Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-11-06
LOCAL LAcONICS
PROGRESS On County Home.

Progress On County Home.
The brick work on the new county
home has been completed. There Is
much other work to be done, however
and the building will hardly be COM
pleted before the new court house is
finished.
Roberts Successor Selected.
The Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce
has elected Mr. w. r. Timmons o.
Greenville, to succeed Mr.. c. w
Roberts as secretary of the organiza-
tion. Secretary Timmons will begin
the duties Of his new position within
the next few days.
The General Election.
Very few York county voters went to
the polls Tuesday. Only SO votes were
cast in the state and county box ir
Yorkville, and only II in the Federal
box. The vote at the other precincts
of the county was in proportion. The
constitutional amendment relating tC
the Yorkville Graded school district
carried almost unanimously in York.
vile.
Sharon Warehouses.
Citizens Of Sharon and vicinity in
terested in the Sharon Warehouse
company Of that place, have complet-
ed the work Of erecting their ware
house. A good deal Of cotton has been
stored in the new building. The ware
house Of the Hill Banking and Mer-
camille company at Sharon, Is nearing
completion, and will be ready for busi-
ness in a short time.
Grinding Much Corn.
Mr.. S. L. Blair Of Rlairsville, who
was in Yorkville yesterday, having
come to bring the election boxes, says
the people of his community have made
a good corn crop this year, in fact one
OF the best crops they have ever made
Mr.. Blair says he has beengringing on
average, 100 bushels of corn each Sat
urday for people in his section for
sometime past.
Blairsvile School.
School at Blairsville has not opened
for the fall term yet, owing to the fac!
that the patrons are remodeling the
school building and have not complet-
ed the work. The capacity Of the
building is to be doubled by reason OF
the improvements. The building is sc
that the whole can be thrown
into one large auditorium. The trus-
tees expect the fall term to begin In
about two weeks with Mr.. Clyde Ratch-
ford and Mrs. S. A. Mitchell in charge,
On the Lookout for Hughes.
York county police officers have re-
ceiyed circulars containing the picture
and description Of Will Hughes, the
Spartanburg desperate who killed
Chaingang Guard Robert Stevens, near
Spartanburg, last week. Sheriff White
OF Spartanburg, has sent description
of Hughes to officers in every part OF
North and South Carolina, and his
capture is expected at any moment.
The murderer is said to have been seen
is offered for his capture.
Prisoners for County Chainsans.
Supervisor Thos. w. Boyd and Dep
uty Sheriff F. E. Quinn went to the
state farm at Boykins, S. c., yester-
day, and returned last night with four
negro convicts who were taken to the
county chaingang today. The negroes
are serving terms from twenty years
to life time, and were Of course, con-
victed in York county. There are now
about forty convicts on the county
chaingang, and it Is likely that the
will be increased after the
court of general sessions which con-
venes in Yorkville, Nov. %.
Big Yield of Cotton.
Mr.. ]. E. Latham of Bullock's Creek
township, who was in Yorkville, Wed
nesday, said that he had already got
ho1 - n fPin n
each, off Of that three and one
half acres mention of which was
made in The Enquirer several weeks
ago. Mr. Latham did not expect to
get more than nine bales at most, off
the three and a half acre field. He
has not yet gone over the field for the
last time. This is probably the BAN
ner yield of the county.
Death of Miss Lula Mcknight.
Following an illness of only a short
time, Miss Lula Mcknight, daughter
of the late Calvin Mcknight, died at
the home Of her brother. Mr.. w. c.
near Smyrna, Monday af-
ternoon. The deceased was about
eighteen years Of age and was we'll
known by a wide circle Of friends and
lcquaintances. She was for several
ears InelnDeT Oh the Smyrna "A. II.
P. church, from which place funeral
services were held, Tuesday afternoon,
by her pastor, Rev. G. B.
Presley. Miss Mcknight is survived
oy one sister and three brothers.
=eweIl- -Winn.
Miss Anna Kate Fewell. daughter
If Mrs. Kate Fewell Of Rock Hill, and
Mr.. Henry ]. Winn Of Clinton, were
married in the Oakland Avenue Pres
)yterian church, Rock Hill, Wednesday
night, in the presence of a large con-
course of relatives and friends. This
was the first marriage cere-
nony to be performed in the Oakland
Avenue church, which has only recent
Y been completed. The pastor, Rev.
Alexander Martin, officiated The
bride is we'll known in various sec
ions Of the county, and has often Wis
ted in Yorkville. The groom is a
business man of Clinton, where the
Young couple will reside.
Must Be Silent.
A letter received recently from
Mss Mary Leslie, an A. r. P. mis-
ionary to India, by her father, Mr..