Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-07-08
HERE AND THERE

Mr.. John M. Williford of Leslie and
until recently a resident of Yorkville
was among the visitors in Yorkville
July 4. Mr.. Williford said that the
crops in the Leslie section were look.
ing pretty we'll and the outlook for q
prosperous year was encouraging. He
returned to his home in Leslie on
Saturday.
Saturday in Yorkville was rather
quiet after the big Fourth of July cele-
bration the previous day. There were
very few people from out OF town
around, most folks who came to town
the day before deeming it to their best
interests to put in Saturday at work on
the crops. Local merchants and other
business people were not sorry and
neither were they disappointed, being
quite tired and very well satisfied Win
the business Of the previous day.
The number of prisoners on the
county chaingang at the present time
Is the smallest in many years. 'There
are now about twenty prisoners on
the county chain gang and while the
number may possibly be Increased as
a result of the next term or the court
of general sessions, there will not be
a great many additions If any. The
'chaingang Is now working the Cherry
road between Rock Hill and Catawba
river and Is making fair progress IN
road construction.
Woodrow Wilson," a handsome
white collie dog, the property Of Paul
n. Moore Of Yorkville, attracted con-
siderable attention as he appeared In
the Fourth of July parade Friday. On
q board placed on the hood of Mr..
Moore's automobile which was one OF
the long line of cars in the parade,
stood Woodrow, as calm and immov-
able as his famous namesake. The
handsome dog kept his perch through
out the long line Of march, never budg-
ing and apparently enjoying the oc-
casion as much as anybody else
According to +. E. Clinton, deputy
clerk of court the past six months has
been the busiest period that the office
has experienced in many years. Mr.
Clinton said Monday that 620 deeds
had been transferred on the records
of the clerks office in the period from
January l, to July l, and that In al
most every instance a mortgage was
recorded in connection with the trans
fer Of deeds. Unusual activities In
real estate in every section of York
county is responsible for the mass of
work which the forces in the clerks
office has been called upon to perform.
'T have many a time heard my
father speak Of that fight between the
two women over the piece of leather
at the close Of the war;" said Mr.. X.
L. Wilkerson to Here and There last
Saturday Mr.. Wikerson's father was
the late c. E. Wilkerson, who lived
about two miles northwest of York
vile. His reference was to the incl
dent related in this column last Fri.
day. Yes, my father saw that fight, :,
went on Mr.. Wilkerson, "and he used
to tell about it and laugh almost TIL
the tears came in his eyes. He
thought it was one Of the funniest
things he ever saw
Mr.. Lyle Mcconnell. linotype ma
chinist of the Greenville Daily Pied
mont was among the visitors in York
VILE on July 4, visiting his kinsmen
Messrs. r. S. and w. NJ. Mcconnell
and other York county relatives and
friends. 1t was Mr.. McConnelrs first
visit to Yorkville in nearly twenty
years and of course he noted many
changes and improvements since his
last visit. In the old days when The
ENQUIRER was set up by hand and
printed pretty much the same way Mr..
Mcconnell was employed here as a
printer. Until his present visit he had
not been back since he left the en-
ploy of the paper
Several hundred York county people
principally from the northern section
of the county went to Gastonia Sat-
urday to attend the monster celebra-
ton there in honor of CASTOR county's
returned soldiers and sailors. 1t Is es-
timated tha. between 10000 and 10000
people attended the celebration one of
the main features of which was
parade in which more than 500 soldiers
most of them members of the 30th,
| 1Sth and 42nd divisions took part. One
of the main attractions of the day was
an aeroplane fight by Lieut.. Brandt,
an army aviator who flew over the
city, doing various stunts to the Won
der and amazement Of the huge crowd.