Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-28
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News Happenings In NelghbOrlng
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News Happenings In NelghbOrlng
Communities.
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Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs Of
Cherokee, Cleveland, CASTOR, Ian.
caster and Chester.
Fort Mill Times, Sept. %: Mrs. ].
T. Young and little son, Kenyon, are
| visiting In the home Of T. K. Lee in
Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. H. E. Mack
left Tuesday for Richmond, Va. to
spend the winter in the home Of her
son, Rev. Edw. Mack. ......W. l.
Ferguson and family, who came to
Fort Mill short time ago from Con-
cord, N. c., have moved into the Halle
cottage on Booth street. 49,. Her many
friends will regret to learn that Mrs.
M. A. Meacham has been seriously Ill
for some days at the home Of her son,
8. L. Meacham, on Confederate street.
..... Miss Minnie Garrison, who has
been spending few days with friends
in Pineville, returned to Fort Mill
Saturday and on Monday assumed her
duties as teacher Of the first grade
in the local public school. In a
meeting Tuesday evening the board Of
trustees Of the Fort Mill public school
elected T. G. Moser, a we'll known
resident Of the town, to the vacancy
on the board brought about several
weeks ago by the resignation Of r.
F. Grier.. B. M. Lee and family,
who came to Fort Mill some weeks
ago from Finlay, Texas, with the in
tention of residing in lower Fort Mill
have returned to the Lone Star state
and will again reside at Finlay, where
Mr.. Lee will engage in railroad work.
| .... Announcement Is made that Fort
Mill Is soon to have another mercan-
tile establishment, grocery and meat
market combined, with Messrs. Her
bert Harris and Jas. H. Patterson as
proprietors. The new concern prob
ably will occupy the Ardery building
on Main street, until recently occupied
by the Stewart & Culp grocery firm.
500. About all the cotton that has
been ginned in this immediate section
up to this time has been sold on the
local market, the prevailing price be-
ing around 10 cents per pound. Seed
have been selling at from 80 to 40 cents
per bushel. Reports from some sec
tions Of the county say that the cotton
has been greatly damaged during the
hot weather Of the last two weeks and
that there will be little If any top
crop.
Kings Mountain Herald, Sept. %:
The two dredge boats used in draining
Buffalo and Muddy Fork creeks have
been sold to a Greensboro company
for the sum Of $1,000. This drainage
work was done for $4,000 less than
was anticipated The bond issue was
for $10S,000, but when the work was
completed the treasury showed a bal
ance Of $4,000. No settlement has
yet been reached with the buyers Of
the bonds for the 100000. The pro-
ceeds Of the boats will be used IN
maintaining the channel. The first
bale Of new cotton was sold here Sat
urday. 1t was grown on the farm OF
Thos. Hamrick near Patterson Grove
church by Oliver McSwain and was
sold by Mr.. McSwain to the Phoenix
mill at 10 IA CENTS. Willie Weir
has sold his farm near Patterson Grove
church to George Gold. Mr. Weir is
his affections set somewhat toward
Virginia. go. Lee. Woodeil, who lost
his position as agent for the Southern
here last spring on account Of short
age in his account, and who has been
missing in these parts for several
weeks, was apprehended and arrested
by detectives in Port Arthur, Texas,
a few days ago. He Is now In the
Shelby Jail in default Of $500 bond,
charged with embezzling $1,000 Of the
Southern's money while agent here.
| ..... "A severe shock visited the Beth
lehem section Friday morning and
pail Of sadness prevailed when the
news arrived that Miss Millie Dixon
was dead and would arrive in Kings
Mountain on train No. 36, Friday
morning. go. Mrs. ]. T. Wilson took
her little daughter, Fay, to a Char
| lotte sanatorium last week, where the
little girl underwent an operation for
both appendicitis and abscess in the
side. She is getting along very nicely
but is till in the hospital.
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Chester Reporter, Sept. %: Rev.
Thomas Jenkins, alias Herbert Scott,
the negro who was mentioned in Mon
days Reporter in connection with the
alleged fleeing Of Hilliard Adams. an
Edgemoor negro, was arrested at
Blackstock Tuesday morning by
Deputies Howzer and Young, and COM
mitted to Jail Tuesday morning. A
gentleman who had read the story
about Jenkins in the Reporter Of the
day previous, phoned the sheriff that
Jenkins had passed Cornwell shortly
before, and the information proved to
be correct, as the deputies when they
were pulling into Blackstock found
Jenkins seated in a yard playing with
| two negro children, and had no trouble
in effecting his capture. He at first
entered general denial, but later
acknowledged that he was Jenkins
and had been evangelizing at Edge
moor. The annual meeting Of the
Home Builders Loan association was
held at the offices Of Messrs. Marion
& Marion. and reports Of the officers
showed the organization to be in a
prosperous condition and business
growing. On motion Messrs. Robert
Frazer, A. N. Webb, ]. T. Perkins, M.
L. Marion, W. A. Corkill, H. E. Nc
| Connell, M. D., and ]. C. Stewart were
re- elected members Of the board Of
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