Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-06-14
FRIDAY, JUNE "a, 1907.
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.

Fire Damages J. M. cherry's Residence
Good Baseball Game-No Tele-
phone Franchise Yet-National
Union Bank chanses-Personal and
Other Notes.
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock HILL, June 13.-Thursday
morning at about IL o'clock, the hand
some residence of Mr.. j. M. Cherry
in Oakland avenue, was discovered TO
be on fire. The fire was in the paper
between the storm sheeting and the
weather boarding, and made 1t hard 10
locate, the whole building seeming TO
be ready to burst into flames and yet
no particular blaze in sight to work
on. The firemen responded promptly
and the fire was after a hard night
subdued Every bit of the furniture
was carried out: but, of course was
damaged, the whole house was flood
ed with water and the walls and car
pets very badly damaged. The dam
age will be in the neighborhood OF
$1,000. The house and contents were
insured.
DIR. James P. Kinard of the chair of
English in Winthrop college, has been
chosen to teach English grammar at
the Summer School of the South" i"
which convenes in Nashville, Tenn,
June 2Sth and continues six weeks.
Mr.. T. Scott Mason, who has sue
cessfully conducted the Rock Hill steam
laundry for several years past, has
sold his business to Mr.. w. G. Watts
of Charlotte, who has been in the lann-
dry business in that city for twelve
years.
The Rock Hill fans" got together
mighty good aggregation OF players
Thursday afternoon and although they
had never played together as team
before, they gave Charlotte's crack
Highland Park No. team a good druo-
bling to the tune of to 2. The score
would not indicate 1t, but the game
was a good one. Rock Hill scored TWO
runs In the first inning, after that no
body got to second base until the last
of the fifth, then the visitors got their
two runs, the locals getting their other
runs in q bunch. Only one man on
the team was not resident or ROCK
Hill.
The special meeting of the city coun-
Gil Wednesday night failed to settle
the matter of granting the asked tor
franchise to the Rock Hill Telephone
company The matter is now in the
hands of a committee to confer with
the telephone company and the city
attorney and report back to council.
Mr.. John A. Jenkins, YorkVllle
man. who has been teaching in the
Lancaster schools for several years has
been elected to a position in the Ma
tional Union bank, and Will pegln
his duties July 1st. Mr.. A. NJ
Haddon of Virginia, is also a new ad-
dition to the banks force. Mr. Geo
H. Blakely will also take posltlon
with them in a short time. Mr.. Geo.
Beach is also with this bank during
his vacation from college. Mr.. K. L.
Goff and Mr. Knox Roach have resign
ed their position. Mr.. Roach to take
one with the Victoria Cotton mill.
Mr.. c. Lee Diehl, who has been In
bad health for some time, has sold his
interest in the Acme Suspender fas-
tory to his partner, Mr.. c. w. treW,
and has gone to Baltimore for treat
ment.
Mr.. w. F. Ryerson of Newark, N. j.,
visited here this week, the guest or an
army comrade Mr.. A. F. Ruff. Mr.
Ryerson, who is a northern man was
at the beginning of the Confederate
war living here and enlisted in the
First S. c. cavalry. This is his first
visit here in thirty-two years.
Mrs. Charles l. Van Noppen and
children of Greensboro, N. c., are VS.
iting Mrs. Thos. L. Johnston. Mrs
Johnston will be at home Friday after
noon to a number of her married
friends and in the evening will enter
tain the young people in honor OF her
daughter, Miss Madge Johnson, who
has lust returned home from Miss
Stewards private school in Washing
ton, d. c.
Miss Adelaide Magill of Mexico and
Miss Jessie Epps of Due West, are
visiting Miss Marion Roddey.