Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-09-24
LOCAL LACONlCS.
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From now until January 1, 1908, for
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Bethel Presbytery. .,.~, -,
Bethel Presbytery will convene at
Beersheba on October 7, next. at II a.
m. w. B. Arrowood, retiring modera-
tor, will preach the opening sermon.
At the ChainganR.
All the prisoners on the chaingang
are in good health and able to do work.
It has been several weeks since one OF
the prisoners has been in real need OF
medical attention.
Improving the Property.
The Southern railroad authorities
are distributing thousands Of ties along
the Marion and Kingsville line. All OF
the section bosses are busy and the
condition Of the road bed is being rap
idly improved. Il
Election Commissioners.%
Governor McSweeney has appointed
election commissioners for York coun-
ty as follows: State-J. H. Saye, Sha-
ron; P. M. Burris, McConnellsville; w.
A. Youngblood, Concord. Federal-C.
P. Blankenship, Fort Mill; T. B. Glenn,
Newport: R. w. Whitesides, Smyrna.
Election Managers.
It is generally understood that where
they desire to serve again, the mana
gers who served in the recent primaries
will be offered the refusal Of servive at
will be offered the refusal Of serving at
the general election. For service at
the general election, Of course, the man
ayers are entitled to pay.
Yorkville and Tirsah Road.
The chaingang is now finishing up
the grading work at the Mckinney
hills just east of the railroad crossing.
about a mile west Of TirZah. Both
hills have been graded down and con-
nected by fill eight or ten feet high.
Twin culverts of 24-inch tiling let the
water under the fill. Where 1t was for
merly a difficult climb over this par
ticular section of road, horse can now
trot comfortably. But there is nothing
like enough rock hauled to macadamizc
the graded portion of the road.
LintlesS Cotton Seed.
| Mr.. R. Kirk Lowry, Of Delphos, LETT
some specimens Of lintless cotton seed
at THE ENQUIRER office last Saturday.
The seeds are the product Of cotton
stalk found in a twenty-acre field OF
Big Boil and Gold Dust cotton. There
were twenty -four bolls or rather pods,
on the stalk and all Of these bolls or
pods were filled with black cotton seed
that were absolutely lintless. The spec
linens left at THE ENQUIRER office in
cluded twenty-four seed-twelve to the
boil. Mr.. Lowry says he intends to
plant the peculiar seeds he has just
discovered, with view to seeing what
they might develop. "
Death OF r.. A. Young.
Mr.. r. A. Young, formerly we'll
known and highly esteemed citizen OF
Fort Mill, died in Lancaster last Thurs
day and was buried on Friday. Mr..
Young settled In Fort Mill about 1861.
He was shoemaker by trade and fol-
lowed that business until handmade
work was superseded by the machin-
cry of the big northern factories. He
was especially prominent at Fort Mill
because of his connection with the or
ganization and maintenance of the
Baptist church there. He was one of
the original movers in the organization
in 1873, and it was largely through his
earnest efforts that the church was
kept alive. All who are acquainted
with the facts concede that he did
noble work. He left Fort Mill and went