Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-06

throughout the entire plant and from
the understanding Is that these i'm
provements have but fairly commence
ed. There Is a report to the effect that
there is under consideration q 300 foot
extension to the main mill that will
more than double the capacity Of the
plant.
YorkviIle w. Gastonia.
In the most exciting and fastest
game Of baseball played this year, the
Yorkville High school was defeated by
afternoon. The score was to and
the result was in doubt until the last
half Of the ninth inning. Gaulden, the
Yorkville pitcher was at his best, strik
ing out fifteen men and allowing only
five hits, while the Yorkville boys Sc
cured eleven safeties off the Gastonia
pitcher. The Yorkville boys attribute
their defeat to their unfamiliarity with
the Gastonia ground, the outfields Of
which were very rough, the Yorkville
boys being unable to cover the fields as
fast as the Gastonia lads.
Caught Owl on Hook.
Chester Reporter: w. o. Guy, one
Of the most ardent disciples Of old
Isaac Walton's art to be found In
these parts. tells Of an interesting hap
pening few days ago when he visited
his set hooks on South Fork. Two
big cat fish were on the hooks, and In
addition to these members Of the
flnny tribe there was an immense
owl, which had in some way, no
doubt espied the fish and pounced
down upon them and been impaled by
l. al ~ anI. To-. - a@lx
good order, but the owl had paid for
was as safely hooked as any fish you
ever saw.
School Improvement Work.
1t is doubtful II there Is q more neat
ly kept school building in the county
than the Sharon High school building,
and that school does not employ a jani-
tor to keep the building in good condi-
tion either. The schol children Of Sha-
ron take great pride In caring for their
new structure and they see to It that
good order. The faculty Of the school
hit upon good plan during the session
which closed last Wednesday, to keep
alive this interest and zeal. The school
possesses handsome picture Of George
Washington and at the end Of each
month, the grade which has kept its
quarters neatest during the thirty days
previous, Is allowed to have the picture
In its room the thirty days following.
1t was often difficult to decide during
the recent session as to which grade
deserved the picture, so neatly was
each room kept.
Rock Hills New Police Chief.
Rock Hill special Of May 4 to News
and Courier: Mention was recently
made Of the resignation Of Chief Of Po-
lice U. C. Partlow, who for thirteen
years has served the city faithfully in
that capacity. The resignation. which
was to take effect May 1, was accepted
by the city council at its meeting
Thursday evening and First Sergt. j.
M. Youngblood, Of the Charlotte police
force was elected to take Mr.. Partlow's
place. The newly elected chief arrived
here yesterday and took charge at once.
He has the reputation In Charlotte Of
being a good officer and 1t Is believed
that in his election to the head Of Rock
Hills force no mistake was made. In
connection with the police muddle, a
satisfactory agreement has been reach
ed and the policemen all signed the new
rules after the withdrawal Of the Sec
tion forbidding the carrying of firearms
during the day time. Mr.. Partlow, the
retiring CHI eff, will take a vacation Of
several weeks, after which he will go
to Tampa, Fla, to engage In business
there.
Mule Aged Thirty-Five Years.
Logue," the well known old black
mule that belonged to the late ]. War
rem Pursley, died at the home Of Mr.
@ A
recently at the venerable age Of thir-
ty-five years. Logue was purchased by
the late Mr.. Pursley when he was a
three-year- -old, and worked twenty
seven crops, before he became entirely
useless. He was generally conceded to
be the oldest mule In the neighborhood
for miles around, and many we'll known
stockmen say they have never before
known of a mule living to such an ad-
vanced age Before her death two years
ago, Mrs. Pursley told her four chill
dren that she would be pleased to know
that old Logue was to be taken care Of
and we'll treated for the balance Of his
days, and although the animal had
previous, the children were Of the
same mind anyway, and took especial
pains to carry out the wish Of their
mother During the past five years
Logue has been fed only on the best
Of roughness and green feed, along
with plenty Of good corn meal and 9TH
er we'll ground food. His feed bill has
ranged from $50 to $65 a year. He f.
nally died, 80 far as could be determin-
ed, from the infrmatives Of old age.
After his death the children gave the
faithful old veteran decent burial.
Death of Mrs. s. T. Ferguson.
Mrs. Mary Abigail Ferguson, wife Of
Mr.. s. T. Ferguson, died at her home
about three miles southwest OF York.
vile last Saturday evening at o'clock,
and was buried in Woodlawn cemetery
at Sharon on Sunday afternoon at 8
o'clock. Mrs. Ferguson was the eldest
daughter Of the late s. M. Feemster,
and was married to her husband about
SO years ago. At the time Of her death
she was aged 81 years, months and "a
days. She joined the Presbyterian
church when q child and remained a
consistent church member all her life,
having been connected with Woodlawn
church at Sharon, since the organiza-
ton Of that congregation. She had
been q sufferer from Bright's disease
for more than year; but the malady
did not become acute until last We'd
nesday, when there was sudden break
down, from which there was no appre-
ciable rally. The funeral services which
were conducted by Rev. E. E. Gillespie,
were attended by an unusually large
concourse Of people, including imme-
diate neighbors and many friends from
the surrounding country for quite dis
tance. Mrs. Ferguson Is survived by
her husband and eleven children as fol-
lows: w. W., T. NJ, H. E., s. A., B. B.,
Paul, Edgar, Ross, Mamie, Ruth, Mary
eight sons and three daughters