Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-22
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
Summary of the News That Is Being Pub
lished by Exchanges.
CHEROKEE-The Gafney Ledger


CHEROKEE-The Gafney Ledger,
July 10: We are advised that there
is good deal of cattle fever in the
county at this time. Mr.. Landrum
Kirby, one of the largest stock far
mers in the county, has cured num-
ber of his cattle by dosing them with
one pint of lard and one-half pound of
salts at dose. Those who have af-
ficted cattle might do well to try Mr..
Kirby's remedy. ......'.."'The county
chaingang is now at work on the Union
road near Dawkins' Bridge. Next
week they will be transferred to Cow
deysville township. They will 60 to
White Plans township in three weeks.
Wherever they go good results follow.
.........Farmers are beginning to COM
plain very much about the continued
dry weather. 1t is true that some Sec
tions of the county is needing rain
very much.
CHESTER-The Lantern, July 1S !:
Mr.. w. H. Rosborough has rendered
to the Daughters of the Confederacy
the use of his elegant home for re.
ception to be given the sponsors and
maids of honor attending the reunion,
on Thursday evening, the 9th. The
Daughters deem themselves very for
tunate in being thus favored. .'''''"One
of the two very old pear trees at MIR.
NJ. E. Whites has just yielded to the
wind and its own decay. This place
was settled and these two trees plant
ed probably about 125 years ago by a
man by the name of Wilke, who mar
ried grand aunt of Mr.. Matthew
Whites. These are known to have
been somewhat noted trees as far back
as the year 1906. .''''''''Mr. James Nc
Caughrin died at his home near Har-
mony last Sabbath. Mr.. VIM. Lind
say went to attend the funeral yester-
day. He was Mrs. Lindsay's uncle.
LANCASTER-Ledger, July 10:
Work is progressing rapidly on the
new L. and c. river bridge, and it is
thought that within a month or six
weeks trains will be crossing on it.
The piers are all completed and the
workmen are now putting their second
span in place. ...''.''''The barn, sheds,
wagons, buggy tools, and implements,
about 100 bushels of corn, quantity OF
oats peas, shucks, and 1900 pounds OF
fodder, belonging TO Captain w. II.
Rives, in the east end of town, were
burned about 2 o'clock yesterday
morning. When first discovered by
Captain Rives the fire was confined to
the back end of shed room to his
brick barn in pile of shingles stack
ed there. ....'..'Rev. and Mrs. II. b.
Pratt are on visit to their daughter
Mrs. R. E. Wylie. Mr.. and Mrs. Pratt
have for several years been engaged
in missionary work among the Mexi-
cans at Laredo, Texas, and are max
ing visits to their five children in this
state and in Virginia, New York and
Washington. They will remain here
for several weeks. Miss Maria
Mayer and her niece, Miss Corrinne
Jones, of Yorkville, are visiting rela-
tives at this place.
GAST0N-Gastonia Gazette, July
20: That is what Mr.. George Gray is.
Not content with having the job of
building and fitting up the Trenton's
duplicate mill in Gastonia, and at the
same time supervising the erection of
$4,000 residence, he is now engaged
in supervising the erection of two mills
for out of town people. One is a
100000 plant for the Shelby Cotton
Mill company, and the other for a
$125,OOO mill at Carrollton, Ga. Mr..
Gray shipped his we'll machine to
Georgia yesterday. ''''''It was serious