs. r. R. wilkins.
1t was decided by the Farmers Ware.
house company, at its meeting held
Friday, to erect another warehouse on
the same lot on Frederick street
where it's two warehouses are now To-
Gated. The new building Is to have
storing capacity Of between five and
six thousand bales Of cotton. The new
building is to be erected as soon as
possible. 1t Is estimated that the cost
will probably be about $4,000. 49,. Be
coming suddenly enraged at Junie
Peeler during an argument Saturday
night, Tillman Queen drew flask or
whisky from his pocket and threw 1t at
Peeler, breaking it upon his head.
Peeler was cut in many places on his
face and head by broken glass His in
juries were dressed by Dr. ]. G. Pitt
man, who was called Immediately after
the fight occurred. Both men live in
the country and neither has been ar
rested. -. .Rumors that the Southern
Railway is contemplating discontinue
ing local trains numbers Al and AZ, and
second sections of trains numbers 81
and 3S are causing some concern to
Gaffney people, Such move on the
part of the railroad would greatly di-
minish the travelling facilities to and
from Gaffney. 1t is said that the prop
osition to discontinue these trains Is
being considered on account OF the de-
crease in travel occasioned by the
present financial depression.
Rock Hill Record, Sept. "a: The Ma
tional Union Bank this morning receiv-
ed a shipment Of $4,000 Of the cot
tom currency They state that this
money is to be used for the purpose OF
carrying the cotton crop. They also
state that II necessary and the amount
of cotton requires it, they can get an
additional amount Of $275,000 This
amount, together with the amount or
cash on hand in that bank of about
$3.50 900 as shown by their statement
published in the last issue OF the Rec
ord, would give them close on to half
a million dollars should so much be re-
uuired to handle the crop. Mr.. Dunlap,
the cashier of the bank, also informs
us that this money is to be used to
help the farmers handle the crop and
not to parties to speculate on cotton...
Mr.. A. A McKeown, the farm demon
strator this morning received an order
from the Chester Alfalfa association
for 500 pounds Of alfalfa seed. He had
already shipped to them several hum
dred pounds Of the seed. The work
in all the schools moved on smoothly
last week. Regular work was started
last Tuesday, and by the close OF the
week all the pupils were in the har-
ness The enrolment to date Is as fol-
lows: High school, 95; Central. $40;
Highland Park, 112; Arcade Victoria,
SO; Aragon- Manchester, 103. Total,
9l3. The domestic science and manual
training equipment has arrived and is
being installed this week. Work will
begin regularly in these departments
very soon. Through the Bass Furni-
ture company a sewing machine has
been donated by the Free Sewing Ma
chine company. The school appreciates
very much the kindness Of Mr.. Bass
who secured the machine for the
school. 1t is hoped that other needed
equipment may be given by the citizens
Of the city. The nieht school work at
the Arcade Victoria will begin within
the next two weeks, as soon as the
school building is finished. The faculty
will be announced later. -. Miss Lena
Wingate who is teaching school at
Orangeburg, and Miss Jessie Wingate,
who is teaching at Kingston. n. c.,
were called home Saturday on account
of the serious illness Of their mother,
Mrs. ]. F. Wingate. .... Yesterday be-
ing the first Sunday Of the college ses-
sion. the entire student body at Win
throp marched down Oakland avenue
to the various churches. 1t was a strik-
ing array-S76 girls in line! What a
big thing that is, to be sure! The years
enrolment is the largest in Winthrop's
history. 80. The five-months- -old child
of r. R. F'incher. died Sunday after
noon at the Highland Park Mill vii
lage and was buried this afternoon in
LaurelwOod. Rev. Mr.. Smith conduct
ing the service.
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