Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-27
ing or jawing. And there were no cas-
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ing or jawing. And there were no cas-
ualties.
Pest of Worms.
Mr.. r. E. Montgomery Of Yorkville,
brought to The Enquirer office this
morning, half dozen specimen stalks
Of corn from q six-acre field that has
been almost completely destroyed by
cut worms. Mr.. Montgomery says
that an average Of at least every other
stalk has been destroyed. The worm Is
white with small black spots. He at
tacks the stalk from the roots and
bores on upward, leaving only an empty
shell behind. The field Is located with
in the corporate limits, near the water
works.
Tho Court House Bonds.
The court house commissioners met
on yesterday for the purpose of further
considering the resale of the court
house bonds, and finally agreed to a
proposition from Mr.. C. L. Cobb to this
effect: Let me have the matter in
hand for thirty days. during which
time will undertake to get all the Of
fers I can, which offers will submit
to you. II you accept one Of these Of
fers, then all the compensation will
ask will be that you deposit the entire
sum In the Peoples National bank to
be checked out as needed, and the bank
will pay you per cent interest on av-
erage balances"
MeGiII- I-EIIen.
There was a pretty wedding at the
home Of Mrs. M. E. McGill Of Hickory
Grove, last Wednesday evening at Z
o'clock, when her daughter, Miss Carrie
J., became the bride of Mr.. D. M. Ellen
of Bishopville. There was house full
Of relatives and friends from the town
and country in attendance and also
quite a number Of them from q dis
tance. The home was beautifully dec
grated for the occasion and all the sur
roundings were in thorough keeping.
Mrs. j. L. Oates of Yorkville, presided
at the organ, and Rev. ]. L. Oates, for
mer pastor Of the bride, performed the
ceremony. Supper was served to out
of-town guests before the marriage,
and after the marriage, light refresh
ments were served to the entire COM
pany. There were numerous beautiful
and expensive presents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ellen left on the evening train for their
future home at Bishopville.
Good Yields of Hay.
From such information as has been
obtained, the agricultural department Is
going to get some very satisfactory re-
ports from it's clover-grass mixture
distributed in York county two years
ago. The mixture was distributed
through Mr.. John r. Blair, demonstra-
ton agent, who gave enough seed to
SOW an acre to each Of five farmers,
who agreed to buy enough Of the mix
ture to SOW another acre. One farmer
made q failure. Messrs. ]. B. and ]. r.
Scott Of Delphos, put in five acres Of
the seed. So far this year they have
cut nine tons of most excellent cured
hay. R. w. Hope Of Sharon, has two
acres, from which he has cut four tons
of hay, and E. B. Mitchell Of Sharon
No. /, has cut two tons from one acre.
Mr.. w. ]. Fewell of Yorkville No. 2,
has two tons from two acres. This
grass mixture can be cut from two to
three times a year and one sowing Is
supposed tc be good for three years.
At the price at which other hay is SELL
ing this hay Is easily worth $50 ton.
Baseball In the Long Ago.
The reporter on Wednesday man
aged to get hold of Mr.. w. T. Beam
guard, who is erecting some buildings
in Yorkville, and pumped him a little
about the famous old baseball days OF
which Mr.. M. L. Smith wrote In the
last issue of The Enquirer. II had
about forgotten most Of what Mr..
Smith wrote about; but what he said
brought it all up vividly enough, at least
that part in which figured. I am the
man, however, who hit Mr.. John Knox
with a baseball bat. The bat slipped
from my hand and struck Mr.. Knox a
glancing blow in the face, breaking his
nose. I remember / was almost wor-
ried to distraction about the matter at
the time; but it afterward turned out
to be a good thing. On account Of a
wound Mr.. Knox had received during
the civil war, he suffered from an
uncomfortable and inconvenient wa
tering Of one Of his eyes. When the
broken nose was healed up, the water
ing at the eyes was very much relieved
II not entirely cured. Mr.. Knox has
referred to the matter several times
since as a case Of rather rough but ef-
fective surgery" Mr.. Beamguard agrees
fully with what The Enquirer said
about Mr.. Smiths efficiency as catch
er. I'm those days." he said, "the rules
did not allow the catcher to wear any
protection except one stout glove that
covered the heart Of the hand and LETT
the fingers sticking out. Before going
into a game Mr.. Smith used to provide
llmSelI WlIn D. plcC6 VI bCOiotCnh iAes
would just make soft cushion under
the glove, and when the game was
over, that beefsteak was pretty well
hacked to pieces" Referring to the in
cident Of hitting Jim Bells bat, Mr..
Beamguard modestly claimed that 1t
was an accident; but the old-timers
would insist that he could have done 1t
three times out of four. The tragedy
of his arm he explained as follows:
I'VE were working the road-sorter
working-a hound dog came in sight
with its tongue hanging out, and there
went up a cry of maddog. jumped
on a bank and got a stone, and as
made to throw, my foot slipped and my
arm went out Of place"
Mediation Act Reaehed.-With
view to averting the threatened strike
Of the 10000 railway employees east
of Chicago, the senate yesterday rush
ed through the passage Of amend