Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-10-11
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erected in this city, has not yet been
selected. Indeed, according to a Wash
ington letter which appeared in The
State a few days ago, it Is not proba-
BILE that the lot accepted by the gov
ernment will be known for a month or
longer. The statement is as follows:
According to the new regulations,
however, put into effect by Assistant
Secretary A. A. Taylor, these reports
will not be made public for thirty days
after they have been submitted. The
department has had so much trouble
recently over the question of sites,
arising largely from the kicks on the
part of disgruntled citizens Of towns
where sites have been chosen, that q
rule was adopted intended to relieve
this trouble. When an architect set
ties upon a lot he makes report rec
ommending it's purchase by the gov
ernment. circular is then sent out
to the postmaster of the town in ques-
tion with request that it be posted in
his office. This circular announces
that the department has arrived at.
decision in the matter and that thirty
days will be given to all who desire to
make complaints, after which time no
more protests will receive the attention
of the department. And all this time
the report is kept from the public. No
one outside of the officials Is permitted
to know the nature Of the architects
decision. Merely the announcement
that the department has reached de-
cision is all the material upon which
the kickers have to kick and they are
requested to do all their kicking in the
specified time" In regard to the early
commencement Of work, Mr.. Nealy, the
treasury agent who was recently in
Rock Hill, said in Florence few days
ago that the rule in letting out con-
tracts Is to follow the list as 1t appears
in the appropriations act, and as Rock
Hill is low down in the list we may
not hope for the commencement OF
work before the early spring. Mrs.
John Williams, Of the Beth Shiloh
neighborhood, and Miss Bessie Will
liams, of Yorkville, visited at the home
of w. w. Miller in Oakland Friday and
saturday....AMr. John Alexander
Thompson, q native Of York county,
died in Lancaster last Wednesday,
aged go years. He married Miss Ellen
M. Knox, and of eight children born to
them, seven survive him, viz: w. B.,
S. A., and ]. M. Thompson; Mrs. j. F.
Collins and Misses F. L., c. w. and
Plummie Thompson. He served
through the civil war and was one of
the most gallant Of Confederate SOL
diers. He was never known to shirk
duty, and during the entire war was
never on the sick list. Always at his
post Of duty yet he was never wounded
or captured. He was member of the
Presbyterian church and for the last
fourteen years Of his life was an elder
in the church. Prof. H. D. Wolff
and Miss Louise Lowry, of Yorkville,
spent Saturday in the city with Mr.. and
Mrs. E. E. Poag.
CHESTER.
Lantern, October Z: Mr.. A. Rose,
passed through the city yesterday on
his way from Columbia to his home in
Yorkville. :><Mr. D. E. Boney, of York
willie, is in the city visiting his daugh-
ter, Mrs. S. E. Colvin. Coroner Glad
den informs us that he has heard on
good authority that strange phenom-
enon takes place on Mr.. w. E. Wade's
farm near Broad river, below Wilks-
burg, in either hot or cold weather. 1t
seems. that the earth rises and falls and
small flint rocks rise entirely off of the
ground. Some Of the rocks hit Mr..
Wade In the face. The temperature
may have something to do with the oc-
curence as it only takes place in hot
and cold weather. "A unique mar
riage took place at the county home
about three miles from town last Tues
day. Rev. John Bass Shelton was to
preach to the inmates, and was also
to officiate at the marriage of Mr.. G.
w. Hodge and Miss Clara Hudson.
Unfortunately Mr.. Shelton was absent
from town on that day and Mr. Hodge
approached and no preacher arrived.
When it was learned that Mr.. Shelton
would not be present, Mr.. Hodge ap-
pealed to DR.. Johnson, who happened
to be present, to get preacher some
where. Rev. B. G. Murphy was called
in and soon had the couple in the de-
sired condition-namely, married. Mr..
Hodge is in his S7th year and Miss
Hudson in her 44th years. Mr.. Will
son, who lives about II miles from here
in York county, had a narrow escape
from a maddog last Sabbath about
o'clock. He was in the road In front Of
his home when dog suddenly jumped
upon him. Mr.. Wilson was unarmed,
but managed to keep the dog off with
his hands. He held the maddog and
called a dog from the house. AS soon
as the maddog saw the other dog he left
Mr.. Wilson and jumped on the house
dog. Mr.. Wilson embraced this oppor-
tunity and also tree and was soon out
Of reach. His only injury was small
scatch on the arm. 1t was learned later
that the maidstone, belonging to Mr..
L. D. Childs was applied to the wound
on the arm. The stone adhered two
hours at the first application, and one
hour and a half at the second. After
this it refused to stick. The bitten
mans name Is Mr.. John Wilson.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, October 8: Rev. Chalmers
Fraser and Mr.. w. ]. Cunningham left
Monday for York county to attend the