Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-07-25
LOCAL LAcoNIcS.


80 cents.
Tho Charleston Excursion.
Col. r. w. Hunts Charleston excur-
sion passed through Yorkville this
morning. When the train reached
Yorkville there were 500 people on
board and 81 got on at this place. 1t
Is understood that two more cars were
added at Rock Hill.
Corrections.
The statement that Comptroller Gen
eral Jones was In Yorkville last week
was a mistake. Supervisor Boyd,
Treasurer Nicely and Superintendent
of Education Carroll made their an
nual statement In the presence OF Mr..
v. B. McFadden, foreman Of the grand
Jury. The comptroller general will go
over the work and confirm 1t later.
The name Of Lieutenant ]. r. Dick
son of the Jasper Light Infantry was
inadvertently omitted from the list OF
officers examined last Thursday.
Standing as high as he does as an Of
ficer of the Citadel corps, 1t goes with
out saying that Lieutenant Dickson's
examination was highly credltable.
Lived Month With Broken Neck.
Pomp Beatty, colored, son of ]. H,
Beatty Of Yorkville, the well known
court room porter, died In Washing
ton last Thursday after having linger-
ed for more than a month with q
broken neck. The Washington Post
of Friday notices his case as follows:
After, living with broken neck for
more than a month, William Beatty.
colored. thirty-eight years old, Is
dead at the Emergency hospital.
Coroner hewitt was informed and
gave a certificate Of accidental death.
The body was sent to the morgue
until relatives take charge OF 1t.
Beatty's case attracted much atten-
ton at the Emergency hospital dur
ing the four weeks or more that he
was an inmate Of the institution. On
the morning Of June IL he went to
his home and sat on the sill OF
second story window to cool off. 1t
Is believed he fell asleep and losing
his balance, fell to the ground. He
was taken to the Emergency hospital,
where the physicians after a hasty
examination, said the mans neck was
broken and that he could not live
more than a few hours. At night
fall, however. Beatty regained con-
sciousness, sat up in bed and talked
with the doctors and attendants. For
three weeks he improved, but the in
tense heat caused a relapse. He died
yesterday. fully conscious"
Story of the chieora.
Rock Hill special to the News and
Courier: The Chicora mill of this city,
as part of the holdings Of the Southern
Textile company Of New York, will be
sold at auction there on the 25th in
stant This mill is one of the first
built in the state and was then the
property Of the late Capt. F"gene
Hutchinson. 1t was then known as
the Rock Hill Cotton mill. Later OH,
about 1900. 1t was reorganized and
partly re-equipped as the Crescent Cot
toll MILL 1t went down in connection
with the Commercial and Farmers
Bank a year later and was bought by
Charleston capital in connection with
S. Friedheim Of Rock Hill, for $34,500,
and by them more machinery was add
ed. It then became the Chicora, and
when the Southern Textile company,
whicn includes the Windsor At Bur-
lington, n. c., the Chicora, the Moor
head, In Sunflower county, Miss, was
formed, 1t was placed In this comblna-
ton at a valuation of 100000. The
South Carolina owners at that time
got out Of the combination, which pro-
ceeded to bond the concern at $6,000,-
400. 1t is not known whether the Chi
cora made money or not under Its
last owners, as all the books were kept
al headquarters by the company, they
remitting expense money. The mill Is
in the heart Of the city in the angle
formed by the two railroads, and con-
sists OF the mill building and about
eight acres Of land containing tene-
ments, etc, and could be made very
fine piece Of property.