Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-14
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den which will be made vacant March
]. by the retirement Of w: II. Glpps'
the present state game warden
Gibbs's successor will, be elected by
the general assembly. now in session:
Senator .Jno r. Hart said. Monday that
so far as he knew there was not q
single application for the place from
this county. t5s ..--
Hoodtown Masonic Officers.
Ioodtown Lodge No.G289 A. F. NJ
has elected officers to serve. during the
ensuing year as follows: r. l.. Vinson.
w. NJ; NJ. II. Kirkpatrick, S. W., j. e.
White, J. w; J. c.: Kirkpatrick, Treas,
j. f. Latham. secretary. Jno. X. BAR
was appointed senior deacon; .: s:
Dowdle, junior deacon and R.. M.
Mitchell and j. r. sDuitcan, stewards,
j. A. .shillinglaw was appointed tyler.
York's Yield of corn..:'rsiii. -. +
According to the report Of, B.. B.!
Hare, agricultural statfstician Of. the.
bureau Of crop estimates, United States.
department Of agriculture for Soutp,
Carolina, the state had 2,23O,OOO acres
in corn last year and the. .yield averaged
10 bushels to the acre; or an aggregate
OF AZ, 800, 900 bushels, valued according
to the prices that were: ruling on De-
cember 1 at 49,00O,0 ,000-> York. county,
planted $4,000 acres in corn last year,
and produced an average Of 16 bushels
to the acre, or 1,00S,000.. bushels In ALL
worth on Decemberl1;; $1,l69,29o. : -. d"
House Committee appointments.
York county representatives in. the
lower house of the general assembly
have been appointef"o "on the following
committees by Speaker Cothran: Ac-
misrepresentation MITCHELL; Agrl-
culture esentattye-Pursley; Com
merce and Manufactures-Re
tive Mitchell; Eauoation-Represehta-
tive Pursley; State. Hospital, Repre-
sentative Mitchell; Judiciary--Repre-
| rcsentativc Pursley;, Ways and Means
-Representative. Bradford.
Twenty-Five Years Service.
After serving CONTINUOUSLY for twen-
ty-ive years as secretary of the Sun
day school of the First Presbyterian
church of Fort Mill, e w. kin1brell has
declined e-appointnept and has peen
succeeded by L. M, Massey. At the
morning service last Sunday the pastor
of the Fort Mill Presbyterian church
announced the appointment Of the fol-,
lowing officers: F. NJ. Mack, superin-
tendent; Thomas 3! Sbratt, assistant
superintendent; L. NJ. Massey, secreta-
ry, and Oscar T. Culp; assistant secre-
tary. The appointment Of George Fish
as choir director, Miss Lucy.FiSh as or
,ganist. and Miss Louise Parks as as
sistant organist was also announced:
Shotgun Accident.
| },.1r NOT fSsfr1r 0f fha
Lowryyille section is I'M a Chester
hospital suffering from the effects of
wounds sustained from the accidental
discharge of a shotgun last Thursday.
On his return from hurting trip he
came by where his uncle Mr.. Fitz
Kirkpatrick was working on. renee
and placed his gun on the fence. Ia
some way q piece Of wood that was be-
ing handled by Mr.. Fitz ,kirkpatrlck
struck the trigger and caused an eX-
plosion. The charge struuck Henry
Gage in the neck and head driving
part of his clothing: into the wound
nossiblc and after such ref1ef as coulo
be given on the spot had been afford
ed, the injured man was hurried on 10
the hospital.
Fort Mill Farm Loan Asso. :.
At a meeting Of stockholders OF the
Fort Mill Farm Loan association held
Tuesday afternoon, directors were elec-
led for the current year as folioWs:. >.
r. BALES, J: J. 'Bailes. VIII. Crook, W.
.l:H. Jones, BIZ. AleNandeEc,Fr Fred. Nuns,
and S. r. White, and loan committee
composed Of w H. Jones, G. S. Arm
strong and S. E. White7were elected
with w. FL. Crook and B. j. Alexander
as altcrnatcs Following the. stock
holders meeting the directors held q
meeting and elected S. E. Bales, presl-
dent: d. O. Potts vice president, and G.
6. Link. secretary treasurer A dlVl-
dcnd of 30 cents per sbare was declared
payahc from the association. rms as
sociation now has % members ana
loans outstanding of.;S5S.950. 1t owns
593 shares OF stock in the Federal Land
bank of Columbia. "a ... 3. -
To Prevent Grade Crossing Accidents.
r. NJ. Hood OF Fort Mill; has invented
an apparatus which he believes Will
serve to prevent accidents at grade
CROSSINGS a satisfactory warning OF
the approach. of trains toward grade
crossings for general use has not yet
been devised, but Mr.. Hood believes
that he has solved the'fproblem and has
made q small working model OF the
device which hcwill have patented as
soon as possible. He claims for his
device that it is. SIMPLE: cheap, easily
installed and kept in working condition.
and that it will automatically display
an effective sigiisl'fo an approaching
vehicle to crossing while the train IS
at any arbitrary distance considered
safe. The device will work with trains
approa ching in either direction ';or
when moving backward or forward.
Should the devicu.be adopted by the
railroads, Mr.. HOOD says,that it would
eliminate the cost of Installing crossing
whistle signals and also the necessity
for sounding the whistle or bell when
train approaches a grade crossing. Mr..
Hood is the inventor. Of q number Of
useful devices. J -. -.
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.