Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-08

at around $4,000. The population of the
little town had gone to a box supper
at Tradesville school house and it is
not known how the fire originated.
The stocks of goods in both buildings
were a complete loss VIII no in&ur-
arcc, it is said. y brick building ad-
joining the burning rooms and be-
longing to Edward Funderburk, pre-
vented the flames from spreading and
the probable burning of several dwell
ing houses nearby.....-~~E. w. Plyler OF
this city has bought the 40-acre tract
Of land belonging to the w. i. Stogner
estate lying on the north side OF the
Chesterfield road east of tn city, the
transfer having been made one day
last week. NJ. c. Duncan has leased
tie farm from Mr.. Plyler and will
move TO same ut an early date. The
main dwelling on the place is now oc-
cupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Chapman
Small and family who expect to secure
a LONE and move to the city where
Mr.. Small is engaged in work....----.~-Mr.
and Mrs. Grist, of Columbia, came
up Sunday for q day or two at the
home of the latter's father, j. w.
Craig, in North Lancaster....-....Numer-
Gus expressions Of regret were heard
when it was learned that Charles L..
Helms, we'll known citizen, had died
Sunday evening early, having been
found dead in bed by members Of the
family at his home in the mill village.
Gastonia Gazette, Dec. 5: News of
the death of DR.. G. H. West, for a
number of years, a resident Of Bel
mont, will be heard with regret in Gas
ton county.-..Mr. s. l.. Price, aged
AZ years, mechanic in the Loray
mill, died this morning at 2:3O o'clock
from injuries sustained Monday at
noon when he was caught in some part
Of the machinery. His arm was broken
il two places, and it was at first
thought his injuries were not fatal.
It was found later that he had suf-
fered internal injuries 10 which he
succumbed....... Minnie Helen Fowler,
died Sunday night at the home Of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alon2o Fowler,
west of the city. She was born April
10, 1921. Death followed an illness OF
several weeks. Funeral services were
conducted at the Armstrong Memorial
PRESBYTERIAN church Monday afternoon
by the pastor, Rev. G. r. Gillespie, and
interment was made in the South Cas-
toria cemetery. ...r-Estella, the four
year-old daughter of Air. and Mrs. j. I.
Groves, died at their home on the Dix
Oh place. south of the city, Sunday
evening at O'Clock. Funeral services
and burial took. place Monday after
noon at Olney Presbyterian church,
South Gastonia. .
Cleveland Star (Shelby) Dec. 5: a
young man giving his name as Mar
vim Blackwell, aged 19, of near Blacks
burg, S. c., reported to the officers
Friday morning that a masked man
held him up on the Cleveland Springs
road Thursday night and relieved him
of $50 in cash. Blackwell says he was
driving along slowly on the hard-sur-
faced highway opposite the Eastside
mill when a man signed him down.
Not knowing what was up, Blackwell
stopped his car. The man is alleged
to have pulled q mask over HI face
when he approached the lad, threw a
revolver in his face and demanded that
he hold up his hands. The lad says he
held up his hands and the masked
man ran through his pockets, relieving
him of $40 in bills. The youth says
he ran and the unknown man jumped
into q Buick car some distance up the
road and sped away. Officers have
been making an investigation of the
alleged hold-up but have been unable
to find any clue to the guilty party.
That women are really parties to
blind tigers was evidenced when the
officers placed two in the Shelby jail
charged with transporting. a car with
two men and two women ran into a
buggy in which Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe
Royster were riding and Mrs. Royster
was thrown out and injured. The car
was stopped and the four people plac-
ed under arrest. Upon search OF Inc
car it was found to contain seven and
a half gallons of whiskey. The names
Of the men were given as Ben Hunter
and Will Marquett, who claimed Char
lotte as their home. while the two wo-
men gave their names as Odell George
and May Daugherty, claiming Rock
Hill as their home. They We're to be
tried before Recorder Falls yesterday
for TRANSPORTING. c. Long, 5S
years old, living at the old Buffalo cot
ton mill and Miss Docie L. Moore,
aged "a of Cherryvillc were happily
married at the home of Miley Wood
on. November 25th, the ceremony be-
ing performed by Squire J. Frank
Dedmon.........The newly elected county
officers began their terms OF Office
yesterday-all except Hugh a. Logan
whose present term Of office does not