Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-11

on the converting Of the next congress
Mr.. Hoey was' present on the streets
yesterday with three yellow jonquils on
the lapel of his coat. He wears a
fower every day in the year and behind
his flower was a smile of satisfaction
at being home again. He resumes his
law practice and will devote his full
tino to his profession. His many
friends are more delighted than he to
have him home again. Edwin Webb,
wireless genius; who has rigged up
station here where ne is able to receive
wireless messages from all parts of the
world, received President Harding's in
augural address, Friday and sent a copy
ftot the Star Office where it was posted,
Edwin has fitted!up his instrument; to
receive wireless telephone message
such as music and spoken words direct
from all parts Of the world. but Prcsi-
dent Harding,s inaugural was not sent
Fout in this manner, but came in code
| form from the great. government sta :
tion at Arlington near Washington. Ed
win received the address and furnished
several copies for friends who gathered
at Judge Webb's honie.........---Ex-M Mayor
A. E. Cline OF Kings Mountain, took
the oath of Office yesterday as county
commissioner, succeeding Hon. D. S.
Lovelace, deceased. Mr.. Cline served
yesterday and moved right along with
his. new duties.
"Gastonia Gazette, March 8: At the
city hospital this morning a fine look
! ing boy baby, three months old Is
making brave fight for life against an
insidious attack. Of bronchial pneumo-
mia. Nurses and doctors are doing ev-
erything in their power to help stem
Ethe disease. And the youngster may
get wen. Down in the police station In
a common iron cell, is the woman VINO
in the language of the world. is called
the. babes mother. The instincts OF a
mother, however, are not In her. She IS
hardly human. Louise Lansing is the
name Of the creature in the custody OF
Ethe police here. who are; puzzled as 10
the disposition Of the case. She came
to SGastonia Monday night on train NO
1873, at sos o'clock. Shortly after that
she passed two negro women on the
Street, and gave her baby to them TO
hold for a few minutes, it is said. They
took the baby and the woman dlsaaP- P
pearcd in the. darkness In an automo-
bile. The negro women in whose
breasts there was more Of the mother
love than in the creature Of the street,
took the baby to the police station. i
was found that the child was in a seri-
Gus condition, and it was taken to the
hospital, where it was given attention.
IN the meantime the officers searched
throughout the city for the woman who
had abandoned her child. Early this
morning iee- was learned that Nshc had
gone to Dallas, where she has relatives.
she was arrested and brought back
here; ;SNo disposition Of her case has
been made. When seen in the cell at
the police station this morning the wo-
man told of coming to Gastonia from
Ereenviile where. she bad been a pa.
hentatA Salvation Army hospital for
tn the past several months. She said that
she had been released from the hospit-
al. When asked by a local physician
why she had abandoned her sick child
to the hands Of strange negro women
she replied that she understood there
was place in Gastonia where he could
be cared for. When the heartless cruel
tv of her conduct was pointed out to
her, She had nothing to say, apparently
unaffected by the inhuman nature OIL
her deed....-News was received mere
this morning Of the death of Mr.. Peter
Mel, a Confederate veteran and we'll
known citizen of the county residing
near Concord Methodist church on the
road from Bessener City to Cherry
vile. Mr.. Nell died at 6 o'clock Tues
day morning. The funeral and burial
will take place at st. Luke's Lutheran
church Wednesday morning at IL
o'clock. Frank L. Jackson
treasurer of Davidson college, was IN
the city last night with his parents.
Hir. and Mrs. ]. r. Jackson. He left this
morning for Greenville, S.. c., TO attend
{, convention Of Presbyterian laymen.
Mr.. jackson says that Davidson has
this year a large enrolment and that
the college is moving along splepdidly.
Following the regular meeting OF
the Gastonia Ministerial association
Yesterday, the pastors of the several
churches represented in the organiza-
ton reconvened and. according to infor-
nation contained on the cards filled out
during the religious census of the city
taken on Sunday, February q. divided
the population as to denominational
preference. The census, it is stated
appears to be as thorough as was pos
siblc to make it. The ministers Will
make supplementary canvass OF the
homes where no information was OBJ
tanned by the census takers. Twenty
thousand cards were issued to census
takers and Of this number only 1900 or
7 Ann mo hack This was taken to in