Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-23
a9tistellaneuus 8@ding.
WITH NEIGHBoRING EXCHANGES.
Within and About the County.
CHESTER.

IdnISTny OSlODSl w. NIA .. W. A@' AAA''
rill and Mrs. Mamie Milling came
down from Rock Hill Saturday morn
ing on a visit to the formers sister,
Mrs. w. H. Barron. .... Mr.. d. A. Bar
ron of Yorkville, went home Saturday,
after spending a few days with his
son, Mr.. w H. Barron. 80. Miss Dora
Guy came down from Rock Hill Sat
urday morning on a visit to her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Guy, and
returned yesterday afternoon. 80. Miss
Emmie Boyce of Rock Hill, spent Fri
day night with Mrs. ]. w. Cowan, on
her way home from Woodward, where
she had been to attend the funeral OF
Major T. w. Brice. The regular fall
examination of applicants to teach in
the public schools Of Chester county
was held at the court house Friday
under the supervision of Mr.. w. D.
Knox, county superintendent of edu-
cation. Those presenting themselves
for this examination were as follows:
Misses Julia Ferguson, Bascomville;
Sallie Triplett, Chester; Lottie Thorn
as. Edgmoor; Matte Hollis and Ann
Elise Carpenter Rodman; Lizzie
Banks, Blackstock; Martha Drumm,
Cornwell; Dollie Nunnery, Fort Lawn;
Leannie and Mary Carter, Union R. F.
D. l. There were also thirty colored
applicants, five men and twenty-five
women.
LANCASTER.
News, October 20: At a conference
held Sunday the Methodist congrega-
ton of Lancaster decided to invite the
South Carolina annual conference to
meet here next year. The invitation
will be extended at the meeting of the
conference in Laurens next month
This action on the part of the Metho-
dists gives some idea of LancasterS
growth in the past few years. Ten
years ago, say this community couldn't
have entertained so large body as the
Methodist conference, which is COM
posed of several hundred clerical and
lay delegates; but now it can easily do
so. 1t is to be hoped that Lancasters
invitation will be accepted. The town
wants just such an opportunity to show
to the state at large the bOundlessnesS
of its hospitality. If the conference
shall decide to come here, it will find
all our citizens, irrespective Of denomi-
national lines, vying with one anoth-
er in their efforts to extend a royal
welcome to every member. ..... Senator
Tillman, who is still in Europe, has
contributed 5000 to the national Demo-
cratic campaign fund. The Hon. D. E.
Finley, congressman from this district,
has also made a liberal contribution,
that of 500. But the largest South
Carolina contributor, we believe, is the
Columbia State, which has given $500.
That popular newspaper is certainly
doing prodigious work for the cause of
Democracy. Not only itself generous
contributor, it has by it's untiring ef-
forts raised from various sources con-
siderably over six thousand dollars for
| the Bryan fund. Mrs. Hettle Con-
nor wife of Mr. ]. @. ConnOr, died Sun
day evening at their home in the cotton
mills community. She had been in bad
health for year and was at the Pryor
hospital in Chester for six weeks. She
was a most estimable lady, was a de-
vout member of the Methodist church
and leaves a large circle of relatives
and friends to lament her untimely
death. They are certainly raising
potatoes some in the Tabernacle section
this year. Mr. G. w. Plyler has gath
| cred 20 bushels off an eighth of an acre.
Four potatoes dug out of one hill
weighed II pounds, which Mr.. Plyler
presented to mis- pastor, the Rev. Mr..
McKissick, who was present and wit
messed the weighing. One row forty
steps in length, yielded four bushels.
Mr.. Plyler's patch yielded at the rate of
$50 bushels to the acre, which at only
so cents a bushel means 1886. How
many acres of cotton would it take to
yield that much money? Figure 1t out
for yourself. Mr.. Wilson Rowell, one
of Mr. Plyler's neighbors, has gathered
$50 bushels of potatoes from patch Of
about two acres. Mr. Rowells potatoes
are of a new variety and he is getting
dollar a bushel for them in Monroe
and Waxhaw.