Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-26
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y Some Items of Fact Some OF Conmen.
and All Helping to Give an Idea OF
= What Our Neishbors Are Saying and
Doing. -,s.e,.
* Lancaster News, May %: Mrs. Es-
stelle Adams, wife of, Oscar Adams OF
1.-The Flint Ridge section, died Thursday
evening about 7 o'clock following a
Istroke of apoplexy. Mrs. Adams was
sss42 years of age and leaves surviving.
her husband and seven children hVe
Sons and two daughters, the youngest z
months old............Mr. and Mrs. CRAY
Iford Billings moved yesterday into
their pretty cottage on North Main
sstreet recently bought from j. Z. ROD
.inson of Rock Hill. The building has
sbeen ,repainted and otherwise toached
up and presents striking appear
sance.--....-E. w. Sistare, of this CITY,
received an important appointment at
) thesGfneeting, of synod at OLD ProVi-
denee church in Virginia last week
,.x.hen. he was named 2 member oil the
ycomnifttee of advisors to the synodl-
tcai treasurer. The duties OF this
tommittee will be to look after the m
xestment of certain funds and oIher
matters connected with the .treasurers
office The chautauqua closed its
, entertainment here on Saturday night
and has gone to Statesyille, n. e., Tor
weeks engagement. Announcement
was made at saturday nights per-
| lformonee here, that through the IN
strumentality of the Womans Ciuo
llfhe return of the Chautanqua to lam
caster next year is ,assuredi
~ Chester Reporter, May 22; Mr.. 0. A.
Jordan's ginning plant at Fort Lawn
was set on fire yesterday afternoon py
lightning. and completely destroyed
The loss will fall heavily on Mr.. 3or7
dan, as he was without insurance 'r'x
! Mr.. Harry Jackson of Adel, Ca, VINO
is selling molasses for the farmers OF
( his section, is in Chester. Mr.. Jackson
tells an interesting story of what the
boil weevil has done in his part OF
Georgia. He says the only way the
Farmers of Adel and vicinity have been
able to cope with the weevil is to plant
five acres to the plow, use an early
variety. and cultivate every week, re-
Sardless of the weather He says
home made device with prongs is USED
by the boys to gather up the squares
'tAnd saves a great deal of stooping.
Wben all of the prongs or forks are
fun of leaves they are plt.ced in sack
at the side, and the work f sticking
4 the squares starts again.. From
what is heard every day on the streets
q sbe boll weeyil is here in force, ana
will be factor to be reckoned win IN
5the. making of cotton crop this year.
There has been an inclination very
much in evidence at times during the
, hast few months to trust to luck, so 10
/ sneak to take a chance in the hope
THAT the pest would prove to be less
serious than feared. On account OF
the n1ildness of the past winter, ana
the much greater number OF weeViis
( a Than usual that safely emerged from
! Information, it would seem that al over
I the cotton belt the pest will have to De
| dealt with in larger numbers than efer
( before; and this is true Of this sectlPn'
I also. where the infestation this year,
I unless all signs fail, is due to be OF
: much larger scale than would nave
I been the case had the past w'n-
: ter been a severe one and conditions III
[. General not so favorable TO the weeVli.
y All of the land possible in corn, pota-
! toes. cane and the like might not be q
bad idea to offset as largely as posi-
/ BILE the terrible losses that are most
) tHkely to be incurred from the weeGu'
DIR. o. Frank Hart Of Columbia
isGrand High Priest, will be at Great
Falls tomorrow evening to constitute
new Masonic Chapter..-...~-The follo"- =
ing marriage licenses have been issued
during the past few days from the Of
fee of Judge of Probate A. w. Wise:
80 Mr.. Sam Estes of Great Falls, and Miss
,Dotie Turner, of Woodruff; and Mr.
AWiuie Backstrom and Miss Bertie Lee
\ Dye, both of Chester.----..---Mrs Rich
ard Sadler and children, of Sharon, are
visiting Mrs. Sadler's mother, Mrs. NJ
w. Wade, of Wilksburg. Mr.. u. v
Davidson of Chester, is one of the
South Carolinians, who will take the
trip across the continent TO the meet
Ing .: the Imperial Council of tho
x Shrine, which meets in San Francisco
" Cal, June 13, IA and 15th........--.-Mr. NJ
., w. Driver. who lives at Yazoo City
Miss, writes to friends here that his
:, premises have been under water since
March, and that one of his children
was very nearly drowned few days
ago. Mr.. Driver has had enough OF
the Mississippi valley, and talks like
he'd be mighty glad to get back to this
scction....-...-....Th Marvin party of Dr.