Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-16
miscellaneous Rradins.
FROM NEIGHsoRING EXCHANGES
News and Comment About Things In
and Around the Country.


Gastonia is to have new bank. The
Gazette is informed that the rumors
are we'll founded, but just at present
no details of the new enterprise are
available for publication. Something
definite may be given out at an early
date, however. .... The city schools
began the session of 1901 yesterday
morning with q total enrolment OF
about S25. All of the teachers were
present, classes were organized and
the work of the year started off quickly
and smoothly. Fuller particulars of
the opening will appear Friday. The
Gazette expects during the session to
carry a regular department giving all
the news of the city schools, furnished
by someone in close contact with the
schools. This will be an interesting
feature to many of our readers. ......
Mrs. d. A. Cline, who was quite pain
fully bruised in a runaway Sunday al
ternoon, is reported today as being
much better, having about recovered
from her injuries. Mr.. and Mrs. Cline
were driving when the breaking of the
shafts caused the horse to become
frightened and run throwing both of
the occupants of the buggy To the
ground. Mr.. Cline was not injured. -.
If there's more fun than catching a
fox, it's catching two foxes. At least
that was the belief of those CASTOR
countians who are fond of chasing
Reynard in his native haunts. A party
COMPOSED of MessrS. w. n. Davis, John
Falls, Howard Falls, w. c. Abernathy
and Warren Neil, left Gastonia on
Monday, the 5th, for Hamlet. At Rock
ingham they were Joined by Mr.. Jim
Falls, who had been on a hunt in the
vicinity of Ellerbee Springs. The par
ty returned to GastOnia Saturday. hav-
ing bagged eleven grey foxes in the
four days they were actually on the
hunt. Two of these they brought back
alive; the hides of the other nine were
brought back.
Lancaster News, September IA: Mr..
Albert Cunningham, who lives near
the Kershaw county line, had a diff
ficulty with Dave Patterson, a negro on
his place, a few days ago, in which
Patterson was shot three times, twice
in the arm and once in the shoulder.
The arm had to be amputated. Pat
terson is from Liberty Hill. -. Comp
troller General Jones of Columbia, was
here Monday to examine the books of
County Auditor Horton and County
Treasurer Hilton, and at the conclu-
sion of his task, took occasion to con-
gratulate the officials on the excellent
in which he found their rec
Ords The books in both offices were
found to be in perfect shape. .... Mr..
w. ]. Long of Elgin exhibited here
Monday a lot of cotton bOlls from the
farm of Mr.. Joe Hagins in that COM
showing the serious damage
being done to the crop by some un-
known pest, which bores holes in the
bolls, causing them to rot. 1t is not
sect, as the destroyer has not yet been
seen. Thus far it's ravages have been
confined to one variety OF the plant,
the Cook Improved" Other farmers
in the neighborhood who planted the
same kind of seed report that their
cotton is also being damaged in a SIM
liar manner. E. A serious difficulty oc-
Cured last Thursday in Kershaw
county between Messrs. Joseph Phil
lips and Samuel Williams, at Mr.. Ma
rion Gardner's place. Mr.. Phillips was
shot twice, in the mouth and in the
body. His condition is reported to be
is not known here. "A mass meeting
was held in the court house Monday
night in the interest of the large in
dustrial school il is proposed 10 estab-
lish at Antioch. An address on the
subject was made by the Rev. O. l..
Stringfield, one of the leading work.
ers for the school The proposition is
to establish a Sl50,000 plant provided
400 acres of land are contributed to
the praiseworthy enterprise. Much of
the money needed has already been
subscribed. No definite action was
taken at Mondays night meeting.
Fort Mill Times, September 49,: Mr..
Gilmore Crook left his home in Fort
Mill township a few days ago for Lit
tie Rock, Dillon county, where he is to
have charge of the school during the
fall and winter session. ..... Prof. j.
A. Boyd left Monday morning for Lib
erty Hill, where he will he engaged
L., ~. l..
lie school as principal. E. AT the Sep
tember meeting of the town council,
held last Tuesday evening, impetus
was given the proposed waterworks
system for Fort Mill by accepting the
offer of an Atlanta firm of civil engi-
neerS to make a survey of the town
and furnish detailed statement of
the cost of the plant. The engineers
have been informed of the action of the
council and it is expected that the sur
vey will be made at once. Capt. T.
B. Spratt Of the Fort Mill Light infan-
try is one of number of South Caro-
lima National Guard officers who have
signed letter of recommendation in
dorsing Assistant Adjutant General w.
T. Brock for reappOntment. 1t will
be recalled that charges were preferred
against Col. Brock by Adiutamt Gener-
al Boyd some months ago and that a
court of inquiry investigated the
charges. The findings of the court
were submitted to Governor AnSel. hut
he has taken no action. . Work on
the new building for the Fort Mill
graded school is mo"ing along at a
rapid rate and the building committee
is hopeful that it will he finished and
ready for occupancy not later than Oc-
tober >. The present quarters of the
school, in the old academy building,
are OverCrOwdcd with 200 pupils and
all are looking forward with pleasure
to the day when the new building is
turned over to the trustees for the use
of the school. Aside from the fact that
the new building will he more suited
to the needs of the school, it is more
centrally located than the old school
house and in this respect will prove a
great convenience To a ina jurtN of the
pupils. .... Two hundred bales of cot
ton on $50 acres of Fort Mill township
land may sound exaggerated to those
who have not seen the farm of Mr.. Ed
gar Jones. two miles west of town,
but the cotton is there on the acreage
indicated. i'm the opinion of dozens Of
as good farmers as this section boasts.
Not a few of the more enthusiastic far
mcrS who have visited Mr.. Jones
place during the last fortnight say he