Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-11-17
TALK OF BURIED GOLD
Jim WhifeDeF Believed to Have Left
Money Hidden About Farm.
REV. BOOTH COMING BACK HOME

Grow-Juniors Initiating Many
Members--Negro Suffers Serious In
jury-coIored Farmer Loses All His
Meat With His Home-Other News
Notes of the Metropolis of Northern
York.
(By Staff Cor-espondent)
Glover, S. c., Nov. ibid jim
Whtener, alleged moonshincr carry to
his grave the secret of buried gold
with him when his light was snuffed
out by the crack of Bob Whitesides's
pistol at Whiteners home six miles
west of Glover last Sunday? Maybe
he did and maybe he didn't; but there
are those who are more or less in posi-
ton to know who claim that consider
able money was buried around the
house where Whitener lived. And this
story which comes to the correspondent
from q most reliable source is unques-
tionable: Just few days before
Whitener was killed at the liquor party
held at his home he came to the store
of a country merchant in the neigh
borhood He was pretty drunk and he
had a sum of money on his person.
The merchant persuaded him to leave
the money in the store safe. jim tax
ed Of other money that he had at home
and the merchant persuaded him 10
brinS some more of it to him for safe
keeping He brought it-about S4o7 in
all. He talked of other moneys that he
had hidden around the place and at
different times when liquor was talk
ing he told stories of having much
hidden gold around. When he was
shot through the chart last Sunday ne
died almost instantly. According to
witnesses he merely uttered gurg-
ling sound when three .92 calibre bull
lets punctured his body. And he car
ried the secret of the whereabouts OF
more hidden gold if he had any, with
him when he departed quickly on that
Journey to that land from whose
bourne no traveller returns.
Made Fair Crop.
1t develops that Whitener was max
ing a pretty fair cotton crop this year.
Much of his cotton had not been
girned. His visible assets, it is estl-
mated are worth in the neighborhood
of $4,000. There is a mortgage on the
little farm that he owned; but he lcft
a sum sufficient TO pay that. When he
was killed he was already under bond
in the sum of $1,000 for his appearance
in Gastonia to answer a charge OF
operating a moonshinc still. A pretty
fair business man was jim; and he
had already made arrangements to re-
tain Attorney WOltz Of Gastonia to de-
fend him in the case and it is said that
he had already paid the lawyer his fec.
Although he lived hard as he died
hard and had served a chaingang
sentence or two in North Carolina, ac-
cording to Glover business men who
from time to time had much dealing
with him. there were much worse men
than OLD Jim Whitener. He was con-
sidered honest and if ne contracted
debt he would pay it even if he had
TO make and sell moonshinc liquor to
paw. He was truthful and he loved his
friends. He had made and fooled
with" liquor all of his life, according to
some who had known him from boy
hood and he made good liquor if there
is any such thing as good liquor
His nearest relative is brother, Mar
Gus Whitencr who lives in the same
section in which Jim lived. Whether
or not there is anything in the story
of buried gold, it is q fact that there
will be many il his community who
will always believe so and from time
to tire prowling parties will doubtless
invade he Whitencr place with shovel
and spade searching for it.
New Methodist Minister.
Rev. S. II. Booth of Simpsonville, S.
c.. who was assigned to the pastorate
of Glover, Kings Mountain Chapel and
st. Paul Methodist churches at the re-
cent Methodist conference in Gaffncy,
is no stranger in York county. Rev.
Mr.. Booth began his ministry on the
old York circuit, number of years
ago being pastor Of Trinity church in
Yorkville. Rev. Mr. Booth is married
and has four children. He and his
his family are expected TO come to
Glover on Wednesday or Thursday of
next week.
General regret is felt in Glover over
the transfer Of Rev. j. G. Huggin to
the Methodist pastOratc at Winnsboro,
although the transfer to the latter
charge is in the nature of a promotion
for Mr.. Huggin. During the two years
that Rcv. HuCgin has lived here the
Kings Mountain circuit has grown and
nourislcd under his ministry and he
has made many friends among all de-
nominations.
Juniors Grow.
Glover Leaf Council No. %, Junior
Order United American Mechanics has
taken on now growth during the past
month and there is no indication of
any let uD in the enthusiasm in the