Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-11
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FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That II of More
or Less Local Interest.
YORK.
Rock Hill Herald, February Z: Mr.
H. H. Hood had the misfortune to
have his left arm caught in the saws
of a gin at the Highland Park mill
Wednesday, and the wound inflicted
was so serious that DR.. Fennell, who
was called, decided that amputation
was necessary. The operation was
performed that night, the arm being
taken off between the elbow and shoul-
der. .. j.. The old prediction that there
is a snow each winter for every fog
in the preceding August is likely to
be exploded this winter. On. who
makes it a business to watch such
things says that there were three fogs,
one heavy and two light, last August,
and accordingly, insists that the three
SHOWS will come before the winter Is
over. Mr.. G. Decatur Anderson, a
well-known citizen of this county, died
at the home Of his son-in-law, Mr.. w.
H. Williams, in Santuc Tuesday night,
Of cancer in the left eye, Of which he
had long been sufferer, having been
confined to his bed since the 7th OF
August. Wednesday his remains were
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terry. Mr.. Anderson was native OF
the community in which he died and
was 81 years of age. He left three
children, viz: W. T. Anderson, OF
Harmony; Mrs. w. H. Williams, OF
Santuc, and Mrs. J. T. Lee, Of Rock
Hill. Robert Barnett, Of the Bethel
community, is erecting commodious
barn on his lot in Ebenezer, which he
purchased some time ago from j. A.
Shurley. Mr.. Barnett will also erect
a handsome dwelling on this lot dur
ing the coming summer and will
doubtless reside in this hospitable
community which is fast building up.
CHESTER.
Lantern, February 6: Miss Edna
McCloy, a charming young lady OF
Arkansas, and, Mr.. Sam w. Martin, OF
Wylie's Mill, who have been visiting
in Huntersville, N. c., returned to
Wylie's Mill yesterday where Miss Nc
Cloy is visiting relatives. Mr.. H.
Porter, Of Montbrook, Fla, passed
through the city yesterday on his way
home from North Carolina. He had
secured twenty-five Negro hands from
Union county, N. c., to work for the
Wade & Macarthur Lumber company,
Of Florida. Mr.. Porter says many
other Negroes promised to go, but
when the moment Of parting came
they could not tear themselves away
from friends and relatives so he had to
come away without them. 1.-THE FL
ter for the Sandy river pumping sta
ton is at the Seaboard freight depot,
and Is on temporary platform so ar
ranged that dray can be driven un-
derneath it. The filter weighs about
13, 900 pounds as it now stands. When
filled with sand 1t will weigh much
more. AS soon as the roads permit,
the filter will be taken to the pumping
station where it will be set in hori-
zontal position, the water entering at
the top of one end, seeping slowly
through the sand, where it is supposed
to leave all It's impurities, and coming
out at the lower part Of the same end
it entered. The capacity Of the filter
is $1,000 gallons per hour.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, February Z: Mrs. R j.
Mackorell and children, Of Yorkville,
are visiting Mrs. Mackorell's parents,
Major and Mrs. j. M. Riddle, at this
place Mr.. J. B. Ghent while saw
ing lumber in the Buford battle-ground
section the past week, found a bullet
imbedded in the heart Of piece OF
stock timber, which from its shape
and the indications Of the age Of the
tree he judged to have been there at
least q hundred years. ..At recent
meeting Of the Lancaster Chapter OF
the u. D.. Cs the following officers
were elected: President, Mrs. Ira B.
Jones; vice-president, Miss Annie
Witherspoon: corresponding secretary
Mrs. M. ]. Perry; recording secretary,
Mrs. J. T. Green; treasurer, Mrs. NJ.
E. Cauthen; historian, Mrs. G. r. Fos-
ter. Hon. T. Y. Williams, of Lam
caster, was chosen speaker Of the
house pro tenn. by reclamation dur
ing the absence of Speaker Smith from
Columbia on account Of sickness in his
family the past week.