Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-23

GERS of Big Chief tribe No. 81. was
held last Tuesday night The follow
ing were elected to serve during the
ensuing six months: Joseph G. Sassi.
Sachem; w. d. Harmon. Senior Saga
more; c. G. White. Prophet: w. D.
Grist, Chief Of Records; Jas. D. Grist,
Collector of Wampum; Jos. G. Sassi
Keeper Of Wampum; w. d. Grist, Sam
Kassler. Gary Wallace, trustees.
The Neely Cotton Mill baseball
team got revenge on the Rock Hill
| mill team for the decisive defeat
| they gave the local team last Satur-
day week. The game Saturday was
played on the Yorkville bows ground
| The score was: Neely Mill, %. Rock
Hill Mill Boys, 0. 1t was a slugfest
all the way through, every member Of
/ the local team hitting the ball at will
as we'll as outclassing the visitors II
| fielding. The Neely mill boys have haG
good season this year and have con-
| tidence in their ability to be more thar
match for any local aggregation tc
| be found in these parts.
| returned home Saturday, after their
| five day outing at all Healing Springs
Linwood, y. G.. All the Scouts were In
good health: it was evident that the
| trip had added q ruddy glow to the
| faces Of many. The Scouts explored
Crowder's Mountain thoroughly. and
in fact, the whole country surround
! ing. They did their own cooking and
took care of themselves generally
Only one dose 0f medicine was given
| during the trip according to Scout
Master Oates, and the boy to whom II
was administered, could not be con-
vinced that he needed it. The trip was
| very economical; scouts being charged
81 for railroad fare and other expenses
and each will receive a refund OF
about $l.50. The Scouts walked to and
from Gastonia to their camp-a dis
tance Of seven miles by a newly built
highway. The hardest job for those In
charge was to keep the boys from fall
ing down some creVice in the noun
tain. In this they succeeded. and eacl
Scout returned in better condition
than when he left Yorkville.
- Mr.. George H. O'Leary, who has
the distinction Of having been longer
in active business than any other citi-
zen Of Yorkville, has sold out his fur
niture, harness and store business tC
the York Furniture company and re-
tired from active commercial life Mr.
O'Leary is native Of Yorkville, hav-
ing been born in this place about sew
enty years ago. His early educational
advantages as well as his business op-
portunities were about as limited as II
was possible for an American boy OF
his day to be. At about II years OF
age, he went to work In marble yard
IS a month. Later when about four
teen, he worked at a brickyard, help
ing to carry the brick out Of which the
present Church Home Orphanage was
erected. Then in 1860. he began to
learn the harness making trade and
worked at that until 1854, when he
volunteered for the Confederate SER
vice, going into the company that had
gone out from Yorkville as the Jasper
Light Infantry. After the war he went
to the west on a prospecting trip: but
returned in about a year in the belief
that after all, this section was about
as good as was to be found anywhere.
He worked in Chester county for a
year or two, and went into the harness.
making business for himself on June
~. 1869. He began to add the furni-
ture business in 1876. and has been at
the same old stand ever since. His
reputation as reliable. successful
business man is too well known to re-
quire comment. His recent determina-
ton to quit active business gives him
the distinction Of being the only York
Vile business man who has ever taken
this step Of his own voluntary motion.
Having been careful. economical and
prudent in his business affairs, the
general understanding is that he is
well provided for in the matter Of this
worlds goods