Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-02
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WITH NEIGHBoRING EXCHANGES
News and Comment Cleaned From
Within and About the County.
CHESTER.


to say a week ago, but forgot it, that
it had been decided not to have a
county reunion here this year, on ac-
count of the state reunion to be held
here next year. Of course, a county
reunion would make but little impress
sion in the way of exhausting our hos
pitality, but perhaps the old soldiers
will be just as well pleased to look
forward uninterrupted to the state re-
union. ... Col. j. w. Reed has had to
make several trips to Columbia recent
ly as chairman of the Confederate In
firmary board. The contractors fell
down and work came to StandstllL
Arrangements have been made, how
ever, to get the contractors on their
feet again and insure the completion
of the lob. The board had keOt their
payments within safe limits, so that
there would be no loss except in delay
of the work. While throwing ball
at the bowling alley Thursday night,
Mr.. G. w. Ferguson's feet slipped from
under him and he fell, breaking one
bone and fracturing the other in his
left arm just above the wrist joint.
He went to the hospital and had the
bones set and was able to go on to his
work the next day. DR.. G. B. White
of this city, Rev. ]. A. White or Hack
stock, Mrs. Lizzie McDill Brown and
little daughter Margaret Of Wellridge,
expect to leave Thursday morning FIR
Oxford, Ohio, to visit relatives and at
tend the centennial celebration of
Hopewel church. Mr.. ]. w. Bigham
will accompany them If he is able, but
be has been unwell a few days and
may not be able for the trip. Mrs. j.
c. Husbands returned from Columbia
Saturday afternoon with Mr.. Hus-
bands, who was h t in a slight wreck
On a freight train in Columbia Wednes-
day evening or Thursday morning.
The accident was caused by the engine
of the train on which he was work
ing, jumping the tract. Air brakes were
applied and the stop was so sudden he
was thrown from the cupola of the
cab with so much force he was picked
up unconscious and remained so for
several minutes. The greatest injury
is to his back and left side and it will
be two or three weeks before he will
be able to be up. ... Hop Sings dog,
which is kept about the laundry, went
out on a rampage before daylight Sab
bath morning and killed some chick
ems at Capt Moore's and Mr. w. H.
Hardin's on Wylie street. 1t killed a
cat at Mr.. ]. l. Simmons store and
went on to Mr.. N. P. Johnston's on
Gadsden street and killed a rooster
and hen. Mr.. Johnston heard the stir
and ran out expecting to catch thief
in his chicken house and encountered
the dog. He struck it with a stick and
ii ran over into Mrs. Massey's back
yard and killed one cat and crippled
another. The Chinaman offered to pay
damages yesterday and save the dog,
and some of the parties accepted the
offer. Others feel that the dog should
be killed. .... Mrs. Susan Catherine
Pryor died Sabbath afternoon about l
o'clock at the home of her son, DR.. S.
w. Pryor, where she had lived since
the death of her husband, Mr.. S. w.
Pryor twelve years ago. She was 81
years old and succumbed to an attack
of blood poisoning, with complications
and the infirmities Of age. The re-
mains were taken to Union yesterday
for burial. She leaves three sons, Mr..
]. C. Pryor of Gaffney, DR. S. w. Pryor
of Chester, and Mr.. ]. Eben Pryor OF
Rock Hill; and two daughters, Mrs. L..
P. Epting of Spartanburg and Mrs. w.
D. Wilkins Of Union. Mr.. S. o. Nc
Keown, superintendent of the chain
gang, who was in the city Saturday,
reports the gang as still camped near
Mr.. Walker Atkinson's store near
Lando. Since completing the steel
bridge at Lando the gang has been en-
gagged in repairing roads in the vicin-
ity, but the lumber having arrived for
the 12O foot approach to the steel
bridge, attention will now be given to
this job. When this approach or bridge,
which is to be built of wood, is COM
pleted the gang will construct similar
bridge at Johnson's ford on Tinker's
creek, after which a move will be
made to Great Falls, and thence to
McAfee's cross roads to build steel
bridge over Sandy river. The gang
now numbers fifty-five convicts, next
to the largest number ever enrolled at
one time. On one occasion just after
court there were sixty prisoners doing
time on the county roads, but the pres
except for this one occasion. .... The
abstract of county Auditor l. McD.
Hood, prepared and sent in last week
to Comptroller General A. w. Jones,
contains some interesting figures. The
report shows the total taxable property
values in the county for the year l9OS
to be $6,426,6S3 as against $5,916,166
for the year previous, showing a gain
of s51O,517. The number of acres Of
land returned for taxation is 359,56O.
Other figures are as follows: Value Of
real estate, $3,17O,495; personal prop
erty, s2,2OS,436; railroads, $1,O47,S12
The taxes on this property are divided
as follows: state tax, 35,346.75; ordi-
nary county, s19,2SO.O5; special coun-
ty. $6.426.6S: 3-mill school tax, S19,-
2SO.O5; special school tax, s9,S4O75;
No. of polls, 4,544; No. of dogs, 1924.
There is a healthy and encouraging
growth all down the line, showing that
there has been material advance des-
pite the protracted financial disturb
ances.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, Sept. %: Congress
man Finley of Yorkvlle, S. c., was in
town this morning en- route to Rich
mOnd, Va....An unknown burglar
made an unsuccessful attempt Sunday
night to enter the store Of Mr.. d. A
Matthews at Glover. Holes We're bored
in the side door, the presumption being
that he intended to saw out an en-