Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-02-24
LOCAL LAcoNicS
Dinner for the chainsang.


The Glover people gave the convicts
quite a sumptuous dinner last Thurs
day. It consisted mainly Of chicken
and soup and the other things that
properly go with them. The chickens
more than a dozen of them, were pre-
pared in Knox's shop, and most Of the
other things were prepared In the
homes of the Glover people who con-
tributed the layout.
Will Probably Recover.
Jim Guess, the negro living on Mr.
D. P. Curry's place near Guthriesville
who took bi-chloride Of mercury tab
let's internally more than two weeks
ago. is still living. DR.. N. s. Stirewalt
is stfll looking after. the case, and he
thinks the negro has a good chance to
recover from the poison. The case is
indeed quite unusual. since the negro
took one and three quarter tablets OF
the stuff, and doctors say that half
that amount Is sufficient to cause
death.
Rabbits In Bullocks Creek
There have been plenty Of rabbits
in Bullock's Creek" said citizen of
that township, few days ago. Il know
Of $40 that have been killed, and in
fact I killed great many Of that num-
Der myself, and Of course $40 is only a
small part Of the total" What about
partridges?" asked The Enquirer rep
resentatiye We'll, said the speaker,
II can't tell you about them. l don't
shoot them myself. They ought not to
be killed anyway Besides you can't
hunt birds with a pack Of hounds and
negroes, and that is about the only way
/ enjoy hunting"
They Want An Exchange.
People in Sharon and the Bullock's
Creek section are anxious to secure a
telephone switch board to be located at
Sharon A company has been organ
lied with Mr.. Kelly Inman as president
to establish such an exchange. At
present there Is only one phone in Sha-
ron while there are a number In the
Bullock's Creek section. However, a
number Of new subscribers have been
secured at both places, and II the peo-
pie interested succeed in carrying out
their plans, that particular territory
will soon have fine telephone service.
Much Saw Mill Work.
Owners of saw mills below Sharon
have had plenty of work to do for the
past six weeks or more. There are a
number Of mills in the Bullock's Creek
section and plenty Of timber to keep
them going. There are three saw mills
within two and a half miles Of each
other on the road to Bullock's Creek
church. Mr.. S. l. Blair who manages
one of these plants said recently that
his mill had been running almost every
day for the past two months. Il am
getting all the work I can do" he said,
"and think other saw mill men in this
section can say the same thing
Wreck on c. &. NV.
Three cars and a caboose Of south
bound freight train No. 81, on the Car
olina & North Western railway were
derailed near Allison Creek trestle yes
terday afternoon. The train which was
in charge Of Conductor Porter and En-
gineer Wall was coming into Filbert
when the accident occurred. Fortu-
nately no one was injured. The derail-
ment caused some little confusion in
the passenger train schedules yester-
day afternoon, northbound passenger
train No. s, being about 4 hours late
and southbound train No. 8, arriving
in Yorkville at o'clock. A wrecking
crew worked all night in repairing the
damage. and the regular schedule was
resumed this morning.
Shooting Near Sharon.
Enoch Byers, q negro shot and seri-
ously wounded his wife on Sunday
night, Feb. 18th. Enoch lives on the
Cain place near Sharon in section in
which very few white people live. He
has a reputation as a bad negro. and
other negroes were afraid to say any
thing about the shooting. However,
the report leaked out in some way and
4-l1 Dat To nly nj
after him last Saturday afternoon. The
negro was at work and made no at
tempt to get away. His wife was found
in bed with load Of shot in her leg,
part of her shoe being imbedded in her
ankle. She said her husband shot her
with a single -barreled shot gun, be-
cause she had not asked his permission
to visit a neighbor. Byers was brought
to Jail Saturday night.
Turkey Creek Bottom Lands.
Mr.. J. C. Wilborn has prepared list
Of the owners Of Turkey Creek bottoms
taking in the two prongs from Mr.. G.
H. Smiths place on one hand and the
Southern railway on the other to the
junction, and from there on down to
the Chester county line. The list in
cludes an estimate Of the number Of
acres owned by each land owner; but
as in most cases the figures are only
approximately correct, they are not
worth a great deal except in the aggre-
gate which amounts to 1,430 acres.
Following are the names Of the land
owners included in the list: Henry
Smith, j. Cameron, A. A. Burris, w.
r. Carroll, H. Stevenson, Rob't. Moore,
j. ]. Sherer, j. c. Wilborn, Moore Bur-
ris, Wm Turner, E. H. McSwain, Ken
nedy Bros A. Hafner, Mitchell Wilson,
w. Hafner, w. L. Hill, Sam Hafner,
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