Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-07-26

and Mrs. Counts formerly lived at
Bessemer City, but moved here from
Charlotte a year ago. and Mr. Counts
has been in the mercantile business at
the Loray mill. JEFF George. white
hoy about II years of age. and son
of Mr.. w. NJ. George, formerly of Gas
tonia. but now living in Belmont, was
instantly killed by train No. 3S Monday
night near Lexington. while heating his
way from Salisbury to Lexington or
some other point He was accompan-
led by Jess Steele of Gastonia, who saw
him fall from the rods, where they
! were both riding, and who notified the
train dispatcher at Greensboro ol the
fact. Georges body was found lew
miles this side of Lexington horribly
mangled His remains were brought
to Belmont on No. II "Wednesday
where the burial took place. .....: The
committee having i'm charge the ar
rangements for the big picnic to be
given i'm Gastonia on the first Monday
in September by the Rural Letter car
riers' and Farmers Union request us
to state that they have secured the
Hanna grove near OakwoOd cemetery
for the occasion and have also secured
twelve-acre lot adjoining the grove
for hitching purposes. "A pieasah'
visitor to the Gazette office yesterday
was Mr.. Lorenzo Beam of Comanche
lar, 10 ctn =
three years ago to begin life IN tne
Lone Star State and is now back or
his first vi sit within that time to ms
MANY relatives in this county. Mr.
Beam has four brothers living in the
county, Messrs. H. s., G. F., M. l.. anC
p. s. Beam, and four sisters. MRS
George Sellers. Mrs. Andrew Sellers
Mrs. Sarah Stroup and Miss Maggie
| Ream. Mr.. Beams wife, who was Mis-:
Emma Mauney, a daughter oi Johi
Mauney, has been dead about five
wears. Mr.. Beam has eleven living
children residing in five states: Texas
Arkansas, Missouri Oklahoma ane
California. Mr.. Beam seems to he en-
loving very much his visit to the
scenes of his boyhOod and young man
hood. although he states that very rev
of the landmarks of the sixties are now
recognizable to him. .... Recently th'
Gazette has made mention of the rae
that there has for some time been
growing sentiment among the farmer:
ti,.of In
Crowder's creek favoring the dredging
of this stream and the drainage o.
hundreds of acres Of valuable land:
| which are now useless. The discussion
of this important matter has been 60
| ing on quietly for some time with thu
result that majority of the land own
ers on Crowder's creek have come to {
realization of the fact that their lands
can be reclaimed and again made fer.
tile by the dredging of the creek bee
and the consequent drainage of th'
bottom lands. AS q result of this dis
cussion and some investigating by in
terested parties, a meeting will he helt
Saturday, July 3Oth, at l o'clock p. m.
at Pleasant Ridge for the purpose o.
going further into detail, exchanging
ideas and probably organizing to de
something definite. The proposition t.
! he discussed relates to the dredging o
Crowder's creek between Bakers mil
and Riddles mill. there being a dam a
each of these places. Between these
e
of land which, in the past few year:
have become valueless so far as pro-
ductiveness is concerned. The bed o
the creek has filled up and the watel
has overflowed over large eXpanse O
territory. Concerted action on the par
of those who are directly interested cal
| be made to result in a saving Of thou
sands of dollars worth of property ant
in the increase of the production o
cotton, corn, wheat and farm product!
| of other kinds in this immediate ter
ritory. 1t is hoped that every farme
| living on Crowder'S creek between Ba
ker's and Riddles mills will he presen
| at the Pleasant Ridge meeting. Thi
| matter is of such Importance that an!
farmer can afford to lay aside his worl
| for half a day and attend.
Lancaster News, July %: Mr.. Ben
| jamin Watson, the well known younl
painter and popular citizen. son of Mr.
| Joseph Watson of this place, was mar
red in Kershaw few days ago to Mrs
| Hilton, widow of ]. A. Hilton. ..... i
| well known farmer a few miles abov
| town tells us that he stopped one da!
| this week and examined the corn patcl
here of +. r Massey, the colored mer
| chant. which he says is particular!
| fine, the corn being now PRACTICAL.
made. In addition to the corn, Masse.
| is also making several other good crop
on the same piece of ground, amon'
| them peas, beans and pumpkins. ....
| Master Ed Inman, son of Mr.. and Mrs
| s. w. Inman, is recovering from
| spell of sickness. and will soon he on
| again. A trained nurse has been wait
| ing on him. 49,. Mr.. G. L. McManus q
| Antioch. one of the county's most pro
| gressivc citizens and model farmers
| sold II bales of cotton here this wee
| to Messrs Nisbet and Wilson at |
cents per pound. He still has a con
| siderable lot of the staple on hand, i
| warehouse. some of it three years ole
| Several other parties also sold cotto
here this week, Nishet and Wilson buy
| ing altogether 43 bales. We are in
| debted to our good friend Mr.. II. !
| McMurray of the Unity section, for
| lot Of very fine Irish potatoes, present
ed to us yesterday. Mr.. McMurray'
patch did remarkably well this veal
| He planted only a half bushcl of pota
toes on thirteen rows twenty -eigh
yards in length, and he dug the othc
day nineteen bushels. About four bush
els had been previously gathered an
eaten hy the family. The varietie
planted were the Early Rose and tn
Peerless. The Junior order rally an
| ,,;,,;o Of Flint Pi6pa Thursday wa