Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-04
LOCAL LAcONICS,
New Baptist Church.

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What Is to be known as the West
End Baptist church was organized in
Rock Hill last Friday by a convention
of ministers, composed Of Rev. Z. S.
Reaves Of Fort Mill, Rev. D. w. Thom-
asson Of Old Point and Revs. r. T.
Marsh and ]. X. Hair Of that city. Mr..
S. n. Sowell acted as clerk of the
convention.
Fatally Burned.
a little negro girl on Mr.. S. ]. Gar
risons place near Delphos, five miles
south of Yorkville, was fatally burned
last Wednesday night while trying to
pour oil on fire from a lighted lamp.
The accident was in accord with the
usual happening in such cases. OIL
was spilled over the girls clothes and
she ran until her clothes were burned
off and the upper portion of her body
was scorched to a blister Her con-
dition was critical last night and there
was reason to believe that she could
not live longer than a day or two.
Judges of the Seed Corn.
Five Of the six competitors for the
prizes offered by the Farmers Union
of York county have submitted speci-
mems Of their corn in the seed contest
instituted by the Enquirer and on yes
terday President Ashe, Of the Farmers
Union appointed a committee consist
ing Of Messrs. w. S. Wilkerson, ]. L..
Rainey and C. ]. Hughes to decide
which Of the specimens submitted are
entitled to The Enquirer's premiums
of So, SO and So The committee will
get together about the matter some
convenient day in the near future and
make the awards.
The Late VIM. G. Reid.
Rock Hill special of December /,
to the Columbia State: The late Will
liam G.. Reid, whose death occurred
Monday at noon, as noted. was buried
this morning in Laurelwood cemetery,
the Rev. J. T. Dendy of Ebenezer Pres
byterian church conducting the SER
vices. Mr.. Reid was a man who will
be missed in the community, both for
his public spirit and business abilities
and for his kind and genial disposition
and his open hearted charity. He was
Confederate veteran, having as a
member Of the Seventeenth South Car
olina infantry participated in a num-
ber of the battles of the great struggle,
and. as has often been testified Of him,
although but boy in that time which
tried mems souls, he bore himself as a
man. He was born in Chester county,
near the York line, but came to Rock
Hill and enlisted for the war. Con-
tinuing to reside here ever since, he
has grown with the town and at his
death was at the head Of one Of the
largest business houses in the city.
He was married soon after the war
to Miss Belle Gill of Chester county,
who survives him, with the following
children: Messrs. w. Gill Reid, j.
Ed Reid, and Louis Reid Of Rock
Hill; Mrs. Watt Brice and Misses
jamie and Mary Reid of this city;
Messrs Lafayette Reid Of West Vir-
ginia and Mr.. Allen Reid Of Goldsboro,
N C. The palbearers were: Messrs. ].
N. McElwee, ]. B. Johnson, Jno. s.
Stultz, J. E Roddey, Thos. l.. Johnston
and r. A. Erwin.
10 Be Completed at Once.
Charlotte Observer, December /: The
Southern Power company has given
Mr.. B. H. Hardaway, general contrac-
| tor of Columbus, Ga, the contract to
| build the dam across the Broad river
for the development Of hydro electric
power at the Ninety-nine Islands sta
ton. 1t Is proposed to have the $4,000
electric power from this development
ready to submit to the trade within
year, and to this end the contractor
mas secured several hundred hands to
rush the work to completion. The con-
struction Of the dam, which will be
| the largest masonry structure In the
south, will cost $65O,OO0. The electric
power which will be produced at this
new station will be only about half the
production at the Great Falls station
and yet 1t will cost the Southern Pow
er company more money. This is be-
cause the natural surroundings are not
as conducive to an easy harnessing
| Oh lIle "dlCi PO"SA NtA'c
river as at the other station. The to-
tai development Of the Ninety-Nine Is
| lands station will be in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 horse power, and this
will give the Southern Power company
total capacity Of 10000 horsepower.
The Ninety Nine Islands station Is To-
Gated about seven miles from Blacks
burg and was secured by the concern
shortly after it began buying up water
rights on the Catawba. The early COM
pletion of the work is the only end be-
| ing sought by. the Southern Power
company in letting the contract for the
construction to another contracting
company. The policy Of the corpora
ton in the past has been to do its own
construction work under the super
vision of the chief engineer, Mr.. w. S.
Lee, Jr., but the necessity of having
the power from this plant available at
an early date in order to supply the
large demand for electric energy forced
the company to award the contract to
an outside party. Mr.. Hardaway Is
one Of the best known contractors IN
the south and has been making spe-
cialty of this kind Of work.