Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-06
LOCAL LACONICS
Insurance Paid.

LOCAL LAcoNlcS
Insurance Paid.
Mr.. Leslie Smith, clerk Of Filbert
camp, Woodmen Of the World, last
week paid over to Mrs. William NC
Carter the sum Of $1,750. the amount
Of insurance which her late husband
carried upon his life in the insurance
department Of the w. o. w. organiza-
tion.
Found Guilty Of Charge.
Martin Thomasson, colored, who
was tried before Magistrate ]. c.
Conner Friday on the charge Of steal
ing several bushels Of oats from Mr..
c.. M. Inman, was convicted OF the
charge and received a sentence of
thirty days Imprisonment or a fine OF
$50. He raised the money.
McWhirter- Lipseomb.
Miss Kathleen McWhirter, daughter
Of Mrs. C. c. McWhirter Of Jones'
vile, was married in the Methodist
church in Jonesville Wednesday
evening to Samuel Milton Lipscomb
Of Perth Amboy, N. j., the ceremony
being performed by Rev. w. w. Lip
scomb Of Glover, brother of the
groom.
Deserted the Army.
F. P. Bently was arrested in the
Manchester mill village In Rock Hill,
Thursday charged with. desertion
from the United States army. Bently
Joined the army in Charlotte in 1913,
and deserted at Texas City, Texas, the
following year. He will be taken In
charge by army authorities.
Had Good Rains.
According to citizens Of that Sec
tion who were in Yorkville yesterday,
the Hoodtown section Of York coun-
ty was visited by good rain early
yesterday morning. This Is the first
rain Of any consequence which that
section has had in several weeks and 1t
was badly needed.
Dr.. Clinkscales Spoke.
Numbers Of people from the western
section Of York county heard DR.. John
G. Clinkscales, professor Of mathemat-
les in Wofford college, and candidate
for governor in the primary last sum-
mer deliver addresses Sunday. DR..
Clinkscales spoke at Mount Vernon
Methodist church in the morning and
at Shady Grove in the afternoon.
Charged With Attempt to Kill.
Chess Lockhart, colored, Is in jail
charged with assault and battery with
attempt to kill, the negro being charg-
ed with having struck and seriously
wounded another negro several months
ago. Lockhart has been out on bond
for several weeks but was surrender
ed to the authorities by his bonds
man, Mr.. C. M. Inman, last Saturday.
He will be tried in the court Of gen.
eral sessions next week.
Business Was Brisk.
Probate Judge Williams performed
three marriage ceremonies inside of
one hour Saturday, which establishes
a record for him. One Of the couples
married were negroes. The probate
Judge advised the three couples that
while he was glad to issue licenses he
did not like to perform marriage cere-
monies since he thought that the duty
Of a minister The couples persisted,
however, and he disposed Of the three
in less than one hour.
IIIiteracy in York County.
According to the report Of Mrs.
Annie Bennett Of Greenville, who,
working under the auspices Of the
state department Of education, has
compiled figures showing the per-
centage Of illiteracy among the white
people Of each county, there are 1,577
persons in York county over the age
Of ten years who can neither read
nor write. This Is 10 per cent Of the
entire white population Of the coun-
ty.
BulIocks Creek Farmers.
The Latham Bros, Messrs. Walter
Sam and Claude, Of the Hoodtown Sec
ton Of Bullock's Creek township,
have divorced themselves from cotton
as their principal crop. With total
force including themselves, Of seven
hands on their farm this year, they
have a total of only seven acres Of cot
ton. They are devoting themselves to
wheat, oats, corn, peas, sorghum,
grass, pigs and cattle. At this time
they have about 100 pigs on hand.
The seven acres Of cotton they have
Is said to be as fine as can be seen
anywhere and is well above knee high.
Plenty to Eat.
We'll, Bullock's Creek certainly has
plenty to eat this year" said farmer
of that township, Saturday. Every
body has good gardens, there are lots
of Irish potatoes and fruit is plenti-
ful-apples, peaches and plums, and
besides, there are lots Of chickens In
the country and they are fat. Every
man who sowed wheat made good
yield. One man who sowed three
fourths of a bushel, threshed out %
bushels and lots Of others did as well.
Yes. we've plenty to eat in Bullock's
Creek"
YorkvilIe Lost Two.
Yorkville lost both games Of the
double header exhibition played with
the Heath Springs baseball team at
Heath Springs yesterday, the first by a
score Of to 3 and the second, to 0.
The two games Of ball were one Of the
principal features Of an Independence
Day celebration which was held at
Heath Springs yesterday and which
was attended by hundreds Of people
from Kershaw and Lancaster counties.
The Yorkville boys received royal
treatment at the hands Of the Heath
Springs people and all say they en-
joyed the days trip.
Deaths in Rock Hill.
Rock Hill Herald: W. NJ. Morrow,
a Confederate veteran, passed away
ut the family residence on Jones street,
Sunday morning. He was 80 years of
age and is survived by his wife and
two children. The funeral was held
Monday morning, the interment being
in Laurelwood. ]. w. Motley
died at the home of his brother-in- law,
Will Sloop, in the Manchester village,
following an illness with tuberculosis.
He was "a years Of age and was un-
married The funeral was held Mon
s,.t1 hni in,