Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-20
LOCAL LACONICS
Glover Betterment Association.


The Clover Betterment association
has organized Flower, Corn and Can
ming clubs, with a view to securing de-
velopment and improvement along the
lines indicated.
Moss's Mill.
Moss's Mill, q miles southeast oi
Yorkville, which has been out Of com.
mission since last September, has beer
thoroughly repaired and rehabitated by
the building of a new dam and new
wheel. Mr.. Wylie Wells, the we'll
known millwright, did the work, and
he says that the old mill Is now in 9
better shape than ever. Mr.. Moss gives
notice in another column that he is
again ready for business.
Death of Mrs. Sherer.
Mrs. Amanda Sherer, who for a mum.
ber Of years has been living at Blacks.
burg, died at the home of her daugh-
ter Mrs. J. M. Sims, in Sharon, last
Saturday, following a short illness
with pneumonia. Mrs. Sherer was ir
the 73d year Of her age. She is sur
vived by two daughters. Mrs. Anna
Wilkie, Of Blacksburg, and Mrs. ]. NJ
Sims, of Sharon. The interment was
in Woodlawn cemetery, Sunday after.
noon, after funeral services conducted
by Rev. E. B. Hunter.
Ginseng in Fort Mill.
Fort Mill Times: What probably Is
the only field, or patch" of ginseng ir
this section Is to be found on the plant
alton Of Mr.. B. M. Lee, two miles south
Of Fort Mill Mr.. Lee began severa
years ago, mainly as an experiment, tc
cultivate ginseng by planting small
quantity Of the herb in his garden. Fol
the first year or two the growth was
not satisfactory except it convinced
Mr.. Lee that with proper attention
ginseng could be profitably grown ir
this climate. He, therefore, selected 9
we'll shaded piece Of ground on his farm
and set about to give the task thor
ough tryout For the first year or two
Mr. Lee saved the seed from the plants
and has replanted them, and now he
has a patch Of probably one-fourth OF
an acre growing nicely. Some weeks
ago when Mr.. Lee was here on visit
from his temporary home in Finley
Texas he gathered from the patch Il
pounds Of roots Of the herb, which is
said to have a market value Of several
dollars per pound.
Fort Mills Old Fort.
"A Reader" to the Editor Of the Fort
Mill Times: In your interesting article
last week, "An Historical Sketch OF
the Town Of Fort Mill" the statement
is made that "the old fort from which
part Of the towns name Is derived
was built by the first settlers to pro-
tect themselves against the hostile In
dians." The names Of the early set
tiers are given, together with the in
ducements offered them by the Indians
to settle here. From these statements
it could very easily be inferred that the
Catawbas were hostile to the white
man, which was not the case. They
leased them several thousand acres OF
land on long terms. In an old journal
l find the statement that "The Cataw-
bas were proud and expressed them
selves as never having shed a white
mans blood" The fort was not built
by the first settlers Of Fort Mill as a
protection against the hostile treat
ment from the Catawbas. They found
the fort here in ruins when they came
It was told to some Of the early set
tiers by very old Indian woman nam
ed Sally Newriver that the Redcoats
built the fort. These were perhaps SOL
diers or colonists from the English set
tlement at Charleston on an expedition
against the Indians, Charleston having
been settled over 80 years previous to
the settlement Of this section.