Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-17
TUESDAY, AUGUST II, 1915.
prohibition addresses in that town.
ship within the next few days.

A large audience of neighborhood
folks saw the play The Black Shoe
maker" which was presented in
Blairsville school house Friday night
by a company of local talent from the
Hopewell section. The play was well
presented and the audience was well
please. The Hopewell amateurs have
given several presentations of the
play and have been we'll received
wherever they hav been.
Some Good Alfalfa.
People who have been there re-
Gently say there are some fine alfal-
ia patches in the vicinity of Sharon,
notable among which are those or
Messrs. W. l.. Hill. j. P. Blair, w. l..
Latham and r. w. Hope. The four
gentlemen named have an aggregate
of more han twenty acres of alfalfa
and have gotten three cuttings this
year. The most recent cutting was OF
little value however, owing TO the
drouth which prevailed in that sec
ton. They expect to get at least two
more cuttings this year.
Murray eFa rland.
To the surprise of his many friends,
Mr.. William T. Mcfarland of the Beth
ell section, was married in Rutherford
ton, n. c., last Friday, to Miss Buenna
Murray of Rutherford county. Mr..
Mcfarland accompanied by his sister
d. in-law, Mrs. John w. Mcfarland OF the
I Clover section. left last Thursday on
a. visit to relatives in Rutherford
y county and the marriage occurred the
day after his arrival. Mr.. and Mrs.
Mcfarland expect to return TO the
Bethel section in a few days, where
they will reside.
Eixinq Up Road.
Mr.. W. C. Robinson who lives on
the Pinkney road and who has taken
a great interest in the proposition or
opening up a road the Pink
ney road and Sharon, said Saturday
that the work Of grading the road at
the Turkey Creek crossing was moving
along RAPIDLY. Last week there were
about twenty hands working on the
road part of the time. 1t will be re-
membered that at the last meeting or
the county commissioners the board
gave the citizens Of that community
$3.50 with which to improve the road.
Citizens in the community have in
creased this sun by contributions or
labor and material. 1t is likely that
some help will be obtained from the
York township road fund.
Rewarded for His Care.
Mr.. P. D. McCord, a fiagman in the
employ of the Southern railway who
discovered the broken fiange on a
Southern freight train several weeks
ago, a story concerning which was
carried in The Enquirer at the time,
is the proud possessor of a letter from
Fairfax Harrison, president OF the
Southern in which the
warmly commended Mr.. McCord not
only for the discovery by which a
serious accident was probably averted
49, 49, -a~Arn fnfnrnCt which ne
has taken in all affairs of the railroad
which came under his observation.
The railway president also advanced
Mr.. McCord 20 points in merit as a
reward for his work.
Crops Good-FertiIizer Lacking.
In my opinion the fertilizer
companies are going to have a hard
time explaining the reason why" OBJ
served Mr.. John T.. Roddey Of Rock
Hill the other morning in the smoker
of a Southern railway train. The con-
versation had run to a discussion of
crop conditions around Rock Hill and
more especially in the BLACK jack
section and Mr.. Roddey stated that
= although the use of fertilizers IN tnat
section had been reduced 60 per cent
crops were looking about as we'll as
at this season last year.. Mr.. Roddey
went on to say thai while he used
about $4,000 worth of commercial
fertilizers last year, this year ne dlu
not buy a single ton of the stun: Last
year" he said, II had about $50 acres
planted in cotton. This year l planted
no cotton but planted all my cultiVat-
ed land in foodstuffs.'
Hilbert Warehouse a Certainty.
Work on the warehouse at Fflbert
which will be incorporated under the
state warehouse system Will be pegun
this week-in fact part of the lumber
for the structure has already been cut.
IL was at first intended to erect the
building upon a lot belonging to the
c. & NV. railway. The terms by
which the railroad company was to let
the lot did not suit the promoters OF
the warehouse and for that reason a
site a short distance below the Filbert
depot was selected. The exact pros
pective cost of the warehouse is not
known; but it is estimated at about
$500. 1t is proposed to erect the ware
house with day labor, and a number or
persons who nave stock in the venture
propose to pay for the same in work.
The trustees of the Filbert State Ware
house company are Messrs. A. j. Far
rott, w. b. Keller and w. l.. Pursley.
Hope Sandifer.
Mullins special of Aug. IA, to the
News and Courier. The marriage of
Miss Cornelia Ramey Hope to Mr..
NJ. G. Sandifer, or Wednesday evening,
August IL, at 8 o'clock, in the Presby-
terrain church, was the greatest event
of the mid summer happenings. Miss
Hope came to Mullins about three
years ago, when her father, Rev. S. R.
Hope, took charge Of the church here,
and during this short period she has
won the love and admiration of a host
of friends, many of whom gathered IN
the beautifully decorated auditorium
to witness her marriage vows. MISS
Mary Reaves ang 20, Promise Me,
and "Shubert's Serenade," in her sweet,
clear voice, to which so many love to
listen, before the signal was given
when the appointed hour had ap-
preached, and the p~laintive notes OF
"Mendelssohn's'' pealed forth for the
bridal march to begin. DR.. +. l.. Mar
tain and c. S. Mccall led the way
down the east aisle, Miss Mary Har-
rington and Miss Marie Lane of Null
Inns, Mr.. Weldron Anderson of Lowry
Vile, and Mr.. A. l.. Hardee of Florence,
Miss Loula Allen of Yorkville. and Miss
Eva May Fewell of Rock Hill, Mr.. Ed
ward Perry of Charleston, and 5. X.
Latham of Chester; bliss Ruby Hope of
Lowryville, and Miss Margaret Marion
of Chester, Mr.. Edward Hope Of Null
Inns, and Mr.. l.. Nj. Williams or YORK
vile. The bridesmaids wore lovely
dresses of pink crepe meteor and car
ried baskets Of pink asters. Miss Mar
garet Sandifer, the maid Of honor,
came down the aisle alone, and gown
ed in a beautiful white crepe dc chine,
draped i'm white chiffon and carrying
a gilded basket of flowers, aSters, ferns
and lilies was lovely as a bride her
self. Dorothy Hope. sister of the
bride, and Neil Hubbard, two dainty
little maidens, dressed in white null
dresses with pink tulle sashes and car
rying gilded baskets of flowers. were
the flower girls. Little Lucille Jordan
was the ring bearer. The lovely brides
cirlish beauty, enhanced in her we'd
ling robe of an exquisite creation Of
White crepe meteor, trimmed in pearls,
with court train, ard veil caught up
with orange blossoms, was never more
beautiful as when she came in on he
arm of her father, who gave her away
TO the groom. as he met them at the