Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-03-23
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News Happenings In NelghbOflng
Communities.
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Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs Of
Cherokee, Cleveland, CASTOR, Ian.
caster and Chester.
Gaffney Ledger, March 10: Miss
Maude Mauney Of Lincolnton, N
c., arrived in the city Tuesday to as
sumo her duties as a trained nurse at
the city hospital. There are now eight
nurses at the hospital, including the
head nurse. .... Court Of general ses-
sions for Cherokee county, failed to
clear the local jail Of prisoners, and
Sheriff w. w. Thomas now has eight
in his charge. Three Of these have
been added since court adjourned, and
two are serving sentences in jail. ....
Mr.. Jay Sarratt. recently Of the bugle
corps Of Company E, 3rd infantry U.
8. army, Is now at the home Of his
mother, Mrs. j. v. Sarratt, after hav-
ing received an honorable discharge
at the end Of three years service.
..... Miles Ashe, also known as Shelf
Ashe, an employe Of the Victor Cotton
OIL company, died suddenly while at
work at the plant about 10 o'clock
Monday night. He worked on the
night shift, and complained Of being
unwell when he reported for duty.
Lancaster News, March 10: On Fri
day, March IL, Mr.. Wilson Wright Of
the Tradesvins section, died at the
advanced age Of "a years. Mr.. Wright
was a good man and a brave soldier,
having served during the Civil war,
and was one Of the oldest Confeder-
ate veterans in Lancaster county. He
Is survived by his widow and four
children, three sons and one daughter.
..... Mr.. H. J. Gregory has returned
from Baltimore, where he went to be
with his sister, Miss Estelle Gregory,
who Is undergoing treatment at the
Johns Hopkins hospital. 80. Mr.. ]. w.
Porter passed to his reward yester-
day morning at his residence on Barr
street, aged "A years, II months and
five days. He was the son Of the late
William Porter, and his wife, Mahala
Montgomery, and was born about 8
miles south of Lancaster. He had
three brothers, ]. w. A. Porter, ]. N
Porter and Leonard 8. Porter, and two
sisters, Mrs. B. F. Hailes and Mrs.
Matt Flynn, all Of whom predeceased
him. He was reared on the farm, at
tending the neighborhood schools At
the breaking out Of the war between
the states, he volunteered In Company
/, Twelfth regiment, South Carolina
Volunteers, and made q gallant SOL
dier. About 81 years ago he married
Miss Henrietta McManus, daughter OF
the late Capt. Amos McManus, who
died q short time since. Recently,
Mrs. Jack Reece, his adopted daugh-
ter, had come to make her home with
him. With larger gathering
than has ever before assembled In
Lancaster to witness Field Day sexer:
cises, the 1915 event Is being carried
out in every detail. Since early this
morning crowds Of Lancaster county
people and visitors from other coun-
ties have been pouring In on regular
gies and automobiles More than 1000
children took part in the line OF
march, each carrying pennants and
giving school yells. When the pa
rade had returned to the Lancaster
Graded school grounds, Supertntend-
ent Wessinger, as master of cere-
monies, introduced the several speak
ers and made q number Of announce
ments. Hon. Claud N. Sapp, on be-
half Of Mayor Hood, welcomed the
visitors, and Miss Ivor Brown OF
Heath Springs, responded to the well
come Hon. Lueco Gunter OF the
state board Of education, made a
brief congratulatory address. Prof.
w. l. Feaster, principal OF the Lam
caster High school, led the hundreds
Of school children In the singing OF
Carolina" and America" In the
courthouse the defamation contests
were held and the other contests took
place at the Central school building.
Prof. and Mrs. ]. A. Klein are
moving this week from Lancaster to
their new home in Gastonia- In ad-
dition to their music classes there,
Prof. Klien will play the organ OF the
First Presbyterian church. Mrs.
o. 0. Ferguson was taken to q Char
lotte hospital Wednesday for treat
ment. She was taken by DR.. s. L.
Allen and Mr.. 8. M. Barnette, her
brother. go. Mrs. Ella Hough, wife OF
the late ]. c. Hough Of this city, died
at the home Of her son, Ed Hough,
Sunday morning, aged 73 years. Mrs.
Hough before her marriage was Miss
Ella Evans, daughter Of the late Capt.
John Evans Of Chesterfield county.
Gastonia Gazette, March 19: The
local wireless telegraph station in the
building Of the Piedmont Telephone q
Telegraph Co., has recently been IL
cense by the United States govern.
ment. The bureau Of navigation OF
the department Of commerce issued
the license which bears the number,
"7s03, general amateur radio station
The official government call assigned
to the station is "a c A." and Mr..
Kenneth Darlington Is designated as
operator as he holds amateur radio
operator license No. 1862. An inter-
esting clause in the station license Is
that which stipulates that the presi-.
dent Of the United States, In time OF
war or public peril or disaster, has the
right to close the station, or may au-
thorize the use or control Of the sta