Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-21
LOCAL LACONICS
Fishing Creek HigE

LOCAL LAcoNlcs
Fishing Greek High. f.
Mr.. Press Thomasson Of York No. 2,
said yesterday that Fishing Creek was
higher at. the. point where. it crosses
.the,:Charlotte r6ad, On HlDda3 than he
has known for probably. eighteen
years. He said that the high water
had considerably damaged a fine body
Of corn that his father Mr.. NJ. L.
Thomasson has in the bottoms. =; -;
They Had; Moved .;ni ,.5ciir u"
Mr.. George R. Wallace Of York No
2, reports, the finding Of a still on his
place last Sunday, l0f rather where a
still bad been'up !; to- about a week
PREVIOUS The site was within short
distance OF the baptisrnal pool of
Gold Hill, colored churc';. 81 only
wish I had run upon, the operators be-
fore they moved" said Mr.. Wallace.
County Board of Education.
Messrs. E. w. Hall Of Rock TIill and
W. B..sWilkerson Of Hickory. Grove,
have. been appointed members Of the
York county board of education, o.
which board Hon. Jno. E. Carroll is ex-
oficio chairman.
The Game at Glover.
There were about one thousand peo-
pie at the Hawthorne ball park last
Saturday afternoon to see the game be-
tween Glover and Ranlo. Ranlo won,
5 to 4. Cook and Faires were the
batteries for Glover and Costner and
Bumgardner for Ranlo. It was a good
clean: game thoroughly enjoyed by the
fans.:3
causht.In.the Creek.
Messrs C. M and Brooks Inman got
caghh, in Turkey creek last Sunday
nightaon their return to Yorkville from
a VISIT to their brother, Mr.. Clough In
man., at Wilkinsville, in Cherokee coun-
ty. Rain had been falling for some
tlmei-and although 1t was pitch dark
when they reached the creek they de-
cided,,to take a chance. The water
was over the carbureter, and the car
stopped in. midstream:s. There was
nothing for the occupants to do but
get down and wade out, which they
did. Then with some wire they an
chored the car and next morning they
had it pulled out with a truck The
engine was started after a little effort
and, they came on to Yorkville under
their own power.
Broad River Township Bonds.
The Planters Bank of Sharon gets
the $4,000 worth Of Broad River town
ship bonds let at competitive bidding
at the office of John r. Hart, Esq, in
Yorkville at noon today. That was
the understanding at the hour al
which it was necessary to close the
forms of the Yorkville Enquirer. The
offer Of the Planters Bank was to take
the bonds at par, with the under
standing that proceeds are to remain
on deposit with the bank during the
process of disbursement and that the
sinking fund is to remain with the
bank without interest. The sinking
fund is to be secured by satisfactory
bond. The bonds which bear only
per cent. interest are worth only about
S5 on the open market. This sale will
permit the expenditure Of the full
$50000 on the roads Of Broad River
township.
: Giant South Fork Oak.
The following communication. fran
F.. T. Pegram to the Charlotte .Obser-
yer is possessed of certain local inter
est, especially in the northeastern part
of the county: "Some time ago I
noticed an account Of the Daniel
Boone Oak. From point of size there
Is an oak on ex-Sheriff j.. D. B. Nc
Leans place in Castor county that
beats it. About one mile west Of
where the South Fork empties into the
Catawba river, is an oak that was IL
feet in diameter so years ago. My
uncle, the late ]. +. Pegram, Of Cas-
ton, once told me that after. the Civil
War, Gen. D. H. Hill, then of Char
lotte, went out to see it and figured
that it would shade so men, and give
every man two feet Of space. I saw
Mr.. Mclean in 1919 and he told me the
tree was still living. The. late M. P.
Pegram, of Charlotte, was born and
raised about three -fourths Of a mile
from this tree. I think the old house
is still standing. If it is over 100
years DID,"
Fatal Shooting ARRAY.
Charlie Starnes dead, and Sam An
derson so badly wounded there was
no reasonable certainty this morning
whether he Gould recover, are the net
results of pistol fight just across
Fishing Creek. two miles east of York
Vile last night. Mooney Lowry, a
negro woman to which both were pay
ing attention was the cause of the
trouble. Starnes was in the house
when Anderson came and the shoot
ing commenced when Anderson sought
admission. A number of shots were
fired and subsequent investigation by
The alarmed neighbors disclosed
Starnes.. lying dead near the house
with IL bullet through his heart and
Anderson few yards further on with
several wounds in his head and arm
and one in his side. Report has it
that Anderson claimed that when he
knocked at the door Starnes COM
menced shooting and fired several
shots before he got into action and
that he shot Starnes while he was
running out of the house. From infor.
nation obtained this morning, Starnes
was shot only once. Coroner McCorkle
went to the scene this morning ac-
companied by Sheriff Quinn, Magis-
trate Black and Policeman McCarter
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