Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-09
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Baseball to Glover.
A mixed team Of Yorkville and Clo-
yer boys played the Ozark team Of
Gastonia at Glover last Saturday al
ternoon. The Gastonia team was de-
feated by a score Of to 6.
Rock Hill Division.
The office Of trainmaster on the
Rock Hill division Of the southern, es-
tablished during the freight conges'
ton Of last winter, and filled SO ac'
ceptably by Mr.. Will Graham, has beer
abolished, and 1t Is reported that the
Rock Hill division Is also to be abol'
ished.
Too Much Business.
The Carolina and North Western
railroad had more business than Il
could attend too In connection with It's
Fourth Of July excursions. There
were more applications for transpor.
tation than could be accommodates
and all the trains ran late. There Is
good deal of kicking up the road or
account of the disappointment tc
which so many people were subjected
Life Insurance Distribution.
The Insurance Press Of June IL
contains a statement of the amounts
distributed throughout the United
States in 1906 by the level premium life
insurance companies The aggregate
was SAT-, 100000 OF this amount Soutf
Carolina got $2,3S1.993. Insurance tC
the amount Of $4,000 was distributed
in Yorkville and $3,700 in Rock Hill
No other York county towns are men
toned.
Applicants For Scholarships.
There was no lack of applications foi
the vacant scholarships to which this
county is entitled in Winthrop ano
Clemson colleges at the competitive
examinations last Friday. There are
three vacancies at Winthrop and fol
them there were twenty seven com
petitors. There are two vacancies al
Clemson and for them there were
thirteen competitors. There was only
college scholarship.
MiIIen's Slayer to Hang.
Robert Mcdowell, the negro who
murdered Mr.. Lloyd Millen, the South
ern railroad fiagman, on a passenger
train, near Vern Mountain, was trieo
before Judge Jas. L. Webb at Marion
N. c., last week. The jury In the case
returned q verdict of first degree MUIR
der after celebrating for two hours
Mcdowell was sentenced to be hanged
on August 30. Curtis Long, another
negro mixed up in the affair was con-
victed as an accessory to the murder
of young Millen and was given SEN
tence of four years on the chaingang
The picnic at c. H. Smiths.
There were about one hundred peo-
pie at the annual picnic at Mr.. Z. n
Smiths lotus pond, about hVe miles
south of Yorkville on July 4. rms
picnic has become an annual affair."
The principal point of interest was
Originally a fish pond, about an acre
of water surface, and in a very pretty
and pleasant location. Some few years
ago several Egyptian lotus plants ap-
peared in the pond and they have since
multiplied until now the surface OF the
water is to be seen only in spots.
These plants which are at their best
about July 4, are very beautiful. In
it's development the plant first lays on
the water a great round leaf that Is
thirty or more inches across. The
stem runs on up, forms another leaf
and throws out a lily that Is of deep
rich pink color. The flower lasts
about four days, becoming a shade
paler each day until it drops off almost
white, and the whole pond literally
bristling with these flowers in all COL
ors is very beautiful. The pick
nickers spent most of the day near
the pond engaging in games and social
conversation and at about l o'clock
enjoyed a bountiful dinner of good
things. This annual picnic has become
quite q feature in the neighborhOod
and Is very enjoyable.
Big Dairy Plant.
Mr.. George P. Holler Of the Oakland
Dairy, Rock Hill, was in Yorkyille