Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-23
LOCAL LAcoNIcs.
Realized Big Sum from Turkeys.

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Realized Big Sum from Turkeys.
Thomas Bratton, colored farmer
living on the William McElwee place
in the Beersheba neighborhood has
sold twenty-three turkeys this season
for $110. Bratton sold the, turkeys In
Gastonia He raised thirty-three
turkeys this year. ~
Wesleyan Methodists RemodeIins.
The congregation of the Wesleyan
Methodist church at Cover, Rev. Earl
Armstrong pastor is hauling the lum-
ber and other materials to be used in
building an addition to the presenc
church building and for doing neces-
sary remodeling and repair work. !,
Ducks on the River. So .
Word comes from the CataWba
as "Blalocks," that there is an unusual
r'ver especially in that section known
ly large number of wild ducks on the
river this. year. A citizen Of that
section who was in Yorkville yester-
day reported having counted thirty in
men have recently killed ducks on the
river. D.
School Has Christmas Tree. .
AS special Christmas feature, pu-
pills Of the 'Guthriesville school were
treated to a Christmas tree today, the
entertainment being attended by not
only pupils Of the school but their
parents and many other people Of the
community.
cherryvlIe High School Burned
Fire yesterday originating from
carelessly thrown cigarette totally de-
,t,. hn oh al
Cherryville, n. c., erected four years
ago at cost Of 100000. The building
was one of CASTOR county's finest
school buildings. 1t was modernly
equipped with all the newest appli- ;
ances in school architecture. 1nsur-
ance to the amount Of $4,000 was
carried on the building.
Congregation Shows Appreciation. ~
AS tokens of appreciation Of his long
and faithful service and in celebration
of the 50th anniversary Of their mar
riage the officers of Bullock's Creek
church on December II presented Rev.
j. B. Swami with a watch chain the
two church societies presented Mrs.
Swami with a gold ring. purse of
gold was also given by the congrega
ton. The presentation was made by
J. n. Russell Of the bench Of elders.
Box Supper at Beth Shiloh.
There was a large crowd of COM
munity people in attendance upon the
box supper held at Beth Shiloh scho",
house last Friday night for the benefit
of the school. About $51.75 was coll
lected which will be used for school
benefit. The Beth Shiloh school Ia.
der the direction of Mr.. Roy Petty q,
Miss Reola Youngblood Is in -four
ishing condition and both parents and
pupils are we'll pleased with the pro-
srcss that is being made.
Thad Turney ParoIed.
Thad Turney, convicted in the court
of general sessions for York county
in 1914, of manslaughter for the,
killing of j. X. Wells and Pink Dover
and sentenced to serve ten years in the
state penitentiary in Columbia, has
been paroled by Governor Cooper durr
ing good behavior. Relatives and
friends have been working on the mat
ter OF parole or pardon for him Tor
some time past. Turney was convicted
of killing Dover and Wells following
row in the Kings Mountain battle
ground section in 1913. .a...ss
Eecent Real Estate Deals.
The following real estate transac-
tons have recently been effected
the agency Of George w. Will
liams Snider farm of fifty acres on
the eastern outskirts of Yorkyille, to
C.. b. Martin for sos an acre. The un-
is that Mr. Martin is soon.
to build a handsome residence. Epis-
copal church cottage on Cleveland
avenue, Yorkville to Mrs. Ed Gettys
for S3,10O. SiXty-five acres Of the
Harris Brattonville farm to R. A. Brat
ton and others for $35 an acre. Fifty
seven acres of the same farm to j. NJ.
Seagle at $42 an acre.
oostollice Employees Busy.
Reports from the several postofices
over York county indicate that the
postal employes-postmast clerks
md citv and country carriers have for
he past several days been literally &
buried in work because Of the great,
lumber of Christmas packages both
going and coming in and which they
nave been required to handle. The
number of packages handled has been
argcr each day for the past few days!