Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-27

dict for the defendant. Several mat
ters in equity were brought before
Judge Green Saturday afternoon. All
jurors not engaged in the Land-Mc-
Carter case were excused Thursday
evening.
Winthrop's Carpenter Dead.
]. G. Ferguson, carpenter at Win
throp college, and a we'll known citi-
zen of Rock Hill, died at his home In
that city Friday night Of apoplexy.
The deceased, who was about 40
years Of age, Is survived by his wild
ow and several children. He was q
member Of the First Baptist church
of Rock Hill. The body of the deceas-
ed was inferred in Laurelwood ceme-
terry, Rock Hill, Sunday afternoon, fol-
lowing funeral services conducted at
his late home by Rev. G. E. Smith.
Committed Suicide.
Mr.. w. T. Bradford, bookkeeper at
the Phoenix Cotton mills Of Kings
Mountain, ". c., committed suicide in
the woodshed near his home Friday
night by shooting himself behind the
ear with a pistol. A bottle Of carbolic
acid and some insurance and other
papers were found by his side. Mr..
Bradford who vas about 81 years of
age, left a note to his widow and to
his employer, Rufus Plonk. The con-
tents Of the notes have not been dis
closed. The deceased is survived by
his widow and several children.
Oats Looking Fine.
According to a number Of people
who have seen them, Mr.. w. B. Kerr,
who lives about four miles south Of
Ill ~ r4,,NA Nj hnn ~ ~
the most promising fields Of oats In
that section. The oats are twelve to
fifteen inches tall and the stand Is
about as perfect as could be secured.
It Is understood that Mr.. w. r. Car
rolls oat crop, which looked 80 good
at this time last year, Is not up to that
Of the previous year at present. Mr.,
H. B. James Of Yorkville, has about
thirty-five acres Of oats just without
the southern corporate limits Of York.
vile that are generally conceded to
be as fine as are to be ee anywhere.
Homicide Near catawba Junction.
John Cureton, colored, vas lodged
In the county Jail last Saturday
| charged with the killing Of Hamp
Witherspoon, colored, e catawba
Junction, Thursday night. Cureton,
1t is alleged, became enraged at jests
made by Witherspoon and securing
his shotgun, killed him instantly. Cor
oner Strait went to the scene Of the
killing Friday and q jury Of inquest
returned a verdict that the deceased
came to his death at the hands OF
| Cureton, whose action was not JUST
fable. Witherspoon. 1t Is understood,
lived with Cureton.
We'll Known Chester Lady Dead.
News was received In Yorkville on
Sunday afternoon Of the death Of Miss
Mary Jane Wallace, which occurred at
her home in the Pleasant Grove Sec
ton Of Chester county early Sunday
morning, following a long illness. Miss
Wallace, who was about 83 years OF
age, had lived all her life in Chester
| county. She was the oldest member
| Of Pleasant Grove Presbyterian church
| The deceased Is survived by a sister
Mrs. Jane Gordon Of Yorkville No. 6
| The funeral and interment was held al
Pleasant Grove yesterday morning, the
funeral services being conducted by
Rev. r. Roy Brown.
Death Of Raymond Barron.
Raymond L. Barron, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. B. Barron Of Rock Hill, died In
Jacksonville, Fla, Sunday afternoon
following a long illness. The deceas-
ed was in the 37th year Of his age, and
had been living in Jacksonville, Fla,
for the past fifteen years. He was q
mail clerk on the Seaboard Air Line
railway, his I'll being between Ham
let, N. c., and Jacksonville. Mr.. Bar
ron leaves a widow and one child
His parents, two brothers, Messrs
Paul and Joel Barron Of Rock Hill, and
N~4 o;ofa. Mac Z q nofao ~ vnrH-
| Vile No. 2, also survive. The funeral
was held at the home Of his parents In
Rock Hill this morning, and the inter-
ment followed in Laurelwood ceme-
terry.
| Wholly in Cleveland County.
Citizens Of Kings Mountain, N. c..
on Saturday by a majority Of rs votes,
| decided that hereafter all Of the town
shall be in Cleveland county. The
town has heretofore been the dividing
line between CASTOR and Cleveland
counties, and the election which was
held Saturday decided n Of the
hardest fought questions that eveI
came up for settlement among the
people in that section. There were
412 anne on the Cleveland county
registration books Of people eligible
to vote in the election and 225 on
those of CASTOR. approximately 613
ballots were cast In the election. The
election gives Cleveland county, OF
which Shelby Is the county seat, five
more cotton mills and about 1000 ex-
ira population. AS q result Of the
election a fine highway Is to be built
from Kings Mountain to the South
Carolina line, primarily for the bene-
At Of Kings Mountain township peo-
L plo (fhto nnttntul Uhn do mnCf ~
their trading In the North Carolina
town.
Mr.. Mclaurin at Filbert.
With the first inception Of the prop
| osition to invite Hon John L. McLau-
rim, state warehouse commissioner, to
| Filbert. the idea was to have present
only the thirty or forty subscribers to
the stock Of the warehouse company
The subscribers understand the whole
warehouse theory pretty well; but
there was a feeling that there would
be considerable pleasure and satisfac-
ton to all in having a talk from the
father Of the warehouse plan in per-
son.. But after the committee got no.
tice Of Mr.. McLaurin's acceptance,
plans began to develop more extern
sively and because Of a feeling that
the audience Is going to be much
larger than was originally contem-
plated and too large for the Wood
mans hall or the school house, the
speaking will be from the stand at the
picnic grounds. Mr.. McLaurin is to
come up from Columbia Thursday in
his car If the weather is favorable.
Otherwise he expects to come on the
train. The speaking will commence
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock.
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