Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-26

SON o., Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Wilson
Burial vas at Armenia SATURDAY, after
noon. I,
eastonio Gazette, Septembe, 70
City Mana, ger w. J. Alexander hs IS re-
ceived from, the state chemist de
tailed report on the specimen Of cit!
water recently sent for analysis, th'
water having been taken from sn 'g
oty The analysis shows the water pun e
being entirely fr,>e from colon bacillLa
or any other co,1taminating matter
Gastonia's city water is analysed re-
gularly by the state cheniist........Miss
Willie B. Otey, community worker 1or
the Armstrong. Clara and Dunn n'il!s,
who has been in washington att the
Walter Reed hospital for treatment
for the past month, arrived home yes
terday. Her many friends will DE
glad to know that she has been much
benefited by her STAY in the hospital
............A wedding that came as a s'lr-
prise to their many friends in the
county was that of Mr.. Earl Arm
strong and Miss Gertrude Mcknight
of the South Point section. They were
married Sunday evening at the Pres
byterian manse, Rev. ]. T. Dendy, pas
tor of the church officiating-........WofI
on the remodeling of the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. B. Mclean on
Broad street continues. ......one OF the
most interesting and pathetic stories
as well as one of the most battling
that has faced the department for some
time comes from Chief Orr. Of the Gas
tonia police department. The facts as
related are these. Some two weeks ago, (
married lady, Mrs. Chas. Whitley,
and little daughter, few years old,
alighted in Gastonia from an intcrur-
ban car from Charlotte. They had
been placed on the car some time dur
ing the day in Charlotte by the father
and husband, Charles Whitley, who
with q son, Ernest Whitley, were COM
ing through the country in a wagon.
Mrs. Whitley. after a day and night
spent here and no sign of her hus-
band appearing came to the police
department for aid and advice. She
told how they had left their home
somewhere in Western North Caro-
lima some days previous with the in
tention Of coming to Gastonia to
work. They were travelling through
the country in a wagon, driving two
horses. At Charlotte, Mrs. Whitley
says, her husband put her and the girl
on a P. & N. car for the trip to Gas |
tonia, he and the son to follow. Since
that date, September 8, she has not
heard from or seen him.........,An in
terested and interesting visitor In the
city Is Mr.. ]. Walter Beattie, Of Los
Angeles, Cal.,' who is paying CASTOR
his first visit in 40 years. He arrived
yesterday morning, resting, as he
himself admitted, under the appre-
hension that in all probability he
would not see a soul that he knew. Il
hadn't been in town but few minu-
tes," he said to The Gazette man,
until I ran right into Nun Whitesides
(meaning Munroe) and Tom Craig"
AS boy of thirteen Mr.. Beattie left
Gastonia 40 years ago with his father,
the late w. w. Beattie, who moved
from CASTOR to Paris, Texas. He had
thought many times of coming back
to see what the old town looked like
but had just kept putting it off from
year to year. When he did come, he
was immensely surprised at what he
saw. when I left here" said Mr.. |
Beattie, "Gastonia had four stores, If
such they might be called, a postoff1ce, |
little depot and The Gazette. That |
Is all I remember" The Beattie |
family lived in the Pisgah neighbor-
hood, few miles west of Gastpnia, |
and Mr.. Beattie, in company with Mr..
Whitesides, drove out to that section |
yesterday afternoon. Coming down
on the train," said Mr. Beattie, II was
wondering whether could hire a |
horse and buggy to drive out to the |
old home-place or whether l would |
have to foot it. Imagine my surprise |
when / found such a thriving city as |
you have here with more automobiles
to the square inch than you will find |
almost anywhere" Mr.. Beattie is a |
travelling man, representing Harris &
Ewing, one of the largest Photographic |
and newspaper illustrations concerns in |
the world. This is the firm that |
probably photographs more notables
than any other in the world. He will |
probably spend several days here look
ing over the town and county.