Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-15
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Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs oi
Cherokee, Cleveland, CASTOR. Ian.
caster and Chester.
Gastonia Gazette, June IL: At the
regular monthly meeting Of the board
Of directors Of the Gastonia chamber
of commerce last night the report OF
the agricultural committee recon-.
mending that the chamber inaugurate
q CASTOR county fair was unanimously
adopted. Announcement was made In
the Gazette last week that the agri-
cultural committee, at recent meet
ing, had decided to recommend the
holding Of a county fair and as a re.
suit considerable enthusiasm for the
project has already developed. Details
will be worked out through committees
which will be appointed at special
meeting Of the board to be held soon
...... Quite a little excitement was
created on Main street Wednesday
morning when a man with child In
his arms was seen dashing wildly
across the street from the Southern
station into Walters barbershop and
by back lots to the city hall, followed
by the mother Of the child wildly
screaming, "Give me back my child!'
The man was Mr.. Gus Willis. catcher
on the Loray baseball team. His
wife was preparing to leave on the
9.2O train for Thomasville to visit her
mother a Mrs. Beatty. 1t Is said that
Mrs. Willis was leaving her husband
and was taking the baby with her;
Willis, however, snatched the child
from her arms with the result men,
toned. After consultation with Chief
Of Police Carroll, Sheriff Davis and an
attorney, the two made up their diff
ferences and returned to their home
in the Loray section. 1t was agreed
that Mrs. Willis should take her baby
and go to Thomasville and visit her
mother. George Artery, q negro
workingman employed in the building
| Of the bridge across the Catawba river
at Mount Holly, was drowned Tues
day afternoon. This Is the first &C
cident to happen in connection with
the work on the bridge. The negro
was attempting to swim with his
clothes on from the shore to the mid
die pier. His clothes became saturat-
ed and heavy with water, he sank be-
fore help could reach him.. ...... Mrs
]. r. Henderson, who was severely In
jured q couple Of weeks ago In run
away accident near town, since which
time she has been at the home OF her
sister, Mrs. s. w. Patrick, In Gas
tonia, returned Saturday to her home
| in the Union section. She Is able to
get about some with assistance but is
still suffering considerably.
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kina's Mountain Herald, Juno 10:
The rural letter carriers Of Cleveland
county held their meeting in the court
house at Shelby, Monday, May 31st, II
being a national memorial day, holi-
day for them. The organization has
16 members, but only a few were
present on account Of bad weather.
The following officers were elected: G.
P. Goforth, president; G. V. Hawkins,
vice president; l. M. Logan, secretary;
A. G. Higgins, c. P. Goforth and John
B. Nolan were elected to attend the
state convention which meets In Char
lotte. July 5-6... Mr.. Minter. q
1915 graduate Of Davidson, has been
elected a member Of the Linwood fac
ulty for the ensuing year. j. A.
Roberts has accepted a position al
! Rockingham, N. c., as manager Oh
the company store at Hannah Pickett
mills and will begin work within two
or three weeks He will not move his
family for a while yet. =. Mrs. E. o.
Cole and sister. Miss Ada Darlington,
will leave Monday for Missula, Mon
tana, where they will spend three
months in their old home.
Chester Reporter, June 10: At the
meeting Of the county board Of COM
missioners Monday, a motion was car
ried to the effect that the county pur-
chase steel forms for silos and rent
them to farmers. The Booster
trip Of the Commercial club yesterday
into the eastern sections of the coun-
| ty proved to be a delightful success,
and the boosters after covering the
eatern side Of the county thoroughly,
decided to include Rock Hill and
Yorkville in their itinerary, and be-
fore they returned to the home base
last night called upon the citizens Of
these two York county towns and
showed them that the people Of Ches-
ter are out and hustling. There were
few minor mishaps on the trip, but
the long journey was remarkable for
! the singular freedom from serious ac-
cidents. None Of the autoists meeting
with a mishap that he was unable to
remedy with a few minutes work.
In difficulty that grew out Of base
ball game in Brookland, the colored
suburb, Tuesday afternoon, Levi Ward,
aged about IA, struck Walter McAliley
Of about the same age, a terrific blow
on the head, fracturing the skull and
inflicting a dangerous wound. Nc
ALLEY was taken to the Chester sana-
torium, and while his condition Is Sc
rious he will probably recover. ......
Messrs. A. G.. Brice, ]. B. Westbrook,
]. T. Collins, Alex Frazer, T. ]. Cum
ningham. ]. A. Riley, S. D. Cross and
others are in Columbia today as rep
resentatives from the Commercial club
seeking to have one Of the live stock
markets that the state is to establish
located in this city,. Miss Adelyne
Hood will leave tomorrow evening for
New York, to enroll as student at
the New York School Of Music and
Arts. This Is the institution which
Mr.. Marion Budd Walker, Chester
boy, is attending, and at which he is
making unusual progress being re-
garded in music circles as a young
baritone Of very fine promise.
Gaffney Ledger, Juno II: Mr.. Joe
w. Wheelchel was reported yesterday
afternoon to be lying at the point Of
death and it was expected that he
would pass away at any minute. He
has been desperately i'll for several
days. 900. Friends Of Uncle Nat"
Snead will be glad to learn that he Is
considerably improved and will prob
ably be recovered sufficiently within
the next few days from the ills which
has confined him to his home on Race
street for the past two weeks to at
tend to business. .... Wilma, the little
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. M. c. North
ey, died at the home Of her mother OH
West Buford street Monday after seve-
raj weeks Illness The funeral was
conducted at the home Tuesday after
noon by DR.. ]. S. Dill, pastor Of the
First Baptist church.. .Gaffney
people suffered a distinct shock OF
grief when it was learned that Mrs.
Emmie Halstead Westrope, wife Of
Mr.. T. H. Westrope, had died at 5
o'clock that morning. Mrs. Westrope
had been i'll for about two weeks, but
she had apparently recovered and on
Sunday was out riding. Monday