Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-23

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durmitory accommodations. This Is
caused by the necessary increase III
the number of officers and teachers
who will have to occupy dormltory
rooms. The percentage of old stu
dents returning this year to winthrop
college is remarkably high. Out OF
a possible $50 old students who might
have returned, 523 applied for read
mission This is a very strong teStl-
mOnial to the high estimate OF the
college by the people OF the state ano
by the Winthrop students themselves
The college is in better shape. better
organized, if possible, than ever before
organized, if possible. than ever before
is saying a great deal. All the dOrmi-
tory rooms have been whitewashed
the floors and woodwork gone over
with carbolic acid solution. the
| plumbing has been Overhauled ana
put in first class condition, the water
tanks cleaned out, the dining hall
kitchen and infirmary screened, and
| every precautiOn taken To insure SOOd
health to the college community. The
drinking water of the college is regu-
larly examined. chemically and bac-
teriologically, and is thoroughly pure
Chester Lantern, September 20: Rev
| r. A. LummuS, of Richburg, was
here Monday on his way home from
Charlotte where he had been con-
ducting q successful meeting at the
| Villa Heights A. r. p. church. -. DR.
w G.. Wylie, president of the South
ern Power Co, came over from Great
Falls Saturday afternoon, spent the
night with his sister, Mrs. E. P. Moore
on Wylie street, and left for New York
Monday morning. DR.. Wylie has re-
Gently returned from Europe where
he has been in the interest of the fer
| tiliZer plant. ......A raid on Duncn
of disorderly negroes at New Bethel
church Landsford township on Sat
urday night last by Constable Henry
Gibson, Deputy Sheriff Dye, and Con-
stables Will Bendiman, and Maybin re-
suited in the capture of nine negroes,
six of whom had pistols on their per-
sons and the others carried raZors'
Four of the negroes were from Lam
caster and one from Rock Hill while
the others were from the immediate
neighborhood. Fines aggregating
1925 were collected from the guilty
ones following trial before Magistrate
Crosby in Landsford township, and
the Rock Hill negro, Henry Massey,
is serving 60 days on the Chester
county chaingang. The railroad
commission, composed of John II.
Earle, chairman, Messrs. j. M. Sulli-
van and B. l.. Caughman, Secretary
T. T. Lumpkin, held a meeting this
morning at the Southern passenger
station on the proposed location for
the new depot for the Southern, the
| c. &. NV and the L. & c., which
has been ordered by the commission.
Representing the railroads were: Col
Leroy Springs and A. p. Mcclure, of
the L. & c., Col. l.. T. Nichols, of the
| c. e. NV, and Messrs H. A. Will
liams and w. n. Foreacre, of the
Southern. Messrs. A. l.. CASTOR, NJ. ).
Lewis, r. l.. Douglas, j. NJ. Wise, and
DR.. G. B. White represented the citi-
| zens The railroads have already sub
mitted plans for the location Of the
new depot, they wanting it just above
the present depot and about where
the water tank now stands. This is
objected to by the citizens, some of
| them wanting it located just to the
right of the l.. & c. track in front of
| the Mitchell hotel This was DR..
Whites idea and he wanted it located
there with subwayS so that people
could enter the depot from Gadsden or
| Walnut street without having to cross
| the tracks, which are such source
of danger. Messrs. CASTOR and Lewis
are advocating the location at the
Heyman property, and arguments pro
and con from the citizens committee
and the railroad were heard this
morning. The commission inspected
the various sites proposed and will
render a decision later. .... The new
Lowryville school house. the pride and
Joy of this handsome little town, was
formally dedicated to the cause for
which it was erected yesterday in the
presence of a large crowd. The day
was also marked by the opening of
the fall term of the school and the
exercises were attended by almost
the entire community. The event had
| been looked forward to for days and
marked the formal opening of the
new building to the cause Of educa-
| ton. The exercises were presided over
| by Mr.. A. w. Lowry, member of the
board Of trustees. Seated on the
stage in addition to the chairman
| were Miss Elsie Rudd, field agent of
The School Improvement Associa-
| ton, MesSrs. A. G.. Brice and A. l..
CASTOR of Chester, and the Rev. f. a.
brennan, pastor of the Presbyterian
church. The exercises commenced at
10 o'clock. being opened with prayer
| by Rev. Mr.. brennan. Mr.. Lowry
made Il few opening remarks, dealing
with the history of the movement for
| the new school building. stating that
| il was on the 18th day of January
that the citizens of the community
met i'm mass meeting and decided on
the erection of a new school building,
| following an address by Prof. w. II.
Hand, on this subject. On May 25th
the people of Lowryville voted unan-
| imously to issue $4,000 in bonds for
the school building and that work be-
gan about the middle of July, the
building being finished and ready for
occupancy today. He spoke of the
great good of education, characteriZ-
| ing it as the worlds greatest agency
| in morals and civilization and then
| urged on the people not to rest where
| they were but to push on and build
their school greater.
Gastonia Gazette, September 20: Up
to this morning the GastOnia Oil Mill
had ginned 46 bales of cotton. Satur-
day and yesterday were busy days
with their gins. .....A telegram re-
ceived here this morning states that
Mr.. w. d. Morrow, formerly of this
place, died at Cherokee Falls :. c..
early this morning. Miss Ola
Huffstetler was operated on at the
City Hospital for appendicitis last
| week and is recovering nicely from
| the effects. Her brother, Mr.. Foster
| HuffStetler. who was detained on ac-
| count of her illness. returned Monday
| to Westminster school, Rutherford
| county. He was accompanied by Mr.
Ross Jackson, of Clover :. Co.. The
largest hen egg The Gazette man has
seen is one which Mr.. Jim Lindsay
has on exhibition at the store of the
Love company. 1t was laid by one of
his Rhode Island Reds and measures
| 10 inches the long way and Il inches
the short way. Inside the large shell
which Mr.. Lindsay opened at one end
were two ordinary sized eggs. one
without shell and the other with a
shell. This holds the record fol
| large eggs i'm GaStonia. so far as we
know. .... Following the cool spell
| of last week the weather is now idea
for fall. Cotton is opening very rapid
ly and is being picked hastily. The
farmers are as busy as bees. The cot
ton patches are full of negroes and