Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-09
FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1915.
Gang Good Thing.

the city gang recently inaugurated
in that town was having good moral
effect which could be plainly noted.
According to the coroner the city re-
corder of Rock Hill does not hesitate
| to fine offenders in his court good and
strong. The idea Of wearing stripes
in the city Of Rock Hill was not pleas
ing to a number Of people who had ap-
peared in police court before.
Still at Old Game.
Mr. E. w. Pursley of Santiago. was
in Yorkville yesterday, ard while here
advised the reporter that he under
/ stood that another petition was being
circulated in the western part Of the
county on the question Of cutting off
strip Of York county territory to be
added to Cherokee. The proposed
strip includes Kings Mountain battle
ground, and Piedmont springs; but as
| to whether II also includes the whole
Of the town Of Smyrna, Mr.. Pursley
did not know. It will be remembered
that a similar effort was made some
years ago and was abandoned.
May Build Church.
Members Of the recently established
Presbyterian church at TirZah, are
contemplating the erection Of a church
edifice at that place. No formal ac-
tion in the matter will hardly be taken
before fall. Rev. ]. T. Dendy Of Ebe-
nezer, informs The Enquirer that Mr..
IT. NJ. Oates has donated a site for a
church building. Since services were
first instituted at Tirzah last Septem-
ber, the schoolhouse has been used as
place Of worship. UP to this time
and for the balance OF the summer;
preaching will be held In the school
/ oyI AonArdin0 IN Mr. nandV the
church has Sunday school Of about
100 members.
May Try Case Here.
It Is rumored on the streets that
there Is a strong probability that
Ernest Isenhower, James Rawls and
Jesse Morrison who are charged with
the murder Of Sheriff Adam Hood OF
Fairfield county during the trouble at
Winnsboro several weeks ago. will be
tried in York county. The rumor has
1t that II Is practically certain that
change Of venue will be secured. The
/ prosecution for obvious reasons will
not consent to the case being tried In
| Chester county and II will therefore
be more convenient for all parties
concerned to come to York county
than elsewhere in the Sixth judicial
circuit.
Studying Away from Home.
i Scores Of South Carolina teachers
are attending schools outside Of the
state for further training, despite the
fact that Winthrop and Coker colleges,
University Of South Carolina and other
institutions within the state are offer
ing this same special training. Among
the York county teachers who are at
tending summer school at the Univer-
aff 80 Tar fhn hnd nnI-
Ilege the first named institution being
located in Knoxville, and the second
in Nashville, Tennessee, are Miss
Aline Barber, Fort Mill; Miss Stell
Glasscock, Catawba Junction; ]. p.
Coats, Fort Mill; H. L Dickson, T. N.
Faris, Clover.
County Commissioners.
Quite a number Of matters came up
for consideration before the board Of
county commissioners who were In
monthly session Wednesday. Messrs.
w. 8. Leslie and r. C. Gettys Of
Leslie, appeared before the commits
sioners asking for the erection Of q
small bridge in their community and
the petition was granted. The COM
missioners sold to the negro congre-
cation at the county home, a tract Of
about three acres upon which they
have already erected a church; the
sum Of $125 having been realized from
the sale. A large number OF claims
against the county were ordered paid
by the board
Member Registration Board.
The York county legislative dele
CATION has agreed to endorse Mr.. d.
#. Woods Of Yorkville, for the position
on the York county board Of registra-
10 ax,t INxr thn NJ
late Mr.. R M. Wallace. Mr.. Woods
name has been forwarded to Governor
Manning and he will doubtless receive
his commission In few days. 1t Is
understood that there were about
dozen applicants for the position. The
position pays a salary Of 500 per an
mum in election years and $50 per an
mum in off years. Provided Mr.. Woods
receives his commission by the first
Monday in August, the board will
elect a chairman.
Their Salaries Reduced.
The postoffice department at Wash
ington has just announced its annual
re-adjustment Of salaries. In seven
cases salaries have been decreased,
while in twenty-three others they have
been raised. An increase In the salary
Of the postmaster means the business
II
the year. A decrease in salary means
that the business Of that office has
decreased during the year. The York
county offices, Rock Hill and Fort
i Mill, suffered decrease in salary. The
postmaster at Rock Hill received $1,000
last year and will be paid only $2,60O
this year. Fort Mills postmaster re-
ceived a salary Of 1,400 last year and
will receive only $1,000 during the
lav 80 ha
master at Blacksburg has been re-
duced from $1,000 to $1,10O.
Miss Frances Grist Dead.
After suffering for several weeks
with a malady, the nature et which
lattending physicians have not even yet
definitely determined. Miss Frances
Grist died in the Magdalene hospital,
Chester shortly after o'clock yes
terday afternoon. Her death came as
a surprise since the physicians had
made examination ten or fifteen min
utes before and had pronounced her
condition somewhat improved. Tne
body Of the deceased was brought to
Yorkville over the Southern from
Chester last night and carried to the
home Of her sister, Mrs. H. E. Neil.
The funeral will be held from the
Presbyterian church, Of which Miss
/ was HlcihDCip ot SioSh
afternoon and the interment will fol-
low in Rose Hill cemetery. Miss Grist
was we'll known to a large number or
people in this section, she having been
chief operator at the local telephone
exchange. The young lady was In
the twenty-second year Of her age.
She was the third daughter Of L.
George and Margaret Withers Grist,
and was born in Yorkville In August,
1893. She Is survived by her par
ents, two sisters, Mrs. H. E. Neil OF
Yorkville, and Mrs. A. B. Hammond OF
Columbia, and three brothers, Mr..
George R. Grist Of Laurens, and Messrs
R. Y. and ]. w. Grist, Of Yorkville.
The Shoe Pinched.
Citizens of Rock Hill have for some
| time past been incensed at the action
Of the postoffice department in spelling
the name Of their city "Rockhill," and
have stirred up Congressman Finley
to try and have the postal depart
ment recognize the names as being two
words. While in Washington recently
for the purpose Of "railroading" the
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