Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-09-10
Haiseellaneous Rraaing.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That II Of More
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or Less Local Interest.
YORK.
l/Rock Hill Herald, September 6: The
School near Tirzah, which has been in
charge of Miss Buena Horton, of the
Bullock's Creek neighborhood, for the
past three sessions, closed several days
ago. Miss Horton is very efficient and
painstaking teacher and discharged the
duties of the place to .the entire satis-
faction Of all concerned. Miss Horton
has been visiting Mrs. w. L. Sturgis,
but left for her home yesterday after
noon. Mr.. w. D. Neal, having re-
signed the place Of superintendent OF
the Chicora Cotton mill, will return
to his old home in Spray, N. c., at an
early date, where he has accepted the
superintendency Of the Moorehead mill.
Mr.. Neal is a mill man Of much expe-
rience and has made great many
friends during his residence in ROCK
Hill. n. Mr.. w. A. Neal, Jr., son of
Col.W. A. Neal, of Easley, this state,
was in Rock Hill Thursday as a rep
resentative of the census office IN
Washington. His business in South
Carolina at this time is to appoint
census agent in each county in the state
to take the census of the cotton gins as
to the number Of bales turned out dur
ing the ginning season. Each agent
will send in three reports, one for the
week beginning October 18th, another
for the week beginning December 18th,
and the final report at the end Of the
ginning season. say February 18th or
March 1st Each agent is required to
visit each gin or obtain an accurate re-
port from each gin in his county and
the census office has its own system of
checks so as to assure absolute correct
ness and completeness. An agent who
fails to send in accurate figures, cover
ing every public and private gin, is de-
prived Of his pay, which Is $55 for each
report. The agent has six days to visit
or obtain information from the gins and
reports may be sent by telegraph, tele-
phone, letter or messenger; but in every
case the agent must be responsible for
accuracy. The ginners are required by
act Of congress to make report to >he
county agents. and to the census de-
partment upon demand. and penalties
are imposed for false reports and for
failure or refusal to report to the agent
when called upon. Mr.. John d.
Wooten died in Morganton, N. c.,
Wednesday from typhoid fever. That
night his remains passed through the
city and Thursday they were inferred
in the cemetery at Blythewood. De-
ceased was about AZ years old and
leaves three children, his wife having
preceded him to the grave about a year
ago. ......J. B. Faison and Charles Har-
din were before Magistrate Beckham
on Thursday, being charged with tres
pass after notice. It seems that Mr.. S.
w. Alexander planted a plot of ground
by permission of the owner, Mr.. J. e.
Anderson. Later on ]. F. Faison rented
and moved into the house on the prem
ises, the lot in question being part or
the premises, and after he had taken
possession it came to the attention Of
Mr.. Alexander that Faison intended to
plow the ground that had been planted
by Mr.. Alexander, and the latter noti-
fled Faison that he had permission OF
the owner to plant the lot and that
Faison could not take possession until
after the gathering Of the crop. Faison
employed Hardin to plow the ground
and plant it in turnips. and he pro-
ceeded to do so. Mr.. Alexander mean
while notifying him to desist, which he
did not do. Thereupon Mr.. Alexander
swore out warrant against both the
parties, charging them. as stated above,
with trespass after notice. The trial
was before a jury composed of V. b.
McFadden. foreman: o. K. Williams, S.
S. Plaxico, S. ]. Bell and ]. L. johnson.
After hearing the evidence, the jury
returned verdict Of guilty as charged.
with recommendation to mercy. Judge
Beckham imposed a fine of $40 or 10
days on the chaingang. They paid up.
|M.L.Mr. T. B. Lumpkin has gone to
Lexington, N. c., to assume the duties
of freight and ticket agent of the
Southern at that place. Mr.. Lumpkin's 8
removal from Rock Hill is much re-
gretted, and his numerous friends here
wish him success in his new home.....
Edgmoor is mourning the death Of w.
W. Hicklin, a good man and good cit
izen,> which occurred yesterday morning
of typhoid fever. Mrs. Hicklin sur
wives him with six children. The
army worm has appeared in this coun-
ty and everything green Is being at
tackled. The presence of the pest was
not noted until the early part Of the
week, but it is spreading over the face
of the earth in countless millions, the
number apparently increasing every
day. The pastures are especially OBJ
jects of attack and in some instances
they have the appearance of having
been swept by fire. Grass, Irish potato
tops, turnip tops. peanut vines. sweet
potato vines, sorghum cane and even
corn is being attacked, and on some
farms the latter crop is suffering very
much from it's ravages. So far we have
heard Of no injury to the cotton crop.
The first we heard or saw of the rava-
ges of the pest was it's attack upon the
Winthrop lawn, where it destroyed a
plot of grass in one day. Since then we
have heard of it in every direction. but
more so on the clay lands than on sandy
soils. A prairie fire could not have been
more destructive of vegetation than has
this pest been on the pasture of Mr..
Sam Friedheim. and in numberlesS 9TH