Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-09-25
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1908.

five years ago. There is levee just
above the town of Lockhart for the
purpose of. guarding 1t against over
flows. and that is where the measure
ment was made. Mr.. Good is not GER
tain whether the river was higher dur
ing the recent flood than on the Occa-
sion Of the flood Of 1865 but Is quite
sure that If it was not higher than
the flood Of 1865, it was the highest he
has ever known. He has been living
on the river all Of his life, more than
fifty years. AS the result Of this last
flood he lost about 500 bushels Of corn.
Death of Mr.. William Caldwell.
Mr.. William Caldwell, whose critical
illness with paralysis at his home at
Kings Creek, was mentioned last
Tuesday, died Wednesday night at
about II o'clock, and was buried at
Beersheba yesterday, the funeral SER
vice being conducted by Rev. H. J..
Mills Mr. Caldwell was close to 70
years Of age, and during his long and
useful life, has been known as one Of
the most solid and substantial citizens
Of his neighborhood. He was twice
married and is survived by a widow
and ten children. The surviving chill
dren Of the first wife are Mr.. Hugh
Caldwell, now in Texas, Mr.. James
Caldwell, at home: Mr.. Thomas Cald-
well, Of Yorkville: Mr.. Edward Cald-
we'll, with the Southern railway, and
Miss Matte Caldwell Of Yorkville. The
children Of the second wife are Frank,
Margaret, Lena, Harry and Herbert,
all at home. There was a large at
tendance at the funeral yesterday.
Rock Hill High School Controversy.
Rock Hill special Of September 90,
to the Columbia State: Two good sites
have been offered to the board of di-
rectors Of the Rock Hill school district
for the building Of high school. Both
| Of these have been made by liberal
and public spirited citizens who offer
to turn over absolutely free of cost the
ground offered. Mr.. Thos. L. Johnson,
| representing his mother, Mrs. Dorcas
A. Johnson, was the first and he gave
the choice of two locations Of one acre
and half either on Moore or Hampton
streets. The second proposition is from
Mrs Hattie I. White and her two sous,
Herman and Jennings, who offer to
donate one and four fifths acres north
Of the old Three Cs railroad and on
the corner Of Academy and Pendle-
ton streets. The latter site Is near the
famous old Pine Grove academy, where
| so. manv of the younger generation OF
Rock Hills business men and leading
| citizens received their early education.
| The matter Of the sale of the present
high school property being still in the
courts, it Is probable that the school
board will delav it's action until the
| muddle is cleared
Had Been Dead a Week.
The dead body Of a white man, af-
| terward identified as Eli Rogers, was
on hn lnr Ig 90 Tot
| near Pineville last Wednesday morn
ing, and an inquest was held by Mag
istrate John w. McElhaney Of Fort
Mill. The body was discovered because
| Of the presence of a flock Of buzzards
| that had gathered at the spot, and the
| investigation developed that the man
| had been dead for some days, possibly
a week. Identification was establish
ed by Joe Rogers, white, who knew the
| dead man well. 1t seems that the de-
! ceased was a former citizen of Union
| county, N. c., and was about 80 years
| Of age. Some ten years ago he killed
negro, and after that, about seven
years ago, he killed a white girl who
had refused to marry him. 1t had been
known for a long time that he was
subject to fits Of insanity, and after
the last crime he was sent to the asy-
| lum for criminal insane at Raleigh.
He escaped from the asylum last June
and has since been wandering about
more or less aimlessly. He had been
seen in the neighborhood in which his
dead body was found about a week
before; but it Is not certain what his
| object was unless he was trying to 10
cate Doc Garrison, who once worked
for his mother. The cause Of his death
was not definitely established; but
there is no reason to suspect foul play,
as there were several dollars in his
pocket