Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-14

ough efficiency and competency of
those in charge of the Catawba Pow
er company's wires In this city, and
the dispatch with which any accident
or damage to the line Is looked after
and repairs are made. Between eight
and nine o'clock Thursday night the
lights all over the city suddenly went
out. Mr.. Lyle Black, an employe of the
company, hurriedly summoned a ne
gro lineman and started out at once
to find the trouble. Following up the
line from the power house they found
pole on fire in the western part of
the city, some distance from the busi-
ness portion of the city. The fire
was caused by a "tie" wire becoming
loose on an insulator. The blaze, reach
| ing the wires, cut off the entire cur
rent from the dam, leaving the city,
not only in darkness, but stopping
every piece of machinery in the city
that was being run by electric power
Within nineteen minutes, however
from the time Mr.. Black and his line
man started out they had the damage
repaired and the current on again
The lights flashed up all over the city
and the looms and spindles in the cot
ton mills ratified away again. almost
before any one had time to Inquire
into the cause of the trouble.
Quite a serious accident happened
to the six-year- son Of Mr.. and
Mrs J. H. Sims, who live near Ogden
Tuesday night. During the day Tues
day, the little fellow. stepped on a
nail infiicting painful wound In the
bottom of his foot, and at bedtime his
mother in attempting to apply a few
drops Of carbolic acid to the wound
spilled the entire contents Of the bot
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He was badly burned and has suffer-
ed much pain as a result Of the acci-
dent, but II is not thought that any
serious results will follow.
The whereabouts Of G. w. Jordan
who suddenly and mysteriously disap-
peared from this city last Saturday
night q week ago, are still un-
known. His continued absence and
failure to communicate with home
folks cause his family much concern
and anxiety and deepen the mystery
attending his disappearance. He has
wife and one child about two months
old &c.
Street Overseer Wallace has had
his force of hands engaged the past
week clearing off, grading down the
high places and filling in low places
In the strip Of land lying between
Chatham avenue and q deep cut on
the Southern railway. 1t Is about fif-
ty feet wide and runs almost the en-
tire length of block. This work is
being done by the city for the Civic
Improvement association, an organi-
zation composed Of the ladies Of the
city. Their object IS to improve
and beautify the city, especially those
portions of 1t which have heretofore
been neglected. The work already
hxy "r
wrought a wonderful change. This
fall the ladies expect to plant out
flowers and vines and convert into
beautiful park, a place that has long
been a rugged and unsightly spot In
the city.
Two representatives of the Chris
tian Crusaders, who held forth In
Yorkville during the month Of Feb
ruary. were In the city this week and
made arrangements to hold series
of meetings here beginning the latter
part of May. They will pitch large
tent in the Hutchison grove near the
private hospital and will probably be
here for a month or longer. =,
Rev. w. L. Lingle was expected to
leave last night for Houston, Texas,
to preach to the congregation OF the
First Presbyterian church OF that
city and look over the field with a
view to further consideration of call
recently extended him to the pastor
ate Of that church.
The congregation Of the First Pres
byterian church of this city, have
placed an order with a Delaware house
for a large pipe organ. The cost of
the instrument will be about $4,000, but
before it can be properly installed In
the church it will be necessary to tear
norton
Of the building and the expense thus
incurred will run the total cost up to
about $4,000. The money has already
been raised and deposited in the bank.
The Catawba Male academy base
ball team will cross bats Monday af-
ternoon with a team from the Mt.
Zion academy of Winnsboro. The two
teams are said to be very evenly
matched and an interesting game Is
expected. The game will be. played
on the home ground.
DIR. T. L. Cornwell, who has been
practicing medicine in Rock Hill and
vicinity for the past fifteen years, has
decided to locate at Honea Path, and
fession at that place. He expects to
leave for Honea Path within the next
few days. DR.. CoEnwell Is quite a
competent physician and will doubtless
meet with much success In his new
field. His many friends here will re-
gret to see him leave Rock Hill.
We note that Winthrop college will
be represented by the following teach
ers at the State Summer school at
Clemson this summer: DR.. ]. P. Kin
ard, grammar; Miss Minnie McFeat,
kindergarten; Miss Mary Wickliffe,
manual training; Miss Elizabeth
Lumpkin, reading and elocution.
An unusually large quantity of fresh
fish caught in Catawba river, have
been sold on this market this spring.
They are nice size and sell readily at
ten cents per pound.
NJ. B. Massey, who runs grocery
store and also carries a line OF dry
goods on Depot street, has rented the
store room recently vacated by G. w.
Jordan, also on Depot street, and will
open up with a fine stock of dry goods
on next Monday week.
Messrs. Kuykendal & Cunningham
are engaged in moving their stock Of
groceries from the Rock Hill Supply
Cos. building to their new store ad-
joining.
Mr.. H. T. Grist, who for several
years has been employed in the shops
of the Rock Hill Buggy Co., has Sc
cured a position with the Carmichael
Buggy company, of Jackson, Ga, and
will leave for that city within few
days
Considerable planting-both corn
and cotton-has been done In this
section the past week. Mr.. Sam Fried
helm reports that he has cotton COM
ing up nicely.
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