Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-16
Tuesday, September t6, 1919.

The York township portion Of the ipad
Is being reshaped anG scraped and as
a result of the work is in the best
condition II has known in some time.
Citadel Scholarship Awarded.
John E. Carroll, Jr. has been
awarded a four-year scholarship to
the Citadel, the military college of
South Carolina at Charleston. He Is
son of Superintendent Of Education
John 2. Carroll. According to Super
intendent o. j. Bond of the Citadel,
the young mans marks son English
and Rhetoric were the highest, made
in the state. 4 = .,r..f
Awarded Greek Medal. -
DR.. Robert H. Crawford OF Rock
Hill. has received from King Alexan-
der of Greece, the medal of military
merit which was awarded him for dis
tinguished service IN Greece with the
American Red Cross. The work In
which DR.. Crawford was engaged was
in combating a typhus Epidemic He
spent several months in Greece, and
with other Red Cross workers, rem
dcrcd the country valuable service.
Big Booze Plant Destroyed.
Broad River township officers and
members of the Broad River Town
ship improvements Association captur-
ed a large copper sttll and poured out
100 gallons or SO ofSmash Saturday
afternoon. The distillery was found
about three miles west Sof Hickory
Grove on w. B. Whlsonsntg place
near Broad Z River. The posse who
made the seizure were Magistrate r.
IL. A. Smith, Constable Floyd Stephen
son, DR.. VI. F. McGill. Mesrs. VIII
Gilfillan. Sam wilkerson. 3. p. Ray
and Vines Howell.
Car and Liquor Seized.
An Anderson touring car driven by
Jim Martin of the Sharon sectioR to-
gether with. about a half gallon of
moonshine liquor was seized near
Sharon, Friday evening" by constables
Fl. L. johnson and Coy Jones AID
Deputy Sheriff Tom Quinn. The car
was taken in custody by the sheriff
and Martin gave bond for his appear,
ance to answer any charge that might
be lodged against him.
Glover School Opens. s
The Glover High school opened yes
terday morning with a large enroll
ment. Brief formal exercises marked
the opening and little was done the
opening day except to organize the
pupils into their respective classes and
provide them with the lists Of books
that will be needed. The school facul-
ty was completed last week with the
ELECTION of Mrs. Meek Stroup to teach
one of the two mill schools. which
prior to her election had been without
a teacher.
Rock Hill Will Pave.
The city council of Rock Hill, has
ordered an election to be held on Oc-
tober 2S between s a. IN. and 8; p. m.
on the question of issuing $500, 900
worth of bonds for various civic, i'm
provements. OF this amount. 100000
is to go for street paving. 100000 for
extension of the water system and
$4,000 for extension of the sewerage
lines. The sum of ss50.0O0 to be as
sessed against abuttins property
owners is to be included IN the total
amount. The original petition on
which the council acted, contained the
names of s7S freeholders. There was
counter petition against the PROPOSE
tion; but it was pot especially strong.
Real Estate Activity Continues.
York county real estate deals con-
tinue active, many parcels Of valuable
real estate changing hands almost
daily. Rev. Elzie Myers of Hickory
Grove has sold q farm to w. L. Rat
terree Of the Roddeys community. w.
]. NeeTs>of Rock Hill, has bought the
Jack Thomasson farm near Rock Hill.
J. Knox Nigdle of Fort Mill, has pur-
chased a tract>Qf land from w. 7.
Ford of the OalS>Ridge section. ]. B.
Mickle of Ebenezershas sold a farm
to Mrs. Lula B. Rawdoh<Qf the Mount
Holly section. S. e. JacksotSpf York.
vile, has purchased farm. in thu East
View section from ]. E. Sadler Sof
Rock Hill.
Homicide at Blaeksburg.
In a pistol fight with a negro
bootlegger named Josiah Brown, at
Blacksburg, early last Sunday morn
ing, Josiah Broom, young white man
was instantly killed and Chief Of tPo-
lice j. H. Allison was painfully wound
ed. II appears that Chief Allison.
State Constable c. Y. AllisonS his as
sistant, Charles Bysrs and young
Broom were standing on a street cor
ner considering the situation. Hear
ing n noise, as IL some one was break
ing into a. box car they went to in
vestigate, two on one side and two on
the other. Chief: Allison and young
Broom met the negro Brown coming
from the direction of the car with a