Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-24
Miseellanrous Rradins.
WITH NEIeHeoRINe EXCHANGES
Notes and Comments About Matters Of
Local Interest.

LdnCaStoT N0"SJ NoNOIil0ST GI' III
vitations have been issued by Mr.. and
Mrs r. L. L. Blackmon to the mar.
riage of their daughter, Miss Euls
Louellen, to Mr.. Boyce r. FNunderburk
son of Mr.. D. A. Funderburk, OF
Wednesday afternoon, December 9Th
1911, at $50 o'clock, at their home
New Cut, S. Co.. .Abram Peay o.
one of the Heath Springs routes, sem
two second crop apples to this office
and says he Is eating watermelons
out of a late patch planted in August
He did not say so. but we suppose
they are a frost-proof variety.
Mr.. T. w. McMurray, who went tc
Johns Hopkins hospital for treatment
some weeks ago, returned home last
Friday considerably improved ir
health. He was accompanied home by
his son, DR.. c. H. McMurray. The
latter returned yesterday to his home
in Abbeville.. The S-months old
child of Mr.. Andrew Small of the Un-
ion church section. died Monday night
and was buried yesterday.
Rock Hill Herald, November 21: l.
l. Holler has purchased the interest
of r. ]. White in the business OF Huh
sucker and White and will be associ-
ated with Mr.. Hunsucker. For the
present the firm name will continue
to be Hunsucker and White. On
Thursday the building committee OF
the Oakland Avenue Presbyterian
church will meet to let the contract
for the handsome church edifice to be
erected on Oakland avenue. The build
ing will cost $4,000, and will be one
of the handsomest edifices in the city
when completed. Following morn
ing service at the First Baptist church:
morning, a meeting was held
at which it was definitely decided 10
inaugurate a campaign for funds for
the erection Of a handsome and COM
modious house Of worship, costing
from $4,000 to s25,00O. The pastor,
Rev. w. ]. Nelson, was empowered to
appoint a building committee, which
will have charge Of the
campaign and the work of construc-
tion. 1t is hoped that the work will
be commenced within the next few
Rock Hill Record, November 21: The
Rock Hill High school eleven went to
Friday and played the team
there to a tie, the score being II to II.
.. Southern passenger train No. ~,
from Columbia to Charlotte, due at
this place at $40. Saturday evening
ran into a wagon with a mule and
horse to it and loaded with negroes, at
Nazarene crossing, south of this city.
killing both the horse and mule and
injuring Bill Lumpkin, negro, who
was driving, and two negro women.
Doctors from this place went out and
attended the wounded and reported
that they hardly thought any of them
fatally wounded. -. While on a hunt
ing expedition Thursday, Mr.. B. C.
Hough, a prominent merchant and
business man Of Lancaster, was acci-
dentally shot in the left leg, just
above. the knee, cutting the leaders and
arteries and injuring the knee cap. 1t
seems that he and DR.. w. F. Laney
were hunting together and they. had
stopped for lunch, after which DR..
Laney handed Mr.. HouGh his gun and
the gun had been left cooked and in
some way went off, with the above re-
suits. . On the 10th instant, Louis
Irwin Nicely, infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. H. Nicely. Sr., died and was
buried at Adnah church on Saturday,
funeral services being conducted by
Rev. c. P. Carter. The little child
was about ten months old and is the
first of a large family to die.
Chester Lantern, November Fl: Mr..
]. S. CASHIER. and Ike Stevens, colored,
who are employed by T. c. Thompson
& Bro, of Birmingham, Ala, who are
engaged in building the extension at
the Wylie mill, were slightly injured
yesterday by falling timber. :. Mr.. T.
]. Cunningham has been notified that
he has been appointed a delegate to
the Goods Roads convention by Gov
ernor Blease. This convention will be
held on December II in the city of
Washington. Mr.. Cunningham hopes
to be able to be present at the conven-
tion.. Mr.. r. o. Dunning, a good
roads expert from Beaufort county, is
in the city locating machinery, ETC., to
be used in constructing the sand and
clay road, the contract for which was
awarded several days ago to I. l.
Greenburg, through B. E. Poole, the
chief engineer. ..... The city of Ches-
ter had the honor yesterday of enter
tanning a man that Is doing as much
or more than any other man to raise
the price of cotton. The man in ques-
ton is the Hon. E. w. Dabbs Of Sum-
ter, the valuable president of the State
Farmers Union. At noon yesterday ir
the court house. Colonel Dabbs, al
though not a preacher, preached q
good, sound sermon to the farmers who
had congregated to hear his address
He is a very powerful speaker, driv-
ing his words right to the point, and
his advice here did not fall on deaf
ears. Colonel Dabbs said that he used
to think that the cotton mills were the
friends of the farmer, but here of late
he had changed his mind. He was OF
the opinion that the cotton mill mer
want to keep the price of cotton dowr
as much as possible. He further
stated that he thought the farmer
would be better off If all the cottor
mills were removed to England. He
urged the farmers to hold their cot.
ton; not to sell at the low price. He
insisted on their planting plenty OF
corn and other grain next year, to di-
versify their crops and to use less fer.
tilizer. Colonel Dabbs declared thai
too much land is planted in cottor
each year, and that the farmers should
by all means reduce the acreage. HI
referred several times to the friendli.