Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-08-24
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FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That II of More
or Less Local Interest.

or Less Local Interest.
CHESTER.
Lantern, August 20: At these politi-
cal meetings that are being held, speak
lers are invited to discuss issues and not
linen, and yet some Of the speakers have
little enough regard for propriety to
Iaccept the invitation, and then ignore
the condition upon which they were in
vited, indulging freely in personal
abuse. All Of them discuss men-or
more accurately, one man-more than
there is any call for; but some Of them
do not descend to the level of mud
Singing. There is no necessity for any
allusion to McLaurin. and any such
reference strikes thoughtful and right
minded people as cheap bid for popu-
lar favor. Superintendent and Mrs.
w. H. Hand, Mr.. and Mrs. c.. c. Ed
wards and son, Miss Maggie Simril,
Miss Mary and Giles Patterson, and
Messrs. R. L. Cunningham and D. j.
McCauley will leave by the Seaboard
this evening for Buffalo and northern
points. At least these make up the
party, so far as is certainly known now.
One or two of them may not leave till
tomorrow, and others may join them
from this place. There will be a few
from other places. Mr.. r. L. Cunning
ham expected to go with another party
a few days ago, and it was announced
that he did; but this was a mistake....
We were shown yesterday morning
some cotton limbs that were heavily
laden with forms; but this was not the
peculiar part about them. Bolls,
blooms and squares are found on stems
between joints, which observant far
mers say is a violation of the law that
governs the fruiting Of cotton. Again
lit is understood that the making Of
the forms proceeds upward, and that
when one has been formed at given
point, a later one Is not put out lower
down on the same stem. The speci-
mems shown have grown bolls in some
cases, and lower down on the same
stems, younger bolls, blooms or squares
some Of them at joints and others where
there is apparently none. The only ex-
PLANTATION offered Is that owing to ex-
lcessive moisture nature concluded that
she could sustain a heavier crop than
she had originally planned for, and this
applies to both phenomena. lon Sat-
urday night, the 10th, every light in
the city, arc and incandescent, went
out at flash of lightning, and it re-
quired several days to find and repair
the damage in the machinery. The arc
lights were not on again till last Satur-
day night, and number Of them were
still dark The incandescent lights had
a short vacation. The Methodist
and A. R. P. were the only churches In
town that had preaching services last
Sabbath, the Rev. J. G. Stoll preaching
at the latter. At night the Methodist
church alone was open and the Rev. j.
C. Stoll preached an earnest sermon to
a large and attentive congregation
composed chiefly of young people......
AS the southbound train on the South
ern was passing the large water tank
here yesterday, the rope hanging from
the drop pipe caught on the first class
coach and drew the pipe down, releas-
ing the water and knocking off ven
tilator cap. The latter in its fall
knocked the glass out off a window,
which struck Mrs. Barrie, Of New York,
cut her face slightly and hurt an eye
/ tor r,,Sha1 From thp
pipe with such force that it broke the
glass in several windows and drenched
the passengers.
GASTON.
Gastonia News, August 20: Esquire
S. M. Johnson and Deputy Sheriff ].
A. Harshaw, of Yorkville, were in town
Friday looking after prisoners. The
crops along the Catawba and South
Fork rivers are failure this year.
What the May freshets didn't get the
freshets of last week did get. Much
late corn planted after the May fresh
cts was destroyed. The rivers last
week were not so high as in May; but
they were full an unusually long time.
Low land Is badly damaged. Sun
day John Welsh and Miss Susie McCon-
nell, of Trenton, drove over to Dallas
and were married by Squire A. P. H.
Rhyme. Mr.. Welsh has been working
at the Trenton for more than year,
and came here from Monroe. Miss Nc
Connell was the daughter Of Mrs. M.
C. Mcconnell, who died last month";.
John Beattie, an old citizen Of South
Point; but who for the past 30 years has
been living in Mecklenburg, is Wis
iting his sister Mrs. Eli Jenkins. About
five years ago, he was stricken with
paralysis, but is able, with very great
difficulty, to walk about little. ......J.
B. Pegram, of Yorkville, was In town
Friday. IT. w. Wilson went to York
vile Saturday. Mrs. LaVenia Adams,
died at her old homestead at Bowling
Green, Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock,
and was buried yesterday at the old
Bethel cemetery. Rev. w. B. Arrowood
conducting the funeral ceremonies.
Mrs Adams only lacked three days Of
being so years old. She enjoyed good
health until recently. She became fee
BILE from old age, and partly lost her
eyesight. Her husband, Robert E.
Adams died Is or 20 years ago. She
was the mother Of w. Meek Adams and
Mrs R. Newton Wilson, of our town,
Will, Joe and James Adams, of Bethel,
and Henry Adams, of Lowell. She
lived a consecrated Christian life, being
since her early wears q member of