Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-08

scene OF q DeaullIul "euQiLB "euleS- :
day afternoon, when their daughter,
Mary became the bride Of Mr.. James
Rudolph Hamilton Of Edgmoor.
Gastonia Gazette, july 5: A three
days agricultural encampment with a
big. country wide farmers picnic on the
last day Is being arranged to be held
at Riverside Park, Mt. Holly. Begin
ming July. 27 and continuing through
the. .29th. At this time: the members Of
tthe various boys and girls agricultural
clubs Of the county will go into camp
and will receive training in various
kinds of agricultural work. music
dramatics and; physical education. and
ON the last day will be joinedc;by
farmers from all over the countyiin a
big picnic. ..-:.:Capt' Stephen B.:Qoir
ley left Monday afternoon with eight
men for Camp Glenn, where his f3owit-
zer Company of National Guards will
soon go into their annual summer en-
campment. There Capt. Dolley and
his men will make preparations for the
arrival of the rest Of the company who
will follow Saturday afternoon....:.
Speeches on such subjects as fire fight
ing and fire prevention by authorities
on such subjects, a tournament, q good
program in general and large at
tendance will feature the 34th meet
ing of the North Carolina State Fire
mems Association which will be held
at Gastonia August %. "a and 25-.--.
Mr., and Mrs. Leslie, McCorkle and
Misses. Maggie and Minnie McCorkle,
Of York. S. c., were visitors. in the
city Monday..-..."...:.1n q, quarrel with
Luke Martin, a. negro employed at
Harpers drug. store, Avery Terrell, a
young white man employed in the
san1a store, received a severe cut, In
his head when he was hit with a large
bottle'by the negro. There was no-real
fight. Both were at work In the rear
Of the drug store when a quarrel arose
between the two, Some words: were
PASSED between them when Martin
picked UP q one-gallon bottle and hit
Terrell over the head with such force
that the bottle was broken. 1t was
done so quickly that Terrell was not
able to defend himself, nor was any
one near enough to prevent the assall-
ant from escaping. Terrelfs head was
badly cut, the blood flowing profusely.
but it proved to be only flesh wound.
He was taken to the City Hospital by
DR.. c. H. Pugh, where his head was
bandaged and he was out on the street
again Immediately afterward. The
police are out with bloodhounds on a
search for Martin, but had not caught
him at one. o'clock-ithis! afternoon. Ter;
rell is a. son of. Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Ter
ren and a brother Of Police Officer Bob
Terrell: ::Martin;has q rather unsayory
reputation Hundreds attended the
community singing and Pythian band
concert Monday evening in the square
opposite the courthouse. Despite the
fact that the evening was swelterlng-
ly hot, and not breath Of air stirring,
SO to.spsak, q large crowd. enjoyed the
sonigS and ,the,musicf'by the band. The
exercises were under the direction OF
W. L. Balthis, president of Gastonla
Community Service. The program had
been arranged by Miss Blanche Heis-
erman, together with the Gastonia
Community Chorus and the Pythian
band. Both organizations, working to-
gether, furnished q delightful program.
Many who were unable to find seats IN
automobiles or on the rock wall sur
rounding the park sat on the ground
The concerts are growing in populari.
ty. Larger crowds are attending as
interest continues to grow
Cleveland Star, (Shelby), July B.:
MIR. J. B. Chitwood who has been visit
ing relatives near Hollis died sudden
ly Sunday evening Of high blood pres
sure for which trouble he has been
undergoing treatment for sometime.
Mr.. Chitwood has many relatives in
Cleveland and Rutherford counties.
His body was taken yesterday to his
home at Dalton, Ga, for interment
During the terrific rain and elec-
tric storm Sunday night, Squire Zimri
Falls home on West Marion street was
struck by lightning and the chimney
of the south side was partly demolish-
ed, the electric light was burned out
and other Slight damages were sus-
tanned At the home Of Squire
Gilead Green In No. township last
Wednesday. Mr.. Manley Bridges and
Miss Beula Weathers were happily
married in the presence Of the MEM
bers of Squire Green's family...-......,.A
severe electric storm followed by
heavy rain and wind visited Shelby
Sunday evening between and 8
o'clock. About 40 telephones were put
out Of commission and the electric
light plant suffered damage to trans
formers and wires. The rain was
badly needed to relieve the suffering
crops. Lightning ran in on the wires