Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-02-23

necessary eleCllOHS dl SuCH dLu
date thereafter demand more time
than is available before the regular
election in May. Considerable enthu-
siasm has been engendered on behalf
Of the commission government, and
there is little doubt that the proposed
change would carry, If the voters
were allowed to express their prefer
ence. The requirements, however,
make 1t impossible to adopt the sys-
tenn this spring, and the voters will
have to get ready for the old pro-
..... Mr.. Arthur Brasington Of Lock-
hart, who has position with the
Willard & Boggs Construction Co., the
concern that is building the big power
dam at Lockhart, met with thrilling
adventure Tuesday evening, that came
very near costing him his life. Mr..
Brasington was out In motor boat
in the stream, when the gasoline be-
came exhausted, and despite his ef-
forts, his vessel was swept over the
dam, drop Of sixteen feet. He struck
on rocks in the stream, and after
being carried down several yards by
the rapid current, was lodged upon q
huge boulder, where he remained until
230 o'clock in the morning, when q
rescuing party found him, numb with
cold and black and blue from being
beaten against the rocks. At first his
recovery was despaired of, but later
reports said that he was improving.
..... Mr.. T. l. Eberhardt stated yes
terday that a handsome new drug
store, one Of the most up-to-date in
this section Of the state, will be open
ed in his building on the corner Of
Main and Wylie streets within the
next sixty days. Mr.. Eberhardt went
on to say that the names Of the par
ties interested in the new enterprise
are not for publication just at pres
ent, but will be given out at the prop
er time. 800. We have not been in
clined in recent years to agree with
ex-senator John L. McLaurin on
many matters Of politics; but we
have always been disposed to believe
that Mr.. McLaurin Is an exceptional
ly able man and that given a fair
chance with his cotton warehouse
system which has been the matter Of
close and studious study with him for
years, he can bring about results.
Certain Of Mr.. McLaurin's opponents
in the general assembly seem, how
ever to be resolved upon his COM
plete elimination from public life,
and lose no chance to attack him most
violently and bitterly. 1t strikes US
as manifestly unfair to discontinue
any institution that has been given
such scant opportunity to make
good; and we are glad that the ma
jority Of the general assembly has
seen fit to give Mr.. McLaurin further
opportunity to prove that the ware
house system will do what he claims
for 1t.
Gastonia Gazette Feb. 10: His
numerous friends in Gastonia and
over the county will be surprised to
learn that Mr.. w. Darius Beam, pro-
city, was married Wednesday after
noon at 2.30 o'clock at the parsonage
Of the First Baptist church In Char
lotte, by Rev. DR.. w. M. Vines, pastor
Of that church, his bride being Miss
Gladys Beam. The ceremony was
witnessed only by two or three OF the
very close friends Of the contracting
parties and has been kept secret by
the young couple. :. Mr.. Larke Stowe,
native of this county, who has resid-
ed for the past thirty years In Pleas
ant View, KY, spent yesterday In
company with Mr.. w. s. Hanks of
Belmont, as guests Of Engineer Lee
Hanks Of the Southern. Mr.. Stowe Is
q son Of the late Col Jasper Stowe Of
South Point township, and has a large
family connection in the county. He
has paid his native county number
Of visits since he left 1t but they
sion Of his visit to this section at this
time was the Laymen's convention at
Charlotte this week. His many
friends were delighted to see him
again. Mr.. Stowe Is connected with
the coal mining business. The
Spencer mountain quarries. which
are being operated by the Carolina
Stone company, resumed work last
week. 1t is learned from reliable
& N. track will be resumed In few
days with stone from this quarry,
and will probably be kept up until
the entire line from Charlotte to Gas
tonia is ballasted. "A special
evangelistic meeting which has been
conducted at the West Airline M. E.
church for the past ten days, by Rev.
F. c. West, came to close last night.
The attendance and interest were
good throughout the entire meeting,
which resulted in about go CONVEX
Pepperell, Mass, arrived in the city
yesterday morning to spend some time
visiting relatives here and in other
sections Of the county among her
Wilson connections. She is now with
Mr. and Mrs. ]. White Ware on West
Main avenue, and will later visit Col
and Mrs. r. N. Wilson and other
relatives. This is Miss Wilson's first
visit to CASTOR in thirty years. Her
Of Col. r. N. Wilson Of this city. In
early life he went west as a school
teacher among the Indians in Indian
Territory. While there he married a
Massachusetts, lady and they went to
her native state to live. When the
civil war came on, Mr.. Wilson return
ed to his native county, Joined the
Confederate army and fought through
out the four years Of war. At the
conclusion Of the struggle, he return
ed to his family and home in New
England. He died within a year or
two after the close Of the war, leav-
ing only one child, Miss Wilson, who
Is now here. Col. Wilson Is her only
first cousin on the Wilson side and
she Is his only full cousin. 80. The
Bessemer City Mercantile Co., per-
haps the largest general mercantile
establishment in Bessemer City, fall
ed Tuesday, making an assignment in
favor Of their creditors and naming
trustees. The apparent assets total
about $4,000 with about $1,000 in
debtedness. This concern was a cor
poration, the incorporators and prin-
cipal stockholders being Mr.. E. L.
Froneberger and Mr.. John H. Wilkins
Of Bessemer City, and Dr.. 8. A. wilkins
Of Dallas. The company had been
doing business in Bessemer City for
number of years and had large pat
ronage. A considerable portion Of
the assets is in outstanding accounts.
it is understood.
Lancaster News, Feb. 19: An ex-
animation of applicants for rural car
rier for the route leading from Osce-
ola, was held on the 18th, instant, by
Assistant Postmaster F. w. Hunter
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