Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-02
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1907, for 81 cents.
Death of Mrs. J. M. Pollock.
News was received here last Satur-
day of the death of Mrs. John M. Pol
lock, which occurred at Blacksburg on
Saturday morning at about 8 O'Clock,
as the result of an attack Of pneumo-
mia. Mrs. Pollock was Miss JAMIE Gull
berson and was only nineteen years OF
age. She lived with her husband in
Yorkville for about a year and had
many friends here. The funeral took
place at BlacEsburg on Sunday morn
Ing at 10 o'clock Mr.. Joe Culberson
and Miss Eunice Culberson Of York
Vile went up to Blacksburg lest, Sat
urday and remained until after the fu-
neral .t.
Injured In a Pennsylvania Wreck.
Mr.. w. c. Whitner Of Rock Hill, was
among the injured in a wreck on the
Pennsylvania railroad at Bristol last
Saturday. He was on train from
Long Branch, which lay helpless be-
cause Of broken air valve. Train No.
1O7, one of the fastest on the road,
came along at the rate Of about fifty
miles an hour, and ran square into the
Long Branch train. Three persons on
the Long Branch train were killed and
forty were more or less seriously In
jured. Several cars were demolished.
The engine driver Of the New York
train had been in the service forty
years less two weeks, and within two
weeks he was to have been retired
with a pension. He had never before
had serious accident. He jumped
Just before the collision and had his
legs hurt and his shoulder wrench
ed. He was in great distress as the
result Of the wreck, admitted he had
ignored the signals that had been hung
out against him, and begged that
somebody kill him. The nature OF the
injuries sustained by Mr.. Whitner was
not stated in the dispatches, but the
understanding is that he was not Sc
riously hurt.
The Cost of q "Still."
A citizen of the Kings Creek neigh
borhood, who was in Yorkville yester-
day took occasion to make some re-
marks to the reporter on the subject
of the recent interview that was pub
lished in The Enquirer about moon
shining In York and Cherokee coun-
ties. II would rather you would not
use my name, unless you especially
want to-" he said; "but I want to tell
you that II anybody thinks 1t takes any
big money to make such still as Is
being used by the moonshiners OF our
section, he Is badly mistaken. 1 doubt
exceedingly as to whether there Is a
still In York or Cherokee that stands
it's owner at more than SO. The ma
terial consists Of about $500 worth OF
copper and few pieces Of wood. The
fermenting stands cost about 81 each
and the whole outfit may be made by
a ten-year old boy in a few hours.
can't see where it would be necessary
for one man to stake" another In the
business, and / don't believe anything
of the kind is being done. At least
never heard Of it before. But I'll tell
you, whoever told you about the stills
doing business all right and the moon
sinners being able to take care OF
themselves was not very far wrong.
And they don't work after night eth
er."
The Boil WeeviI Situation.
Chester Reporter: DR.. Edward M.
Shaw of Cameron, Texas, who has
been visiting his uncle, Mr.. James A.
Saye at Rodman, was in the city Sat
urday on his way back to the Lone
Star state. DR.. Shaw is In a district
badly harassed by the boil weevil, and
his conversation relative to this pes
tiferous enemy to the cotton industry
was highly interesting. He states
that the boil weevil is moving north
ward and eastward at the rate Of for
ty miles a month. No obstacle seems
too great for him to overcome, ana Dr.
Shaw averred that 1t Is matter or
but a short time until the entire south
will be invaded. The farmers have
resorted to every remedy that science
has proposed. but all in vain; the pest
seems on the increase. Great acres OF
the choicest farming lands In Texas
have been practically ruined so far as
cotton raising is concerned; and 9TH
er sections of country equally as fer
tile and equally as desirable are fast
yielding to the dreaded little insect.
There are only two courses" says DR..
Shaw, Move out or abandon the rails |
ing Of cotton; and this latter the