Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-12
LOCAL LACONICS.

LOCAL LAcoNIcs.
Until January I, 1911.
We will send The Yorkville Enquirer
j from this date TIL January 1, 1911.
for rs cents.
School Building at Bullock's Creek.
A contract has been let for the build
| ing of a handsome school building at
| Bullock's Creek church. The new
building is to be frame structure to
| cost about $1,000 and will be 32X66
| feet, one story and contain three
rooms, approximately 22X25 feet each,
| to be entered from a vestibule in the
center of the building. Each of the
l class rooms is to have a cloak room
and two Of them are arranged with
rolling doors, so that the two rooms can
be thrown into one, making an assem-
bly, hall 25x4S feet. Mr.. w. w. Blair
has the contract for the work, which
weeks.
Baseball at Glover.
They had a good ball game at Clo-
liver on Wednesday afternoon between
the married and single men, which re-
suited in a score of to In favor Of
the Benedicts. 1t was generally con-
ceded to have been one of the most
thoroughly enjoyed events of the sea-
son. Several of the players had not
Iengaged in a game for years, but play
i ed an errOrless game, among them be-
ing Jim Page, he not making an error
during the nine innings in right field,
or had his hands on the ball. A fea-
| ture of the game was the heavy hit
lting of Lee Jackson and DR.. Marshall
| Neil The single men are clamoring
for another try. but the victors seem
to be content to rest on their laurels.
Filbert Picnic.
The Filbert picnic is on today and
| there is a large crowd in attendance.
| The committee on arrangements
sought to get Senator Smith and 9TH
er speakers of note to help add inter-
est to the occasion; but in this they
were unsuccessful The Yorkville Cor
net band, however, is on hand, most
| of the candidates are there. and ensur-
ling the complete success OF the occa-
| sion is a tremendous crowd of people
| just released from their fight with the
| grass. etc. Up to the time at which
| 1t was necessary for The Enquirer to
go to press. it was impracticable to get
a detailed story Of the days occur
rences, and as to whether further par
| llCuldIS iIllSu, " III u'pSiu upoi
developments.
A Peculiar Accident.
| Hayward Matthews. son of Mr.. r.
| A. Matthews. met with an accident
yesterday afternoon that was decided
lly out of the ordinary, in that he
broke the bone Of his right arm be-
tween the elbow and shoulder, square
in two, while in the act Of pitching
lit -
ed. The circumstances are reported
as follows: Young Matthews was
pitching for his side, and had wound
himself up in the most approved style
preparatory to delivering a ball to the
batter, and just at that instant con-
cluded that the interests of his side
would likely be advanced by trying to
catch a player who was figuring on
stealing a base, and undertook to
lchange and throw the ball to base
man. and in doing so snapped the
bone as above stated. The bone was
set by Drs. Pressly and Neil and al
Though Howard is naturally suffering
considerable pain, it is believed that
in a short while his arm will be as
good as ever.
Death Of James Tiddy.
The Cleveland Star Of Tuesday, note
| the death of Captain James Tiddy.
gallant Confederate soldier. and faith
er of Mr. Milton Tiddy, editor of the
| Lincolnton News. The Star says:
capt. James Tiddy died Friday af-
ternoon after short Hines as result
Of heart failure Although his cOndi-
ton was precarious his death came
| suddenly and was great shock to
| his family and friends. Captain Tiddy
was born in England in 1898 and was
| therefore in his 72d year. His parents
came to the United States in 1S49 and
| settled in the county Of MeCklenburg,
| where the subject Of this sketch learn
| ed the trade of stone mason. In 1861
| he answered the call to arms and serV-
ed gallantly throughout the war until
seriously wounded at the battle OF
| Gettysburg, where he lost the entire
| front part Of his foot. He came to
| Shelby some thirty years ago and has
been one of its loyal and useful citi-
7ens"- Mr.. Tddy lived in Yorkvflle
| for a number of years and was high
| ly esteemed by all who knew him.
Death Of w. A. j. McCallum.
The following clipping from Gar
| land, Texas paper, tells of the death OF
| a former citizen of the Bethel section
| of York county: William Augustus
| Josephus McCallum died at the home
Of his daughter, Mrs. J. f. Beaver,
near Pleasant Valley, July 2S. after
long illness. Deceased was born in
Yorkville, S. c., Feb. 20, 1910; was
married to Cynthia A. Mckenzie in
| Yorkvile on Jan. 6, 1865; came to Tex
| as and settled on the farm he owned
at the time of his death in 1871, ana
had been closely identified with the in
tercsts of that community for nearly
| forty years. He was the father of SIX
children, five of whom survive and
were present at the funeral, namely:
Ernest H.. Ona, Claude NJ, of Dallas;
Edyth Lola Beaver, and DR.. Carl l..
of Sapulpa, Okla. Mr.. McCallums
wife died oct. Il, 1909. He also has
three surviving brothers, DR.. James NJ.
J. Thomas and l.. G. McCallum, all or
whom have resided in this section
many years and are well known over
the county. Interment was in the
Pleasant Valley cemetery, and large
crowd of old and young friends at
tended to show the last honor To de-
ceased Mr.. McCallum, by industry
and thrift had accumulated consider
able of this worlds goods, owning sew
eral hundred acres of land and other
property at his death. He was for
many years in business at Pleasant
Valley. and made that place known all
over the county politically. Peace TO
his ashes.
Rural School Supervision.
Rock Hill Record: There was
most important conference at VIM
throp college last night that Will nave
far-reachng effect upon the rural
schools of South Carolina between
State Superintendent of Education j.
f.. Swearingen, President ID. Il. Johh-
son, Prof. w. X. Tate and County SUI
perintendent of Education 7. f.. NC
Mackin. The conference was held 10
determine upon the county III Which
the experiment of county supervision
of rural schools shall be tired. "A
communication was presented from a
progressive county asking tn" hoh"r
and privilege of being made the eXper-
mental county for this work, but II
was decided to make the experiment
i'm York county as being So much more
accessible to winthrop college, proNld-
ed the school trustees of York county
will cooperate heartily in the work
1t is the purpose to have MISS Lena