Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-13
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News and Comment About Things In
and Around the Country.

News and Comment About Things In
and Around the Country.
Rock Hill Herald, September g: The
2T5 or more cXCurSiOniStS who went 10
Clinton Thursday under the auspices
of the PrcShytcrianS of the city. are
unanimous i'm their expressions "i
enjoyment of the day. The objective
point was the Thornwcll nrphanag".
| Here the crowd was heartily w"Icom-
ed and escorted tn the auditorium
where there was singing and short
speeches of welcome by DR.. jacobs and
others Responses were made by
! Messrs r l.. Johnston and j. H. Mil
ling. 4 lavish picnic dinner was
spread on the beautiful campus. .....
Saturday Mr.. j. j. Dunlap, Jr, oi the
Ogden community, sent to the Herald
office several cotton hollis that Wer"
completely ruined by some sort of in
weevil. Mr.. Dunlap has about eighty
acres that have been ruined by the in
sect We showed the bOllS to several
| farmers and each one said that II was
not the boil weevil that was doing the
mischief. but a long green worm in
| stead that is found every year in high
| cotton. The worm, so we were toid
| will not enter matured bOllS, but only
| the Young ones .... Every citizen of
| Rock Hill is very much Interested IN
| the outcome of the plans for the new
depot for the city. on all sides we arc
! asked what steps have been taken to-
ward landing the muCh-necded Struct-
ure. The Herald is informed by May
or Roddey that the attorneys for the
| Southern have approved everything
the council has done in the matter
| and the papers which were approved
have been forwarded to Col. Ackert
for his approval II will be seen that
| the matter is now up To high officials
| Of the Southern. All obstacles have
been wiped away and it now appears
| that the depot is nearer Rock Hl!l
| than ever before 1t will cost about
| $50 900 and will he an ornament to the
| town.
Gaffney, Ledger, September g: We
| wish these elections were spread out
about ten years apart. They contri-
butte more To the disturbance of the
| equilibrium Of the people than any
other agency with which we are ac-
quaintcd. .. ON Wednesday, Septem-
| her eth, at Anadarko, Okla. Miss
Katherine Ellis. formerly of this city,
and Rev. Henry II. Treat were united
| i'm wedlock The ceremony took place
at the Red Stone Mission. The bride
| is we'll known in Gaffncy, having for
a number of years worked as mis-
sionary in this section. The groom is
also a missionary. Hon. {. W.
Whisonant of Wilkinsville, was visi-
tor to the city Wednesday. Mr.. WhiS-
onant is one of the county'S most en-
terpriSing business men. In addition
to his large farming interests he con-
ducts a mercantile business, a cotton
seed oil mill, n ginnery. and this sum-
mer he installed a cannery. Speaking
of the new enterprise he said: Il am
feeling my way in the Canncry buSl-
ness. and if it succeeds, as have rea-
son to believe it will. | shall go into
it on a more extensive scale next year.
The present plant has a capacity of
about two thousand cans per day. 1t
requires the services of from six to
twelve people, according to the pro-
duct being canned. | observed that
much fruit and vegetables were going
to waste so l decided to put in this
small plant and see if ii could not be
made the means of saving this wasted
fruit and vegetables for winter use
as well as make a little money. We
can anything that can he canned. but
peaches, apples, blackberrcs. tomatoes
and beans are now the principal
things we are handling. We can on
the share plan, that is half and half.
the producer furnishing his own
cans"
Lancaster News, September 10: The
first bale of this years crop of cotton
marketed here was sold Thursday af
ternOOn by Mr.. s. ID. Taylor, from his
Craigsvile farm. and purchased by
MeSsrs. Nisbet & Wilson. 1t weighed
500 pounds. and the price was II cents.
The seed from the bale were sold at
Is cents per hush"l to tn" Heath
Jones company. The circuit court
will convene here on the second Mon
day in October. The term is expected
to last three weeks. Jurors for tho
first week will he drawn on the goth
instant 1t is not known what judge
will preside in the place of the late
Judge Dantzlcr, whose time it was to
hold the lancaster fall court. 1t
was learned here Wednesday of the
remarkable escape from death or seri-
Gus bodily harm last Friday OF Mrs.
Peter w. Twitty and daughter. Miss
Ellen, of the Flint Ridge section, as
they were returning home from church
at Rich Hill. They were riding in a
top buggy, and in crossing a creek
over which there is n bridge, their
horse became frightened and hacked
the vehicle off the structure into the
stream below. The buggy was upset
and the horse fell in on il. Strange tn
say the occupants were unhurt. escap-
ing with a thorough wctting only.
Neither was the horse hurt and the
only damage to the buggy was the
breaking of the top. Mr.. Wylic g.
Caskey. the we'll known Confederate
veteran of this vicinity, was severely
hurt in runaway in the northern
part of town Tuesday evening. He
and Mrs. Caskey We're riding in bug
gy when the horse became frightened
at an automobile. though Mr. Caskcy
says it was no fault of the driver of
the machine, who stopped everything
and went To Mr.. Caskcy's relief. AS
soon as the horse showed fright Mr..
and Mrs Caskcy got out of the buggy.
and the former undertook To hold the
animal but she soon became unman-
agahlc. dragging Mr.. CaSkey some dis
tancc. finally running over him and
dashing off down the road. Mr. Cas-
key was painfully hurt on the hip and
leg. his injuries causing him To- H." con-
fined at his home until yesterday.
Chester Lantern, September 8: Miss
| Bonnie PlaXcn has returned from Il
| few days visit with her father in
YorllVill". Miss Ruth Gibson of Lacy
street is visiting at the home of h"'
grandmother, Mrs. r. J. Stewart If
| friends here will h" the announcement
of the marriage of Miss Sydney Nail
| of Charlotte To Mr.. Harry Murray of
Raleigh, which took place i'm Rock Hill
| last Sunday evening. II was Il quiet
| affair the Cuupl" having run away on
account of parental objection. Gary
Mitchell died at the hum" of his pa
| rents at the Mitchell hotel yesterday
afternoon i'm the 18th year of his age.
| he having been an invalid for several
years. The funeral services were held
| this morning at 10 o'clock 10y tn" Rev.
| ID. NJ. Mcleod and the remains inter-
| red i'm Evergreen cemetery. tn" de-
| ceased is son of Mr.. and Mrs. :. w.
Mitchell. .. John Davis. tn" negro with
| no legs. who cut up Il Greek. Geo. k"r-
| tnpaulln. in the Silver Moon r"Stur-
amt last Saturday night. plead guilty
before the mayor on Wednesday and
was fined $40. Davis is Il u"%r" VIII"
| had both legs cut off 10y Il train and
| II L.