Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-21

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a missionary Of the Chester A. R. P.
church. There will be farewell SER
vice held at the church Sabbath night,
the 18th inst, at which DR.. G. G..
Parkinson Of Due West, will be pres
ent to represent the foreign board.
..... According to figures furnished
us by Mr.. w. F. Marion, who will
collect ginning statistics for the gov
ernment in Chester county the en-
suing year, there were 81 bales Of cot
ton ginned to September 1, as COM
pared with II bales up to the same
] time last year. 49,. The overhead
bridge on the old road near the Haf-
ner place, about six miles from Ches-
ter on the Columbia road, was de-
molished to a considerable extent
Tuesday evening by a derrick on a
passing freight car.
Rock Hill Record, Sept. is: The
idea Of making pilgrimages to Rock
Hill for the purpose Of studying the
progressive methods Of Rock Hill
farmers seems to be growing steadily.
Through Mr.. Cherry, the chamber OF
commerce has gotten in touch with
party Of one hundred farmers from
Mecklenburg county, N. c., who want
to come over on Friday, September
"a, on a tour OF inspection. These
gentlemen have been invited and are
expected to arrive in automobiles
from Charlotte about 10 o'clock on
the date mentioned. ..... Mrs. Nathan
Matthews and son, who have been
visiting in Virginia, arrived here this
afternoon and are now at the rectory
on Caldwell street. .....Dr. ]. E. w.
Halle and Farm Demonstration Agent
McKeown went to Elgin, in Lancaster
county, Monday. The farmers over
there thought the soil Of that section
was not adapted to alfalfa and pos
sibly would not grow it. Mr.. Nc
Keown examined the soil and found
that 1t would grow alfalfa all right
DR.. Halle, ]. B. Harper, w. B. Twitty
and H. F. Halle gave orders immedi-
ately for seed and will plant several
acres as soon as they can make prop
er preparation. John T. Roddey
informs us that on Tuesday he paid
1925 for green cotton and 40 cents
for seed and that yesterday he paid
1850 for cotton and As cents for seed.
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Gastonia Gazette, Sept. II: Mr..
and Mrs. w. P. Grier and little son,
W. P, Jr., arrived from Charlotte
last night and have rooms at the resi-
dence Of Mr.. and Mrs. s. w. Patrick
on East Franklin avenue. Mr.. Grier
comes to enter upon his fifth conse-
cutive year as principal Of the Central
Graded school. ...... About midnight
Wednesday night, members Of Police
man B. w. Craig's family were awak-
ened by the efforts on the part Of
some unknown person to force an en-
trance to the Craig residence on
South Broad street. One Of the young
er members Of the family, sleeping in
a rear room, heard the noise and saw
a man, in the backyard. The city's
Ibfoodn0dnds were procured at once
and Policeman Craig, together with
Mr.. ]. M. Kendrick, chased the would
be burglar for several miles, returning
to the city about 4.30 Tuesday morn
ing. They thought several times that
the dogs were hot on the trail Of the
criminal but the chase was unsuccess-
full. ......A very unusual test was
made at the new Central Graded school
building to determine whether the
long girder which supports the bal
cony would stand any strain to which
it may be subjected after the audi
torium Is in use. Thirty-two thousand
pounds of sand in sacks were distri-
buted over the floor Of the balcony
just as persons would be and Is or 20
negro workmen were then caused to
stand near the edge of the balcony
and to make the test more severe they
were instructed to jump up and down
in an effort to make the girder give
II possible. Safety trestles had been
placed under the balcony, but not sup
porting 1t, and the displacement was
found to be less than one-fourth Of
an inch. The long girder, which Is Of
reinforced bridge construction bore
up the weight Of more than seventeen
tons easily and apparently would have
held up twice that weight II required.
The test as applied should give the
public assurance Of the absolute safety
of the balcony in the new auditorium.
800. Chief of Police r. H. Mingus
and Mr.. C. l. Bumgardner Of Belmont,
returned Wednesday afternoon from
Lynchburg, Va, where they ended a
$50 mile chase Of three boys who stole
a Ford roadster from the yard Of Mr..
A. C. Lineberger at Belmont on Tues
day night, September Z. The thieves
escaped, not being near the car when
it was found, but the car was driven
back to Belmont and restored to its
owner. Three young men who disap-
peared from Belmont at the same time
the car was stolen are strongly sus-
pected Of being the parties responsible
for the theft, but they are still at
large.
Lancaster News, Sept. II: Two
houses belonging to the Lancaster cot
ton mills and occupied by the families
Of Ed Coins and Tom Outen, were de-
stroyed by fire Thursday morning.
The origin Of the fire Is unknown and
it had made considerable headway be-
fore it was discovered. The fire de-
partment Of the mill responded quick
ly, but were unable to save the build
ings.. 80. The night school which
opened Monday night, with an en-
rollment Of about 80, held another
session last night and will be contin-
ued regularly on Mondays and Thurs
days. There Is deep interest mani
tested in the work and a splendid start
has been made. :. The Graded schools
opened this week with the largest en-
rollment on record total Of $50 pu-
pills in the two schools. We learn that
42S have matriculated at the Central
school and 1862 at School No. 2......