Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-03-12
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Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs OF
Cherokee, Cleveland. CASTOR, Lam
caster and Chester.
Chester Reporter, March g.: Mr.. J.
A. Riley Of Denmark. has arrived in
Chester and assumed the office Of
county farm agent. Mr.. Riley Is a
graduate Of Clemson college, and also
Of the University Of Wisconsin. and
had practical training in Mississippi
and in Georgetown county, that tends
to equip him peculiarly for the work
here. 49,. Boyd Minis lies at his home
at the Wylie mill badly bruised and
beaten up from the effects of an attack
OF him Saturday evening, as he was
on his way home from the city. The
assault occurred on the s. A. l. rail-
way track near the Wylie mill, and
Minis Is either unwilling to disclose
unable to recognize them, as he al
leges. He says that he was set upon
and beaten by a large man with black
mustache and a smaller man with
several prominent gold teeth. and this
description, the authorities are maxi
ing use Of today in the endeavor
to ferret out the crime. ....... There
are no new developments today
In the situation that has arisen with
reference to r. F. D. 2, from Chester.
According to the letter received last
week by Postmaster ]. w. Dunovant,
today, March s, was the final limit for
notifying the government Of any in
tended improvement, and as nothing
further has been one since the depart
ment was notified a few days ago Of
what the board proposes to do in the
summer, it is believed at the postofffce
that the postofice department will
order the route discontinued 800. Mrs
]. T. Wilson died Thursday at her
home on Culp street, after a brief Ill
ness, and was laid to rest in Ever
green cemetery, Friday afternoon, af-
ter funeral services at the home by
Rev. A. D. P. Gilmour, D. D. Mrs:
age. and her death was particularly
sad. She Is survived by her husband
and two little children. .... There was
a barn burned on DR.. F. M. Durham's
plantation in the Halsellville neigh
borhood this morning. There is some
possibility Of the fire having been OF
incendiary origin, and Sheriff Colvin
has dispatched two Of his deputies to
the scene.
Lancaster News, March 9: Follow
ing the theft committed Thursday
night in the Robinson-Cloud store, en-
trance was made Friday night into
the pool room Of Mr.. F. B. Porter on
Main street. About $13 in small
change was taken from the cash
drawer. The authorities have as yet
found no clue to the theft or thieves,
who have been so busy during the
past few days. ...... Married, Sunday,
March 7, 1915, by John A. Carnes,
magistrate, Mr.. Grover Funderburk
and Miss Flossie McManus, all Of the
Tradesville section. .....The town
treasury is better off by $500. Dur
ing the early hours Sunday morning
five men were caught by n police
man gambling at cards. The mayor
gave them the limit, 800 each. He
thinks this will stop the business. 80.
At a meeting Of the newly elected
board Of governors Of the chamber of
commerce last evening, Mr.. Luther
Ellison was reelected secretary.
Gastonia Gazette, March 9: Apache
Tribe No. 81, of the order of Red
Men, at Vaudeville, initiated IS new
members Saturday night. A large
number of Gastonia Red Men attend
ed the initiation, among the number
being Messrs. ]. G. Carpenter, James
Queen and DR.. Ralph Ray. MI. Car
penter made a rousing speech on Red
manship. The local tribe is making
a rapid and substantial growth. The
IS men initiated Saturday night were
Messrs. Charles Adcock, John Reeves,
Willie Reed, Charles Watts, Earl
Johnson, Luther Ellington, West
Stowe, Elihu Riley, Hal Little, George
Phillips, Dock Phillips, Avery Brimer,
Forest Wilkerson, Robert Crotts, Will
Mailman, George Ingle, Eugene i
and, Dennis Riley. .....Mrs. Mary l.
the home Of her brother, Mr.. A. M.
Millen, on route four, following an
illness of some time. aged 40 years..
Mrs. Wright's husband died last sum-
mer. Funeral services were conduct
ed at the home at 8 o'clock this after
noon by Rev. H. H. Jordan, pastor of
Main Street Methodist church, and
the remains were laid to rest in Holly
wood cemetery. Mr.. j. p. Webp,
an aged man living on West Franklin
avenue, died early Sunday morning,
following an illness Of some time. He
was a native of Buncombe county, In
this state, and was born March 3,
1S43. Funeral services were conduct
ed at the home yesterday afternoon
at 1 o'clock by Rev. A.. T. Strouden-
mire, pastor of the Loray Baptist
church, and interment was made In
Hollywood cemetery. A widow and
several children survive. .Messrs.
G. H. Marvin and A. L. Falls left last
night for Durham to attend the an
nual state convention Of the Wood
gates from Providence camp No. 1872.
w. o. w. The meeting will be in ses-
sion Tuesday and Wednesday Of this
week.
Rock Hill Record, March 8: Mrs.
Mary Youngblood and daughter, Miss
Ruth, left Friday night for a hospital
at Baltimore, Md, where the latter
goes for treatment. They were ac-
companied by their physician, DR.. l..
A. Bigger. The many friends of
Mrs. Mary Cobb will regret to learn
thai she is quite sick at the home OF
her brother, c. w. Frew, on moore
street. Miss Blanch Sowell OF
Kershaw. who Is a student at the Wo-
mans college at Due West, was
brought to the Fennell infirmary Fri
day night for an operation for appen-
dicitis. ......The preliminary contest
to select representatives from the
Rock Hill school to the Catawba dis
trict speaking to be held here April
Q, took place Friday evening. Frank
Crawford. whose selection was Spar
tacus 10 the Gladiators," n Miss An.
ME Easterlin, reciting TON Sawyer"
were the winners. There were ten
entries, as follows: Frank Crawford,
Lemuel Holroyd, George Matthews,
Lewis Poag: Misses Myrtle Scoggins.
Mary Creighton, Annie Easterlin,
| Claudia Sealy, Ruth Phillips and ia
ME Carroll.
Gaffney Ledger, March g.: City
| Clerk w. II. Ross was instructed by
| city council in regular session Friday
night, to receive city taxes without
penalty until the second day Of April.
According to the supply ordinance the
time for paying taxes expired on the