Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-03-16
LOCAL LACoNiCS.
BetbeI Nooro Arrested.

charge OF HOUSEKEEPING anu idFcehy'
he being alleged to have stolen a guam
tity Of wearing apparel from anotner
negro about March /. Nicely was ar
rested by the police at Lowell, N. C.,
and brought to Yorkville by Constapie
Horace Johnson.
Contract to Be Let Shortly.
The contract for the erection Of a
new gymnasium at Winthrop college,
is to be let in a few days. It will be
remembered that the recent general
assembly appropriated $4,000 Tor
! this purpose on condition that the
/ college supplement the amount with
$40, 900. The $4,000 to be raised
by the college has already been Sc
cured.
Acquitted Of Arson.
H. E. Dawson Of Blacksburg, former
lly secretary and treasurer OF the
Blacksburg Oil Mill was acquitted OF
the charge Of arson by g. jury at the
court Of general sessions for Cherokee
county last week: Mr.. Dawson was
accused Of having burned the Office OF
the OIL company several months ago.
| At the previous session Of theC Cherokee
county court the case resulted In q
mistrial.
VIII fumP Sot "sso''
F.. D. Harris, representative Of a
mining company Of Cheyenne, WASH,
who is investigating the Big wilson
gold mine about six miles north-east
of Yorkville, has secured his pump
ing outfit and commenced the work
| OF pumping the water out OF the
shaft this morning. Since the SHAFT
| of the mine is about ninety feet deep
| and there are several passages un-
derneath filed with water, the work
of pumping, which Is being done by
means of a steam engine. Will re-
auire quite a long time.
Will Use Little Fertilizer.
Mr.. ]. T. Crawford Of McConnells-
willie. who was In. Yorkville, yester-
| day. said that thus far not a single
carload. of fertilizer had been snip.
ned to that point. Mr.. Crawford
! said hat use Of fertilizer among the
| farmers Of his section was not going
to be anything like as great this year
as heretofore. Where farmers have
been using three and four tons 70
the plow, many propose to use only
one ton this year. MI. CRAWFORD
| stated that he expected to reduce ms
own fertilizer to about 80 per cent OF
the amount he has been using IN the
past
chainsans At Work.
Although they have been in their
new camp only about q week, the
York county chaingang, which is now
| employing thirty-four convlcts,
| pushing work on the Yorkvflle-Rock
Hill road with vigor. The convicts
are now engaged in "gruboing,,
cutting branches, etc., along n roao
| side neal the county home, n as
there Is much Of this KIND OF WORK
to do, it will be several days YET pc
fore they begin building d roaa;
Yards west of the county home, Is a
Village within itself, and an interest
ing sight to the average passeroy.
Rock Hill Lady Hurt.
Mrs Addie Miller, wife Of w. ".
| Miller, county engineer, was paintuI-
ly hurt in Rock Hill Friday AFTER
noon, when a horse Which n was
driving along the streets pecame
frightened when the buggy sna!.s
dropped down and ran away. Mrs.
| Miller's little son who was in the bug
gy with her, was uninjured while the
former received several cuts on her
face and head. A cut In the corner OF
her left eve and one on her head are
lconsidered serious. Medical assistance
was slmmoned at once, and the LADY
| was later removed to her home where
she is getting along as nicely as couio
be expected.
Death of William Oates.
Following q long and tedious illness
| with a complication Of diseases, Mr.
| William Oates died at his home In
| Glover, Friday night about 3 O'CLOCK,
and was buried at Bethany cemetery at
1 o'clock Saturday afternoon. lioW
funeral services conducted by Rev. w.
p. Grier. Mr.. Oates was the son OF the
late william and Jane Oates, n was
born on the old Oates place near Kings
Mountain battle-ground, about "a years
ago. Here he was engaged In farmlng
until about eighteen years ago when
he moved to Glover, where he has
since resided. The deceased is sur
yiyed by two sisters, Miss Maggie
oates and Mrs. w. B. Stroup. both OF
whom reside in Clover.
Death Of Mrs. w. r. Hayes.
Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Hayes, widow
of the late W. r. Hayes, OF Neelys
Creek, died at the home OF her daugn-
ter, Mrs. A. K. G~lasscock, at Roweirs'
in Chester county, yesterday morning,
/ AIIeI HI llllCco VI NAASS
pneumonia. The deceased was 80
years OF age. She Is survived by two
sons and three daughters az follows:
| Messrs. j. H. Hayes, Of Leslie, .. u,
and Banks Hayes Of Tennessee: Mes
danes s. F. Roddey Of Rock Hill, A.
K, Glasscock Of Rowell, and I. M.
Anderson of Catawba. She also leaves
one brother, Mr.. T. w. Whitesidee OF
| Edgemoor. The interment was In
Neely's Creek cemetery yesterday art
ernoon. after funeral services In the
| church by Rev. W. h. Stevenson.
Have Secured New Lot.
The trustees of Philadelphia school
district No. SO, Messrs. Johnson Cam
eron. T. c.. Dunlap and Walter Kerr,
| have closed a deal with Mr.. T..
Sandifer whereby the present school
building and lot have been exchanged
of a tract of 3 IA acres about 4oo
Yards northeast Of the present site.
II was announced in The Enquirer
some time ago that the patrons OF
building a new school house right
away. Although the contract has
not yet been let, the understanding
Is that 1t will be in a few days and
the work Of erecting the buildlng
which is to be on the Clemson plan,
| will Immediately follow. The new
house will call for an expenditure OF
81, 200 or more.
New Railroad Enterprise.
At a meeting of the corporators
and others, held at Edgemont last
Saturday, a new railroad company
that will be known as the Avery
North Western, was organized under
a charter granted al the recent SEES
sion of the North Carolina legisla-
ture. The understanding is that the
new line is to follow closely the old
survey Of the Caldwell and North
ern from Edgemont to Cary's Flat,
and Pineola to Newland, n coun-
ty seat Of Avery county. and that 1t
will connect with the Eastern Ten
nessee & Western North Carolina be-
tween Johnson City and Pineola. This
would indicate that the new line Will
parallel the lines between Newland
and Pineola; but the understanding
is that the Avery North Western Will
tend more over in the direction or
Linville.
Further Seed Distribution.
The contribution Of seed made by
Mr.. b. r.. Williams and associates OF
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