Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-07-07
LOCAL LACONICS
,rvisors of Registration.

Supervisors of Registration.
The county board Of registration me
in Yorkville yesterday and had the
day they handled between IS and 10(
certificates-some of them new, some
renewals and some changes.
Work on County Home.
Housemover Stearnes, Of Charlotte
came over from Charlotte today to be-
gin work moving the county home
building. so as to make way for the
erection Of the new structure the erec-
| ton Of which is to be commenced a
once.
Fire at GuthriesviIIe.
Mr.. w. r. Bells barn at Guthries.
vile, was set on fire by lightning be-
tween 9 and 10 o'clock last night
The loss included the building, sew
eral hundred bushels Of oats, some
cotton seed and other feed stuffs. The
loss is close to $500. with some insur-
ance, but not nearly enough to cover
the damages.
Heavy Washing Rains.
There was an unusually heavy rain
over the territory between McCon-
nellsville and Tirzah last Saturday
night. That section had been very
dry until a week previous; but had had
several showers before Saturday. The
rain of Saturday night did more or
less damage to all the cultivated lands,
breaking up terraces, carrying away
bridges and overflowing the bottoms.
The Motor Cycle Races.
Mr.. John ]. McCarter of Fflbert, who
has charge of the motor cycle races to
be held on the "Fflbert spur on the
occasion of the Fflbert picnic, says he
is trying to make it a state wide af
fair. 1t is understood that the event
is to be open to all comers, the only
restriction being that entries are to be
confined to stock machines. No regu
lar racing machines will be allowed.
Poor Prospect for a Crop.
A gentleman from Guthriesville told
The Enquirer yesterday that there is
a ten acre patch near there which last
year made a bale of cotton to the acre,
and which this year, has absolutely
nothing. 1t is red land and was plant
ed as usual; but there was no season
and the seed failed to come up. The
balance of the field some fifteen acres
of sandy land, is showing up very nice
ly. There are other patches of very
poor stands in the vicinity of GuthrieS-
vile, and old corn is generally poor.
Death Of Mrs. j. A. N. Glenn.
Mrs. Fannie Glenn. wife Of Mr.. ]. A.
n. Glenn, died quite suddenly at her
morning at 5 o'clock. She had been
complaining slightly for a day or two,
but there was no alarm on the part of
the family as to her condition until a
short time before the end came. The
cause Of death is thought to have been
heart trouble. The deceased was a
daughter Of the late d. j. Glenn, Sr.,
and was not quite fifty years Of age.
She is survived by her husband and
six children, as follows. Messrs. c. H.,
and David Glenn; Misses Blanche,
Margaret, Louise and Sarah Glenn The
interment took place Friday afternoon.
after funeral services by Rev. A. A.
Mclean, of Glover.
Would Enter Winthrop.
The following young ladies took the
Winthrop entrance examination last
Friday: Annette Good, ElOise Good
Bullock's Creek; Carrie Mason, Spar
tanburg: Hattie l.. Howe. Helen V.
Candy and Lilly Williamson Dovers
Vile: Ella Ferguson. Mary Elizabeth
Lesslie, Elloree Walker Ruth Elliott
Hayes, Leslie; Hannah ]. Cornwell,