Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-26
GARNERED With SCISSORS
News From Within and Without
the County.
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Some Items Of Fact, Some OF Comment
and All Helping to Give an Idea OF
What Our Neighbors Are Saying and
Doing.
Fort Mill Times, Aug. 21: The Rev.
u. B. Black, ]. p. Crowder and c. >.
Link attended the annual convention
of the deacons of Bethel presbytery
which was held at Sharon last Thurs
day......H H. D. Harkey sustained an
operation for appendicitis in the Fen
nell Infirmary in Rock Hill last Fri
day and is reported as making favor
able progress toward recovery.-.,-Coie
Blease Parker, -year-old son OF
Mr.. Parker of one of the mill villages
suffered a compound fracture to MS
right arm Sunday when he lost his
footing and fell from a tree. The in
iured member was set by DR.. A. Theo
Nicely. Miss Lula Halle, recent
graduate Of the Steedly Hospital train
ing school for nurses, Spartanburg, Is
visiting her father in this city. Miss
Halle has accepted the position as
special nurse for the Speedily hospital
and will enter upon the discharge OF
| her. duties September 1....-.....,.Ffelder
|Huffstickler, of the Belmont IN. CO
ball team suffered a fracture to his
right leg while playing game on the
local diamond Friday. Hufs0ckler
while attempting to catch long ny
bal, ran into another player with the
above result. He was at once taken
to q Rock Hill hospital for treatment.
Chester Reporter, Aug. 21: Walter
Hemphill was shot in the chest last
night by Sam Macon. the fracas oc-
curing (. in the Hazelwood section.
Both parties are .colored. The casus
belli is understood to have been the
affections of a dusky damsel. The bull
let entered one Of Hemphill's lungs,
but unless complications follow he will
soon recover. He Is at the chester
Sanatorium. Mics Lucia Reed Ewart
of York, is spending a week with Mrs.
A. C.. Hargett on Columbia street..-.-
Mrs. M. A.-Jones, Of Lewis 7. o., who
refused the County Highway commits
sion permission to build the new gov
ernment highway through her lands
and was awarded the sum of $1.00 by
the commission for the 2.11 acres that
will be taken. has refused to- accept
the award, and will carry the case to
the circuit court. The offer of $1O3.5o
to Mr.. r. E. Jones for crop damage
was accepted, we nderstand"...--..Mr
w. o. Guy is going right--along with
his lake on the York road, which by
next summer should be furnishing
pleasure and entertainment to hun
dreds every day. Mr.. Guy thinks that
he will have the dam finished and be
ready to turn the water on within three
weeks. This, however, will be only
small part of the task, as pavilions are
to be constructed, mill built, ETC. AS
stated before Mr.. Guy will stock the
lake with fish and will provide facil-
tiles for bathing, boating. etc........Dr.
r. H. McFadden has bought Mr.. Alex
Frazers two houses on West End, and
about October 1st will move into the
house that Mr.. Frazer Is now occupy
ing.A marriage that came as quite
a surprise to their many friends was
that of Miss Kathleen Clinton. oldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Clinton,
to Mr.. Walston Lynn, Of Chester, at
Mt. Holly M. E. church on last Sun
day at 1880 p. m.
Rock Hill Record, Aug. q: A meet
ing of the stockholders of the Ander-
son Motor company was, held yester-
day and about 95 per cent Of the stock
holders were represented. 1t was un-
animously decided by the stockholders
to increase the capital stock by one
million dollars, making a total of two
million and a half. This was in con-
firmation Of the action of the board Of
directors at recent meeting. OF this
increase already around $4,000 has
been subscribed and new subscriptions
are coming in daily.......-....Mrs: M. A.
Moore and children, who recently lived
on Ebenezer avenue, and whose home
was bought by the School Board, have
moved to Spartanburg to live. They
were accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Ezell the latter being a daughter OF
Mrs. Moore. meeting OF the
board of directors Of the York County
Fair Association was held Tuesday
morning for the purpose Of discussing
| in detail the preliminary plans under
way for the holding Of the big York
County Fair October 22-24. John F..
Williams will be manager of the Fair
Association, and he expects to begin
at once to put the exhibit buildings
and grounds in proper shape. A tent
60 by approximately 200 feet will be
used for exhibit purposes. Display
space will also be sold to firms wish
ing to advertise in some particular
line. Postmaster V. b. McFadden
and wife leave this evening for Detroit,
where he goes on vacation, having
.been given the usual ten days allotted
such OfflclalS. -. Is. Mcf auuen Is noW
in, Detroit, buying cars and "V. B."
says he thinks he cav. B."O will be
driven back in a Hudson............Jas. A,
Barber has bought lot on Oakland
avenue next to w. NJ. Mauldin's with
the view of building a home.
Gastonia Gazette, Aug. %: Chief of
Police Orr announces that there are
in his possession at the city hall IL
chickens belonging to somebody here
| abouts, and that they can be claimed
upon proper Identification. a negro
in the western section of town was at
tempting to make a getaway with
them a few nights ago when the or
ficers got hot on his trail. He dropped
the chickens and made his own escape
in safety.....A Gastonian who visit
ed the famous Chimney Rock yester-
day stated that between 900 and Loco
people climbed the rock yesterday and
while 1t broke the record for any sim
gle day, it is yet a fact that many