Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-07-31
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lANCHS En-.
News, July %: Miss Edith Stewart
of Rock Hill. who formerly taught mu-
sic in the Lancaster Graded school,
has been elected to take charge Of the
music department in the Rocky Mount
N. c., Graded school. .... Miss Jo-
sic Oates of Chester, who was an
applicant for a position in the Lam
caster schools, has been elected a
teacher in the Union Graded schools.
The board of trustees of the Lancaster
board of trustees of the Lancaster
school district met last Tuesday even
ing to fill two vacancies in the Central
Graded schools corps of teachers. two
teachers previously elected, Misses
Gertrude Foster and Nellie SchorD,
having declined to accept. There were
about twenty applications before the
board Miss Blanche Moore of Ian
caster, and Miss Daisy Mcintyre of
Bethel Academy, Va, were chosen to
fill the vacancies referred to. AS to
the new teachers, Miss Moore is we'll
known to the people of Lancaster, and
therefore, needs no introduction. Miss
Mcintyre is a graduate of the Marion
Graded schools, the Southern Presby-
terian college of Red Springs, N. c.,
and of the Presbyterian college OF
Charlotte. She taught last year in the
Lamar Graded school, but declined re
election. She has also been assistant
English teacher in the Presbyterian
college.
CHESTER.
Lantern, July 81: Miss Marie Moore
of Yorkville, spent short while here
yesterday at the home of her grand
father, Capt. E. P. Moore, on her way
to Clinton to attend a house party
given by Miss Virginia Neville. .....
Albert Sample, son of Mr.. A. N. Sam
pie experienced a right serious acci-
dent at Moffatt's bottling works, near
the Southern depot, yesterday after
noon. He was standing in the room
of the bottling works when an over
charged bottle of ginger ale exploded
and a piece of glass struck his right
eye, inflicting a very painful, II not
serious blow. The boy was taken to
Charlotte on the early afternoon train
to receive treatment by DR.. Russell.
An operation was performed and the
patient is said to be getting along very
nicely, but it is not yet known for sure
that the sight can be retained. :. Mr.
Robert Doster's house in the Spring
stein mill village, near the Southern
railway, was struck by lightning dur
ing the storm Wednesday morning. A
considerable hole was made in the roof
over the room near the chimney and
the doors in another room were splin-
tered and two window panes knocked
out of one window and one partly
knocked out of another. The children
have been sick with whooping cough
and the family had gone to Smiths
Turnout to spend a while with Mrs
Doster's mother. consequently there
was no one in the house. The wind,
TO crops in this vicinity Tuesday night.
In the section of Old Purity and the
Mobley place the hail made havoc of
vegetation. On the plantations of
Messrs. S. NJ. Jones, John Frazer, j. G.
L. White and others considerable hail
FELL and the damage done to the cotton
and corn is very great. Several stalks
of cotton from Mr.. Jones' place, which
had suffered by the storm, were on
exhibition in Jones & Co.'S. store yes
terday and they were torn literally to
pieces. Not all the crop, however, suf-
fered to so great an extent. Mr. ]. NJ.
Simpson, Mr.. Jones superintendent.
estimated that the cotton crop has
been damaged at least thirty bales.
This is the second hail storm within
the past month which has wrought
do mo n the farnarS