Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-25
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.

Death of Miss Litehenwanger-End OF
a WelI-known Nesro-cotton Sell
ing Freely-searcity Of Firewood-
r. r. D. No. 6 in operation-Mana-
gers of the Farmers Cooperative
Union-PersonaI Notes.
Rock HILL, Oct. 25.-Miss Anna
Litchenwanger, teacher Of Latin at
Winthrop, and who was taken very
suddenly and seriously Ill with heart
trouble about a week ago, died at the
infirmary Sunday afternoon. Miss
Litchenwanger was from Knoxville,
Tenn, and her brother and sister ar
rived from that city last Thursday, ac-
companied by a specialist in diseases
of the heart, and remained at the col.
lege until the end came. For several
days the life Of the young lady hung,
as 1t were, on a brittle thread. Her
condition was pronounced as very Sc
rious from the beginning, and while
she received every care and attention
it was possible to give, only the bar
est hopes Of her recovery were enter
tanned from the day she was taken
sick. The remains were taken to
Knoxville Sunday night for interment
Richard Hacket, one Of the Oldest
colored residents Of this city. dropped
dead in the law office Of Wilson &
Wilson Monday morning while sweep
ing and cleaning up the office. Death
Is supposed to have been due to heart
failure. He was found only few
minutes after he fell to the floor, but
life was already extinct. He was IA
miliarly known as "Uncle Dick" to ev-
eryone in the city and the surrounding
country. He was quite a respectable
and honorable old darkey.
Farmers report that the bulk Of the
cotton crop has been gathered on red
and sandv lands. There was a big
run" Of cotton on this market Satur-
day. The writer counted sixty-three
bales at one time on Main street Sat-
urday morning. For some time ma
jority Of the farmers were not willing
to sell for less than 10 cents, but
great many who have been holding for
10 cents, sold last week for fear that
the market would drop still lower.
The work of gathering the corn crop
Is we'll under way in this section, and
II the weather remains favorable for
a week or ten days longer the bulk OF
the crop will be cribbed. Some claim
that the corn crop is better this year
upon a whole than 1t has been for fif-
teen or twenty years.
There is quite a scarcity Of wood In
this city. But very little Is being
hauled in from the country compared
with former years. A number OF peo-
pie who have been buying all their
wood from the country every year and
having enough delivered by this time
to last them through the winter
months, have been unable to get any
at all yet Some who would have
hauled wood were unable to get hands
to cut 1t and others were so rushed
with farm work that they could not
afford to lose time hauling wood.
The Neisler ginnery, which has been
overrun with work all fall, has been
unable to secure wood enough to run
regularly and has been compelled to
close down on several occasions with
a number Of wagons standing in the
yard loaded with cotton. Coal Is also
scarce and Is about as hard to get as
wood.
The first delivery of mail was made
on r. F. D. No. on Saturday the 18th
instant. ]. Maxey Roach is carrier.
Mr.. Geo. A. Cowan was elected man
ager of the Farmers Cooperative I'm
ion of Eastern York at a meeting Of
the executive committee held last
Friday. The duties Of the manager as
set forth in the constitution Of the
Union are to handle and market all
the cotton and any other produce de-
livered to him by members Of the
Union and under direction Of the ex-
ecutive committee.
There was a heavy frost and ice OF
considerable thickness Monday morn
ing. Owing to the lack Of moisture,
however 1t is not thought that the
cotton crop will be damaged to any
very great extent. Farmers report
that cotton Is ginning out better than
usual this year. Some report getting
500 pound bales from 1900 pounds of
seed cotton.
c. C. Oates, bookkeeper for ]. w.
O'Neal, wholesale grocer, and who has
been at the private hospital for the
past month, with typhoid fever, is able
to be out again and is now at his
home near TirZah.
The ]. H. McFadden family have all
recovered and been discharged from
the hospital except Mrs. McFadden,
who Is also improving.
w. S. Percival of Ogden, has been
confined to his bed with fever for
nearly three weeks. w. D. Dunlop has
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