Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-02-19
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Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs o.
Cherokee, Cleveland, CASTOR, Lam
caster and Chester.
Gaffney Ledger, Feb. 16: Specia
services Sunday marked the fourth
anniversary Of the pastorate Of DR.. j
S. Dill, at the First Baptist church II
this city. Music at both the morning
and evening services was unusually
excellent, and the pastors sermons
were masterpieces. Large congrega-
tons attended each service. .... Trus-
tees of school district No. 10, held a
meeting Friday night with a view OF
putting into operation some plan
whereby the litigation in regard to the
selection of a site for a new school
building might be ended, but after
long discussion and elaboration the
meeting adjourned without any action
having been taken. The board Of
trustees made the people of West End
a proposition, which, If accepted,
| would have settled the case, but no
| agreement could be reached. 800. The
| anrmative side won the decision in q
debate on the question Of "compul-
sorry education" at the Central school
r friday. The affirmative side was rep
resented by Marion Kiser, Rex Tindall
and Walter Smith; the negative side
was represented by Montgomery Will
kins, Ouida Lipscomb and Jack Pitt
man. DR.. ]. S. Dill, Rev. G. C. Leon
ard and Mrs. E. B. Taylor were the
judges. .....A report from the ex-
animation Of a dogs head sent to CO.
lumbia last week by Policeman c. M.
Painter, stated that the animal was
afflicted with the rabies. Mr.. Painter,
his wife and six children and four Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Whites children
were bitten by the puppy before it was
killed. Medical treatment was SEN
from Columbia and is being admin
istered to the injured people by DR.. S.
B.. Sherard. ......The Cherokee County
Teachers association will hold it's mex
meeting at the B~lacksburg High school
on March 9Th. A number Of prominent
educators have been invited to address
the association al that time. Among
these is Mr.. John E. Carroll, county
superintendent Of education of York
county, who has accepted the invita-
ton. An interesting programme is
being prepared for the OCCASION. ....
AS a result of a stroke Of paralysis,
suffered several days before, Mr.. Jas
per PinSon, a Confederate veteran and
we'll known in Cherokee, died Friday
evening at the city hospital, where he
had been carried for treatment. He
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Pinson came to this county from Rome,
Ga, about thirty years ago. His
relatives in this section Of the country
who survive him are Mrs. Martin
Pinson of Cowpens, a sister, and Mr..
Jesse Pinson of Thickety, a nephew.
The burial took place Sunday after
noon in the cemetery near Beaverdam
Baptist church. 80. More than a hun
dred earnest Cherokee county farmers
gathered at the court house Saturday,
which had been set aside as "Ferti-
lizer and Economy" day, to hear a dis
cussion Of these subjects.
Gastonia Gazette, Feb. 16: His hosts
of friends will regret exceedingly to
learn hat Sheriff w. N. Davis is i'll
at his home on South York street. He
became suddenly i'll Sunday afternoon
and has been confined to his bed since,
though he is reported as somewhat i'm
proved today. His friends hope for
him a speedy recovery. In his abb
sence from his Office, Mr.. Henry Craig
is making his tax collecting rounds as
advertised in the Gazette. Mr.. S.
]. Durham Of the local bar, had a very
narrow escape from serious injury last
night. He was sitting by an open
window in train No. 80, Is it was leav-
ing S~partanburg, when a rock, hurled
by some one, struck him on the head,
inflicting a painful but not serious
wound. Mr.. Durham vas stunned for
a moment by the blow. Had the win
down been closed he would doubtless
have sustained even more serious in
jury from flying glass. AT a mass
meeting held in the city hall last
night the Associated Charities Of Cas-
tonia was organized n plans formu-
lated for a systematic investigation and
relief of all worthy cases of distress
in the city in the future. The or
ga~nization will have the support Of
the city, the churches and the va
rious organizations which have been
handling charity cases in the past,
will eliminate the possibility Of i'm
position upon the citizens by unworthy
appeals and will endeavor to assist In
finding employment for the unemploy-
ed Of the city. ..Nettie Louise,
aged three months and &c days, daugh-
ter of MI. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Hardin, died
at their home at the Arlington mill,
Sunday night, and will be buried today
at Patterson Springs, Cleveland
county. There are twelve children in
the family and this is the first death.
...... Company B, the CASTOR Guards.
will undergo it's regular inspection on
March 9th. Captain Russell C.. Lang
don, U. S. A., inspector instructor for
North Carolina, and Col. Thos. String
field Of Waynesville, inspector general
Of the North Carolina national guards,
will conduct the inspection. The pres
ent requirements call for IS men in
each company. .... .Belated news has
reached Gastonia of the death at Alta
Vista, Va, of Mr.. A. K. Loftin, a form
er Gastonian, and at one time sheriff
Of this county. No particulars are
known except that he died two or
three weeks ago and his body was
buried at Alta Vista, where he had
made his home for the past two or
three years. Mr.. Loftin was a native
of Lincoln county and spent most of
his life in Lincoln and CASTOR coun-
ties. He was about 60 years old. In
1894, he was elected sheriff Of CASTOR
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served in that office for two years,
going out In 1896. After going out Of
office he wen into the contracting
business and built many structures in
this and surrounding counties, giving
particular attention to mill construc-
ton.
Lancaster News, Feb. 16: An inter-
esting occasion was the housewarm-
ing at the beautiful new Baptist par
sonage last Thursday evening. A
representative number of the congre-
cation gathered early at the church
where organ music vas enjoyed until
the appointed hour. At s o'clock they
proceeded to the parsonage and took
DR.. and Mrs. Thayer entirely by sur
! prise. Many of Lancaster's most tai
ented musicians took part in a pro-
gramme varied and interesting. During
the evening, hot chocolate and crack
ers were served by several young
ladies Of the church. AT a negro
hot supper, or "festibule" on Mr.. r. ].
Flynn's plantation in the New Cut sec
ton of the county, Friday night, in a
general miX-uD i'm which raZOrS DiStOlS.