Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-12-14


duty.eI have done the best could
to uphold the law. The matter Is now
entirely In the hands Of you twelve
gentlemen Of the jury"
LOCAL LAcoNlcs.
Santiago Wins.
The second basketball team Of the
Santiago school, defeated the Junior
team Of the Bethany school in q game
played at Santiago Friday afternoon.
The score was II to 3.
York Ginning Statistics.
Joseph M. Taylor, special agent of
the census department, informs The
Enquirer that up to December 1, 81
ss7 bales Of cotton had been ginned
In York county, compared with 33,041
Holiday Suspension.
There will be no issues Of The En-
quirer on December "a and December
%. The paper will be issued as usual
on next Friday and next Tuesday, and
after the last named date, there will be
suspension Of operations on account
Of the holidays the next issue appear
ing on December 81.
Hoodtown Masons.
At the annual election of officers of
Hoodtown lodge, A. F. NJ, held Sat
urday night, the following officers
were elected: II. z. Hood, w. M;
L. L. Dowdle, 8. W.; E. F. Dowdle ].
W.; ]. e. Latham, Sec; j. c. Kirk
patrick, Treas; Jno. A. Shillinglaw.
tiler.
Kings Mountain Vital Statistics.
DR.. ]. E. Brison Of Glover, registrar
Of vital statistics for Kings Mountain
township, reports that 16 births and
the month ending December 10. Eight
births were to white persons, while a
similar number were to negro parents.
Two white persons and three colored
died during the month.
Delegation to Meet in Rock Hill.
Rock Hill Herald, Dec. IL: The
county delegation will hold q meeting
in Rock Hill on Monday, December
20, for the purpose Of affording the
people Of eastern York an opportunity
to present before the delegation any
matters they may desire to have the
York legislators consider. This meet
ing will be held In the chamber Of
commerce hail.
Hockey at Winthrop.
The Winthrop freshmen defeated
the sophomores in q game Of hockey
last Saturday and the college was
thrown into a tingle as to what they
might be able to do with the juniors
and seniors. Hockey" which is some
what similar to the old game Of
"shinney," has only recently been in
troduced at Winthrop and all the diff
ferent classes have had an equal
chance to learn.
Unbalanced Negro in Jail.
Frank Young, negro who lives In
the Guthriesville section where he Is
well known as Crazy Frank" was
brought to Jail Sunday afternoon by
Constable Hedricks and Policeman
Bindeman Of Glover, and Is charged
with drawing knife upon citizen Of
the Filbert section. While the negro
has been mentally unbalanced all his
life he has always been considered
quite harmless and people who know
him were surprised to learn Of his
actions. 1t Is very likely that he will
be placed in the asylum at Columbia.
Robbins -Sherer.
Miss Zettye Estell Robbins Of the
Hopewell section, was married last
Wednesday evening to Mr.. Bruce
Sherer, the ceremony being performed
at the Presbyterian manse at Bull
locks Creek, Rev. ]. B. Swami offici-
ating. Only few relatives and close
friends Of the contracting parties were
present for the ceremony. Mr.. Sherer
is the son Of Mr.. II. II. Sherer OF Sha-
ron No. /, and Is well and favorably
known in the community In which he
resides. His bride Is the daughter OF
Mrs. Nancy Robbins and has many
friends in the Hopewell section where
her mother lives. Mr. and Mrs Sherer
will live on Sharon No. l.
Musical at FiIbert.
With a large number Of patrons and
friends in attendance, pupils In music
at the Filbert school gave an interest
ing recital Friday evening, the pro-
gramme consisting Of musical selec-
tions and recitations. Filbert Is one
Of the few rural schools in the county
which carry a music course. There
are quite a number Of pupils at this
school taking music, and under the
instruction Of the teacher, Mrs. B. G.
Lilley, they are making good progress.
The musical selections rendered Fri
day night were quite credible to both
teacher and pupils while the recita-
tions convinced the audience that
branches Of learning other than read
ing, writing and arithmetic" were be-
ing we'll taught in the Filbert school.
Fox Hunters Return.
Mr.. Daniel baltimore and party Of
Hickory Grove and vicinity, who went
down to Fairfield and Richland coun-
ties recently to hunt foxes returned
last Friday afternoon. Mr.. baltimore
stopped a while In Yorkville to shake
hands with friends before taking the
train home He said that foxes were
quite numerous down in the section
through which his party hunted; but
because Of the dry weather, the dogs
could not work to advantage and only
four foxes were caught. The party
overstayed its time somewhat, hoping
for rain, and at last gave 1t up, but
with the intention Of going back as
soon as possible after good hunting
conditions were restored. Mr.. Latti-
more Is probably one Of the most en-
thusiastic fox hunters in the county,
and is a generally recognized authority
on this great sport.
Rock Hill Has Many Pupils.
That there are now 1889 pupils
enrolled in the public schools Of
Rock Hill, was shown by a report
of the superintendent made to
the board Of trustees on Thursday
night says a Rock Hill dispatch Of