Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-08-17
1LooAL LAooNIcs.
RampaginG Catawba.

day were to the effect that the stage OF
| the river was eighteen feet above low
water.
The Sale of School Books.
Superintendent Of Education Carroll
has been very busy during the past
few weeks selling new school BOOKS ana
making exchanges. He has a wagon
load Of old books piled up IN his once.
Oil Mil For Blacksburg.
A charter was issued Wednesday by
the secretary Of state, to the B!acRs-
burg Cotton Seed OIL Mill, Of Blacks
burg. Capital $4,000. A. II. Pollock,
president; w. F. Dye, vice presioent'
n. w. Hardin, secretary and treasurer.
We Will Send The Enquirer
For one year to two or more subscr1I
hers at S1.75 each, provided the Two or
more names are returned and paid for
when the names are entered. iHH
ENQUIRER will be sent from this Issue
to the first Of January, 1902, for 6S cents
in advance.
Railroads. Fault.
The failure of The ENQUIRER tsI get
nm the Carolina and North western
railroad last Wednesday morning, was
due to the neglect Of the railroad au-
thorities to take the papers from the
postofice to the train. The paper was
| mailed as usual and on time. Ihere
was no fault at this Office.
Quite a Large Owl.
Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday,: Mr.
r. L. Ferguson brought to The Herald
Office last Monday an owl that had oeen
killed between Nanny's and McCollum
mountains by Mr.. w. T. Long, OF BAN
dana, which measured 56 inches from
tin to tip Of wings and was Is inches
high.
Reflected ON the Clouds. =
People of Rock Hill noticed quite a
strange phenomenon over in the direc-
ton Of Yorkville last Monday night. 1t
will be remembered that heavy clouds
hung over the town during the fore-
part of the night. Just what 1t was the
people Of Rock Hill did not know at the
time; but they observed what looked
like pillar Of light extending above
the earth. Some thought maybe tnerS
was a house on fire between ROCK Hiii
and Yorkville. They have since arrived
at the conclusion that probably the
glow was caused by the reflection or
the electric street lights Of Yorkville
on the black clouds overhead.
Converse College.
We are in receipt Of the Handsomely
| illustrated catalogue Of Converse coll
lege, showing its elegant plant and
high standard Of work. This is an In
stitution Of which the whole state
should be, and Is, proud. 1t ts per-
manent gift to the cause OF educating
our young women, and Is controlled by
| a non-denominational board or trus-
| tees. It has good endowment, ana Is
ranking in the South as the best col
| 4 IN, 70 North The
conservatory Of music has an elegant
tauditorium seating 1000 people, with
the manificent pipe organ, Cthe largest
| in the SOUTH, and "a music rooms. Ev-
erything is UP to the highest standard
of equipment and work. We call atten-
ton to the advertisement in this issue.
Captured In Roanoke. - s%&s..--t
Charles Lyle, one Of the men wanted
for the murder Of Newton Lanier, IN
Charlotte, recently, was captured In
Roanoke, Va, on Friday Of last week,
as the result Of reward Of 5000 offered
by the Charlotte observer. Lyle was
quite talkative when captured. He ad-
mitted that he had been with Lanier;
His companions were Bob Henritz and
Chas. Meyers. They had met together
in a house of ill-fame in Charlotte and
Lyle claims that they won Lanier's
money in a bet. All drank together.
Lyle claimed to know nothing Of the
murder Of Lanier. He said that La
nier was well enough when last seen,
and that II he died from poison 1t was
probably by his own hand. Henritz
and Meyers were also arrested In Roa-
noke for vagrancy; but were released
before their identity was learned and
they got away. Lyle was taken back
to Charlotte.
nroxvnod Eoap HfCknrY.
7 Fort Mill Times: News was received
here Tuesday morning Of the drowning
of Mr.. John Garrison, which occurred
Monday evening near Hickory, N. c.,
where he had been on a. visit for sew
eral days. The announcement Of the
sad accident was sent by wire, and the
particulars were not stated. Mr.. Gar
rison was about 2S years Of age, and
was a son Of Mr.. Pinokney Garrison,
Of Pineville township. He married
Miss Emma Colthrap, daughter Of Mrs.
S. A. Coltharp, Of Gold Hill, and to
them one child was born. Since put
ting the above into type, we learn that
Mr.. Garrison lost his life while trying
to rescue his 14th-year-old nephew,
Dalee Wagenor. A crowd Of men were
in bathing in the pond at the Shuford
cotton mill near Hickory. Young
Wagenor ventured into deep water and
sank. Mr. Garrison went to his rescue,
but gave out also, and both were
drowned. Up to a late hour yesterday
evening the body of Wagenor had not
been found. Mr.. Garrison's remains
were shipped home and the burial took
place at Flint Hill today.
Probable Catastrophe Averted.
1t will be remembered that about
two months ago the southbound mail
and passenger train on the Carolina
and North Western railroad, while de-
scending steep grade short distance
beyond Allison creek trestle, ran over
and killed a child Of Lula Powell, wife
of Will Powell, Negroes, and that the
killing was entirely accidental. The
Powell family lives within $50 feet Of
the railroad track, and on last Wednes-
day afternoon, after the southbound
freight train passed down, Will Powell
discovered that it had broken rail
near the spot where the child had been
killed, and realized that unless it was
repaired the passenger train, due to
pass there at about S45 p. m, would
be wrecked. 1t so happened that DR..
A. Y. Cartwright passed up the road In
buggy at about this time, and Powell
informed him as to his discovery and
requested him to notify Mr.. Meek
Smith, the agent at Glover. Mr.. Smith
was notified, and he in turn reported
the matter to General Manager Mich