Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-12

Powers, prominent citizen Of Ruth
erfordton, died at 3 O'Clock this morn
ing at his home there. death was due
10 paralysis. deceased having been
bedridden as result of Il stroke fo:'
more :han 4 year. Fle was SO years
OF age ......Funeral services were held
Wednesday over the remains Of Mrs.
Anric w. Goodson. who died At her
home, late Tuesday right. She was 81
years of age. Her death was due to
liver trouble The funeral was con-
Quoted at her home on South Broad
Street by Rev. w. L. c. Killian and
interment was in Hollywood cemetery.
...-........Miss Nancy Ashe Of Yorkvil!e,
S. c.. is making visit to Mrs. j. z.
Lindsay..M Mrs. Forest Brandon. OF
Bowling Green, S. c., is visitor in
Gastonia today..-.......-Mr. Robert Nc
Cork1e. Of York. was Il visitor in the
city today.........Action Of state Officials
was necessary TO settle this week the
question Of whether the Loray Mill
would be allowed to carry on blasting
and excavating operations under the
mill while it is running. \ short time
ago the management Of the mill be-
gan the digging OF large basement
under the mill for weave room. In
doing this they removed some OF the
pillars Of the mill, replacing them
with blocks of wood and went as far
as 10 do some blasting under the mill.
All this was being done while the mill
was in operation and while the en-
poyes were at their work above. This
had been undertaken without applying
for n permit as Is required by state
law 10 be issued before Il new build
ing can be erected or an old, on" al
tered in q city. The operations at the
mill were brought to the attention OF
City Building Inspector r. +. Newton
and City Manager w. j. Alexander.
who gave the resident manager, Ira X.
Hayes, notice that the operations at
the mill were unlawful withouta per-
the mill was dangerous to those work.
ing in the mill above, permit could
not be granted. and hence the opera
tions could not proceed further. The
only conditions under which the city
manager could issue n permit would
be that the part of the mill under
which the work was being done would
be shut down while the work was 60
ing on.
Cleveland Star (shelby) July 8: The
many anxious friends Of Mr.. w. i.
Hartness will be delighted to know
that he returned home this week. ac-
companicd by Mrs: ,Hartness. from
Johns Hopkins hospital at Baltimore
where he has been undergoing treat
ment for several weeks. He is great
ly improved in health and is able to
sit up in bed after very serious op-
eration..A letter from Lattimorc
states that the people in that com
munity are getting along nicely lay
| ing by crops since the rain which Icll
last Sunday evening which Is said by
some to be the heaviest rain that ever
fell in that section. The wheat is
threshed around baltimore. Mr.. c.
B. Hamrick, one of the leading farm
ers of the community thrcshed 2G Il
Lshels last Saturday which grew on
two and three eights acres. After it
was threshcd the hands enjoyed Il
large sweet potato pudding and then
went away rejoicing.-..-..At a recent
meeting Of the Cleveland Lodge No.
2O2 il was announced by the secrc-
tary Mr.. Russell Laughridgc that the
lodge now has Il membership OF 202.
During the year just, closed IS new
members have been initiated, 90 have
been passed and % raised. On dcmii:i
from other lodges have been re-
ccived. showing 4 net gain in member
ship during the past year of 27.........-.-.
Al eight o'clock on Tuesday evening
July 5, at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. p. Blalock, Of the Bethlehem COM
mumity, Mr. Alvin Lee Hord and Miss
l.alyage Blulock were united in mar
riage Judge j. L. Webb Is 10
determine the custody Of 4 boy years
and n - years, children Of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Hamrick Of Rutherford and
Cleveland counties who it seems have
separated and both want to get pos
session of the children. Mrs. Hamrick
instituted habeas corpus proceedings
and Judge Webb is doing his hest to
get the parents, for the sake OF their
children, to forget all past differences
and live together The children have
been with Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner Of the
Double Springs community while the
| miIrnts have been working in Char
lnttc. Gallcrt and Carson arc repre-
scnting Mrs. Hamrick, while Hocy and
Null are representing Mr.. Halnrick IN
their fight for the possession OF the
children and il Judge Webb fails. TO
get the parents to live together peace
fully, he will determine next week
what disposition will hc made Of the
children......lt is painful to chronicle
the death of 50 noble a citizen as Mr.
William +. GraySon, who passed away