Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-19
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Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs OF
Cherokee, Cleveland, CASTOR. Ian.
caster and Chester.
Gastonia Gazette, Oct. IS: Capt. A.
L. Bulwinkle Of Co. B, North Carolina
National Guards, left Sunday for
Jacksonville Fla, accompanying Ser
geants c. L. Hord and Lewis Glover
of his company, who are participating
in the national guard shooting contest
there. ..... Clerk Of the Court c. c.
Cornwell was called to Lenoir yester-
day morning to be at the bedside of his
son, Mr.. Marvin Cornwell, who under
went an operation Wednesday after
noon for appendicitis. -. An interest
ing and interested visitor to the Cas-
ton county fair this week Is Mr.. C. A.
Hunsucker Of Catawba Station, Ca
tawba county. He is 80 years old and
a Confederate veteran. Mr.. Hunsucker
visited the fair grounds Tuesday with
Esq. B. G. Bradley. The two were
comrades during the war and had not
seen each other for a period Of 81
years. Despite his advanced age Mr..
Hunsucker is in the enjoyment OF
good health and takes a lively inter-
est in what's going on around him.
He enjoyed his visit to the fair and
was very highly pleased with the
hustling town Of Gastonia which he
was seeing for the first time. ..... Mr..
D. r. Shields, proprietor Of the Loray
Drug Store, has recently sold that
business to Mr.. Leon Smith, who now
has charge Of the establishment. Mr..
Smith has been with this store for the
past year or two as pharmacist. Mr..
Shields has not as yet decided just
what business he will go into. .......
CASTOR county's first annual fair will
close tomorrow night and the record
made by the association both as to at
tendance and as to exhibits will be one
Of which the county has just cause to
be proud. UP to two o'clock this af-
ternoon more than 10000 people had
passed through the turnstile since the
opening Of the grounds Tuesday morn
ing. These are all paid admissions ex-
cept a few hundred school children
who went through on free tickets
Tuesday. This figure would have
been larger by perhaps 1000 had last
night been more favorable. Yesterday
afternoon saw the largest crowd that
has been on the grounds at any one
time during the fair. The baby show
and better babies contest drew quite
"a crowd yesterday afternoon. With
good weather today and tomorrow the
admissions are expected to run up
somewhere in the neighborhood Of 20,-
900. 80. Congressman E Y. Webb
came down from Shelby in his car
Tuesday morning to attend the CASTOR
county fair and liked it so we'll that
he remained over till today. Mr.
Webb made the address at the open
ing Of the fair Tuesday morning and
was heard by large and appreciative
audience. He was most favorably
impressed with the showing Of the fair
association and had many compliment
tary things to say Of the excellence Of
this first attempt of CASTOR at holding
an annual fair. 90. In the first match
game Of football played here this sea-
son, Horner Military school defeated
Linwood college Saturday afternoon at
Loray park, the score being 33 to 0.
Kings Mountain Herald, Oct. IA:
Mrs. Sue L. Smith Of East Kings
Mountain. died at the home Of her son,
B. A. Smith, Sunday, October 3, at the
age Of sc years. ...... Miss Jennie
Falls has returned to her home near
Glover, S. c. after a weeks visit to
Miss Ethel Davidson 50. Their friends
here were quite surprised Tuesday of
last week, when Rufus Plonk, Jr.,
came into town with a young lady,
known here as Miss Zoe Ormand of
Bessemer City and announced that
they were man and wife, and had been
married since August oath. .... Miss
Effie Bell LeRicheux and Mr.. Jim Phil
lips, both of Kings Mountain, went
to Gaffney Thursday in the midst OF
the big celebration here. and were mar
ried. The bride Is the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. LeRicheux, and the
groom works at the Klotho mill. .....
Mr.. ]. S. Woody, clerk in the Elite
grocery at Gastonia, came over Tues
day to take in the seventh and while
here his taking capacity so increased
that he took unto himself a wife in
the person Of Vernua Lindsay, daugh-
ter of Policeman and Mrs. B. F. Lind
say. The wedding Of Miss Martha
Simonton and E. A. Harrill was an in
teresting event Of Tuesday afternoon
at half past o'clock at the home OF
the brides mother, Mrs. Robert Sim
onton.
Chester Reporter, Oct. ID: County
Superintendent Of Education w. D
Knox left this morning on trip OF
inspection to the schools at Lewis
vile. Lando and other points in that
section Of the county. Mr.. Knox is
very anxious for the schools to attend
the county fair en- masse on Education
Day, and will put this idea before the
schools that he visits on this trip. .....
Messrs. John Frazer, ]. P. Walker, w
F.. Moore, A. S. Barron. II. M. Grant, j
w. Dunovant, H. C. Worthy, H. H
Shannon and R. G.. Mills are few OF
the Chester county people who are ir
Rock Hill today for the York county
fair. ... Mr.. Sam GLADDEN.. a membsl
Of the L. G. G.. crew. was painfully
though not seriously, hurt this morn
ing at the depot in this city while
helping with the shifting. Mr.. GLADDEN.
was hanging on a box car and was
struck by car on another track. He
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