Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-20
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1909.
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.

TILL
School Board Hopelessly Tied Up
Marrow Escape from Drowning
Personal and Other Notes.
Correspondence The Yorkville Enquirer
Rock Hill, August 20.-As was ex-
pected, the local school board failed
to agree on the proposition from Win
throp to rent the High school building.
At a meeting Of the board held Tues
day afternoon the communication from
Governor Ansel offering to rent the
property, was read and a resolution
was offered and seconded that the
board rent the property to Winthrop
for one year at $120 per month, WIN
throp to make necessary repairs; put
when q vote was called for, the result
was three for and three against tne
proposition. The result was the same
when q motion was made that inc
board go into an election for sue
cessor to the late Captain Roddey.
There appears to be no longer any
doubt of the fact that the Doard is
hopelessly tied up on any matter re-
lating to Winthrop college ana just
what the final outcome OF the matter
will be is hard to say. There seems
to be a pretty strong feeling among
the people, however, that the entire
board should resign and that the leg
islature be petitioned to pass an act
authorizing the people Of the school
district to elect their own trustees IN
stead of having self-perpetuating
board, as Is now the case, and II Is
understood that petition asking for
this action on the part OF the Doard
will shortly be circulated for sigma
lures.
Dave and Ike Bigger, sons OF Dr. i.
A. Bigger, and Tom Sandifer, son or
Mr.. Bishop Sandifer, narrowly escap-
ed meeting q tragic death by drown
ing In Catawba river last Tuesday al
ternoon. They were members or
party Of twenty-five or thirty VINO
er at the Carhartt farm. They, with
several other boys, left the party and
went further up the river to go In
bathing. They swan across the river
and while returning became exhaust
ed and were carried down stream by
the swift current. Their cries for help
attracted the attention OF those ashore
but they were powerless to help the
three young men, now almost exnaust-
swift current Of the river. But one OF
the Bigger boys finally drifted on to
a large rock and his brother landed
on the fish traps and they managed 10
remain in this perilous position until
rescued by means Of boat, wh1cn hau
to be brought from quite distance.
Young Sandifer braved the SWIFT cur
rent better than his two companions,
and with the assistance of his young
friend. york Wilson, who went to his
rescue, managed to swim ashore. 1t
was indeed a narrow escape for the
Young men and an experience Whicn
they are not likely to forget soon.
Quite a number of people, including
a large number of children, were pol
soned by eating ice cream at the nome
of Mr. and Mrs. r. E. Barron on OAK
land avenue. Monday afternoon. MRS.
Barron had invited some Of her friends
to luncheon, at which ice cream was
served and shortly afterward neariy
all of those present were taken very
sick. A physician was summoned anu
administered antidotes, and they ell
soon began to improve, but some OF
the party did not fully recover from
the effects Of the poison for several
hours. The cream was made In the
what caused it to poison those VINO
ate 1t.
News was received in the city on
Wednesday afternoon that Judge
Memminger had filed an opinion In
the clerks office at Yorkville ordering
that the minority school trustees OF
this city, Ale bond OF $4,000, wftnln
ten days, otherwise the temporary In
junction which they have sued out
against the sale Of the High school
property to Winthrop will be dissolv-
el. It will be remembered that the
majority members asked that the
bond be increased from $500 to $1,000.
Cards were issued Yesterday to the
marriage Of Miss Visa Wood, daugh-
ter of Mr.. Foster Wood Of this city,
to Mr.. John III. Watson OF Greenviile,
which event win take place on the
evening of Wednesday, September l,
at the home of the brides father on
West Main street. For some time
Miss Wood has been stenographer for
Colonel Aull, editor Of the Newberry
Herald, but she recently resigned this
position and returned home.
At the picnic at Oakland church on
Wednesday, a match game Of ball was
played between the Ogden and Har-
mony teams, which resulted In a VIC
tory for Ogden by a score OF 8 to 4.
The Ogden boys Will cross bats with
Bethesda today at the Ogden picnic,
and they will play McConnellsville on
Saturday on the latter's grounds
DR.. ]. Porter Hollis and II. M. Dun
lap, Esq, will deliver addresses at the
closing Of the Ogden school today.
Quite a number from this city will at
tend the exercises.
Mr.. s. F. Roddey is very Ill with pei
lagra, at his home in this city. Mrs.
]. ]. Collins Is also very low with the
same disease and Is not expected to
live.
DR.. w. w. Fennell returned to the
city Wednesday night from Rochester,
Minn., where he spent week or ten
days with the celebrated surgeons,
the Drs. Mayo, talking special course
in surgery.