Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-07-16
aNiseellaneous Reaaing.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Com,dent That Is Of More
or Less Local Interest.
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4 YORK.
Rock Hill Herald. July 12: Mr. Henry
G. Anderson, of Fort LaHn, died on
Friday afternoon of last week, aged So
years. His wife, who was Miss Lily In
gram, of Texas. a daughter Of Colonel
T. F. Ingram, survives with the only
sister of the deceased, Miss Maggie An
derson. Mr.. Anderson was seriously IN.
jured five years ago by bale Of cot
ton falling on him from a wagon, pa
ralysis resulting in consequence, and
from which he never recovered.........
To remove all doubts on the subject,
and to correct some statements to the
contrary, the act Of congress making
appropriations for the erection Of puolc
buildings in this and other cities, pro-
yides as follows: Proposals made IN
response to said advertisement shall be
addressed and mailed to the secretary
OF the treasury, who shall then cause
the said proposed sites, and such others
as he may think proper to designate, to
be examined in person by an agent OF
the treasury department, who shall
make written report to said secretary OF
the results of said examination and OF
his recommendation thereon, ana the
reasons therefor, which shall be ac-
companied by the original proposals.
and all maps, plats, and statements
which shall come into his possession
relating to the said proposed sites. ...'
Amzi Brown, colored, was sent up TO
the circuit court Thursday, on the COM
plant of John Coleman, colored man
who came In on the Charlotte train on
Thursday morning. He claims that
Brown was plotting him to house on
the northern outskirts Of town, and
reaching the woods near the winthrop
pumping station and finding that ne
had some money, Brown hit him a bad
lick on the back of the head with a
bludgeon, knocking him down and rem
dering him unconscious, when Brown
stole from him s25 in money, suit OF
clothes and his hat. He did not kno"
H.,
ed Constable Wingate took Brown IN
charge, and being recognized by Cole
man, he was taken before Magistrate
Backham, who sent him up for trial, as
stated. Brown, when arrested, had on
the hat which Coleman recognized as
the one stolen from him. Coleman has
a painful wound, but it Is not at all
serious. Mr.. w. H. Roach, Of Dali
las county, Tex, who with his wife and
little son are visiting the formers Sis
ters in this city, was caller at Inc
Herald office yesterday. He has been
in Texas fourteen years and is engaged
in farming. His home is in the black
land belt, the best cotton land in Texas,
a section where this crop has not been
a. failure since his residence there.
This year. he says, the expectation is
that from three-fourths to bale per
acre will be gathered, Notwithstanding
the fact that rain has fallen only once
in eighteen months. The corn crop,
which was very promising, has, wher-
ever planted thick, been ruined by the
hot winds which prevailed for three
DAYS about ten days ago-that is,
wherever the rows were three feet or
less apart and the corn eighteen inches
or less in the drill, the crop was burned
so as to be practically destroyed. on
farms where the distance was greater.
even where the rows were three 1eet
apart and the corn three feet in the
drill. the damage was nothing like as
great, and fair crop will be gathered
from fields of this kind. Mr.. Roach
says the opinion prevails in Texas that
with a continuance of present condi-
tios from three millions to three and
half millions of bales of cotton will be
marketed in that state this year. The
acreage of new lands being brought in
to cultivation each year Is very large
and the cotton production is likewise
ever on the increase. He was not fa-
vorably impressed with the cotton crop
from his home to Rock Hill. 1t did not
appear to be specially favorable any
where. He is an observer of the crops
and gave his attention to cotton espec-
tally along the road, and he did not see
anywhere any better crop than Is to oe
seen on the EbeneZer farms. Our corn
too, compares very we'll with that he
saw in the corn-growing states through
which he passed. Mr.. Roach will be IN
Rock Hill possibly for several weeks.
He says there is a South Carolina COL
ony in his country, principally from
York, and a South Carolinian visiting
that section sees many familiar faces
and feels very much at home.
CHESTER.
Lantern, July y: The house Of Col
onel Fred Walker, that was destroyed
by fire on Monday, was one of the old
est houses about town. Mr.. Walker
does not know when it was built, but 1t
was many years ago. His grandparents
lived in it, and it was there that his
father, General w. A. Walker, was born
and reared. During the war Mr.. Wal
ker says he stayed there with his
grandparents Will Thomas, the Ne
gro who was sent to the chaingang
from the mayors court last Thursday
morning, escaped on Tuesday morning
about o'clock. He cut off his shackles
and put out from the camp. AS rain
had fallen on the evening before his
tracks were easily visible, and he was
tracked to Mr.. M. e. Whites, where
the trace was lost. 1t is thought that
he went into the woods. Nothing fur
ther, to our knowledge, has been heard
of him. Chief Taylor took him to the
gang Thursday afternoon and told the