Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-04
PALMETTO GLEANlNGS.
News Items From All Sections of
South Carolina.

Jacob Gambrell, rs, who left the
Slabtown section near Easley, 40 years
ago. and has since resided in Texas, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Jane Roark In
Easlcy. He lost his sight a year ago,
but has hopes of recovering it under
treatment.
= Two out of seven fox terrier pup
p,es belonging to a Greenwood boy,
committed suicide Tuesday. So, at any
rate, the Index Journal maintains.
ooh, yes. they did" says that news
paper: deliberately jumped into post
holes full of water and drowned them
selves. 1t was a clear case of self dc
struction."
owing to some slight legal tcchni-
calitics in the recent school bond issue
election at Blackstock, Chester. county,
another election was held last week,
resulting in an overwhelming victory
for the bonds, which will be issued in
the sum Of $4,000. 1t is hoped to sell
the bonds so that work can start on
the structure and that it will be ready
when school opens this fall.
Tho South Carolina Warchousing
corporation with headquarters ut Flor
cncc was chartered by the secretary OF
state Friday with a capital stock of
$500 no. The firm will engage in the
warehousing of agricultural products,
chiefly tobacco. Officers are: X. J.
Blackwell. Marion, president; y. ~.
Mcmillan, Mullins, vice president; j.
A. Cook, Marion, secretary and treas
urer.
The r. T. Wilson estate at Palmct-
to Bluff, in Beaufort county, may be
taken over by the Vanderbilt Operat-
ing company of New York and dcvcl-
oped into a hunting preserve for East
ern sportsmen. The property has been
inspected by Lyles Black, representing
the company, who has recommended
that it be obtained for such purposes
in which event the large residence on
the property would be renodeled into
a club house for the accommodation Oh
hunters and fishermen.
- Prcparations are being made at
Greenwood for the annual reunion OF
veterans of the Rainbow division living
in North Carolina and South Carolina,
which will be held in Greenwood July
10 and IL. A large number of MEM
bers of the famous division are expect
cd to attend. No program has yet been
announced, but, according to l.. A. Du-
gan, chairman of the reception com
mittee, the reunion will be long remem-
bered by every Rainbow veteran who
attends.
- The Baptist hospital at Columbia
has received from an insurance COM
pany of New Hampshire, check for
s175,O 900, which will be used in settling
all present Indebtedness and In the
erection of a new wing to the present
building. Negotiations for this money
have been under way for some time,
and the announcement of it's receipt at
the hospital will be heard with graft
fication by the friends of the instltu-
ton. w. NJ. Whitesides, superintendent
saws that work on the new wing would
begin within about ten days. The new
wing will accommodate about 80 beds
and will also provide accommodations
for the X-ray department A new
cook room and q new dining room will
also be contained in the wing, which is
to be constructed. The wing will be
four stories high.
The largest and most complete dis
tilling plant ever seen by the ralding
officers was taken and destroyed Tues
day night by agents of Federal prohi-
bition officers operating out of Green
vile, near the boundary line of Edge
field and Mccormick counties. The
outfit was too large to be destroyed
with axes in the regular fashion ana
two sticks of dynamite were set off un-
der the apparatus, blowing it to bits.
The plant consisted of Il large brick
furnace, over which was Il steel rlvet-
ed boiler, having capacity of about
400 gallons Two copper condensinS
outfits were connected with the boiler,
each having a capacity of 90 gallons.
Five thousand gallons of rye beer was
poured out by the officers. No arrests
were made.
- Private Henry w. Lovclacc, ana
the wife whom he married in Germany,
are in Anderson to visit the parents OF
the young man, until they settle in
their own home. Private Lovclacc has
been in the L. S. army since 1916, ana
wos attached 10 the First division, one
Of the first to go across. lie was also