Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-12-01

max, president, SuptTlhlShuShe Th"s.
Saloon league, ]. L. Harley; commits
sioner Of education, w. /. Herbert.
LOCAL LAcoNfcs
Aser Set Free.
Malachi Ager, the only York con-
vict to receive clemency at the hands
Of Governor Blease on Thanksgiving
day, was liberated last Saturday
morning. The negro lacked only two
months of completing his two years
sentence.
Gin Burned at Hickory Grove.
The ginnery, saw mill and grist mill
belonging to Mr.. Mason McGin Of
Hickory Grove, was destroyed by fire
about 6 o'clock, Saturday afternoon.
The origin of the fire. which totally
destroyed the property, Is unknown.
Mr.. McGill had some insurance on the
plant.
Bethany Lost Game.
The Bethany High school basketball
team lost a good game last Saturday
afternoon to the Kings Mountain
school the game being played at the
latter place. The score was 1925. This
Is the first game the Bethany boys
have lost in two years.
Prof. Hand at Clover.
Prof. w. H. Hand, state high school
inspector, spent yesterday at the Clo-
yer Graded school. He was accompa-
MED to Glover by Superintendent of
Education John E. Carroll. Both gen
tlemen expressed themselves as being
we'll pleased with conditions there.
Prof. Hand is spending today at Beth
any.
York Nesress Dies.
Columbia State, Tuesday: The body
Of Martha Leech, a negress who had
been sent to the state hospital for the
insane from York county, June 26,
and who disappeared on October "a.
was found, yesterday, in q bar about
seven miles out on Koon road. 1t ts
thought that she died about five weeks
ago. Coroner Scott said yesterday,
that he was not going to hold an in
quest.
Eleven Hands for tho Gang.
AS a result of the court of general
sessions for York county, last week,
eleven convicts were secured for the
county chaingang, and were sent to
the camps on Thanksgiving day. Not
a single convicted man went to the
penitentiary, as the supervisor has the
prerogative Of determining whether q
convict shall serve in the penitentiary
or on the chaingang, and since all the
convicts were strong and healthy fel-
lows, 1t was decided that the county
had need of them to assist in improv-
ing the public highways.
Child Burned to Death.
Rock Hill Herald: The two-year
old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Garrison, died Saturday night, as a
result of burns received Friday at
ternoon. The little one was standing
by the open CRATE and while the mother
was getting a bucket Of water from
the well the dress caught on fire. The
little girl ran out on the porch and
passing negro extinguished the flames
with his coat. The child was horribly
burned and there were no hopes for
her recovery. The funeral was held
Sunday, the interment being In Laur-
elwood.
Gettys-Meknisht.
Married, at the home Of the brides
parents, at 2 o'clock Friday after
noon, Miss Matte Gettys and Mr.. Gwin
Mcknight, Rev. E. E. Gillespie, pastor
of the Yorkville Presbyterian church,
officiating. The bride Is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Gettys Of York.
Vile No. 4, and the groom Is the son or
Mrs. ]. c Mcknight Of the same vicin-
ity The ceremony was witnessed only
by few relatives and intimate friends
Of the contracting parties. The young
couple are possessed Of many frends
and acquaintances, all OF whom extend
their best wishes to them. They Will
reside at the home Of the grooms
mother.
Will Be Two Conferences.
The South Carolina conference Of
the Methodist Episcopal church, South,
in session in Sumter last Saturday, de-
cided to divide the body into two con-
ferences, one to be known as the South
Carolina conference, and the other as
the Upper South Carolina conference.
The two conferences will be about
equally divided in numbers and will
very nearly divide the state geograph-
ically. The next session Of the South
Carolina conference will be held In
Charleston and the upper South Caro-
lima conference will meet In Spartan
burg.
Peculiar Death of Negro.
Mike Garvener, negro man, died at
Hands Mill on Yorkville r. F. D. No. Z,
last Tuesday afternoon under rather
peculiar circumstances. The negro
came to the mill for the purpose Of hav-
ing some corn ground. While there he
complained Of being Ill and requested
the miller to assist in hitching his
horse preparatory to returning home.
The miller assented, and the negro in
the meantime was taken with cough
ing spell. Blood rushed from his nose
and mouth, and he expired in few
moments time. Garvener, who lived
on Mrs. jamie Simrilps farm, had Sc
we're attack Of measles in the spring.
and 1t is thought the disease settled on
his lungs.
Wesleyan Methodists to Meet.
The North Carolina conference Of the
Wesleyan Methodist church, will meet
in Rock Hill tomorrow and the ses-
sions are expected to extend through
Sunday. Something like one hundred
ministers and lay delegates are expect-
ed to extend the conference. Rev. H. w.
Hawkins Of Gastonia, Is president OF
the body, and Mrs. A. E. Belk of Knox
vile, Tenn, Is secretary. Among the
visitors who will attend the conference
are F. A. Butterfield, editor Of the
Wesleyan Methodist, Syracuse, N. Y,
and Miss Cleo Young, missionary OF
the denomination, recently returned
from the African field. Rev. E. w.
Black, pastor Of the Rock Hill Wesley
an Methodist church, is expected to be
formally ordained into the ministry Of
the denomination this afternoon.
Secretaries Met in Rock Hill.
The State Chamber Of Commerce
Secretaries Of South Carolina, held
their annual meeting in Rock Hill, last
Friday. Among the speakers who ad-
dressed the BODY were Prof. w. w.
Long, state agent Of farm demonstra-
ton work; President D. B. Johnson Of
Winthrop college; Prof. Chas. r.
Weeks Of Winthrop, Prof. R. c. Burts
Of the Rock Hill schools; A. s. john
son Of Greenville; P A. Whaley Of An
derson; ]. c. Wilborn, president Of the
Yorkville board Of trade, DIR. w. S.
Currell, president Of the University Of
South Carolina and Vaughan Howard,
of the U. s. department Of immigra-
ton. Before adjournment the secre-
taries named Porter A. Whaley Of An
derson. as president Of their organiza-
ton during the ensuing year; A. V.
Smell Of Charleston, vice president and
R. w. Holcombe Of Columbia, treas
urer. The selection Of the next annual
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