Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-22
|TOID BY LOCAL EXCHANGES
News Happenings In NelghbOrlng
Communities.
CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING
Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs OF
Cherokee, Cleveland. CASTOR. Ian.
caster and Cheater.

Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs o.
Cherokee, Cleveland, CASTOR, Lam
caster and Chester
Gastonia Gazette, Juno 18: Mr.. D. ]
Caldwell, who holds a responsible po'
sition in the general freight offices Of
the Southern railway at Richmond
Va, underwent an operation at g
Richmond hospital Monday for ap'
pendicitis. A message received this
morning by his mother, Mrs. B. j
Caldwell, brings the good news thai
he is rapidly recovering from the ef-
fects Of the operation. AT the
regular meeting Of Gastonia Lodge
No. 369, A. +. and A. NJ, held last
Friday night, June 11th, the following
officers were elected and appointed
for the ensuing year: Chas. Ford, w
M; P. w. Garland, s. W.; ]. w. Tim
berlake, j. W.; E. G. McLurd, treas
urer; F. r. Anders, secretary; A. C.
Jones, s. D.; ]. w. Culp, ]. D.; ]. R
Baber, senior steward; A. b. O'Nei
junior steward; F.. A. Costner, tyler
..... Friends of Col. T. L. Craig are
glad to see him able to be out again
after being confined to his home fol
more than a month by a severe at
tack of rheumatism. 80. There was
completed yesterday at the White
Monument Works, an unusually in
teresting monument, which Is being
placed today in Hopewell cemetery
| Mecklenburg county, about IL miles
northwest Of Charlotte, above the
grave Of Francis Bradley, the great
grandfather of Messrs. B. G., F. W.
and Mckee Bradley Of Gastonia, at
whose expense the new monument is
being erected, to replace the old soap
stone slab which has stood as me-
mortal since probably a short time
after the death Of Francis Bradley In
1880. 80. Mrs. Will Smith, Mrs. Lin
den Smith, Mrs. John Duff, and Mrs
John M. Smith Of Glover, s. c., came
up yesterday to attend the reception
given by Mrs. ]. Lean Adams. While
in the city they were the guests OF
Mrs. w. F. Michael, at her home on
East Third avenue. Mr.. H. A
Query, the local editor Of the Gaz-
ette, has been at his home in Pine
vile since Tuesday afternoon, having
been called home on account Of the
serious illness Of his father, Mr.. F. s.
Query, and his uncle, Mr.. E. w.
Query. His aunt, Mrs. ]. H. Adams
also spent a day at the bedside OF
her brothers, returning home yester-
day. Mr.. F. s. Query is reported to-
day as being better.
| Lancaster News, June 18: The city
council, at a meeting last night, de-
cided to stop the white way at the
intersection Of Chesterfield avenue
with Main street, a block north Of the
Southern railway depot. AS origi-
nally decided by the council, the way
was to extend from the courthouse
square to the Lancaster & Chester
railway. On Wednesday after
noon, June 16, Miss Gertrude Jones
and Mr.. T. Lee Craig, both Of this
county, were married at the home OF
the brides step-father and mother
Mr.. and Mrs. D. l.. Adams, about
three miles northwest Of town. The
ceremony was, performed by the
brides pastor Rev. w. S. Patterson
and was witnessed by few relatives
and friends. Immediately after the
ceremony, Mr.. and Mrs. Craig went
by automobile to the home Of the
groom at Caskey's, about five miles
west Of Lancaster on the Southern
railway. The trustees Of Pleasant
Hill school have elected Miss Alma
Van Landingham and Miss Margaret
Gooch to teach the Pleasant Hill
school, .... Mr.. u. M. Neal died at
his home near Flint Ridge church on
Wednesday, June 18th, after an ILL
ness of several months duration.
The body was laid to rest the fol-
lowing day at Pleasant Plain Baptist
|
the funeral services being conducted
by his pastor, DR.. ]. w. H. Dyches OF
Heath Springs, after which the i'm
pressive rites Of the Masonic fraterni-
ty were carried out by White Bluff
lodge, No. PA, of which he was an
honored member. Mr.. Neal was 65
years old, was one Of the most sub
stantial citizens Of Lancaster county
and a useful member Of the Flint
Ridge Baptist church.
Gaffney Ledger, June 18: While
driving q disc harrow Monday morn
ing, Odell Martin, young man who
lives on route four, was thrown from
his seat on the machine, falling under
the wheels, when it struck a stump
in the field The mules pulling the
machine stopped before the young
man was run over, but he was severe
ly bruised by the fall and by the
wheels, which were dragged against
him. Mrs. Mary Mckay Gordon,
wife of Albert Gordon, died at her
home in the Grassy Pond section OF
the county yesterday, after months
illness She is survived by her hus-
band and two children. Mrs. Lille
Scruggs, wife of C. @. Scruggs, died at
her home in Sherman, Texas, on June
Sth, after a long illness. Mr.. Scruggs
and his family moved from Cherokee
county to the west in 1900. ...... Squire
Rufus Poole, a Confederate veteran
and eX-sheriff Of Spartanburg county,
died at his home in the Sunnyside
section of the county, Wednesday
night, after several weeks illness. He
was Sc years DID, and is survived by
his wife and three children. 80. AN
Automobile bus service running on
regular schedules and making two
round trips per day between Chesnee
and Gaffney, has been instituted by
Mr.. c. Moseley Of Chesnee. Mr.. Nose
ley began the service this week. He
stated yesterday that prospects for
good business appeared most encour-
aging. .....A real live grounding,
captured by Mr.. Horace Vickers in
the battle-ground section Of the county
and exhibited in the city Friday, was
an interesting curiosity for many peo-
pie who saw it. The animal, consid-
erably larger than a rabbit and Of a
Il ,,.ly Il oh weighed