Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-06-06
GARNERED With SCISSORS
News From Within and Without
the County.
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CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING
Some Items Of Fact, Some Of Comment
and All Helping to Give an Idea Of
What Our Neishbors Are Saying ane
Doing.
Rock Hill Record June =: Lieut.
Roy Barron, U. S. Coast Artillery, who
has been on duty in France for nearly
two years, ,/arrived home Friday morn
ing. Roy is suffering with rheumatism
contracted in the service. He has been
ordered to the base hospital at Fort
Mcpherson, near Atlanta, and is now
there for treatment. He will be kept
in the service until cured.........The To-
cal Red Cross has bought a book OF
complete duplicates Of discharge pa
pers, and is very anxious to record all
discharge papers for ex-soldiers and
sailors. These duplicates will be sign
ed by the clerk of court in York coun-
/
years. from now will be as good as
new. These discharge papers will be
received and recorded at the Red Cross
rooms above Clouds store.........Among
those who attended the annual conven-
ltion of the American Cotton Manu-
facturers' association at Atlantic City
last week were: w. R. Armstrong of
the Wymojo Mill, Alex. Long, presi-
dent of the Argon and Arcade Mills OF
this city and Carl H. Hart Of York.
Lancaster News June 8: The first
open-air service on the court house
green for the year was held Sunday
night and there was quite large at
tendance. Rev. E. R. Mason, the new
supply pastor of the Lancaster Metho-
dist church, preached a very able and
logical sermon. The city authorities
made an effort to stop the passing of
automobiles while the service was In
progress and this made 1t possible for
the audience to hear the speaker...........
Miss de Elite Bennett has returned to
her home in Ashboro, N. c., after a
weeks visit to Miss Mary Hough.........
Miss Marie Caskey has entered the
Charlotte sanitarium where she will
undergo an operation for the remov-
al of her tonsils and adenoids.. I'D
Gibon, of Charlotte, spent Monday In
7 p
ford Is spending a few days at his
former home, Gaffney..-..H. M. john
son, Of Gaffney, a former resident of
this city, is the guest Of his sister, Mrs.
w. T. Gregory".~-..-.R. w. Graeber,
formerly county agent in Lancaster and
now living at Bishopville, Is here to-
day. Mr. Graeber is moving his house.
furnishings to his new home.........-.-.-A
message from Odeil Horton states
THAT he has landed safely from over
seas and is now at Norfork, Va, await
ing his discharge...........Miss Kate Nc
Manus, who has been teaching in
Knoxville, Tenn, has returned home
for the summer vacation.
Chester Reporter, June 2: The Ches-
ter county Rural Letter Carriers asso-
citation held the annual meeting FRI
day at the court house, the principal
matter of business disposed Of being
the election of officers, which was as
follows: D. W. Robinson. president;
| T. ]. Robins, vice president; w. 8.
Dunbar, secretary and treasurer The
following were elected representatives
to the state convention at Gaffney
July 3rd and 4th: D. w. Robinson, s.
B. Hardin. J. w. Mcdonald. c. B. Jor-
dan. Dinner was served the associa-
tion at the Kirkpatrick hotel.............A
Ford automobile, belonging to Mr..
james Horton, of Chester, r. F. D. 8,
was considerably damaged yesterday
morning and two young men-one q
son Of Mr.. Horton and the other
a Mr.. Lpford-considerabl bunged
up, when the machine left the road
above Capers Chapel aid cut two or
three somersaults, landing finally in a
field by the roadside. Two young wo-
men who were in the machine were
not hurt. The driver of the car claims
that the steering apparatus was de-
fective. There will be meeting
of veterans of the late war at the
| Chamber of Commerce Wednesday, af-
ternoon at o'clock for the purpose
of organizing. A call has been sent out
to the various counties Of the state
to send delegates to- meeting In
Florence this week, at which time a
state branch of the American Legion
will be organized, and this will be
among the matters to be considered
Wednesday afternoon.........Maj. NAL
colin L. Marion said this morning that
Chester county has duplicated past
successes, and has gone over the TOP
on the Salvation Army drive. The
county was apportioned $4,000, and the
amount raised will approximate ST.
500, in Maj. Marion's opinion, though
complete reports have not been re-
ceived from many of the precincts.
Gastonia Gazette June 2: Mr.. T. D.
Leagean, an aged white man who
lives at the Clara Mill. while operat-
ing gasoline wood saw near his home
Friday afternoon met with horrible
death when the saw struck him across
the chest and neck, severing his Jug
ular vein, windpipe and laying his
breast open from his right shoulder to
point just over his heart. Death
was almost instantaneous. Mr.. Lea
gean was operating the saw and was
placing the wood into the feeder when
the attachments holding the saw in
place gave way, throwing it against
the mans body. Death occurred about
6: 80 o'clock.-.....Mr. Grover Hope, Of
the Hope Mercantile company, OF ROCK
Hill, S. c., arrived in the city today to
assume charge of the firms store here
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