Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-19
Lancaster News, August II: Rev. r

OF the A. r. =. church at Glover
| York county. Mr.. John h. Bell
one of the county's most estimable
citizens. died Saturday evening at hi:
home in the lower Camp Creek sec
ton, of blood poison resulting from &
lcarbuncle on the leg. He was gooC
man in every sense of the word
peaceable and law-abiding. just ant
honorable in all his dealings with hi:
fellowman, and enjoyed the confidence
and friendship of all who knew him
He was a member of the Methods
church. The home of Mr.. ant
Mrs r. J. Harper, near Elgin, wa!
the scene of quiet wedding Wednes
day afternoon, Aug. 10th, when thei1
lovely daughter Miss Essie, became
the bride of Mr.. Arthur G. Small, sol
of Mr.. T. r. Small of the Antiocf
section. Rev. r. Thomas Blackmor
officiated Only the near relative!
and close friends were present. ."-.'
A most contemplate little circular
from an anonymous source, designed
to injure Mr.. c. c. Featherstone In nj:
race for governor was received II
Lancaster Monday. Mr.. Featherstone
is not our choice for the office tc
which he aspires, but we believe ir
fair play. and we therefore denounce
as mean and cowardly the attempt
some of his enemies are making tc
hurt his candidacy. No one car
truthfully assail Mr.. Featherstone'
character or ability. .....F. r. Mas
sey, Lancaster's most prominent col
ored citizens, leader of his race and ol
the Republican party in this county
having served for number or years
as it's county chairman, died Monday
lafternoon in Chester. where he was
/ undergo
surgical operation for kidney trouble
Massey was liked by the whites, will
whom he often co-operated in move
1ments for the towns upbuilding. h:
was a successful merchant, leaving ar
estate valued at $4,000 to $500
He will he remembered by many 1ol
| his good work in preserving pleasant
relations between the races. 49,. .Ihe
Rev. and Mrs. r. L. Robinson left
here yesterday, much to the regre,
| of their hosts of friends, for thell
| future home in Due West, Mrs. Ro.
binson having sufficiently recovered
from her recent spell or sickness &c
make the trip. AS published at the
time. Mr.. Robinson, a few weeks ago
was elected president of the Woman's
College at Due West, and after taking
the matter under advisement, decid-
ed to accept the position, reSignine
the pastorate of the Lancaster and
Shiloh A. r. p. churches which he
was ably and satisfactorily serving
He was to have entered upon the dis
charge of his new duties the first OF
this month, but his removal from
Lancaster was delayed by reason OF
Mrs. Robinson's illness at the time
Lancaster not only loses in Mr.. Ro-
binson a forceful and popular minister
anG useful citizen, but distinct loss
as we'll is sustained in the departure
| Of Mrs. Robinson, who, possessed OF
many womanly graces and charms OF
character and personality, has been
an ornament to the community's So
cial circles and a potential factor In
| all church work.
Fort Mill Times, August 18: Some
days ago one of the Columbia papers
contained an interesting STORY" of the
| fine corn crop which, in the course OF
few weeks, will be harvested on the
| farm of the state hospital for the in
sane in Columbia. In the article the
prediction was made that not less than
an average of 100 bushels to the acre
would be made on the IS acres COM
prising the farm, which some years
ago was a sand bed, considered almost
worthless. Under the scientific direc-
ton of Capt Bunch. the land has been
worked up until it is the equal of any
| land +. the state in point of fertility
The corn crop on it is indeed thing
| OF beauty and it is worth visit OF
miles to see it: but it is not the only
prize corn patch in South Carolina
Within the corporate limits of Fort
Mill one can see in miniature what is
to be seen on the asylum farm in eX-
tense. w. T. Hoagland has an acre
of corn in the rear of his home on
Booth street that promises an even
larger yield than 100 bushels. Miss
Sara Elizabeth Patterson died at the
home of her brother Mr.. John Nj. Pat
terson, in Fort Mill Friday evening at
s O'Clock, in the 39th year of her age
There are many good cotton farms
in York county, but there probably Is
not a field of like size in the county
which produces a greater yield than
the three-acre prize patch of Mr.. j. II
Coltharp, near his home, three miles
north of town. In 1908 Mr.. Coltharp
gathered seven 500-pound bales from
the three acres and the prospects for
as large, or even larger, yield this year
are promising. ........M Mr.. w. L. BLACK
came near losing his life in an acci-
dent at the Fort Mill township dam of
the Southern Power company at
O'Clock Friday afternoon and his escape
| from death is considered little short OF
miraculous Mr. Black is an assistant
Superintendent for the power compa-
ny and he was directing a number OF
workmen in an effort to close one OF
the big doors of the main power house
during a storm. A heavy gust of wind
blew he door against the party
knocking all of them over and throw
ing Mr.. Black against the driving
ropes of one of the large dynamos
which carried his body though the
opening in the floor to the basement
| 90 feet below. Mr.. Black was serious
| " cut and burned about the body. 1t
is also feared that he is injured inter
naly. He was taken to the Rock Hill
hospital Saturday morning. Mr.. Black
| is well known in this section and has
many friends who will regret 10 hear
| of his misfortune. His home is in
Mooresville, n. C......If the Goth OF
August does not record the largest
vote ever polled in a Democratic pri-
| mary in Fort Mill, it will not be the
| fault of the friends of the two candl-
dates for magistrate of this township
who are working betimes to interest
every voter in the election. The an
nouncement last week of Mr.. V. r.
Blankenship that he would oppose the
| %
| of making the friends of Magistrate
McElhaney sit up and take notice, and
| they have gone to work in earnest to
see that he does not run second hest
Ditto, Mr.. Blankenship's friends. They
| too are as active as bees in buttonhol
| ing the voters and promise to keep
| things humming for him until the
votes are all in. The race for magis-
| trate promises to rebound to the ad-
vantage of other candidates as well as
lending excitement to a Fort MIL cleo
! ton that has not been known since the
strenuous days of Tillmanism-eNccpt
! that there will he no bitterness or per
sonalities injected into the local cam
| paign. Congressman ID. f.. Finley Is
| expected to be one of the chief bene-
| GciarieS of the energetic contest for
magistrate in Fort Mill township. 80.
If their identity is discovered there is
serious trouble in store for the member
or members of the Second battalion
First regiment, y. G. =. c.. who, on
the return trip of the battalion at AK
| en- on Friday. August ), struck an in
| offensive negro in the fac" with what
lis thought to have been rock and
| knocked out one of his eyes. The as