Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-02
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News and Comment About Things In
and Around the Country.

Mill town council. which will be held
next Tuesday evening, the matter of
a waterworks system for Fort Mill is
to be considered with the view of
giving the proposition the official en-
dorsement of the council. 1t is prob
able that a petition will be circulated
within a few days among the voters
requesting that the council order an
election to determine the advisability
Of the municipality issuing sufficient
ton of the plant. "A series or
special services is to begin at the Fort
Mill Presbyterian church Thursday
morning. The services will continue
through Sunday, September II. when
communion services will be held in
the forenoon. The pastor, Rev. w.
A. Hafner, will be assisted in the
meeting by the Rev. Mr.. Gillespie of
Yorkville.. Six weeks ago ground
was broken for the new Fort Mill
graded school building. 1t has now
are complete and the workmen are
beginning to put on the roof. after
which will follow the interior work.
This will be rushed with all possible
speed and will not be dependent upon
weather conditions. The building
will be completed by the 18th of Oc-
tober, perhaps before that date, and
will at once be occupied by the school.
The building will not be as attractive
in appearance as many more costly
buildings, but it will be a vast i'm
provement over the old building which
is now in use and is expected to meet
the needs of the school for several
wears. The board of trustees are
making every dollar put in the build
ing count. -. After a consultation
with DR.. j. B. Elliott, member of the
Fort Mill board of health, relative to
the health situation of the town,
Mayor L. A. Harris, Thursday after
noon ordered the discontinuance of
the use of water from the public we'll
on Main street and the pump was at
once dismantled. 1t will be recalled
that a communication was received
some days ago from DR.. F. A. Cow
ard. state bacteriolgist, after he had
analyzed the water of the public well,
in which he stated that the water was
contaminated. Thereupon the board
of health ordered the we'll cleaned
out, thinking thereby to remove the
contamination. But a second letter
from DR.. Coward stated that the water
was infected with animal and human
feces and that he knew Of no chemi-
cal treatment to which the well might
be subjected which would purify the
water. that it was necessary to remove
the cause Of infection. 1t is not known
when. if ever. the use of water from
the public we'll will again be permit
ted. Meanwhile, there are not few
citizens of the town who would be
pleased to see the well filed in.
Gastonia Gazette, August 80: Mr.. j.
n. McNair of Little Rock, Ark, who
has been visiting relatives at Ashe-
vile and Black Mountain for some
weeks. arrived in Gastonia Friday to
spend a few days with his many rela-
tives and friends in this county. Mr..
McNair went from here to Buncombe
county as a young man in 1875, and
from there to the west in 1878. This
is his second visit to this county since
he moved. Mr.. McNair has a large
connection here, being related to the
Pearsons. Falls, Fergusons and Pur-
ley families . Mr.. w. +. Michael lost
bantam hen one day last week which
had reached the ripe old age of four
teen years. She laid with more or less
regularity up until about year ago.
1t is probable that this fowl would
have lived longer but for the fact that
recently she broke one of her legs and
never recovered from the injury. Mr..
Michael priced this bantam very high
ly because of her age and faithfulness
in laying. Mrs. Flora Ormand Da-
'
at her home at Lando, S. c., Sunday
night after an illness of a month or
more. The body was brought to Bes-
semer City, where MIR. and Mrs. Davis
formerly lived, yesterday, and the
funeral services were conducted at
Long Greek Presbyterian church this
morning at II o'clock by Rev. ]. f.
Armstrong, assisted by Rev. ]. J. Ken
nedy of Gastonia, a former pastor of
Mrs. Davis. Besides her husband and
several children, Mrs. Davis is sur
vived by the following brothers and
sisters: Mrs. John J. Ragan and r. G.
Ormand of Bessemer City, Mr.. b. +.
Ormand of Gastonia. Miss Lyde Or
mand of BcsSemer City, Mrs. S. NJ.
Stacy of Glover, S. c., and Mrs. Lee
Ramseur of Kings Mountain. Mr.. B.
+. Ormand and two sons went to BeS
Semer City today to attend the funrr-
al. .. Mr.. Ernest l.. Froneberger Of
BeSsemer City, was a business visitor
in Gastonia yesterday. Mr. Fronehcr-
ger says that BesSemer City has again
taken on an air of activity. All of the
mills are running lull time now WIN
the exception of the old Vermont mill
which is still standing idle. being tied
up in litigation. One Of the factories is
running both night and day. The
Mascot. formerly the Bessemcr City
Cotton mills, is one that has been
standing idle a long time. 1t manu-
faCtures cOlorcd goods and is an i'm
pnrtant element in the business life of
the town. The BeSSemer City folks
are to he congratulated on this i'm
proved condition of affairs which, We
sincerely trust, will continue perma-
nently. 1t is of more than passing
interest to note the fact that during
the campaign recently made to secure
contributions To the cash fund To he
offered the c. & NV. Railway as one
of the inducements To locate its shops
here, young folks as well as grown
ups were heartily in sympathy with
the movement. Master Henry Wilson,
aged 10 years. son of Mr.. and Mrs. II.
w. Wilson, contributed 81 To the fund.
it being part of his profits from his
Cantaloupe patch this season. Master
Lacy Adams, aged II. son of DIR. and
Mrs G. +. Adams. contributed 80
cents Neither of these was solicited.
but the boys simply wanted To show
that they were interested in GaStOnia'S