Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-30
LOCAL LACONICS.
Won Another Race.

Mr.. G.. G.. Parish has lnfOrmatlon tnat
Fannie Rowena" has won another $500
purse on the St. Louis race track.
Machinery Coming.
The machinery for the Morrow FIGURING
mill is arriving in Yorkville and being
stored in the nearly finished mill building.
The mill is being pushed to completion as
rapidly as possible.
Last Days of October.
Here is the prognostication of our Ches-
ter weather prophet for the last days OF
October as published on September Il:
From 26 to q will be windy and wet, and
on the 2Sth there will be white frost.
From 20 to 81 there will also be some
rain"
Quite Heavy Loss.
Mr.. Moore Jones, hard working and
industrious farmer living about four miles
southwest of Yorkville, lost his cotton
house. together with 1000 pounds OF seed
cotton and IS bushels of cotton seed, by
fire, last Friday night. Wehave no lnfor-
nation as to how the fire originated.
Dried Peaches Are Dangerous.
A small child of Charley Ross, colored,
who lives on Mr.. Emmett Walkers
pl antation, near Zadok, died last Thurs
day night from eating too many dried
D aches. The child had been allowed to
help itself 10 the fruit, which formed a
hard, indigestible wad in its stomach and
speedily produced death.
Everybody Was Delighted.
About 90 people attended Mr.. James L.
Bacon's "Old Mans Kranky kaleidoscope
Lecture" at the court house last FRIDAY
and they were all delighted. With his
splendid music and pleasing reminiscent
ces. Mr.. Bacon proved himself to be
rare entertainer, and those who failed to
hear him missed something that was far
above the ordinary.
One of the Natives.
Rev. A. A. James, of Pacolet, preached
at the Presbyterian church at this place
last Sunday night to large congregation.
Mr.. James is native Of Yorkville; but
has not resided here since 1851, when he
was first licensed to preach by Bethel
presbytery. His last visit to this place,
previous to Sunday, was on the occasion
of the meeting of synod here i'll 1880.
Death of Mrs. Jerusha Darwin.
Mrs. Jerusha Darwin, widow OF the late
P. B. Darwin, died at her home i'll York
vile at . O'Clock last Monday morning,
after an illness of l3 weeks. Her death
was due to paralysis. Mrs. Darwin was
daughter OF the late Daniel James, and
gran ddaughter of James B. Fulton, OF
Revolutionary fame, and one ofthe found
ers of Methodism in this county. She was
a kind neighbor and consistent Christ
ian. At the time Of her death she was
aged 10 years and 10 days.
1t Was Close Shave.
Mrs. Blacks ginnery, two miles west OF
t own, came near being destroyed by flre
last Saturday afternoon. The fire broke
out in a loft over the press, in some un-
accountable manner, and was rapidly
making headway. There was no water
convenient but Mr.. Hogue had the
presence Of mind to knock the gable end
ont of the structure and throw the burn
ing cotton to the ground. In this manner
a serious confagration was averted.
Dry Weather.
Prof. r. J. Herndon arrived home last
Saturday from Morganton where he has
been teaching band for some weeks. 1t
is dry weather here, he says. There is no
discount on that but it seems to be still
worse in North Carolina. Between Kalelgh
and Statesville the telegraph poles look as
if they had actually been scorched by
sparks from the engines, and in many
places he believes the dust on the roads is
several inches deeps
Made the Recommendations.
Clerk of the Court Wylie received from
the agricultural department few days ago
a letter asking him to recommend from
each township in the county two lntelll-
gent citizens to assist in reporting month
ly crop conditions. He forwarded the list
for York county at once; but failed to
keep copy, as the government seems to
prefer that the names Of its crop reporters
be kept from the public. 1t isquite likely,
however, that if the men selected by Mr..
Wylie accept, York will always be cor
rectly reported.
The Work of Fiend.
Nightwatchman Alexander reports that
on las, Thursday night, at about o'clock,
shortly before the arrival OF the circus
train from Chester, he discovered mich
COW chained to the Narrow Gauge railroad
track near the depot. The COW, which
was the property of Mrs. j. i. Moore, had
evidently been fastened there by some
fiendish miscreant with the intention OF
having it killed by the train. The timely
discovery of the nightwatchman not only
saved the COW, but probably also serious
to the train load OF people
who were to come along little later.
York Baptist Association.
York Baptist association held its annual
meeting with Buffalo church, in Chero-
kee township, last week, conrening on
Thursday and adjourning Oh Sunday.
All of the churches were represented, and
Rock Hill, which has heretofore been in
Chester association, was received into the
York association. Mr.. w. b. de Loach
was elected moderator, and Captain w.
H. Edwards was elected clerk. The
meeting was quite successful in every re-
50 ect, and the Buffalo people distinguish
ed themselves for their splendid hospi-
.ality. The next annual meeting of the
association is to be held at Hickory Grove,
On Thursday before the second Sunday in
October, 1896.
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