Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-02
WITHIN THE TOWN.

During the season recently closed
the Victor Cotton Oil company ginned
$500 bales Of cotton, breaking all pre-
vious records.
Next Monday is salesday for April
The only piece Of property advertised
by the clerk before the court house
door, is what is known as the Bell lot
on south Congress street. 1t Is quite
a valuable piece Of property, and there
are a number Of people who want 1t;
but just what it is worth will be de-
termined by the bidding.
A private letter received in York
Vile on Tuesday, announced the death
at Iva, Anderson county on last Sun
day Of Mr. ]. 4. P. Sherard, former
principal of the Yorkville Graded
school, who had many friends in this
place. Mr. Sherard died Of typhoid
fever. After leaving Yorkville, he be-
came superintendent Of the graded
school at Williamson, s. c., and held
that position at the time he was strick-
en- down with the disease that ended
his life.
The residence Of Mr.. w. HI Hern-
don on East Liberty street, near the c.
& NV. depot had narrow escape
from destruction by fire last Tuesday
afternoon at about $50 o'clock, being
saved only by the timely arrival and
good work Of the fire department. The
fire originated in the roof, and when
discovered was blazing up about foot
There was a stiff breeze blowing and
everything was favorable for a COM
plete loss in short order. The depart
ment answered the alarm Immediately,
got on the grounds in few moments,
and had the fire out in a jiffy. 1t was
a good piece of work and 1t Is fair to
say that on this job alone the depart
ment paid it's expenses for more than
a year.
Miss Rosa Lindsay is arranging to
open a Photographic studio In Rock
Hill. 1t is her plan to give about half
her time to that place and the other
half to Yorkville; but has not yet COM
pleted her arrangements. If Miss
Lindsay does go over to Rock Hill,
our Rock Hill friends may feel assured
of her ability to give them first-class
work, equal to anything they can get
in Columbia, Charlotte or elsewhere.
A thoroughgoing artist to begin with,
Miss Lindsay has mastered every de-
tail of modern photography, and
brought herself up to the minute as to
styles, fashions, etc. She has hum
dreds of pleased patrons In Yorkville
and the country surrounding, and but
few of those who have been the benefi-
ciaries Of her splendid work ever think
of trying to find anything better.
Il Just like to hear the music Of
the big saw-can't get away from Il" )"
remarked Mr. John R. Logan yesterday
to the reporter, who asked him about
the splendid saw mill plant recently
established at the woodworking plant
Of J. J. Keller & Co. But this was said
with a pleasant smile reminiscent of
his former occupation. The ex-sheriff
Is an old saw mill man and has probably
cut more timber into lumber than any
other man in York county. NO." he
resumed, "since the installation Of an
electric motor to run the balance Of
our machinery, we have the engine
there doing nothing, and 1t occurred
to us that it would be a good idea to
put up a saw mill and cater to the GUS
tom of the surrounding country" The
reporter expressed surprise that there
was any custom to cater to. well, l
reckon you have not thought Of the
situation much. There is any guam
tity of big trees of different kinds
within a few miles Of this place, and
among them are hundreds and hun
dreds that are fit for nothing else than
lumber. We have been doing a good
deal of saving of this kind. Where
man needs a few boards or little
framing worse than he does an old tree
that had been left standing somewhere
about his place, all he has to do Is to
cut the tree down and have 1t convert
ed into lumber either for cash or one