Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-08-03
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IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
News and Comment Clipped From
Neighborins Exchanges.
CHESTER.

Thursday. Mrs. Pet Butler, with
lher little son, Chalmers, of Abbeville,
spent a short while here yesterday on
her way from a visit to relatives in
Yorkville to Winnsboro TO visit her
father, Mr.. ]. C. Mackorel. The
county campaign will begin at Ar
menia Saturday. The committee on
arrangements are at work In an en-
deavor to satisfy the appetites OF the
people who attend, and the candi-
dates are getting ready to enlighten
the voters on the subjects before the
people for consideration ...... Jim
Cornwell, a negro boy who lives in
Jetersville, threw a rock at Waddell
Ferguson, son of Mr.. George Fergu-
son Thursday afternoon. The rock
struck the boys right cheek and in
flicted an ugly cash. DR.. w. b. Cox
dressed the wound and Waddell Is
going about with his face bandaged
up. The difficulty took place on San
dy river road, about a mile from
town. ..- The Masons are arrang-
ing a great occasion for August 10th,
at which time they will hold lodge
of instruction. The lectures will be-
gin at o'clock in the afternoon and
those on the program for speeches
are: Deputy Grand Master j. l..
Niche of Darlington; District Deputy
Grand Master ]. E. Mcdonald, of
Warden
George S. Mower, of Newberry;
Grand Secretary ]. T. Barron, Of Co.
lumbia; Colonel w. w. Lumpkin of
Columbia, and possibly others. That
evening ladies will serve an elaborate
banquet. The local lodge is looking
for all the lodges in the county,
Blackstock, Richburg and Sandy
River, to participate, and all affiliated
Masons in the county are expected to
be present. This will be a noted
event in the history of Masonry in
Chester. Those booked for lectures
on the occasion are among the most
prominent Masons in the state. 900.
Through the courtesy of Commission
er j. G. L. White it was the pleasure
of a representative Of The Lantern
to visit the works of the county chain
gang out on the Wilksburg road Sat-
urday. This force under the super
intendency of Mr.. S. o. McKeown has
wrought wonders in the past year In
the way of road construction. The
ic
PEELED to tax beasts of burden by pull
ling them over the hard, difficult piece
Of road known as the Walker hill,
one of the most difficult in Chester
county. By a gentle slope the road
leads round the hill, and travelling
along it instead Of being burden is
pleasure. The chaingang has
graded the thoroughfare from Sandy
river to Seely's creek, and the work
of macadamizing will likely be COM
pleted by the close of this week, and
there Is no better road in the county
than this. Mr.. McKeown will move
the gang to the Hardin road to do
some macadamizing there. This road
has already been graded. The men
on the gang, 27 in number, have for
the past while been divided into two
squads. One is employed in road
work and the other on the bridge at
Walkers Mill. This bridge Is now
completed, and 1t is good one. The
abutments of rock and cement have
h,,il xuif
ing from appearances they will stand
the tests of the floods for a long
time. The high water last week dam
aged them little, a crack having been
made in one of the walls. The work
was new and hence not capable Of
the strain to which it was subjected.
The damage has been repaired and
an additional wall has been built in
order to keep the water from under
mining the piers AS said before 1t
is a pleasure and a privilege to pay
a visit TO the chaingang, to see the
excellent work that has been done and
is being done. Superintendent Nc
Keown and his assistants do not suffer
on account of labor strikes. they bear
no appeals for a nine or ten hour
day Their men in chains work while
the day lasts, six days in the week;
they have to. Among the convicts
are three brothers, Biddle, Sam and
Frazer GiSt, and they combined are
giving the county &c years of service.
All were sent up from Chester fol
car breaking. The first Is serving a
term of ten years and the two last
eight each. The last one named, 1t
will be recalled, endeavored to make
his escape about two months ago and
as a result received a load of shot
from one of the guards. He was then
placed in Jail and has since gone
through a severe case of fever. He
is now about able TO resume his duties
with his fellows.
GASTON.
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