Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-03-19
FRIDAY, MARCH 1e, 1915.

twelfth to be instituted in this state.
Other South Carolina towns which
have Elk Lodges r Greenville, 20
lumbia, Newberry, Gaffney, Anderson,
Sumter, Georgetown, Florence
Or%angeburg.
Field Day at Leslie.
Leslie. Mt. Holly, Friendship and
the Catawba township Scholastic as
ISOLATION, held Field Day exercises
at the Leslie school last Saturday
the contest between the four schools
being witnessed by about 300 patrons
Of the schools. Field day was n
fourth event among the schools since
the organization Of the association
several months ago. In n contest
Saturday the school winning the
awarded five points and the school
winning second place was awarded
three points. Leslie secured a total
Of 129 points in the meeting Satur-
! day; Mt. Holly, 70; Catawba, IS and
Friendship 20. The championship of
the association for the year in mental
and athletic events goes to h Leslie
school. One more contest will be held
among the schools Of the association,
a debate having been arranged be-
tween the Leslie and Friendship
schools to take place in about two
weeks.
Was q Native Of York.
Mr.. William Andrew Jackson died
at his home near New Hope Presby-
terrain church in CASTOR county, N.
c., Sunday following a lingering ILL
ness Of about a year. Mr.. Jackson
was q son of the late s. w. and Jane
Ford Jackson and was born In Bethel
section Of this county In October.
1851. The deceased was for many
years a member Of Bethel Presby-
terrain church, but in 1890 moved
church. Mr.. Jackson was twice mar
ried, first to Miss Sallie Smith n Of
this union one daughter, Miss JAM
| Jackson, survives. He is survived by
his second wife who was Miss Mat
tie Harrison. One sister, Mr.. ]. M.
Adams ~ Bowling Green, and two
brothers, Messrs. c. P. and 9. l..
Jackson, also survive. Mr.. Jackson
was an Odd Fellow, a Woodman n
a member Of the Junior Order U. A.
| M, and the funeral and interment
which was at New Hope church Mon
day afternoon, was Dy a
number Of his brother lodge members
as we'll as many relatives m friends.
Prosecutor Got in Trouble.
Began Cash, colored, who was the
prosecuting witness In the case
against John Gordon, colored, who
| plead guilty before Magistrate Conner
is now in Jail pending information
from the Columbia authorities as to
whether he is wanted in that city
- 5000 k-- 49, -1 nn~1nn
had entered his plea of guilty he
| stated that Cash had stolen a coat
| containing money from a negro In
| Columbia. Cash was questioned by
the authorities and when asked about
his family, his answers were not at
all enlightening. He said first that
| his fathers name was Leonard Cash
and a few minutes afterward he said
| his fathers name was Arnold Cash.
| He was not sure how many brothers
| he had or what their names were.
He said that he had worked nearly
everywhere but could m tell the
| officers the names Of parties he had
worked for, saying that he never
asked his employers their names. A
/ set Of dice were found OF his person
and also q small sum Of money and
owing to the negroes inability to
give q good account Of himself.
| Sheriff Brown thought 1t advisable
to hold the negro until the charges
made by Gordon can be investigated.
Had Big Meeting.
Delegates Of q number Of York
ty w. o. w. camps who returned to
their homes yesterday and today after
attending the meeting Of the head
camp convention in Charleston this
week report q meeting full OF pleasure
and profit. About 1000 delegates and
members from all sections Of South
Carolina attended the meeting. The
exercises included q huge parade
through the streets Of Charleston In
which more than 1000 Woodmen par
ticipated. The chief social feature OF
the convention was held on the Isle OF
roast, the largest given In Charleston
since the fleet week. affair more than
q year ago. The sessions closed Wed
nesday night, team drill and exemplif-.
cation work preceding the final ad-
journment. Officers Of the state organ
ization were elected for the ensuing
year as follows: M. j. Spears, Lamar,
head consul; w. II. Broome, Spartan
burg, head adviser; Fred c. Lott, Char
lesion, head banker; r. 8. Hood, Sum-
ter, head clerk; ]. NJ. Daniel, Green
Vile, chairman Of the board Of man
ayers. Delegates elected to attend the
meeting of the sovereign camp at San
Francisco, Cal, were Thomas B. Nc
Carthy, Charleston; G. L. Toole, Aiken;
Robert Lide, ~Orangeburg; T. P. Ha-
mer, Bennettsville; W. H. Hope. Rock
HILL. Greenwood was selected as the
place Of the next annual meeting Of
the head camp.
BIaekweIder in More Trouble.
w. R. Blackwelder, erstwhile evan
gelist, mail carrier, carpenter, etc,
well known in Yorkville and Rock Hill,
weeks ago on a charge Of bigamy and
taken to Concord, N. c., to await trial.
was the principal in an attempted Jail
delivery Tuesday night. The follow
ing dispatch Of Wednesday to the
Charlotte Observer, tells Of the affair:
Officers foiled an attempt at q gen.
eral Jail delivery at the old jail on
Church street last night about IL
o'clock. Four prisoners In the front
section Of the Jail had succeeded in
removing a sufficient number Of the
bars to allow them to crawl through
when they were stopped by Sheriff
Caldwell, the jailer and others. The
moving spirit In the effort to escape
was w. Robert Blackwelder, the ex-
city mail carrier, ex-evangelist and
self confessed bigamist, who has been
in jail awaiting trial since his arrest
in Charlotte several weeks ago follow
ing his marriage to q woman In Win
ston-Salem- The prisoners had secur-
ed a small pair Of scissors to cut their
hair and a small clothes brush. They
took the scissors and cut q small hole
in the wooden back Of the brush the
size Of the taps over the bolts that hold
the bars over the window. With this
brush monkey wrench they succeeded
In removing several Of the bars. Ex-
Jailer Cline, who lives on the first
floor Of the old Jail, heard the noise
and summoned Sheriff Caldwell. The
officers placed the prisoners in another
section Of the building. Today they
were removed to the new Jail.
Mr.. Mclaurin at BishopviIle-The