Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-22
LOCAL lACONlCS

Admitted hem Free.
All the school children who went 10
the Rock Hill fair and marched IN tne
procession were admitted TO the iaii
grounds free Of charge.
Will Go to State Fair.
At a meeting Of the student body
of Winthrop college Wednesday morn.
ing it was unanimously decided 10 WISH
the state fair in Columbia next week
The Winthrop girls will propaDly
visit the fair on Friday. A speclal
train will take the Winthrop girls 10
Columbia.
keeter- Jenkins.
Miss Ethel Keeter Of Grover, n. C.,
and Mr.. ]. H. B. Jenkins, Jr. or Rock
Hill, were married at the home OF Ihe
brides parents at Grover wednesday
afternoon, the ceremony being witness,
ed by a large number OF relatives anu
friends of the young couple. MI. an1
Mrs. Jenkins will reside in ROCK Hill
Ashe Wins Suit.
Chester Reporter, Oct. 21: At Ian
caster, Tuesday, Mr.. w. n. Asne, WHO
sued the Southern railway for belng
elected from a train in this city IN
January, 1913, while en- route to the
corn show, damages being asked Tor
TO the amount Of $4,000, was awaroo
ed $500 actual damages and Sl,ooo
punitive damages. A motion Tor new
trial was made and will be argued
during the term.
Getting Exhibit Ready.
County Demonstration Agents Jno'
r. Blair and A. A. McKeown are In
Columbia getting York countys eX
hibit in the state fair next week III
"
hibit at the state fair last year was
one of the most attractive and COM
plete. it is expected that the showing
this year will be far superior to all
previous efforts. Miss Minnie Lee
Garrison, York county Canning clup
agent is also in Columbia gettlhS
the Canning club exhibit in place.
Cotton Belt Will Exhibit.
Among the numerous schools which
will have exhibits of their work at the
state fair next week is the Cotton
Belt school near Yorkville. The pu-
pills of this school have built large
table which they will place on exhibi :
ton as a sample Of the kind or WOOD
work they are being taught to do.
Many Of the pupils Of this school have
become expert in the making OF
chairs, desks, book-racks and other
things. 1t is said that the work OF
the Cotton Belt school in this regard
is superior to that OF any other school
in York county.
Traffic Resumed Over catawba.
Supervisor Thos. w. Boyd said yes
terday that traffic had been resumed
over the bridge on the Catawba river
which fell into the water several
weeks ago, carrying Contractor q. V.
Bradford and several workmen with II
into the stream. while the bridge is
passable at present" said the super
visor, I'VE have not done all the work
on it that we intend to do. We're a
big freshet to come along now 1t
might wash the bridge away. We in
tend to make it one of the strongest
and safest bridges in the county"
Had Two Races.
Messrs. r. E. Mcclure, E. n. Steph-
enson, Lindsay Templeton, r. n
Whitesides and a number of others
enjoyed a fox hunt in the battle
ground country this week. The party
went to the home Of Mr.. Robert White
sides above Bethany on Monday after
noon and the hunt started from there
a number of citizens of that portion
of the country taking part. Two foxes
were caught but not killed. 1t is saiC
this fall, a number having been turn.
ed loose in the sping.
Acknowledgements.
A wedding which came as a com.
plete surprise to the friends Of the
young couple was that Of Miss Clara
Alexander of r. F. d. No. 4 to Mr.
Benjamin Aycock of Albermarle, n
c., which event took place in the
MathnAict nhnrnh nf rnlnn1 hi.
Tuesday afternoon, Rev. DR.. S. A
Steele, officiating. The bride is wei
known in this section. For a number
of years she has been teaching in the
public schools of the state. Mr.. Ay'
cock is a prominent young busines!
man of Albermarle where he and his
bride will reside.
Much Booze For Fort Mill.
Fort Mill Times, Thursday: AL
though it would seem little earl!
for the "soaks" of the community
to be laying in their annual supply
of Christmas booze, the whiskey re-
ceipts at the local express Office
during the last few days are said Il
have been almost equal to thos'
usually arriving for the few days i'm
mediately preceding the Christmas
holidays. The Times is further in
formed tnal Ol the 20 inoliey oIuei'
issued by the local postoffice one day
recently, % of the orders went t
Richmond whiskey houses.
Death of Rock Hill Citizen.
After a long period of i'll health
Frank G. Whitner a well known citizer
of Rock Hill died in a Richmond, Va.
hospital on Wednesday morning, Cere
bro spinal meningitis was the cause
of death. Mr.. Whitner was So year!
of age, having been born in Anderson
county October II, 1859. He went t
Rock Hill with his brother w. c
Whitner in 1899 and has since resid
ed there. Mr. Whitner was a graduate
of the law department of the Univer
sity of Virginia, but never entered th'