Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-29
LOCAL LAcoNIcs

IN the county Jail last night charged
with the theft of a watch, the property
Of Mr.. w. M. Whitesides Of Hickory
Grove No. 2. The watch was stolen
last Wednesday.
Bought Several Mules.
| ]. w. Millsaps, representative Of the
| Hudson Mule Co., Of Atlanta, Ga, was
at the stable Of James Bros, Wednes
day for the purpose Of buying mules.
ostensibly for army purposes. Quite
| number Of mules were offered for sale
and the buyer purchased eleven.
Inspecting tho Road.
Supervisor Boyd. Commissioners
Smith and Jackson and Engineer Mil
Ter went out today to inspect the
Yorkville and Rock Hill road to Fish
ing creek with a view to getting an
idea as to the work to be done In con-
| nection with the rebuilding that Is
soon a. be commenced.
Fire at Fort Mill.
A fire alarm was turned In from the
Harris Furniture store Of Fort Mill
shortly after noon Monday, the fire
being caused by the falling Of hot
stove pipe on q pile Of mattresses
and screen doors. The volunteer fire
company Of the town responded
promptly and the blaze was quickly
extinguished by means Of hand
chemical extinguisher.
Lost Residence by Fire.
The home Of Mr.. Hugh Wallace.
who lives on Filbert No. l. was de-
stroyed by fire between seven and
eight o'clock Tuesday night. The
origin of the fire is unknown, neither
Mr.. Wallace nor any Of his family be-
ing at home at the time. None Of the
contents were saved. The house,
which Is the property Of Mr.. John
Hartness, was insured.
Degree Work at Lando.
A number of members Of the Rock
Hill camp w. o. W., went to Lando,
Chester county, Tuesday night, to as
sist in the initiation Of a number Of
Of woodcraft. w. T. Slaughter, state
organizer Of Woodmen Of the World.
was also among the party who at
thirty members were iniated into the
order.
Bible Class Organized.
Organization Of an adult Bible class
was perfected by the Sunday school Of
Woodlawn Presbyterian church Of
Sharon last Sunday by the election Of
the following officers: President, M.
L. Smith; vice president, G. w. White
sides, secretary, Boyce Whisonant;
treasurer John r. Cobb; teacher H. w.
Shannon. There are at present about
eighteen men In the class and the
are good.
To Go Slow in Bridge Building.
1t is not likely that there will be
any large steel bridges built in York
county this year for the simple reason
that there is no money with which to
build. Asked yesterday II any bridges
similar to that built over Fishing Creek
on the Saluda road near Rock Hill,
would be constructed this year, Super
visor Boyd said that It was not likely.
Although steel bridges are needed over
one or two streams in the county, the
financial condition Of the county will
not permit such expenditure.
Father and Son Banquet.
Rock Hill, always enterprising, in
augurated new feature in this sec
ton Tuesday night by holding a faith
er and son banquet, the object being
to bring fathers and sons into closer
fellowship. The banquet, which was
held In the chamber Of commerce hall
In that city, was attended by more
than 100 fathers and their sons and in
addition to a sumptuous spread there
were a number Of speeches by good
speakers, and other forms Of enter
tainmert.
Fox Caught in Bethel.
There was an exciting fox chase In
Bethel township during the wee sma'
hours Of this morning, and as q result
Of a two hours chase, Messrs. Guy
and Floyd Davis and Isaac Harper
caught fine gray fox, the first to fall
into the hands Of hunters in that Sec
ton in quite awhile. Messrs. Davis
about o'clock and from that on to 4
o'clock the animal afforded the hunt
ers and hounds plenty of excitement,
the chase extending through a wide
scope Of territory.
Appointments Recommended.
Governor Manning on yesterday
sent the names of the following York
county officers to the senate for con-
firmation: Auditor, B. M. Love; treas
urer, II. E. Neil; county commission
magistrates-Bethel, H. E. johnson;
Bethesda, E. A. Crawford; Broad Riv-
er, r. L. A. Smith; Bullock's Creek, ].
L. Duncan; Catawba, J. F. Wingate:
Ebenezer T. B. Glenn; Fort Mill, r.
P. Harris; Kings Mountain, A. ].
Quinn; York, ]. c. Conner. The OFF,
GERS will probably receive their COM
missions within the next few days.
To Decide Time and Place.
Profs. r. f. Allen and r. H. Holli-
day and Miss Mary Cartwright, repre-
senting the Western Division Of the
York County Teachers association
will go to Rock Hill tomorrow to con-
fer with a like committee Of the East
ern division Of the Teachers associa-
ton in regard to the fixing Of the
time and place for the proposed York
county school Field day. The Field day
meet will either be held in Rock Hill
or Yorkville some time in April, and
in case the two committees are unable
to agree, the matter will be decided by
the executive committee Of the York
County Teachers association.
Would Change Law.
Chester Reporter: Solicitor ]. X.
Henry, who is in Columbia attending
the meeting Of the general assembly,
has made certain recommendations
that are incorporated in the annual re-
port Of Attorney General Thos. H.
Peoples. Mr.. Henry wants the law
changed so that juries in criminal
cases be selected just as they are now
in civil cases and that the constitu-
tion be changed so as to allow the
general assembly to regulate the pro-
cedure of arraignment and allow the
defendant in certain cases to waive
II In a plea of guilty between terms
before the clerk of court, with power
to impose sentence Of not longer than
three years or fine not to exceed $500.
this upon the consent Of the solicitor
of the circuit.
Governor to tho Sheriff.
Sheriff Brown has received the fol-
lowing from Governor Manning: I'm
my inaugural address l stated that l
would expect the law officers Of ev-
cry county to enforce the law, and
that 1 would heartily cooperate with
them; that I wish each locality to