Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-09

Vile. Mrs. NJ. l.. Carroll of Yorkville,
president of the Presbyterial presided.
At dinner time a basket lunch was
served on the grounds.
Charged With Carrying contraband.
George Wells, white was arrested
Sunday by Constables S. II. White II.
L. Johnson, Frank Allen iand Sherih
Fred E. Quinn, charged with having
contraband liquor in his possession.
About five gallons of moonshine liquor
said to have come from the South
Mountain section Of North Carolina,
was taken by the officers who also
took possession of the Overland auto
mobile which Wells was driving. wells
gave bond for his appearance to an
swer the charge that will be lodged
against him.l
Honor for Gallo Smith.
Private Callie Smith. son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. D. II. Smith Of Rock Hill and a
member of Company G, one hundred
and eighteenth infantry Fort Mill
Light infantry has received. the croix
de guerre with the gilt star from the
French government, awarded through
the commanding general of the-French
armies of the east with the approba-
tion of the commander in chief of the
American expeditionary forces. A
translation of the citation accompany
ing the medal reads as follows: when
his company was stopped by violent
machine gun fire, he volunteered to
accompany an officer and helped him
to take a machine gun post from the
rear. after having put the guns to
flight with grenades and revolvers."
Willie Minis Gets croix de Guerre.
Sergeant Willie Minis, a son of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Minis of Fort Mill, has
received notice of the award by the
French to him of the croix de guerre
with the accompanying citation:
"Adjutant Minis, Willie, Company G,
one hundred and eighteenth American
infantry regiment. All the officers Of
his command having been wounded.
although he was himself hit by a shell
silver in the Leg, took command and
led his company with exceptional self
possession under very violent machine
gun fire, using stick as a crutch, and
continued to advance to his objective,
and only after he had the position
consolidated did he consent to with
draw to the rear for attention to his
wound"
Memorial to Soldiers.
Rev. j. L. Oates of Yorkville has ac-
cepted an appointment from Governor
Cooper to collect York county's part
of the voluntary contribution to the
memorial fund for soldiers Of the world
war, provided for at the last session
of the legislature. The idea is to erect
in Columbia suitable memorial build
ings to commemorate the part the
people of South Carolina took in the
world war. The act appropriates
500, 900 to become available when the
commissions in charge consider that
voluntary subscriptions from private
and corporate sources have amounted
to. enough to warran. the undertaking.
The commission is asking for volup-
tary subscriptions to the aggregate Of
$4,000 of which York county's part
is to be s13,S75.
BulIock's Creek Officers Active.
Constable Coy Jones of Bullock's
Creek, assisted by several other citi-'
zens of that township, destroyed a
moonshine distillery located a short
distance in the rear OF Hopewc;l
church in Bullock's Creek township,
last Friday. The plant was not in op-
Grafton at the time it was destroyed,
although it was ready for business and
the officers had been watching in the
vicinity for some time in the hope that
would get busy. About 200
gallons of mash were poured out and
the boxes, still and other 'parapherna-
liza was destroyed. There was no sign
of the worm. The authorities have the
names of several negroes and pretty
good evidence to sustain their belief
that these negroes are the owners and
operators of the plant, which is under
stood to have been located at the point
where 1t was destroyed since some
time in March. Very probably several
arrests will be made shortly.