Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-10

some horse and mule bargains If he
could see any. There was nothing
there for me-" said Mr. Quinn, in the
office Of the county board Wednesday.
'"The way those mules Id, could not
see how I was to come out with any
profit, on top Of feed bills. No I did
not buy anything"
Charged with Murder.
It now develops that the death Of
Tom Woods, near Hickory Grove, not
long ago, was due more to murder,
than suicide as was commonly sup
posed at the time. May Belle Mead
ows, colored, rs years old, told two
other negro women that she killed
| Woods, and on learning the matter,
Magistrate R. L. A. Smith, committed
all three to jail, the Meadows woman
for murder and the other two as wit
nesses.
Death Of Good Negro.
G. Roland Alexander, colorcd, who
Kings Mountain died last Monday
after q brief illness with influenza
Alexander was born in Bullocks
Creek township, q slave Of the late
s. L. Davidson Or perhaps Of John D.
Hamilton and was 5S years Of age.
He was farmer, q hard worker and
good citizen, who stood high IN the
estimate Of his own race and Of all
the whites who knew him. He leaves
widow and four children, also two
brothers w. D. and J. S. Alexander
who are of the same type that he was.
Was Not Tempted Much.
Mr.. Henry B. James of James Bros,
attended the big sale Of army mules
and horses in Charlotte Tuesday and
| Wednesday; but he did not buy very
many. Il bought five or six head" he
said yesterday; ''but that was all.
think Johnny Is able to do better in
Tennessee and Missouri. He can buy
better stock off the farms Of the west
ern markets and at less prices. I went
over there with the expectation Of buy
ing some mules and after witnessing
the wildness Of the auction on Tuesday
remained over Wednesday in the ex-
pectation that 1t would get better; but
it didn't. Why I have better bargains
for my customers than were obtaina-
BILE over there"
BIacksburg Hotel Burned.
The handsome new brick hotel
building just being completed at
Blacksburg and only partially oc-
cupicd was destroyed by fire yesterday
morning at about o'clock. Messrs.
Ford McIntire Of Shelby, and r. c.
Gettys of Blacksburg, are owners OF
the property. Mr.. McIntire spent We'd
rcsday night in Yorkville and was at
tho Shandon hotel yesterday morning
VIXEN de received the news OF his loss
by telephone. He was unable to give
any Information as to the probable
origin Of tho fire. The hotel stood on
the site of the old Merchants hotel
The loss was probably in the neigh
borhocd Of s]1,o0t, with no insurance
Mr.. McIntire said.
Don't Think Much OF Il.
Representative John r. Hart does
knot think much Of the proposition to
build roads by means Of bond issue
secured by assessing automobile own
ers $40 each or any other amount. Mr..
Hart says he is for good roads, and he
Is willing to support any law that
meets the approval Of representative
business men and farmers OF York
county; but he Is not running after
any freak schemes that would build
roads in the interest Of certain locali-
ties or anything like that. He says
that II this proposed automobile as
sossment bond scheme should go
through the state would finally be-
come responsible for the whole thing
anyway. II do not pretend to be In g
position to solve the good roads ques-
| ton yet" said Mr.. Hart, "but am not
going to give my support to any kind
Of a scheme that does not have the ap-
proval Of my best judgment"