Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-30
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Notes and Comments About Matters
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Of Local Interest.
Chester Reporter, July 26: Invitations
have been received here announcing
the wedding of Miss Florence Carson,
of Gastonia. and Mr.. Claude Woods. of
Glover, the ceremony to be solemnized
in Pisgah A. r. P. church near Cas-
tonia on the evening Of Tuesday, July
3Oth. .... The child of Ben Burriss, a
colored tenant on the s. M. McNeel
place above Lowryville, got hold of
some carbolic acid by mistake yester-
day, and probably swallowed a little bit
of the deadly fluid. A physician was
hastily summoned from Chester and
the usual remedies applied. The mouth
was burned, but the physician was un-
able to tell Just how much, If any of
the acid, reached the child's stomach.
The next few hours will determine
this. 80. Mr.. ]. Sparks Cunningham,
an employee Of the Chester Power Co.,
fell this morning about noon while
climbing a pole opposite the Smith liv-
cry stable on Columbia street, and was
painfully injured. A bone in the left
arm was broken just above the wrist,
also a bone in the left foot. Mr.. Cum
ningham was badly shaken up other
wise, falling as he did a distance Of
about twenty-five feet and striking the
ground. He was removed to the Mag
dalene hospital and is getting along
nicely.
Gaffney Ledger, July 26: 1t has been
called to the attention Of the Ledger
that there were several mistakes in the
article which appeared in the last is
sue, relative to the traction engine row
between the International Harvester
company and the county commission
ers. In the article referred to 1t was
said that the county had not purchas-
ed the engine and that 1t was here
merely on trial but that the Harvester
company intended trying to force the
county to take the machine and had
threatened suit in the event that the
engine was not accepted. Represen-
tatives Of the International Harvester
company called at the Ledger office
and discussed the matter at some
length with the Ledger reporter. These
gentlemen had with them a signed or
der from E. F. Lipscomb, county su-
pervisor, for the engine. The contract
called for the delivery here Of a As H.
P. traction engine, purchase price ST.
400, $1,000 of which was to be cash
and the other half due in 1913. No men,
tion was made in the contract Of test
machine being sent here or the engine
being shipped to Cherokee on trial. IT
was a plain order for a machine and
was obtained by Messrs. Medlock and
Mann, two representatives Of the
International Harvester company. Mr..
Hussey, one of the agents Of the
company, stated to Ledger reporter
that the International company had
not thought for one minute Of institut-
ing suit against the county and pro-
fessed ignorance as to how this report
could have originated. Said Mr.. Hus-
sey, I'VE have only the kindest feel
ing and the greatest regard for your
county commissioners and we esteem
them highly. We confidently expect
that the matter will be amicably set
tied at the meeting Of the county COM
missioners to be held Friday morning"
The commissioners are to meet this
morning for the purpose Of discussing
the question. Almost every one Is at
a loss to understand just what the
standing Of the matter is. Few there
are, IL any, who know what the points
of difference between the county and
the COMPANY are.