Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-10-28
LOCAL LAcoNlcS


Brakeman Loses Hand.
Hay r. Shuford, brakeman on the
Carolina and North Western railroad
who lives at Dallas, had his right
hand so badly crushed in the yard al
Chester last Saturday night that II
had to be amputated. The accident
occurred while Brakeman Shuford
was uncoupling cars.
Will Rock Hill Buyers Bid7
Rock Hill Record. The Record sue-
gests that a party Of Rock Hill men
go over to Yorkville on Monday. Nov
8, and buy the old York county court
house site. The sale will be conduct
ed by Rock Hill man, Chas. L. Cobb;
and it would be appropriate for Rock
Hall men to invest some money In the
county seat.
Got Awards Mixed.
Rock Hill Record: The awards on
poultry by the judges at the York
county fair, as handed to the Record
were slightly mixed. The prizes cred
tied to Mr.. R. M. Sherer should have
read Mrs. p. B. Kennedy of Sharon
for: Cockerel 1st; pullets 1st; pullets
I'd and Sd. 90
At U. s. District Court. -:
In the United States district court
at Greenville last week Burt Allen
pleaded guilty to being employed In
an illegal distillery and was sentenced
to serve one month in the York coun-
ty Jail. Bill Jones pleaded guilty to
violating the act Of congress of Feb
ruary 1S, 1913, relating to the theft
from interstate freight cars, and was
sentenced to serve three months in the
York county Jail.
Death of j. Frank Hart. "
News has been received in York
Vile of the death Of Mr.. ]. Frank
Hart, formerly of Yorkville; but for
the past twenty years a resident OF
New Orleans, Louisiana. He was at
tackled with cerebro spinal meningi-
i
The funeral took place on Sunday, af-
ter services held In an Episcopal
church. The deceased was the second
son of the late Maj. Jas. F. Hart, and
was born in Yorkville on November
IA, 1866. For number of years pre-
ceeding his death he had been In the
employ of the Illinois Central rail-
road, with headquarters in the New
Orleans offices. He leaves widow
and one child, and Is survived by the
following brothers and sister: Messrs
Arthur G.. and Edward w. Hart OF
New Orleans; Mr.. John r. Hart, OF
Yorkville and Mrs. w. s. Neil, Of Rock
Hill.
Football at the Fair.
The Presbyterian college of South
Carolina and Newberry college will
meet on Davis field, Columbia, tomor-
row in football game These two
schools are old rivals and the young
people of this community are very
much interested in the outcome Of the
game due to the fact that there are
several York county boys engaged.
David Thomas Of Yorkville, Is captain
Of the Presbyterian eleven, and is
showing up to be one Of the best foot
ball players in the state. A number OF
people from this county will go to CO.
lumbia in order to see this game as
we'll as the annual Clemson Carolina
game which takes place on Thursday.
Carolina won from Clemson last year
and the Clemson Tigers" will try
hard to recover their lost laurels.
John r. Logan of Yorkville, and Roy
Brown of Rock Hill, are members of
the Clemson team. ...
New Kind Of Cane.
Mr.. James D. Land of the Beershe-
ba neighborhood has left at The En-
quirer office a sample of molasses
made from Japanese Ribbon cane,
the seeds Of which he got from DEM
onstration Agent Blair last spring for
experimental purposes. The molasses
Is far superior in both body and fla
vor to ordinary sorghum, and indeed
compares favorably with the best
pure syrup to be had on the CONNER
cial market. Without being able to
discuss the matter scientifically, we
have no hesitation in saying that 1t is
an unusually fine product. Mr.. Land
says he planted three rows OF the
cane each about 125 feet long, on land
that would make 800 pounds Of seed
cotton to the acre, without fertilizers,
and ferti,ized with S-2-2 at the rate
of 800 pounds to the acre. When the
cane came 1t stooled out at the rate
of from to stalks to the hill, and
two Of the largest stalks that were