Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-16
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News Happenings In NelghbOrlng
Communities.
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Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs OF
Cherokee, Cleveland, CASTOR. Lam
caster and Chester.

caster and Chester.
Gaffney Ledger, Nov. IL: Superin-
.endent of Education Donald Huggin,
! Prof Lueco Gunter, state rural school
supervisor, and Miss Elizabeth Dick
son, president Of the South Carolina
School Improvement association, have
been visiting the county schools in
Cherokee this week. DR.. Lee Davis
Lodge, president Of Limestone college,
and w. K. Gunter have accompanied
| them on several Of the trips. night
school for adults at Kings Creek
with Mr.. Clarence Castles as teacher,
was scheduled to be organized last
night. Both Prof. Gunter and Miss
Dickson will take part in the teach
ers' meeting at Limestone college to-
morrow. Word was received in
Gaffney yesterday that John Smith, a
negro, better known as BLACK Dia-
mond," who lived in Gaffney for sew
eral years, had been shot and killed
by his wife at Shelby Wednesday
night A telegram said the body would
be brought to Gaffney today for burial.
Smith has a number Of relatives here.
..... In a strenuous chase early Wed
nesday morning. Carl Weaver, negro
serving a five months sentence on the
town chaingang, was frustrated in his
efforts to escape. A fast freight run
ming south provided what the negro
thought to be an opportunity to make
his getaway, but when he attempted
TO swing it he was thrown with ter
rific force. However, he jumped up
and began running along with the
train, apparently looking for better
opportunity to swing 1t. Officers
Rains and Parrish were close in the
pursuit and the fugitive was soon
forced to the bushes near w. c. Ham
rick's home on Buford street. after go
ing through Mr.. Hamrick's yard and
securing an axe. The officers found
him hidden in clump Of bushes. .....
Mr. H. B. Brown, one Of Gaffney's
leading merchants and business men,
has had plans and specifications drawn
for a three-story brick building to be
erected on the corner of Limestone and
Robinson streets on what is known as
the old hotel property. Although the
contract has not yet been let, laborers
have been excavating on the ground
for a heating plant. Mr.. Brown has
not decided whether to let contrac.
or to erect the building with hired
labor. :. Supervisor ]. M. Jenkins re-
turned Tuesday morning from Atlanta
where he had been to buy mules for
the county. He bought twelve to take
the place Of twelve old ones which have
less than $500 each.
Chester Reporter, Nov. II: Mr.. S.
c. Walker, who has been very i'll at his
home on Center street for several days,
is considerably worse today, and was
reported as being unconscious this
morning. 49,. Mr.. W. B. Cox, Jr., has
been compelled to discontinue his stud
les at Valparaiso, Ind, on account of
trouble with his eyes and Is expected
" dlIlNS L IN
friends Of the groom, a former Chester
boy, will be interested in the following
item from the A. r. Presbyterian:
"Mr. Joseph N. Nance announces the
approaching marriage Of his daugh-
ter, Leila, to Mr.. James Strong Mof-
fatt. Jr. The wedding will take place
the last week in December at Mount
Chickasaw.' The body Of Mr.. j.
S. Booth, whose death in Atlanta was
noted Monday afternoon in the Report
er, arrived here yesterday afternoon,
and was met at the station by a dele
cation from the Red Men, also others
from among the lodges and the citi-
zens, and taken to Evergreen cemetery
conducting a short service. ... Rev.
d. G. Phillips, D. D.. Mr.. and Mrs. A.
G.. Brice, Rev. ]. G. Dale, DR.. G. B.
White and Mr.. r. r. Moffat are
among those who are attending the
meeting Of the A. r. P. synod at Due
West this week. .... Mr.. M. S. Lewis.
president Of the Citizens National
bank and one Of it's largest stockhold
ers, has accepted the cashiership Of the
Peoples National bank of Winston
Salem, N. c., and the Citizens Nation
al bank Of this city will be liquidated.
An arrangement has been made byl
which the deposits, loans, ETC., have
been transferred to that institution,
and the operations involved in trans
fer were completed last night, so that
patrons Of the Citizens National bank
having business to transact with the
institution will call at the National Ex-
change bank. While the transfer of
business to the National Exchange
bank is in the nature Of consolidation,
the capital stock Of the National Ex-
change bank will not be increased and
the stockholders Of the Citizens Ma
tional bank will have their money re-
turned when the affairs Of the insti
tuition have been wound up. w. H.
White, who was cashier Of the Citi-
zens' National bank, has returned to
his former position at the National
iSSNShohSC HS SlllZcHS udIIh
was organized in the autumn Of 1912.
with M. S. Lewis, president; ]. G.
White. vice president; K. H. White,
cashier, and several of the most SUBJ
stantial business men Of the county as
it's directors. Several months ago the
institution became a national bank
Under the management of Mr.. Lewis
the Citizens National bank was re-
garded as safe, progressive and sub
stantial and had made a most remark
able record, considering the fact that
it had been in business only three
years and that during that time one
Of the severest panics the country has
known had occurred.
Kings Mountain Herald, Nov. II: |
The case Of greatest Importance to
Herald readers is probably that Of the
Southern railway against Lee Woodall
for embezzling $500 Of the railways
funds while he was station agent here
This case was continued and Mr..
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