Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-31
GARNERED With SCISSORS
News From Within and Without
the County.
CONDENSED FOB QUICK READING

What Our Neighbors Are Saying and
Some Items of Fact, Some of Comment
and All Helping to Give an Idea OF
Doing.
Fort Mill Times, October 26: Four
teen members of the Fort Mill hiGh
school football team with their coach,
Heath Belk, left this morning for Co
lumbia to witness the annual football
game, between Clemson college and the
University of South Carolina, to be
played at the state fair this afternoon.
The expense of the trip for the boys
was borne by friends of the team.
The following members Of the team
compose the party which left for Co
Iumbia this morning: Dudley Cook'
Paul Potts, Elliott Harris. Montague
Crook, Olin Patterson, Lee Carothers,
Stroud Elms. Luther Patterson, Mike
Link, Charlie Moser, Tom Harris, Neal
Porter, John Mckee Spratt,-.--.-.....Mrs.
Laura H. Drakeford has returned from
a visit of several months to her son,
J.. S. Drakeford, in st. Louis, Mo-.
Miss Maud Sledge, daughter of the
late w. E. Sledge, who moved with his
family from Fort Mill to Chester sew
eral years ago, had the misfortune last
Friday to fall and fracture her hip in
a business building in Chester. She
was taken to a hospital and accord
ing to the Chester News Of Tuesday,
was doing as we'll as could be expect
ed Thousands of bushels Of sweet
potatoes are expected to be stored in
the warehouses of the farmers OF the
lower section of Fort Mill township by
the end Of the week. Most Of the far
mers who are growing potatoes for
commercial purposes, began digging
their crop Monday morning end in
most instances the yields are said to
be satisfactory, ranging from 200 to
$50 bushels per acre. The potatoes are
being stored in crates holding one
bushel each.
Lancaster Citizen, October 26: Mrs.
Mamie Hunter, wife Of Mr.. Will Hun
ter of the Belltown section, died at
her home there this morning. Burial
services will be conducted at lower
Camp Creek Methodist church, of
which deceased was member. She is
survived by her husband and five or
six small children Mrs. Hunter was
81 years old. She was a daughter of
Mr.. A. H. Carter..---~Fifteen veterans
of the Confederate army from Lam
caster county took advantage of the
generous offer made by the railroads
to furnish a trip to the state fair and
they left here Tuesday morning. Most
of them will return some time today.
Several hundred veterans from over
the state were in Columbia mingling
with the other thrones at the fair and
exchanging among themselves remi-
niscences of the "big war" none Of
them being willing to concede that the
late European scrimmage had anything
on their war for size or ferocity. "First
free ride since I left Appomattox,
one fellow remarked....-~....."I will be
sixty years next January since l first
saw Kingville,' said Veteran Erwin
Rowell when the train stopped there
Tuesday morning on its way to Co.
lumbia. Mr.. Rowell with a bakers
dozen other veterans from this county
were en- route to the state fair as
guests Of the railroad and the state
fair association. The depot has
changed wonderfully" he continued,
"and the fields and farm houses look
different, but these old swamps look
just like they did then. And 1 reckon
they will look just like this fifty years
from now"