Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-04-09
d, LOCAL LAcoNIcS
Board Of Education Appointed.

Governor Manning has re-appointed
E. w. Hall Of Rock Hill and T. E.
McMackin Of Bethany, members OF
the York county board Of education.
Fort Mill Vital Statistics
w. M. Carothers, registrar Of vital
statistics for Fort Mill township, re-
during March. Four were whites and
three were colored. There were four
births in the township during the
month. All were white.
Mercantile Firm incorporated.
A commission has been issued to
Matthews & Co., Of Old Point, with q
capital stock Of $4,000. The petition
ers are B. H. Matthews, B. c. Matth-
ews and A. Thee Nicely. The company
will do a general mercantile business.
Convicted On Old Charge.
Manuel Williams. colored who re-
Gently completed a term upon the
county chaingang was convicted of
the larceny Of clothing in Magistrate
Corners court Wednesday afternoon
and sentenced to thirty days service
upon the public works.
To Sell Food Products.
The secretary Of state has granted
a commission to the Charlotte Pro-
ducts company Of Rock Hill, the pc
titioners being w. B. Wilson, Jr., and
w. M. Wilson. The new concern,
which Is capitalized at $4,000, will
engage in the manufacture and sale
Of food products, etc.
To Be Re.organized.
The stock and fixtures Of h Massey
Drug company Of Fort Mill, which
store went into bankruptcy several
months ago., were sold in Fort Mill
Tuesday, and were bid in by w. NJ.
Dunlap, attorney, for the sum Of ST.
SIT. It Is understood that the drug
company will be re-organized and the
business continued.
r. w. Love Dead.
Mrs. R N. McElwee Of Yorkville,
received a telegram this morning an
nouncing the death Of her brother,
Mr.. r. W. Love at the home of his son,
this morning. MI. Love who was q
native Of York county vas SO years OF
age. A brother, Mr.. F. P. Love OF
Chester, also survives.
Commissioners Held Meeting.
The York county commissioners
held their regular monthly meeting
wednesday. There was little busi-
ness to come before the board other
than to pass upon claims against the
county. Claims aggregating about
$1,000, were ordered paid. There were
several petitions before the board
asking for changes in a number OF
roads. These petitions were taken
under consideration by the board.
Will Serve the County.
George Miller and John Daughey,
white were brought to Yorkville from
Rock Hill Wednesday and taken to
the county changing to serve sem
fences Of thirty days each. imposed
upon them Tuesday by the Rock Hill
recorder. The men were convicted or
beating a ride or a railway train and
we're sentenced to pay a fine OF $40
or serve thirty days on the changing.
They had no alternative other than to
serve the sentence.
Bigger Granted Bail.
Coroner ]. L. Strait Of Rock Hill,
who was in Yorkville wednesday,
said that w. c. Bigger, who shot n
inflicted injuries upon Peter Nichols,
colored, from which wounds the negro
died last Saturday, has been released
on bail in the sum Of $500. The verdict
of the coroners jury, which held IN
quest over the dead negro's body, was
one Of eXcusable homicide. Mr.. Big
ger will very likely be tried at the
term Of court which next
week.
sriekyard EmpIoye Hurt.
Fort Mill Times. Tuesday: Mr.. E.
H. McLendon, an employe OF the
Charlotte Brick company, was seri-
ously injured Tuesday afternoon,
when he accidentally fell from a
gang plank in one of the company's
kilns at Grattan. Mr.. McLendon's
right arm was broken at the elbow
and it was thought that he suffered
a slight fracture Of the skull. He
was taken to a Charlotte hospital on
the afternoon train for treatment.
Glover Subscribed Literally.
DR.. Thornwell Jacobs Of Atlanta,
Ga, was at Glover last Sunday in be-
half Of the new Oglethorpe UNIVERSE
ty to be established in Atlanta DR..
Jacobs occupied the pulpit Of the
Glover Presbyterian church at both
morning and evening services. He
told Of the plans for the establishment
Of the new university and Of the sue
cess with which its promoters were
meeting. More than $1,000 was
pledged by Glover people for the en-
dowment Of the school Subscriptions
were pledged to be paid in five years,
the payments to be yearly.