Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-08

Death Of Rev. r. II. Reid
Rev. Robert H. Reid, a well known
and greatly beloved minister Of the
Presbyterian church, died at his home
in Reidville. Spartanburg county,
last Sunday morning. Rev. Mr.. Reid
was pretty well known in York coun
| ty. He was the father Of Rev. B. p.
Reid. formerly pastor Of Bethesda and
will be remembered also as one of the
speakers on the occasion Of the un-
yelling of the monument to Rev. DR..
/ Alexander at Bullock's Greek. in 1890.
Rev. A. A. James, the venerable pas
tor Of Pacolet officiated at the funeral.
Story. Of a Ground Hog.
Rock Hill special Of February 6, to
the Columbia State: ]. B. McFadden,
the market man, has a genuine ground
hog which was sent here from the
mountains of North Carolina. The
little animal Is quite tame and plays
around the front of the market. 1t Is
sworn to that, although on other days
the sunshine had not affected 1t In any
WY. on Saturday, the End, the proven
bal ground hog day." when the sun
peeped through a cloud hoggie saw his
shadow and actually fell over things
getting back to it's box, where 1t re-
mained for a much longer time than
usual.
Tried to Burn Calaboose.
Chester Reporter, yesterday: 1t
must have been Nervy Nat himself,
whom the police placed in the lookup
Tuesday. although on the blotter at
the station the name was entered as
Arthur Kirby. Kirby was arrested for
drunkenness and when placed in the
guard house he Immediately piled his
mattress against the door and set fire
to 1t. A passerby saw the smoke and
flames and informed one of the police
men, who quickly extinguished the
blaze. Kirby seemed thoroughly PEN
itent for his escapade when he sober
ed up. and he was allowed to put up
a ten dollar bond. He failed to appear
at court yesterday morning and is pos
sibly ere now back at the Buffalo
mills, where he says his home is.
Receivers OF Their Own Property.
An order filed in the office Of the
court OF common pleas a few days ago
Is to the effect that the said court
takes charge Of the affairs Of the firm
of Hill, Kennedy & Co., Of Sharon and
names members of the firm as receiv-
ers. This is rather an unusual pro-
ceeding. but, under the circumstances
1t seems to be along the line Of the best
interest Of all concerned. The firm Of
Hill, Kennedy & Co., has been operat-
ing one of the largest mercantile es-
Establishments In the county and has
assets amounting to more than one
hundred thousand dollars. Some time
ago there arose a misunderstanding
among the members of the firm as tc
division Of profits and assets, and there
seemed to- be no prospects Of settle
ment otherwise, II was decided to ask
for an order from the court as de-
scribed. Under this order the MEM
bers of the firm will proceed to mar
shall the assets, and after this work
is completed, Will await further judi
cial disposition.
The County Commissioners.
The county board of commissioners
held its regularly monthly meeting In
the office of the supervisor on We'd
nesday. All the members were pres
ent and also Commissioner-elect Kirk
patrick. Mr.. .Rainey was quite unwell
land being seized with a chill shortly
fafter the opening OF the meeting
he had to-, give up. The busi-
ness transacted was principally Of a
routine natute, the only special mat
ter of particular interest being the
election of q county attorney. This
subject had been under consideration
for some time and there had been not
little interest in 1t. The matter was
decided by secret ballot. without NOM
nations and the vote showed the
unanimous election Of w. B. Wilson,
Jr., of Rock, Hill The understanding
is that the supervisor is also to have
legal advisor in Yorkville.
Progress Of the Tower Line.
Mr.. Harry 'Wylie of the Southern
Power companys construction force
was in Yorkville Wednesday having
come down from Glover where he has
been in connection with the work OF
erecting towers for the power line. At
present the company is erecting line
of steel towers to extend from the
Great Catawba Falls to Gastonia by
way of the power house at Neely's fer
ry and Glover. The work now ex-
tends over practically the whole dis
tance: but there are numerous skips
because Of delays in getting towers OF
the right height The towers are to
be 35, IS and so feet high, the diff
ferent heights to make them more ad-
| 'ustable to typographical irregularities
so as to get rid Of zig -zags. But most
Of the towers received so far have
been Of the 35 feet height and they are
being placed only where they are to
remain. leaving skips between. The
pole line between Yorkville and the
power house Is not to be replaced by
steel towers at present but may be
later on.
Runaway Train Captured.
Rock Hill special of February 6. to
Charlotte Observer. There was some
thing doing in and around the South
ern depot early yesterday morning.
Train No. III. from Kingvllle. due to
arrive here at $50. was several hours
late Monday night. not arriving here
until o'clock. After the necessary
work of the train at the depot 1t was
backed out on the main line track or
the Rock Hill division. and near the
4. r. p. church. About o'clock the
brakes became loosened or the train
started in some unaccountable manner
and rolled into the track leading to the
depot and also connecting with the
main line Of the Southern, looking
south No one seems to have noticed