Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-08
Miseellaneous Reaain9.
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That Is OF More
or Less Local Interest.
CHESTER.


CHESTER. .
Lantern, September 4: Yesterday
morning about II o'clock fire origi-
mated in the waste breaker in The
picker room at the Eureka mills. and
for about fifteen minutes there was a
lively time extinguishing the flames.
The fire started it is thought, from a
spark from a piece of steel or some
thing of the kind in the waste cotton
that was being run through the break
err. AS soon as the hose could be
started the fire was easily extinguish-
ed. The wood work of two waste
breakers and a good amount of cotton
were destroyed. The breakers can be
repaired. The loss is fully covered by
insurance. Mr.. Samuel Blair of
York county. who has been visiting
relatives at White Oak for several
weeks, passed through Chester yester-
day on his return home, and while in
town, called at the Lantern office. 1t
is great pleasure as well as a priv
ilege to be in the presence Of this good
man. 1t is exceedingly interesting to
talk with him. He can speak of things
which occurred a half century ago, and
they are as vivid to his mind as II
they had taken place yesterday. AL
though he lacks only six months Of be-
ing eighty years old, he is still hearty
and active. He 'ays that he has al
ways been tempe ate in his habits, re-
firing at 9 o'clock and rising at and
eating nothing between meals. In lS4O
Mr.. Blair says he carried the chain for
four days when Atlanta, Ga, was first
surveyed, and that he thinks this Is
the greatest thing he has ever done.
At that time two hotels and two or
three other small buildings were all the
buildings there. The next time he WIS.,
tied Atlanta was during the exposition
several years ago. The change that
had been brought about was marvel
Gus. And too the city had undergone
the wreck Of war and had experienced
numerous burnings in the meantime,
which had impeded its growth. ....J'
M. Jernigan and w. E. Southerland
were tried in the Mayors court Tues
day morning for soliciting labor. The
prosecutor in the cases was the
Springstein mills. The former was
found guilty and was given thirty days
on the chaingang or pay fine of SIS.
ahor aPnnInt
of not having sufficient proof to con-
vict him. It was claimed that Jern1gan
and Switzerland were endeavoring to
secure help for one of the mills In
Rock Hill. Jernigan is still confined
in the guardhouse, hoping to be able
to raise the money with which to pay
the fine. In a conversation with him
yesterday afternoon, he said that ne
would be taken out today, and if he
did not have the money, he would be
compelled to serve out his sentence on
the chaingang. He said that If he had
been guilty of soliciting labor, he would
have made all arrangements before
hand to pay in case he should be ar
rested, but he said, I'm not guilty.
The picnic at Cornwell yester-
day must have come up to every ones
expectation. Everybody was there, and
hence it is not necessary to write 1t up
at least everybody we saw was there.
There has been no gathering of re-
cent date to compare it with. Some
said it was larger than the great Cum
ningham picnic Of a few years ago,
others said it was not so large, most
thought it was about like tive think
it was impossible for anyone to tell,
scattered as the crowd was over the
woods and hills. The military COM
panies were there from Yorkville. Rock
Hill and Fort Mill, in addition to the
two companies from Chester county.
The mounted officers were Col. J. {.
Boyd, Mai J. H. Marion, Quartermaster
J. S. McKeown and Adjutant ]. H. Har-
din. There was no speaking on the
programme, but Col. Boyd and Maj.
Marion each made a neat little speech
on the picnic grounds before starting
on the march to the drill grounds. The
first regiment has reason to be proud
of the compliment paid 1t by Col.
Boyd, who said it's was the only sue
cessful state encampment, and he pro-
nounced it one worthy to be proud OF.
We are not qualified to pass upon the
drilling, but We know the men drilled
under great difficulties, the ground
being rough and weedy. This was
unavoidable on account of the neces-
sity of changing the place for the
gathering. There was a tremendous
quantity of dinner, bread being espe-
cially abundant. The Springstein band
in charge Of Prof. Herndon, furnished
splendid music. The good behavior in
so large crowd was something worthy
of special remark.
LANCASTER.
Ledger, September 5: Ben Jones, the
Negro who threw a rock at some one
at the Kershaw barbecue and ran, was
brought to town and lodged in Jail
Thursday afternoon by Sheriff Hunter
on the charge of aggravated assault
and battery. The rock missed the par
tv at whom it was hurled and struck a
young boy. The sheriff's presence
when the. Negro was caught doubtless
saved him being more harshly dealt
with. A letter to relatives i'm this
county, announces the death of Mrs,
Alice Robertson, wife of Mr.. Samuel
Robertson, formerly of this county,
which occurred at Durham, N. c., Au-
gust 29th, 1903. Mrs. Robertson was a
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