Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-08-29

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Cleveland Star (Shelby) August 25:
Two Shelby baseball players left this
week to join big leagues. their records
on the diamond being such that they
are climbing up higher in baseball cir
cles. Johnnie Hudson, who has been
one of the fast est men on the local
club, has gene to Columbus, Ohio, to
play center field for the Columbus
team in the American association.
George Redfern, who is another one OF
Shelby's crack players, has gone to
New York to play with the New YORK
Yankees. Shelby is proud to have had
these two young players whose records
have attracted the attention OF the
league, managers and brought about
their call to better fields......-~Mr. Dan
Sain, ~ years old, who lives at Toluca,
where he enjoys the vigor of a young
er man and has valuable land, was
married in the courthouse yesterday
morning to Miss Maggie Ellis, robust
woman of near 200 pounds and so
summers. Squire L. G. Eskridge per-
formed the ceremony in the ladies' rest
room of the court house where quite
number of spectators gathered Mr..
Sain said he advertised for a wife and
Miss Ellis advertised for husband.
They learn,I OF each other through
correspondence and made their plans
for marriage She arrived yesterday
morning from Atlanta, Ca, and he met
her ct the station. They went directly
to the court house where the ceremony
was performed. i. Browning,
an employe at the Belmont cotton mill
at this place, says he is an heir OF Tom
Browning's, who died without wife OF
children q few years ago in Texas,
leaving an estate said TO be worth
sixteen million dollars. Browning OF
this place says Tom Browning is an
uncle and that he is more entitled TO
share in the estate than the Green's
boro cotton mill employe. He has Sc
cured lawyers to investigate the in
heritance .Messrs. A. G. kimbail
and w. G. Middlebrooks of Morgan
county Ca, are spending several days
here this week looking over this coun-
ty. They came to Cleveland because
q number Of their negro tenants came
to this section last year after the boil
weevil had brought devastation to that
section. Both Mr.. Kimball and Mr..
Middlebrooks own large tracts OF land
in Georgia, but they are well pleased
with Cleveland and are considering
moving to this section next year.-~.....
The Dover mills is the name and the
T. w. Hamrick and Frank Hamrick
farm west of the river between the
Southern and Seaboard railway tracks
is the location Of the new 100000 cot
ton mill, according to announcement
made at the meeting of the Kiwanis
club Wednesday noon at the barbecue
served at the home of Coleman B!an-
ton, four miles northwest of Shelby.
Nh Dover thought it was proper to
make this announcement at the XII
wants meeting because it was through
the Kiwanis club that the 100000 was
subscribed in four days some few
weeks ago when the matter was taken
up at the meeting at Cleveland Springs
hotel........ Mr.. Columbus Mills Latti-
more passed away quietly at his home
on \. Lafayette street Wednesday
morning at l1:2O following an illness
Of several years, the last two weeks Of
which has confined him 10 his bed with
Ir:gn:s disease and stomach trouble.
Gastonia Gazette, August IS: John
PRESLEY Hopcr, known 10 his associ-
ate3 on the city police force of which
ne WAS an efficient member and by his
licnds rs Press" Roper. died nj his
some or South street at o'clock
! Thursday evening, following an illness
of scarcely more than a week. Mr.
Roper was stricken by paralysis on
Wednesday. AUGUST 10th, while at his