Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-16

Faulkner, Albert and Choate Quinn.
Bethany, ]. E. Biggers and Miss Mary
Biggers, Kings Creek.
LOCAL LAcoNIcs
Rock Hill Defeated.
The Rock Hill High school football
team lost It's first game Of the sea
son in Sumter Friday afternoon when
| II was defeated by the Sumter team,
s3 to 49, Rock Hill defeated Sumter
in Rock Hill several days ago.
York County 6innings.
Joseph NJ Taylor, special agent Of
the census department In collecting
ginning statistics in York county, re-
ports that prior to November /, 1915,
21,891 bales Of cotton were ginned In
the county as against 24,028 up to the
same date last year.
Inspecting Broad River Roads.
Supervisor Thos. W. Boyd spent last
Thursday in Broad River township, in
the Hickory Grove section, inspecting
the roads and grade crossings. Ac-
cording to the supervisor there are
number Of grade crossings in that sec
ton in need Of immediate attention.
Burton -Faris.
Rock Hill Record. Nov. Is: Miss
Mary Burton and Mr.. John T. Faris.
both Of the Allison Creek section Of
the county, were married last night at
the home Of Rev. and Mrs. ]. T. Den
dy Of Ebenezer. Mr.. Dendy performing
the ceremony in the presence Of few
close friends and relatives.
York Cases in Supreme Court.
/ t. tha Nf IN,
the supreme court from the sixth ju-
dicial circuit which includes York
county: 1. Southern Railway Co. vs.
Kimball ct al. g. Cureton vs.. l. & G.
Railway Co., ct al. 8. Strait VS.. City
Of Rock Hill. 4. Saye ct al, vs.. Hill.
| s. DuBose VS.. Kell.
Negro Cleared Of Charge.
Tom Hampton, colored. was acquit-
ted by jury in Magistrate Crawford's
court at Guthriesville, Wednesday, on
| the charge OF stealing cotton from
the field. It was alleged that Hamp-
ton took 200 pounds Of cotton from
the field Of Mr.. R. T. Sandifer, near
Lowryville.
Hickory Grove Won.
The Hickory Grove High school
basketball team defeated the Winthrop
Training school team Of Rock Hill, In
game at Hickory Grove Friday after
noon. The score was 81 to 16. The
team lineup was as follows: Hickory
Grove-Quinn. White, Brennan, Quinn,
White: Rock Hill-Poe, Miller, Garri-
son, Roddey Moore, Law; referee,
Slaughter
Mrs. Beulah Christenbury. -
Gastonia Gastonian, Nov. Is: Mrs.
| Beulah Christenbury, wife Of John
Christenbury, died at her home at the
Clara mill this morning at 4.30 o'clock,
Of tuberculosis The deceased was
before her marriage, Miss Queen. and
her home was at Glover, where the
remains will be carried for burial to-
morrow. The deceased was q years
Of age and is survived by her husband
being 10 years old.
More Schools Open.
Several more York county schools
entered upon their 1915-16 terms yes
terday morning. Among them were:
son and Miss Marie Moore in charge;
Tirzah, in charge Of Misses Ethel
Caldwell, Eva Mitchell and Gertrude
HERS; Cotton Belt, Misses Kitty Blair,
Ina Ashe and Mrs. Sumter Cain, and
Filbert, under the direction Of Misses
Lottie Belle Simrill, Willie May Gray
son and Lizzie Woods
Petition Being Circulated.
Chester News, Friday: We under
stand several citizens at Lewis Turn
out, Smiths and Rodman are circu-
lating a petition which Is to be hand
ed the Southern railway, regarding the
schedules Of trains on their road. Par
ties in the above mentioned section OF
10 ~ hal fx-od n.
ing in Chester and the present sched-
ule Is very inconvenient. So far we
have not heard Of a petition In Chester
but would not be surprised to see one
any day.
Enrolment Increased.
Mr.. Rodney Love, principal Of the
Smyrna school, who spent Saturday
and Sunday with his parents near
Yorkyille, said that he expected the
school enrolment to be largely increas-
ed this week, on account Of the fact
that many children Of the Smyrna sec.
ton who had not yet entered school
owing to their being employed In the
fields, were now up with their work
and would enter the school. The enroll,
ment since the school opened several
weeks ago has been about 35 and 1t 10
confidently expected that the attend
ance henceforth will be 80 or more.
Want Special School Lsvies.
The superintendent Of education has
received petitions from New Zion
school district No. 81, and Clarks Fork
school district No. 25, asking that an
election be called In their respective
districts on the question Of voting q
2-mill special tax for school purposes.
The petitions are signed by one third
Of the freeholders and one-third Of the
voters in the two districts, In accord
ance with law. There are at present
only four school districts in York
county which have not special school
tax in force. They are New Zion,
Clark's Fork, Bethel and Hoodtown.
Convict Still at Large.
Will Crosby, the negro convict who
escaped from the county chaingang
last Thursday while portion Of the
gang was at work on the Rock Hill
road near White Hill church, Is still
at large A reward Of $25 is offered by
Supervisor Boyd for his capture.
Crosby Is said to have been seen at
negro house on Mr.. M. l. Thomasson's
managed to cut his shackles there
with the aid Of q harrow tooth. It Is
also said that the negro was seen In
the Filbert community Friday after
noon.
The State Warehouse System.
There are now 1875 warehouses in
the state warehouse system, according
to a statement made to the editor Of
The Enquirer by Hon. John L. Nc
Laurin last Friday. I'VE have storage
capacity" he said, for something like
10000 bales. At the present time we
have receipts out for about 10000
bales; but Of course, this Is continu-
ally changing, sometimes more and
sometimes less. There Is not much
disposition to store. You know. when
cotton Is up to IL cents" Mr.. Nc
Laurin mentioned the fact that q ware
house at Bishopville had been filled to
it's capacity Of about 1000 bales, and
the owners had made application for
the taking in Of additional houses
Engineer Hurt in Wreck.
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