Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-12-31

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ut 4.57 p. M. the middle of it was
reached at 5.42 p. M, and it ended at
6.27 p. m. At 1856 o'clock the moon
left the shadow and was itself again.
The eclipse was perfect and it was
watched by many people.
Accident to Santa Claus.
Mr.. J. Bratton Lowry was painfully
burned at . Christmas tree celebration
given to the young people of the
Church of the Good Shepard at Brat
toms Hall last Thursday night. While
impersonating Santa Claus, his Co.'S
tune caught fire and it was not with
out considerable difficulty, attended
by much excitement, that the flames
were extinguished. His hair and eye
brows were singed and his face was
considerably scorched; but he is able
to be up and about again all right.
Three New Districts.
The county board of education has
decided to divide Forest Hill school
district into three new school dis
tricts, to be known as Concord" GAL
lison Creek" and "Forest Hill" Pur-
suant TO announcement by Superin-
dent of Education Shurley, meeting
was held at the residence of Mr.. Len
Woods, one day last week, for the
purpose of agreeing upon a location
for a union school house centrally To-
Gated. There were 20 voters present.
Five voted for the central union school
house, and Is voted against it. With
this the proposition fell through.
Some Fine Farming.
Mr.. G. T. Ssser, small farmer who
lives near NEWPORT, has no complaint
TO make of han times. He has been
calculating all .long on five cents cot
ton and kept in mind as the most
efficient remed, for hard times, hard
work. In 1896 he planted 35 acres in
cotton and made 81 bales, 25 acres in
corn and made 300 bushels. This year
he had in 26 ares of cotton and made
80 bales that averaged 450 pounds.
He planted 1Sacres of corn and made
$50 bushels. Nj this was with three
plows, and Dostly with homemade
manure. This fall Mr.. Setter sowed
12 acres of weat. Most of it is up
and doing nicg.
After Blood.
Two Negroe-Wallace Woods and
Joe Wells-ha desperate fight up
in Bethel towship, about two miles
from Clay Hill last Monday. They
fell out about ONE whisky. Woods
beat Wells ad ran him home,
following along behind. Wells fas-
tened the door, nd when Woods tried
to break in attaced him with an axe.
Woods was so Idly cut that Wells
left him for deadnd went over to the
house of another Negro to whom he
reported the dee. Afterward Wells
went back to sbw where the dead
Negro lay. Woos, who had not heen
killed, slipped ubehind his antago-
mist and commend shooting. Wells
fell down and Weds beat him until
he thought life as extinct. Then
beginning to fearhat he was MUIR
derer, Woods lefthe country, and at
last accounts was i'll missing.
Handsome Buildings
While over in Rex Hill last Satur-
day, the reporter VS. considerably i'm
pressed with the iposiug appearance
of the handsome Nv buildings that
are being complexion the site of last
summers fire. Thlargest, if not in
all respects the hanlomest, is the big
Friedheim building which will com
pare favorably with anything of the
kind in the state. ork on the Rod
dey Bank building h,been very much
retarded on account delay of found
ers in sending necess ~ columns and
other iron work. Tire is some local
talk to the effect tha' Captain Rod
dey is waiting until alhe other build
ings are completed she can overtop
them all :" but this is st imagination.
The building, which is be magnih.
cent structure, will fcompleted in
accordance with origll plans, and
with an eye single to b mess.
Mr.. Herbert Dun kp Hur
Rock Hill correspond ice Columbia
State, Tuesday: The Jung men Of
the city got up fox cfe yesterday
afternoon which bid fato he an en-
joyable affair, but whiwas marred
by a rather serious accht almost at
the start. Indeed, at fl it appeared
fatal, but happily prov not. The
riders swept up Main stt at swift
run with DR.. Wallace Feell and Mr..
Herbert Dunlap in the hd upon a
pair of mettlesome animal The mare
ridden by Mr.. Dunlap ! not well
broken to the saddle, al AShen they
reached the Public Libra 1T was no.
ticed that he seemed to tpsing con-
troll of his mount. Whel he riders
reached the livery stabl$ Kerr &
Kimball, DR.. Fennell's nd made a
dash for the stable and MDunlap's
horse, in following, failedelear the
curb stone, stumbled and throw
ing her rider over her headh falling
on him. Mr.. Dunlap was ried un-