Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-09
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER g, 1915.

guano used during the previous sea-
son. He says he has an acre from
which he has already picked fifteen
hundred pounds of seed cotton, and
which has had no guano on it for two
years. He says: Two years ago
put this acre in corn. The following
fall sowed it in oats. Then the fol-
lowing spring / put on two two-horse
loads of stable manure and planted in
cotton. have picked 1900 pounds of
seed cotton this fall and / am salts
fled that there is at least 100 pounds
more open at the present time.
Second Crop Apples.
Joseph A Walker, colored, who lives
four miles north of Yorkville. has
brought to The Enquirer office some
specimens Of second crop apples which
he thinks are very properly match
for those recently described in the
Gastonia Gazette. These specimens
consist of cluster Of five pretty full
ly matured apples which appear to be
of the sheep nose" variety though not
quite so deep in color. The tree from
which the apples came, he says, are OF
nursery stock and the first crop, which
was quite a full one, looked and tasted
very much like the old time horse ap-
pie. The second crop is Of an entirely
different variety, which seems to pre-
sent a mystery that is hardly to be eX-
planned except possibly by scientific
nurserymen. The tree from which the
cluster of apples described, has been
bearing only two years.
Death of Mr.. John J. Younsblood.
After a lingering illness of more
than a year with Bright's disease, Mr..
John ]. Youngblood died at his home
at Tirzah Friday night and was buried
in Beth-Shiloh cemetery Sunday, the
funeral services being attended by a
large number Of people come to pay
the last tribute Of respect to a good
man. Mr.. Youngblood was native OF
York county. He was little more than
Ga years of age. Practically all OF his
life had been spent farming. The de-
ceased is survived by his widow who
before her marriage was Miss Winnie
Bowen, and the following children:
]. B. Youngblood and Misses Elva,
Mamie, Carrie and Florence Young
blood. Three brothers, Messrs. w. L.,
r. B. and Sam Youngblood and two
sisters, Mesdames j. B. Miller and r.
Gordon, also survive.
Serious Hunting Accident.
Robert Turner, son Of Mr.. John
Turner of Glover, had his hand acci-
dentally shot off while hunting in the
vicinity Of ]. P. Adams's Saturday
afternoon, by Jesse Turner, his cous-
in. 1t seems that the boys had sat
down under a persimmon tree and
had laid the gun down. Jesse Turner
picked up the weapon and it was dis
charged into the arm of his cousin,
who was in the act Of putting a per-
simmon into his mouth. A number
of shot entered the boys face. DR.. L.
j. Campbell, who attended the wound
ed young man, found it necessary to
amputate the hand just above the
wrist. The accident is peculiarly dis
tressing since young Turner is the
main support Of his parents. His
cousin, Jesse, lost an eye several years
ago when he was playing with gun
powder, which exploded prematurely.
Almost a Tragedy.
There was quite serious collision
between a motorcycle and an auto
mobile opposite Winthrop college last
Sunday afternoon that came near re-
sulting in tragedy. Mr.. o. E. Will
kins of Yorkville was driving the auto
mobile, with several ladies as passen-
gers. The name Of the rider Of the
motorcycle has not been learned. AS
Mr.. wilkins was turning his machine
preparatory to starting back to York.
ville the motorcycle came along at
high rate of speed, and struck the au-
tomobile a sidewise blow. The rider
of the motorcycle was thrown some
distance and knocked insensible. The
pedals were broken from his machine.
The control Of the front axle was brok-
en- off the automobile and fender was
Tho ridar nf tho nonfnrnvcle
recovered after a few minutes and
rode off without making himself
known. Mr.. wilkins sent the ladies
home in another automobile. and then
gave attention to his own machine.
Drunk on the Rail.
An electric headlight. airbrakes and
a watchful engineer saved the life OF
a drunk man on the outskirts of Cam
den Saturday night. Southern passen-
ger train No II, Columbia to Yorkville,
had stopped at the Seaboard crossing
at Camden. Starting again, but be-
fore attaining full speed, the engineer,
aided by the electric headlight, saw a
man with his face in his hands, sitting
on the track ahead apparently asleep.
The engineer blew his whistle. but the
man failed to move. The airbrakes
were applied and the engine was
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Of the man on the track. The engineer
and fireman jumped down and ap-
preaching the man, tried to wake him
up, but there was nothing doing. They
carried him forty or fifty yards from
the track and laid him down to sleep
off his drunk and the train passed on
it's way. The electric headlight saved
that mans life and incidentally saved
the Southern a lawsuit and a bunch of
damage money" said the man who
told the story.