Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-09-03
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News and Comment That II Of More
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or Less Local Interest.
YORK.
Rock Hill Herald, August 80. Mrs.
A. r, Banks went to Yorkville Wednes-
day to visit Mrs. T. F. McDow.. MISS
Bessie Mcconnell, Of Yorkville, was in
the city Thursday and yesterday the
guest of Miss Jessie Fewell, on the way
to her home from a visit to Randles-
burg and Fort Mill. Mrs. j. j. Thonl-
as went to Yorkville Wednesday on
visit to her parents. Miss Marie
McCants, of Winnsboro, spent Thurs
day in the city with Miss Marie Fewell,
on the way to her home from York.
willie. :. Bishop H. c. Morrison, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, has
called Rev. E. T. Adams. pastor OF
Laurel Street Methodist church, to the
Kentucky conference, and he Will
leave Rock Hill the first Of next week
to attend it's annual session. Quarterly
conference will be held tonight at Laur-
el Street church, when Rev. Mr.. Adams
will close up his work here. On Sunday
evening at o'clock Rev. Mr.. Adams
will deliver his farewell sermon. Dur
ing their stay in Rock Hill, Mr.. ana
Mrs. Adams have made many friends
who will receive the news of their de-
parture with sincerest regret. 1.-The
Spartanburg Journal Of the 2Sth in
stant contains the following notice OF
the marriage Of Mr.. w. R. Boney, a
former Rock Hill boy: Last evening
at the residence of Mrs. w. r. Little,
on South Church street, Mr.. w. B. Bo-
ney and Miss Angie Brown were united
in marriage. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Lewis M. Roper, and
was witnessed only by few intimate
friends of the young people. The
bride is a charming and accomplished
young woman Of the city. and niece
of Mrs. j. R. Little. The groom Is
well-known and popular young business
man of the city, at present book-keeper
for the Tiger Manufacturing company
at Fairmont. :. . Thursday Major A.
II. White was exhibiting on our streets
number of cotton squares that had
been punctured by an insect whose
work is similar to that of the Mexican
weevil a foe that has been very de-
structive in Texas. The insect pune
lures the squares and they never
bloom. The pest was seen first in Tex
as four years ago, and since then the
August and September top crop has
been cut off over a large area OF the
state. There is no other foe to cotton
as destructive as this weevil. It's pres
ence and ravages in Texas have been
noted by the government and 1t mas
appropriated money and has employed
experts to investigate and ascertain
some way if possible of accomplishing
its destruction. This will prove dlf-
fcult task, however, for the reason that
when the square is punctured and the
egg deposited the small hole Is sealed
with wax. Within ten days thereafter
another weevil is born. It bores its
way out of the square and starts upon
its expedition of destructiveness. The
experts who have been examining It's
life and ravages calculate that one or
the insects will puncture 25O squares
and lay as many eggs. The pest Is
small black bug, oblong in shape. and
has a bill about the sixteenth Of an
inch long, with which it. punctures the
squares. 1t resembles the wheat bug
somewhat, but is about four times as
large. Major Whites cotton field,
from which the specimens in question
were taken, was examined by Mr.. Jno.
D. Anderson, of Cuero. Texas, who Is
visiting his brother, Mr.. G. b. Ander-
son. Of this city. While he failed to dis
cover any Of the insects. he recognized
the ravages as being similar to that OF
the Mexican weevil, and expressed the
fear that the pest in his eastward jour-
new has reached Rock Hill. The weevil
| has never before been heard Of In this
section, and it will be calamity If it
should prove to be true that ne mas
come, for if so he will abide with us.
Any one riding along the street will not
fail to observe that pest is at work IN
Major Whites field, but we can but
hope that our section is to be spared
such an unwelcome visitation. we
have placed several Of the punctured
squares in a bottle in our office and
await the appearance of the weeril with
very great interest Since the above was
written, Mr.. Anderson has made an
other examination Of the field and now
thinks that the insect that is destroying
the cotton is the sharpshooter, pest
that usually accompanies the Mexican
weevil, but is not as destructive.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette. August 29: The
bystanders at the Southern depot We'd
nesday night witnessed a most dis
tressing accident when they saw Mr.
Charles R. Morrows body horribly
mangled under the wheels of west
bound passenger train No. 33 which
passes Gastonia at 10.45 o'clock. Mr..
Morrow had boarded the train to assist
| his sister, Mrs. Harrison York, who was
starting for Indian Territory, where
she was going to make her home with
her deceased husbands brother. Mr..
Vester York. The train was behind
time and tarried only a few moments.
When it started to pull out Mr.. Nor
row went to the rear, but finding the
door locked, had to return to the front
end of the car BY this time the train
had gone some so yards and was NOV
ing at quite a rapid rate. No one wit
messed the fall. MIR. Tom Carson,
| hrot ber-in-law Of the injured man, who