Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-05-10
LOCAL LAcoNlcS.
Yorkville We. Hickory Grove.

YorkviIIe We. Hickory Grove.
The Hickory Grove High school
team defeated the Yorkville High
school team in game of baseball at
Hickory Grove last Wednesday after
noon, by score of to l.
Wreck on the c. G. NV.
There was quite a serious freight
wreck on the c. & NV. railroad near
Maiden last Wednesday afternoon.
Several box cars jumped the track and
negro brakeman got his leg broken.
Traffic was disorganized for about
twenty four hours.
The County Convention.
Rock Hill Record: There is. of
course, no question that the Jones
crowd was in control at the York
county convention last Monday. But
1t Is a curious thing that no one had
the courage to have Judge Jones en-
Idorsed. Why fear an "open fight" on
the subject Of endorsement? That's
the trouble with South Carolina poll
tics. Why not fight right out In the
open and let all men know where you
stand?
Shotgun Accident.
Mr.. Randolph Sandifer, 2O-year-old
son Of Mr.. T. T. Sandifer, who lives
about three miles south Of Yorkyille
lost his left hand last "wednesday
morning as the result of shotgun ac-
Icident. He had been out to investi-
gate a crows nest a short distance
from his home, and the accident oc-
lcurred on his return. Just how IL
happened is not fully explained, ex-
lcept that as he rested the butt Of the
gun on the floor, muzzle upward, there
was discharge and his hand was SO
badly shattered that 1t had to be am
putated. Fortunately there was no
further injury, but from the position
OF the gun and the direction of the
discharge 1t is practically certain that
the young man had very narrow es-
cape for his life.
The Firemen's Tournament.
Rock Hill. May s: Prizes aggregating
$1,000 will be hung up for the tourna-
ment to be held here during the state
fremen's convention. June 25-27. So
says special committee of the local
IChamber OF Commerce which has been
lappointed to handle the proposition and
raise the money. Chief T. o. Flowers
lof the local department Is arranging
the programme for the occasion. There
will be a number Of reel and wagon
races and numbers Of entries for these
races have already been received. Sew
leral OF the fire companies In the state
have bought racing reels, one having
been bought for the Rock Hill depart-
lment. The Chamber Of Commerce is
IhQnt<inp tho hriy oi 30 h.
ton, and that body Is working with
Chief Flowers to make the event a not
liable one.
lChanse of Schedule. -
1t Is announced that there will be
lchange Of schedule on the Southern
railroad on May 26. as the result Of
which the train which now runs be-
tween Yorkville and Columbia will be
daily instead Of daily except Sunday"
1.-THE train which now reaches Yorkville
from Marion shortly before 8 O'Clock
at night, will come about 35 minutes
learlier. The train from Columbia which
breaches Rock Hill at 4.45 in the after
moon, will reach there at lilo in the
morning and leave for Yorkville at s.
lclose to the present schedule The
Marion train which now leaves Rock
Hill for Columbia at 1916, will be held
until / o'clock. Aside from running
the Yorkville- Columbia train daily, the
principal effect of the proposed change
will be to give people from the south
lof Rock Hill the opportunity to spend
several hours in that town and return
home the same day.
From Far of India.
The current issue Of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian contains a let
ter from Miss Mary LESLIE, formerly
Iof Leslie, In this county, now mis-
Isionary to India The letter Is dated
Montgomery, India, March %, and is as
follows: $50 many friends told me be-
fore / left home that / must write to
the Presbyterian and Miss Alexander
says I must so I will have to try. 1t
might be of interest to know something
Iof the places we saw on our way, We
arrived in Honolulu on January 30th.
In my opinion it is the most beautiful
lplace we saw. The trees, flowers, grass
land mountains are all so pretty, but
the most interesting place there is the
Muanu Pail. There battle was fought
lover hundred years ago. One army
was hurled over q precipice into the
VALLEY twelve hundred feet below. The
view is wonderful but 1t is awful to
think Of an army's being driven oveS
such place. Our next stop was at
Yokohama. AS our boat stayed there
two days, we went on the train to To-
kyo and spent a day. Our boat also
stayed two days at Kobe. and from
there we went to Kioto. In this way
we had the chance to see more Of the
country. l was very much pleased
with Japan and the Japanese people.
They seemed to be so polite. We went
to see a good many temples, but do
not think can describe any Of them.
At one temple we saw a great rope
made Of hair. 1t had been used in
building the temple. A Japanese man
told us that regiment Of women had
given their hair for this rope. He
meant by regiment a great number.
The last stop we made in Japan was at
Nagasaki. There we spent only one
day. From Japan we went to Manila,
where we spent three days. We found
| 1t so warm there that we did not care
to go sightseeing all the time. We
eaw some interesting little houses
there. They were covered with straw
or grass and from the outside did not
look much like dwellings. We went in
one and found 1t much nicer on the in
side. The floor was made Of strips Of
bamboo. The little Filipino woman
could speak English and was very kind
to us. Hongkong was our next place to
stop. 1t Is very pretty city; so much
Of 1t Is built on the side Of the noun
tain. After spending two days there
we took boat for Calcutta. This boat
made two stops-at Singapore and
Penang. In Singapore we went to see
the botanical gardens. We saw so
many strange trees and flowers there.
When we arrived at Penan" we decid-
ed that we had been sight seeing so
much that we did not need to go over
the place. I will not try to write about
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