Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-08
Charged With Forgery.

I. at basketball un the Rlairsyillr
grounds last "Wednesday afternoon.
Charged With Forgery.
Roy Taylor. white. aged -. Was
committed Ia Jail from Rock ililI on
January -. 10y Magistrate Winrat-
charged with forgery
Circuit Court.
The equity court was TO have con-
vcned Wednesday. Members Of the bar
notified Judge Prince. who Is to pre-
side. that there was not business
enough for more than two days and
suggested that he do not come until
today. Mrs. Prince telegraphed yes
terday that the judge is unwell and
asked the clerk to adjourn court until
Monday. The bar will meet this morn
ing at 8 o'clock to arrange a schedule
OF business.
The Broad River Bridge.
Work on the York Cherokee bridge
has been practically at standstill for
the past two months. on account Of
the severe weather. Mr.. Matthews. su-
pervisor of construction. said Wednes-
day, that he had completed about $50
feet OF approach on the York side Of
the river; hut had been held up be-
cause of the impoSslbility Of working
concrete with satisfaction in
freezing weather. There Is II consid-
cradle quantity of steel AT the bridge
site. 81 car 1T Hickory Grove. and
another car ready for shipment at
Hickory Grove: but there Is little Of
anything that can be- done toward
pushing the work until tho weather
gets in better shape.
Cotton in the Field.
The fact that there Is such a large
amount Of cotton still in the fields Of
York county, much more than there
has ever been before at this season Of
The year. has been previously Hureu.
Mr.. J. T. Crawford Of McConnellsville,
said yesterday In reply TO O question on
the subject that he estimates that he
has at least forty bales Of unpicked
cotton in the iields-a bale to the plow.
He Is satisfied that there would have
been that much in December; but now
n lot of 1t has blown out and gone to
waste. 1T has been impossible to get
u
not see much prospect of getting 1t
out before March: but | am still
counting on saving all can Of it,.
With the Expeditionary Forces.
The Rock Hill Herald prints the
names of the following Rock Hill SOL
diers with the American eXpeditionary
force: james Roy Barron, e. a. U. s.
r.. trench mortar school: Halcott
Poag. q. NJ. c. Hq.; Fred Marshall,
quartermasters headquarters; Hazel
Bryant, supply company, 3O3 Q. NJ. c.;
Lawrence Pope. corporal horse section,
lst division. American train; William
W. Carroll, lieutenant infantry, U. 8.
r., b. c. NJ, Paris; James II. Carroll,
Sergt. Co. B, End engineers; Alex G.
Fewell, VI. D., Lieut.. NJ. o. X. e.: Latta
Law, Lieut., signal corps, aviation;
Wilson Barron. Lieut.. signal corps. avi-
alton: Roger l.. Young, railway en-
gineer, Co. E, No. 10: J. d. Fincher.
artillery, Lyle r. Whitner ambulance
corps; T. A. Crawford. ambulance
corps; Thomas $. Reid. ambulance
corps; f. E. White, supply Co., Q. N.
c.; Z. n. Steed, battleship Delaware,
4th division, New York; Clarence Kuy-
kendall, 1O7 aero squadron; Frederick
McFadden. corporal. 107 aero squad
ron: Charles E. Holroyd, corporal, LOT
aero squadron; Handy j. Williams,
corporal, 107 aero squadron; Paul NJ.
Sealey, corporal, aero squadron; Thos.
Chambers, corporal, 107 aero squadron;
William F. Williamson, engineer corps,
Rainbow division; T. H. Simril, en-
gineer corps, Rainbow division; James
Wyatt Num-, battleship Texas, care
Z. NJ, New York; L. NJ. Dozier. battle-
ship Texas. care p. NJ, New York.
Shelby Makes Hopeless Kick.
Cleveland Star. February |: The
following committee: Messrs. j. II.
Hull. j. J. baltimore, Paul Webb, 4.
I. Hord and Dr. :. - Roystcr, APP
pointed at the mass meeting held last
Friday night TO confer with Manager
r. b. Darlington over the increase in
tcIcphonc rates Of 80 cents per phone
per month, reported Wednesday night
that they could not reach satisfac-
tory agreement with Mr. Darlington
on the proposition that he should in
stall the up-to- fash light COM
mon battery system at the increased
price of $50 for residence phones
and $3.50 for business phones. the
present price Of 81 for residence and
81 for business TO remain In effect
until the improved system Is installed.
Th, reupon the phone users in mass
meeting assembled in the courthouse
Wednesday night voted unanimously
for municipality owned plant and
the following committee was ap-
pointed to formulate plans by which
the new system will be built: L. NJ.
Hull. chairman: Paul Webb. {. 1.
Hord, ]. Frank Jenkins and J. q.
Dudley Mr.. Darlington and the Pied
mont bookkeeper. Mr.. Sadler were
here Wednesday from Gastonia and
had a conference with the commit
tee. but Mr.. Darlington stated that he
was only an employc OF the Pied
mont company and had no authority
to make any concessions. He said his
new rates would become effective to-
day and that II the common battery
fiashlight system were installed u
would cost approximately $4,000 and
that "A still higher rate would have
20 he charged and the service con-
fined to the towns Of Shelby. Waco.
Kings Mountain and Grover. where
the company owns the exchanges. He
told the committee that II would re-
quire from Is to q months to get the
switchboard and other necessary
equipment for the common battery
fash light system.
In an executive proclamation is
sued Monday. Governor Manning has