Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-12
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delivering liquor"

Miss Annie Little and Mr.. ]. Roy
Grayson were married at the home or
the brides parents at Grover, N. c.,
Rev. ]. w. Suttle Of Shelby, officiating,
Wednesday afternoon, large number
of relatives and friends Of the con-
tracing parties attending the cere-
mony. Miss Little is a popular young
lady Of the Grover section and for
several years was employed as teach
er at Santiago. Mr.. Grayson Is the eld-
est son Of Mr.. and Mrs. /. c. Grayson
Of Glover No. 4, and for a number OF
years past has been teaching in the
public schools Of the county. He will
this fall and winter be principal Of the
Philadelphia school, which opens on
Monday.
Death Of Mr.. Walker Burris.
Following a long illness with dysen-
terry, Mr.. Walker Burris died at his
home on McConnellsville No. 1, about
II o'clock last night His death was
not unexpected. Mr.. Burris, who was
about 68 years Of age, had lived prac-
tically all Of his life in the McCon-
nellsville section. He was for a num-
ber Of years a member Of Olivet Pres
byterian church. The deceased is
survived by his widow and the
Burris, Chester; Alva Burris. Virginia;
Luther Burris, Greenville, and Mes
danes s. H. Love, McConnellsville;
R. l. Scoggins, Hickory Grove: ]. e.
Harshaw, McConnellsville No. l. The
funeral and interment will be in the
cemetery at McConnellsville this after
noon.
Will Come to the Mountain.
mi H..
pany with R. M. Robinson, supervisor
Of Kings Mountain township, spent
Wednesday looking over roads In King 8
Mountain township, and especial
ly the road which Cleveland county
authorities are building through the
mountain to the South Carolina line.
The supervisor said that the North
Carolina people were making a very
fine road and that the South Carolina
part Of the road would be widened to
thirty feet and otherwise improved
The work which will hardly be begun
before January or February will be
done by Kings Mountain township and
the road force will probably be under
the direction Of Mr.. A. c. McCarter
who is overseer in that portion Of the
township.
Sharon Farmers Storing Cotton.
Comparatively little cotton has been
sold in Sharon during the past few
days owing to the decline in price, but
a great deal Is being stored In the
Farmers warehouse and the w. L. Hill
state warehouse at that place. Sew
eral hundred bales are at present In
the two warehouses. AS a result OF
taking the staple Off the market tenn
porarily, there has been quite a decline
in the amount Of business being done
in Sharon. Very few people have been
in the town this week. Both ginning
plants, that Of Mr.. j. s. Rainey and
that Of Mr.. w L. Hill, are being kept
busy and 1t Is evident that 1t will be
some time before the last Of the cotton
crop Of the Sharon section will be
ginned.
Negro Escaped From Gang.
Will Crosby, colored, who was
serving a sentence Of thirty years on
the county chaingang for attempted
rape, made his getaway yesterday
morning while a portion Of the gang
was working on tho Rock Hill road
several miles east Of Yorkville and
up till noon today he had not been
captured. There were only two guards
in charge Of the convicts at the time
Crosby escaped and it was not con-
sidered advisable for either Of them
to pursue the negro. When last seen
Crosby was going in the direction OF
Bethel. He is said to be black negro
about S feet Z inches in height, has
rather large teeth and a protrudine
mouth. He was convicted Of attempt
ed rape in 1906.
The Pinekney Road.
Mr.. John s. Hartness Of Sharon,
said yesterday that the new road from
Sharon to Yorkville, upon which con-
siderable work has been done during
the past few weeks, Is now in good
shape and was becoming quite popu-
lar with the travelling public. With
the exception Of only two or three
places an automobile can be run at
high speed over the new road all the
way from Sharon to Yorkville, Mr..
Hartness said. What we need now
said Mr.. Hartness, "is substantial
bridge over the creek on this road.
When we get this the newly built
highway will be all that can be de-
sired. We would all like to see the old
Sutton Spring road put In good shape.
Lots Of people living in that vicinity
do practically all of their trading at
Sharon and the town will never be
satisfied until that road Is also In as
good shape as the Pinckney road
which we are just completing"
A Live at Home Farmer.
Gastonia Gazette, Tuesday: Mr.. II.
f. Forbes, one of the county's best
farmers, who lives in the Crowders'
Creek section, was in town yesterday
and spent a short time in the Gazette
L. 10 h1lo
on the subject Of "live-at home"
farming. He has not for many years
raised any cotton to speak Of and this
year planted none at all He has
wheat and meat, corn and oats, hay,
hog and hominy and believes that ev-
cry other farmer in the county should
have the same II am interested in
getting our farmers to raise more
wheat" said Mr.. Forbes. Some say
that it does not pay, but they are mis-
taken. 1t does pay certainly for ev-
cry farmer to raise at least what
wheat he consumes and many Of them
could raise 1t for sale profitably. We
will never be in good, first -class shape
until we quit sending 80 much Of our
money out of the county and the state
for food supplies and for feed for our
cattle" There are many farmers who
think just like Mr.. Forbes but there
is still vast room for improvement
along these lines in this section.
Backed Up the Hill.
An automobile driver left Yorkville
at 800 p. m, Wednesday afternoon for
Sharon in a Ford car with two drum
mers as passengers. Everything went
smoothly until the hill beyond the
bridge at Dry Fork was reached. The
car couldn't negotiate the hill on high
gear, so the driver attempted to throw
in the low gear and found that the
low gear was imperative. He eXamin-
ed the gearing and found a broken
pin and that the low gear was out OF
business. He could have remedied the
trouble with a little time, but the
drummers got fussy and insisted that
they must get to Sharon in time to
transact their business and catch the
afternoon train. The driver started his
engine, turned his car around and
backed up the hill and at the top
turned again and proceeded to Sha-
ron, reaching there at 4 o'clock. The
travelling men said that they had seen
lots Of automobile stunts, but backing
up hill because of broken low gear
was a new one on them. The driver
repaired his car at Sharon and return
ed to Yorkville.
May Re- Group Churches.
At a meeting of the committee on
home missions Of Bethel presbytery,