Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-08
LOCAL lACONlCS
Basket Ball.

Santiago defeated Mountain View at
basket ball last Friday on IN" grounds
at Mountain Niew-35 to 9.
Diminishing Pension Roll.
The following soldiers and widows
Of soldiers formerly on the York coun-
ty pension roll have been removed from
said roll during the past year 10y rra-
son OF death: j. u. Cook. Joseph Purs-
ley. Guyan Bolin. Sherod Childers. T..
II. Logan, W. II. Mitchell. J. r. plrx-
leo. }. 4. Stewart. j. :. Snccd. VI. +.
Cation, Nancy Quinn, NJ. f.. Thomas.
ID. B. Anderson, J. f. Craig, =. r..
Hood, J. G. Maloney.
Groves Wants to Compromise.
Geo. =. Groves. the young Kings
Mountain wood spcculator. has made
a proposition TO his creditors looking
to a compromise OF his debts OH n
basis of % cents on the dollar. He
SAYS his debts -alnaupt- ARttAS
over $4,000 and II his creditors accept
he can pay 90 cents. Otherwise. he'
says. he will have to go into bank
ruptcy. In his letter to his creditors
he declares that IL 1t had not been for
two or three over jealous creditors he
would have paid everything.
Fires Near Kings Creek.
Hopewell church, located on the
Southern railroad about halfway be-
tween Kings Greek and Blacksburg,
was destroyed by fire last Friday even
ing at $50 o'clock. The fire is sup
posed to have been the work of in
|cendiaries: but there IL no direct evil
dence pointing to the guilty parties.
The original cost Of the building was
between $500 and $4,000 and it was
one of the most creditable Of the negro
owned churches In Cherokee county.
barn belonging TO Arthur White
sides, colored. and located short dis
tance from the church was discover
ed to be on fire q short time before
the burning of the church: but this
fire was extinguished before II caused
a great deal OF damage.
Letter From France.
Mr.. w. ID. Grist has q letter from
John Cameron. Of the 645th Aero
squadron, with the American expcdi-
t.onary forces, in France. The letter
is dated February II. and was received
in Yorkville on last Monday. John
l.. IA nptt Ia ttyfth h
out any mishap and enjoyed the voy-
age very much. He likes the country
fine, he says. and although he Is aware
that he is not the first Yorkville man
to get to France. said he feels some
pride in the fact. His brother W. NJ.
Cameron Is also In France. IL re-
ceived two copies OF The Enquirer
yesterday" he says. "and you can
safely bet that ] have read both Of
them through and through. Tell James
d. Grist that greatly enjoyed his let
ter OF January 16, and hope he will
continue his correspondence as we are
very much interested in what Is hap
pening back home in the camps. I
will be glad to hear from any OF the
folks back home whenever they care
to write. II they address me '6i5th
Aero Squadron. American Expedition
ary forces will be pretty apt to get
their letters. I cannot tell where we
are, or what we are doing: but we are
working hard and hope soon to be In
the fray"
Conductor L. A. FennelI Killed.
Conductor l. A. Gus) Fennell. OF
the Carolina & Northwestern railway,
was instantly killed at Gastonia short
ly after o'clock last Wednesday when
a string Of heavily loaded runaway
cars crashed into the caboose Of
northbound c. & NV. freight which
was just on the eve OF pulling out.
He was of duty. having brought his
train in this afternoon from Chester.
and was going to Lincolnton to spend
the night with his family. He had
told some of the crew that he was
feeling badly and was going back to
the CdpOObC W uo~h- ioa bNch
there but a few minutes when
heavily loaded coal car carrying sew
eral other cars with 1t left its moor
ing several hundred yards away. and
came at a great rate Of speei down
upon the freight. The caboose was
crashed to splinters between the coal
car and q heavy steel car just in
front OF It. Fennell's body was badly
mangled, and was extricated with diff
ficulty. The body was removed to a
local undertakers and yesterday sent
to Lincolnton. Conductor Fennell
was IS years old and had been
running on the c. &c NV for about
20 years. He leaves a widow and
several children.