Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-14
aiseellaneons Grading.
WITH NEIeHRoRINe EXCHANGES
Notes and Comments About Matters of
Local Interest.

friends of Mr.. l. G. Potter will be
glad to learn that he is rapidly re-
covering from a recent severe illness.
business trip to New York and has
been confined to his bed for the last
few days. .... The many friends In
this city of DR.. w. L. White will re-
gret to learn that he is critically i'll
at Rock Hill and that little hope Is
entertained for his recovery. 80. 1t
had been announced in the columns
of the Ledger that the Cherokee Saw
ings bank would be opened on last
Tuesday, but owing to the fact that
the fixtures for the bank have been
delayed, the opening will necessarily
be delayed for few days. All signs
point to the institution achieving a
success. .. The following licenses
were issued Tuesday by Judge of
Probate Kirby: Jas. S. Taylor, Of the
White Plains section, to Miss Minnie
Martin, Of Clifton, route 1.
Lancaster News, November 10: An
application for bail in the case Of AL
bert Cunningham and Manly Cook,
charged with the killing Of Joseph
Snipes was made yesterday before
Judge Gary at Abbeville. The result
of the motion was not known here
when the News went to press in the
afternoon. Mr.. S. w. Inman who
has been proprietor Of the Hotel Roy
al for the past two or three years, has
decided to give up the popular hos
telry and will remove with his fam
lily to tie lower part of the state on
or about the first of December. .....
Mr.. Thomas Estridge, Of the cotton
mill community, committed suicide
Wednesday about IL o'clock by
drowning in a pond, near the mills.
So far as known, the act was wit
messed by only one person, Mr.. Fred
Lucas, who was walking across the
Lancaster & Chester railroad trestle,
when he saw Mr.. Estridge's head
above the water in the pond. Mr..
Lucas at once attempted to rescue
the unfortunate man. He ran to the
scene, hastily cut a pole and handed
an end to Mr.. Estridge, who caught
1t and was pulled by Mr.. Lucas up to
within reach of a couple of saplinss
growing on the bank and leaning over
the water Mr. Estridge did not take
advantage, however, OF the oppertun-
ity thus afforded to save himself' on
the contrary, he turned the pole loose
and, remarking, II am going to
drown" threw himself backward into
the water, instantly disappearing be-
meath the surface. Mrs. ]. c. Trib-
BILE, cultured, Christian lady Of Due
West, died last Sunday, after a pro-
tracted illness. Before her marriage,
about two years ago, she was Miss
Ellen Edwards. we'll known and much
admired in Lancaster, where at one
time she was a teacher in the graded
school. She was sister of the late
Mrs. ]. E. Taylor, Of this place, and
OF the late Mrs. John D. Taylor OF
Craigsville.
Chester Reporter, November 10:
Messrs. w. N. Foreacre, general su-
perintendent, II. A. Williams, division
superintendent, w. D. Lemmond,
maintenance engineer, and other
Southern railway notables were in the
city yesterday for a few minutes, their
mission, no doubt, being to look over
the situation at the Southern depot
with reference to steam heat. They
viewed the premises but what deci-
sion they arrived at, IL any, is not
known. A stove was installed In the
station last Saturday. the temperature
having become so intolerable that
Chief of Police Sanders compelled the
railroad authorities to install stove
until the question should be finally
decided. =. Friends in this city will
be interested in the announcement Of
the wedding Of Mr.. Charles F. Wood
and Miss Daisy NJ. Terdery, both Of
Augusta, Ca, which will be solem-
nized at Grace NJ. E. church, North
Augusta, Wednesday afternoon, No
the wedding Mr.. and Mrs. Wood will
leave on an extensive bridal trip, and
on their way home will stop in Ches-
ter for a few days with relatives. Mr..
Wood is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. ].
L. Wood of this city, and has many
friends in Chester. He has been 10
Gated in Augusta for several years,
and holds the responsible position Of
manager of the cotton exchange. His
bride is the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. ]. Verdery, and is one Of Au-
gustas most popular and attractive
young women. .... A step was made
in the right direction in road building
in Chester county when the contract
was let, Tuesday, to Mr.. B. E. Pool
of Columbia, to build a sand-ciay
road between the overhead bridge
and the Lewisville township line on
the Saluda road. At the same time
a contract was let for steel bridge
to span Grassy run. The stretch of
road to be built by Mr., Pool Is two
and one fourth miles in length. Ar
rangements have been made for
rights of way so that proper grading
can be secured. and all of the wooden
bridges on the route. thirteen in num-
ber, will be taken out.
Rock Hill Herald, November 10: The
York Good Roads association, which
held a session last Tuesday after
noon, as mentioned in the Herald.
adjourned to meet at the call Of the
president, and 1t is expected that an
other meeting will be called at an
early date The members Of the asso-
citation are anxious for good roads
leading in every direction from Rock
Hill, and plans are being formulated
whereby the project can be financed
and the work of constructing sand
clay roads be carried forward at an
early date. The business men of the
city, realizing that good roads would