Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-09
LOCAL LAcoNIcS
Death Of Moses Bryant.

Deatn OF MOSES Bryant r
Moses Bryant. well known negro
who has been renting from the Hon
D. E. Finley, died at his home near
Yorkville last Thursday, aged SO years
Moses was born a slave of the late
Sheriff Brian, and lived In the COM
munity all his life, on good terms with
the white people, who generally held
him in good report
To Study Roadbuilding.
Rock Hill Record: Mr.. D. P. Leslie,
supervisor for Cataw.oa township; Mr..
John F. Williams, supervisor. for
Ebenezer township; Mr.. w. w. Miller,
county engineer, and Mr.. Thos. w.
Boyd, county supervisor, left last We'd
nesday for Terre Haute, Ind, where
they go to inspect roadbuilding ma
chinery and material.
Died Natural Death. s
Coroner Louthian was called to
Rock Hill last Saturday, to investigate
the death of Jim Key, a 25-year-old
negro who had died suddenly. 1t was
not considered necessary to hold an
Inquest over the body, however, since
there was no testimony to show that
the negro came to his death from
other than natural causes.
Circuit Court.
The second weeks sitting Of the
court Of common pleas convened yes
terday morning. The following jurors
were excused: ]. w. Moore, ]. T. Rod
dey, D. M. Parrott The first case
taken up was that Of DR.. John I. Bar
ron VS.. John 8. Bratton, and this
m orning the jury returned verdict
for the plaintiff In the sum Of $92.92.
The court Is now engaged in the case
Of ]. B. Fewell vs.. Catawba Power
company. This action will occupy the
attention Of the court during the next
two days and possibly longer
Funeral of Miss WyIie.
The funeral Of Miss Alice Wylie who
died at Hickory Grove last Friday, took
place on Saturday, and was an unusu-
ally solemn and impressive event. The
people Of the town turned out almost
to the last individual, and there was a
large attendance from the surrounding
country. Six upper grade school boys
acted as pail bearers and six girl
friends and classmates followed imme-
diately behind the hearse. Then came
a long train of sorrowing relatives,
friends and acquaintances. The services
were conducted by Rev. j. L. Oates,
assisted by Rev. H. B. Hardy.
The Chester Road.
Because of the scarcity Of tax money
in Bethesda township and the fact that
there are more miles Of road than can
be worked with the means at hand,
that part Of the north and south road
in Bethesda township has been suffer-
ing considerable neglect. OF late, how
ever, Supervisor Percival has had the
holes filled up, and is arranging to
give the road a scraping from one end
Of his jurisdiction to the other. Also
overseers will be provided with split
log drags, and the road will be put In
as good shape as the state Of the town.
ships finances will admit.
Picnic at Beersheba.
A neighborhood crowd Of three hun
dred or more people attended the Beer
sheba school picnic last Saturday. The
picnic was held to mark the finish Of a
successful session Of the Beersheba
school which has been under the direc-
ton Of Mr.. w. M. Mitchell. The fol-
lowing gentlemen made short talks
mostly along school improvement lines:
Superintendent of Education John E.
Carroll, Prof. ]. H. Witherspoon, STAN
hope Love, ]. L. Strain, ]. c. Wilborn.
A bountiful basket dinner was served
and the crowd did not leave the picnic
grounds until rather late in the after
noon.
Rally Day at Philadelphia.
The third quarterly conference and
rally Of the Yorkville Methodist charge
was held at Philadelphia church, four
miles south Of Yorkville, last Saturday.
A large number Of people, members of
the Philadelphia church and others. as
sembled at the church in the morning.
Notice had been given that Prof. j. G.
Clinkscales Of Wofford college would
address the gathering but Prof. Clink-
scales was not present, Rev. Henry
Stokes having received a message from
him saying that he would be unable to
attend. Rev. T. c. O'Dell. presiding
elder of the Rock Hill district, made
the address of the day. A basket din
ner was served on the grounds, and
the opinion of the majority Of those In
was that the rally at Phil
adelphia was quite a success and of
much benefit to the neighborhood.
Fire at Glover.
What was locally known as the Per-
ry Dover dwelling, a two-story frame |
building, at Glover, and owned by the
Glover Cotton Manufacturing Company |
was destroyed by fire yesterday,
the fire being discovered at about 11.S0 |
o'clock, after 1t had gained full head |
way. The building was occupied by
Mr.. W. H. Hagans and family. There |
was no one at home except Mrs. Ha-