Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-03-02
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Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs OF
j Cherokee, Cleveland. CASTOR, Ian.
caster and Chester.
Gaffney Ledger, Feb. 26: DR.. Arcn
IC. Cree Of Gaffney, has accepted the
position of secretary Of the Georgia
! BAPTIST mission board, to which he was
recently elected by convention o., Oh
delegates held in Atlanta. He VIII
assume his new duties May 1st. Un-
IN that time he will continue acting
enlistment secretary Of the home mis-
sion board, which position he has hiied
very acceptably for several years.
Recently DR.. Cree has been working IN
Alabama and other southern states In
the interests Of the home mission
board. In a letter received from MIN
Yesterday by friends in the city, ne
stated that he expected to be In Can
ney for a few days visit to relatives
within the next few days. .....; .DuIe
Eubanks, alias Dule Edwards, VINO es,
caped from the Cherokee county jail
several days ago, was captured IN
Union by Rural Policeman Thomas
MCDANIEL. He was returned to the
Cherokee county Jail Tuesday, and the
reward Of $500, which had been Of
fered by Sheriff w. w. Thomas Tor MS
CAPTURE was paid to Mr.. Mcdaniel.
The class Of philosophy OF edu-
cation at Limestone college were oe-
lighted last Saturday by q. visit from from
Prof ]. Harvey Witherspoon. re
came to listen, but he was prevailed
upon to talk And in most inter
esting impromptu address he told the
senior class how the profession OF
teaching was q calling peculiarly suiteo
to women; he spoke Of the qualinca-
tions necessary for successful teach
ers, and gave practical suggestions 10
young women about to enter the pro-
fession. Prof. Witherspoon is Wide-
awake, progressive, energetic teacner.
He understands the needs for a closer
CO operation between the pupnc
schools and the colleges, and ne Is
doing what he can to bring about this
desired relationship. go. Miss jamie
Hamrick and Mr.. Geo. w. Cloniger,
both Of Gastonia, were married last
week by Probate Judge w. D. Kirby
at his office in the courthouse. 49,.
Mary Jane Ellis, wife Of Rev. j. l..
Ellis died at her home in this city
| Wednesday afternoon, very suddenly.
She had been slightly unwell for sew
eral days, suffering with cold, but was
up and about the house. Shortly be-
| fore 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
Mrs. Ellis laid down to rest, and with
| in less than twenty minutes, she was
dead. Mrs. Ellis was seventy one
years of age. She Is survived by her
husband and four children; one boy
and three girls, as follows: John Ellis,
Mrs. Ella Hammett, Mrs. Harriet Car
ter and Mrs. Margaret Tate. She Is
also survived by twenty-three grand
children, all Of them living In Chero-
kee county.
Chester Reporter, Feb. rs: Mr.. Ad.
olson Kitchens, q former citizen or
this county, living in the Rossville
neighborhood, who left here about M
teen years ago for Phillips county,
Ark, died January 1st. Mr.. kitchens
was in his 80th year, and had num-
bers Of friends here who will learn
with regret Of his death. Mrs.
Annie Hood left yesterday morning
for her home at Tuscaloosa, Ala, ac-
companied by her and-daughter,
Miss Adelyne Hood, after spending
several weeks with her daughter, Mrs.
]. O. Hood. There seems to have
been some sort Of misunderstanding
or disagreement at Fort Lawn Tuesday
in regard to the municipal election,
and as q result, the voters OF the
Cousar faction remained away from
the polls Only thirteen votes were
cast, and these went for Mr.. w. L
Abernathy, who was duly reelected.
The candidates for warden on the
Abernathy ticket, Messrs. r. l. Gooch,
T. B. Kell, w. B. McFadden and G. w.
McKeown, were also elected, only one
candidate for warden on the Cousar
ticket, Mr.. E. Christopher, receiving
any votes. Deputy James G. Howe
came in last night from Wilmington,
N. c., with Henry Huey, colored, who
broke Jail here September ~, 1917,
and was captured Monday in Whining
ton, the officer making the arrest
which had been offered for the negro
by Sheriff Colvin. Huey became
boisterous and disorderly one morning
on the south bound Southern passen-
ger tsin and when Cornwell was
reached the conductor appealed to
Constable w. A. Mcneil to arrest the
negro, and a pistol duel ensued, In
which several shots were exchanged
but neither of the combatants was
wounded. Huey fled into the woods
and remained at large for some time,
finally being arrested at Gastonia-
He was in the county Jail awaiting
trial when he managed to break Jail,
along with Charles Carter and Ma
thaniel Alexander the two latter, how
ever, being shortly afterward recap
tured. Huey Is negro OF magnincent
/ proportions-about six feet In height
and weighing about 200 pounds-and
will make Superintendent McKeown
one Of the best rock-breakers the
gang has ever had. -. Prof. w. H.
McNairy, superintendent Of the city
graded schools, when asked yesterday,
how many white children Of this city
between the ages Of and IA are not
| in the public schools, said he was un-
able to give the number exactly, but
would estimate the number at 100 at
least; and then went on to state that
with the facilities and equipment on
hand, the schools Of the city could
easily take care Of this additional
number without having to add more
than one extra teacher. .... VIII X.
Tongue and Olin Varnadore, two
| Jail for several weeks at Lexington,
N. c., on the charge Of horse stealing,
there being two cases against Younge
and one against Varnadore, were
placed on trial Monday and both en-
tered pleas Of guilty. Varnadore was
sentenced to two years in the peniten-
tiary, while Tongue received five
years in one case and had sentence
suspended in the other. In addition
to the cases at Lexington, Younge has
similar charges against him at Colds
boro, N. c., Johnson City, Tenn, and
Tignal. Ga.
Kings Mountain Herald, Feb. rs:
Mr.. Frank Rudisill was married at
Sheldow, Ia, on February II, to Miss
| Maude Wilson Of that place. Mr..
Rudisill Is a son Of Mrs. A. R. Rudisill
Of Kings Mountain. ......A revival
meeting has been in progress at Grace
Methodist church for the past ten
days. There have been about so pro-
fessions and eighteen accessions to the
church. Pastor B. A. Culp Is doing
the preaching. 49,. Mr.. and Mrs. P.
D. Herndon returned Tuesday night
from Union Level, Va, where they had
visited his parents. The Kiser
Lumber Co. has begun work on brick
building 20x50 feet, the front Of which
will be used for an Office and the rear
| for warerooms. 1t Is situated on their
| lot between their present plant and
L. +. Meals stables. M. L. Sum-
mers and his corps Of helpers have re-
moved the old stumps alongside the