Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-10
Mistsllausous Reaains.
IN COUNTIES ADJOINING.
News and Comment Clipped From
Neishboring Exchanges.
LANCASTER.

| etaDleS, Dut MT. orln -. DidShHioi
has raised this year the largest and
finest Irish potatoes ever seen In Lam
caster-so say merchants who have
/ examined and handled them. They
are of the Peerless variety. We are in
debted to Mr.. Blackmon for sack
of them, presented to us Thursday
A potato picked at random out OF the
sack weighed 20 ounces, and 1t was
by no means the largest in the lot
Miss Grace Whisonant, the
highly efficient and popular princi-
pal of the Cotton Mills school who
has been spending the vacation at her
home in Cherokee, arrived yesterday
and will be ready to resume her WORK
Monday, the day the schools open. ....
Mr.. S. S. Busby, Of Newberry, the
newly elected principal of Central
School, reached here last night. Miss
Ida Lee Hill, of Washington, Ga, one
of the new teachers in the same
school, is expected to arrive tonight
She has been detained at her nome
by the illness of her father. 1900. .As
noted in our last issue, the first bale
of new cotton raised in the county
was sold here last Monday by Mr.. W.
]. Cunningham, at IA cents, 1t being
the same bale that he refused to sell
the Friday before at 13 cents. The
second bale was marketed Wednes-
day by Mr.. L. NJ Small, of the Primus
section, which was bought by the Lam
caster Mercantile Company at Is
cents. Several bales have since been
sold, one of them by colored farmer
Henry Barns, on Thursday. Mr.
Noel Phillips, who lives on Mr.. A. j
Clark's place about two miles east OF
Lancaster, came near losing his home
by fire Monday night, due to the ex-
plosion Of lamp, which is kept burn
ing all night in the house. Mr.. Phil
lips and his family were asleep at the
time and were not awakened by the
explosion, but some time afterward
were aroused by the discharge of sew
eral loaded gun shells which were
in Mr.. Phillips's coat pocket, the gar
ment, as we'll as a considerable lot OF
other clothing hanging on the wall
having been set on fire by the blaz-
ing oil and destroyed. Some OF the
exploded shells were found in a bed
near by in which children were sleep
ing. The wooden handle Of a loaded
revolver, which was lying on the table
by the lamp, was burned off and the
metallic part of the weapon was sc
hot that it could not be picked up fol
some time. Before Mr.. Phillips and
family succeeded in extinguishing the
flames much damage was done to fur.
| niture and the walls of the building
CHESTER.
Lantern, September 6: A telephone
| message from Mr.. NJ. B. Spier, super.
intendent of the Bell Telephone com
pany, yesterday afternoon asked fol
copy of the ordinance passed by the
city council at their meeting on Wed
nesday night granting permission tc
the Bell Telephone company to pu,
| in a number Of booths. The council
granted the Bell permission and re-
| ferred the matter to the mayor anc
city attorney to draw up an ordinance
restricting the Bell purely to Ions
distance business. There is no dis.
| position to allow the Bell to interfere
in the local business and Mr.. Spiel
says that they do not want any loca
business but merely to better the lone
distance service. At present the SER
vice is very unsatisfactory. The or
dinance will protect the local tele
phone and there will be an iron clat
agreement to this Effect. From
an authoritative source it has beer
learned that the SeabOard will put or
Falls on the first of october. The
train will leave here in the morning
going to the Falls via Catawba juno
| ton and willsreturn in the afternoon
1t is hoped that the Seaboard officials
will so arrange the schedule that /
will be possible for persons to come
| from Great Falls and along the rout'
to Chester in the morning and return
the same day. This would mean mor'
trade for the merchants and NOR
business for the road. This means
another railroad for Chester and in
creases her already excellent facilitie
for shippers and passengers.
For several days past persons hav'
noticed about the streets a carriag
pulled by two mules and containing
a gentleman of rather striking ro
tundity. The carriage had a yellow
ish appearance, the mules were OF tn
ordinary Chester variety, and TIT
gentleman seemed to be living ol
Easy street" Inquiry elected tn
information that the gentleman wa
from Birmingham, Ala, and that hi
reason for travelling by private con
comfortable and easy for man of hi
proportions. 1t is rumored that n
is a native of York county, and al
though it was not stated, still it is pre-
/ lIldl was AiOii 1sNNi
Hill or some where in that locality
The gentleman appeared to be pleas
ed with Chester and left for a neigh
boring town after spending severa
days here for health and recreation
A barn and stables and car
riage house on Mrs. NJ. E. Wylie'
place, near Wellridge, was burne'
about 10 o'clock Monday night. Ro
bert Caldwell, colored has the place
rented and fortunately he had no
gone to bed when the fire was noticed
and he succeeded in saving his mule
carriage and buggy, but about 4O'
bundles of fodder and other rough
ness, 35 bushels Of cotton seed, cottol
planter and other farming implement
went up in the flames. The Origin
of the fire is not known. .... Mrs
w. G.. White, of YOrkville, and he
niece, Miss Annie Stevens, came to thi
city yesterday with Miss Ellie Hud
son of Waxhaw. who was returning
home from a visit to the former, AM
were guests last night Of Mr.. j. q. L