Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-07
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FROM NEIeHeoRING ExcH ANGEs
News and Comments About Things In
and Around the Country.

| Rock Hill Herald. OCTOBER Z: MrS.
| J. Porter Hollis returned Saturday
from a visit to relatives in Atlanta. -.
A few days ago the editor of the Her
| aid visited the new pumping station
of the Rock Hill Water e Electric
company out on the John Fewell place
! and we found the nice little pump do
ling it's full duty. 1t is an electric
driven pump and there are eight y
inch wells connected up, with pres
ent capacity of 200 gallons per minute
which can be doubled by changing the
gears between the motor and the
pump. The new pump has been in
operation about two weeks. ..... The
county registration books were closed
| MOnday and the next meeting OF the
board will be in December. The law
requires that the registration books
be closed one month before the gen.
eral election. Those that have not
Registered cannot vote. There are
$3.50 registered voters i'm York coun-
ty. OF this number Rock Hill has 1856
and Coates Tavern 63. making total
of .O49 in Catawba township. There
| are about S5 negroes registered in the
county SIS of that number living in
Rock Hill. In order to vote in the
general election. which occurs i'm No
Vember one must produce regiStra-
ton certificate and q 1909 tax receipt.
| At the regular meeting OF city
council last night Mayor Roddey and
| all of the aldermen were present. The
first matter taken up was the case OF
the city VS.. Tom Johnson. colored'
which had been appealed from the
recorders court. After hearing the
evidence. a motion was carried to sus-
tain the recorders decision. But they
refunded the penalty as ii was shown
| lin the evidence that the offenSe was
slight one and was without any inten-
ton of violating the ordinance. Line
| barger. Stevens and Parker were ap-
pointed committee to purchase the
Hutchinson portion of the Barber
Hutchinson land, which adjoins their
other 60 acre tract which was pur-
chased several weeks ago, which con-
tains about so acres at about $l1.OO
per acre This land. together with the
other tract will be used largely for a
garbage dumping ground. pest house
farm for the city. and for the sanitary
department for the present and any
other uses the city may see proper in
the future.
Chester Lantern, October d. Miss
Kitty Blair, of Sharon. is the guest of
Mrs w. Y. White. -. Lightning struck
the barn of Rich Hill, colored farm
er near Great Falls. on last Thursday
Iafternoon. and killed three mules and
one horse which were in their stables
| Iadjoining the farm. The stock killed
was easily worth $1,000 and it is a
great blow to the owner. "A hear
| ing in the case of ]. b. Daniel, bank
rupt was held this morning before
Referee j. b. WeStbroOk, for the pur-
pose of allowing Mr.. Daniel to explain
the alleged discrepancy Of $4,000,
which the expert accountant reported
Ihad not been accounted for. The
hearing occupied all morning and was
held in the office of Magistrate j. j.
Mcclure. 1t will be recalled that some
time ago an expert accountant check
ed the books of J. b. Daniel. bankrupt
and reported that the books showed
100000 which Mr.. Daniel has failed
| to account for. $4,000 of this was
cotton claims. and the other, other
claims Mr.. Daniel took the stand this
morning to explain the alleged dis
Icrepancy. .. Mr.. W. NJ. Leckie. for
the past six years coroner of Chester
county. has submitted his resignation
to the governor on account or Ill
health. the resignation to take effect
ner Leckie's health prevents his full
filling the duties of his office and he
retired on that account. Mr.. Abe Ehr-
lich who was q candidate for the po-
SitiOn of coroner at the time Mr..
Leckie was chosen two years ago, is
an applicant for the position. He has
petition addressed to tho members
of the county delegation asking that
they recommend him to the governor
for appointment, but whether the sue
cesSor will be appointed or chosen by
primary is not yet known. Mr.. Leckie
has given good services as coroner and
there is universal regret that he was
compelled by i'll health to resign.
Lancaster News, October 5: Miss
LeSSie d. WitherspoOn of Yorkville
was the guest of Mrs. r. f. Wylie the
past week. .... Mr.. Will Caskey, son
of Mr.. Jason Caskey, and Miss Bell
Ghent daughter of Mr. Wesley Ghent.
were married here Sunday night, by
Magistrate w. P. Caskey. ..... Mr..
John Criminger. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Franklin Criminger. and Miss jamie
Horton. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas Horton. all of the OakhurSt
section, were married Sunday, Octo-
Der the 2nd. 1910. by Notary Public
w. f.. Estrdge. at his home in Flat
Creek. .Hasel Brown, the little son
of Mr.. and Mrs. O. II. Bell. of the riv
er section died Monday night of dys-
entery. aged about Is months The
burial was at Lower Camp Creek
church yesterday afternoon at three
o'clock .... DR.. William l.. Weber,
president of Mansfield Female college.
at Mansfield. Louisiana. died at Shreve-
port last Saturday. He was u son of
DR.. :. A. Weber who years ago was
pastor of the Lancaster Methodist
church. now living in Charleston, af-
ter several years residence in York
vile. e..... In spite of the fact that the
cotton bOllS are not opening very fast,
rug to the lateness of the crop. a
small boy. Julian Craig. son of Mr.. j.
f.. Craig Of this vicinity, made a fine
record i'm picking the staple 4 day or
two ago. Although he is only 13 years
old and weighs but &C pounds himself.
Master Julian picked go pounds of
cotton i'm a day. Miss Sadie Dun
can. daughter Of the late w. r. B.
Duncan, of Dixie section. met with
bad accident last Friday night. While
driving with another young lady, Miss
HinSon, To party at Mr.. r. NJ. Belk's
i'm the same community the buggy was
upset throwing the occupants out.
Miss Duncan sustaining a broken arm.
the break being between the shoulder
and elbow. 1t seems that in the dark
ness the wheels on one side ran up on
an cmbankment, causing tn" vehicle
to turn over. young CulOred wO-
man. Docia Perry. wife of Dock Perry
met with serious accident here sat
urlay afternoon. She was sitting in
buggy i'm front of Sloan GrahamS shop
on Dunlap street, waiting on the driv-
er To return. when the horse started
off She seized one line. tn" other
having dropped to the ground. and in
pulling it To stop the animal caused
him to turn suddenly around. upset
ting and smashing the vehicle and
breaking the woman'S leg between the
knee and ankle. one end of the larger
bone prntrudimg through the skin,
presenting Il shocking spectacle. .....
Gaffney Ledger, October q: ON sun
day at the home of Mr. Hampton
Swofrurd. of the Macedonia section.
Mr.. Preston Allison ana Miss Iula
Harris We're united i'm the holy bonds
of matrimony. Mr.. Hampton Swofford
y. T.. officiating. The ceremony WAS