Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-22
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udy, II. "A. bdkeT OF heTbnaW, SOlQ
[ several hundred pounds Of Lancaster
; county grown tobacco on the McBee
i market at Sc cents a pound. The
, highest price paid for tobacco that day
ceptionally good leaf. Mr.. Bakers
tobacco was the attraction of the mar
, ket that day. It was we'll cured and
Of good quality. The McBee market
week--the sales of Friday totaling over
100000 pounds. Tobacco growing Is a
; new thing in this section. Five years
ago they did not know they could grow
tobacco, but the rerusts during the
past two years have been very en-
couraging.. F. E. Smith and,
children, of York, motored to Lancas-
ter Saturday and were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Long,.
1.-THE home Of Henry Slower. In the 8
les community of Kershaw county
was a scene of pretty wedding on
Monday evening" when their daughter,
Miss Susie Slower, became the bride
of C. Vernon Hammond. Of Stoneboro
.......... Married, August 17th. 1919. Mr..
James Hinson, of Primus, and Miss
Leona Blackmon Of the cotton mill
village, Lancaster. b. F. Adams, no.
tary public, officiating.--..B. ]. Faulk-
enberry, formerly Of Lancaster. died at
his home in Columbia, Sunday after
noon after a long illness. Mr.. Faulk-
enberry was 25 years of age and had
been married only a short while.
Rock Hill Record, Aug. 18: DR.. w.
w. Fennell left last night for New York
city, where he will buy a lot of mod
ern equipment and abor-savinS ap-
pliances for the infirmary. Before re-
turning he will go out to Rochester.
Mimi, for a visit to the Mayo Brothers
Hospital R. Williams has sold
the DR.. Bigger house on College avenue
to ]. P. Culp and the ]. B. SWINE house
on Clay street to Mrs. r. H. Sherer Of
Bullock's Creek. Walter Jenkins,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. B. Jenkins
Iol Sityp hCiC
after nearly two years in France. He
received his discharge from Camp Lee.
&C. L. Dunlap has bought the Chris.
Walker bungalo on Charlotte avenue.
The Walkers will build home on the
lot adjoining the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. B. Wilson, The building
committee of the board Of trustees Of
Winthrop college has awarded to the
Southern Ferro- Concrete Co. of Atlanta
Ca, the contract for the construction
of the Students Building on the college
campus, at their bid Of $95,667-their
bid being the lowest Of several bid
Gers. The contract for plumbing and
heating was awarded to the L. F. Wal
drop Co. of Rock Hill, at their bid Of
s4,720-that also being the lowest bid.
Gaffney Ledger, Aug. 10: The most
remarkable character in Cherokee
county, or indeed anywhere in the
United States, is John H. Lynch, Of
Cherokee Falls. The old gentleman
will be ninety years Of age next April,
and came to Gaffney to have war
rant issued for a neighbor who had
threatened to kill him, the difficulty
having arisen over the fact that the
neighbors calf had been trespassing
on the old mans pea patch, which he
had himself planted and cultivated.
Mr.. Lynch. in spite Of his great age,
Is hale and hearty and does his daily
work in the fields. He has been mar
ried four times and Is the father OF
ffty-two children, nearly all Of whom
are still living. His youngest child
was born the year that President Will
son was inaugurated, and Is named
Woodrow. In his younger days. Mr..
Lynch was a miner, having worked at
many of the prospects In both North
and South Carolina. He has the ap-
pearance of being not over sixty-five
years of age.J. H. Witherspoon super
ntendent of the city schools, returned
to Gaffney, Saturday after having
spent six weeks at Columbia Univer-
sity, New York, taking a special
course. Mr.. Witherspoon said yester-
day that he did not care to discuss the
petition which was mailed to the
trustees requesting his removal. One
of the trustees said that 1t Is probable
meeting of the board will be held
this week to dispose of the petition.
eastonia Gazette Aug. 10: Judge
William H. Lewis died suddenly this
morning at 1880 o'clock in his office
in the Groves building, an attack OF
heart trouble causing his death. Judge
Lewis was apparently in the best OF
health and was sitting at the typewrft-
er in his office working when seized
by the sudden attack. He called DR..
u. N. Patrick whose office Is in an ad-
joining room, but by the time DR.. Pat
rick could reach his side, he was
breathing his last. Judge Lewis was
&C years old, had been a resident or
Gastonia for the past IS or 40 years,
coming here from Scotland Neck and
growing up with the town and county.
/ s'iIllC nt was OhS Va viz A~S-~~o
lawyers of this section of the state
until a few years ago when on account
of increasing years he was forced to
give over large amount Of his prac-
tice. In 1888, Judge Lewis was married
to Miss Alice Campbell of the Bethel
section of York county, South Caro-
lima. Miss Campbell was a daughter
of DR.. Campbell and Of large family
of sisters, Mrs. Traywiek, of Gastonia
Mira. DIR. ]. w. Campbell, Mrs. w. E.
Adams of Glover, Mrs. ]. M. McClain
of Glover, all being sisters. or this
marriage ther survive TWO children,
Mrs. w. ]. Howard, Of North Wilkes
horo and William c., who recently re-
turned from France and who has re-
enlisted in the army and Is stationed at
Petersburg Va. Judge Lewis second
wife to whom he was married In 1895
was Miss Hoffman, Of the Iron Sta
tion section who survives the deceased