Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-07-04
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HERE AND THERE.
The town of Gastonia Is to have an
other hospital which will be erected py
Drs. l.. N. Glenn and j. M, ooo Sdoar rSa Oa
that place at a cost of $15O,00O. Inc
hmiIding Is to be a four-story structure
and its architecture Is to be much
along the same lines as the Pryor nos
pital in Chester.
Indications are that people from all
sections Of York county Will De III
Yorkville today In attendance upol
the Fourth Of July celebration ana
GOOD roads rally which will be In pro-
gress. Yorkville is the only town IN
the county staging an independence
day celebration and many people from
the surrounding towns as well as tne
country will come here to enjoy DAY
of recreation and pleasure.
Sharon people say that there has
been rather dearth OF liquor there
since Magistrate r. L. A. Smith cut up
a couple Of stills over next to HICKORY
Grove recently. While some OF the
knowing ones claim that there are one
or more illicit distilleries in operation
close to Sharon, still there Is little evil
dence of It to be seen in Sharon at any
time now, although only few weeks
ago Sharon on Saturday afternoons
especially, was like the old days or the
gallon month law.
According to the county superlnten-
dent of education, 1t Is hardly gong 10
be necessary for any OF the rurai
schools to build additions In order 10
accommodate the increased attendance
on account Of the compulsory scnool
laws which are, going to be eHectl'e
this fall. While some OF the Town
schools already crowded, are going 10
be crowded further still, most Oh lne
country school buildings are large
enough to accommodate increases for
years to come.
John F. Williams, we'll known clti-
zen of Ebenezer who was among the
visitors in Yorkville yesterday, said
that the crop prospect in Ebenezer was
quite favorable, everything taken into
consideration. However, the rather
cool weather of the past few days has
| had a tendency to injure growing
things and has given both cotton and
corn somewhat Of a setback. Inc
crops in Ebenezer, according TO Mr.
Williams, are pretty clean and there
is little If any complaint about LABOR
shortage.
Yorkville will not be represented
personally at the big prize fight being
staged in Toledo, Ohio today between
MIR. Jess Willard and Mr.. Jack Demp-
sew: but local devotees Of the manly
art of boxing are awaiting the out
come of the fight with much interest.
Among the devotees of the sport mere
are many friends Of both Willard and
Dempsey: but the majority opinion
seems to be that Willard will WIN.
However, there are those who say tnat
a prize fight is something like a base
| hall game-hard to tell the result, no
matter the personnel Of the teams.
Relatives of Mech Stewart, the first
Yorkyille man to be killed while fight
| ing for his country in France, are
making an effort to ascertain from the
war department the particulars OF ms
death and the place of his burial. Al
though they took the matter up some
time ago, they have received no satls-
faction as yet Whether Private Stew
art had government insurance, Liberty
bonds and other property at the time
he was killed while fighting with the
11Sth Infantry of the Thirtieth Divl-
sion. is not known. A comrade VINO
was standing by the soldiers SIDE
when he was killed searched his CLONES
| but was unable to find anything ex.
cent q packet of letters which he put
back and which were buried with him.
| All record as to Private Stewart seems
| to have been lost.
Rock Hill is bidding for the 1920
meeting Of the South Carolina Press
association which held its annual
meeting this year in Greenville, the
convention coming to close Weones-
| day. Invitations for the annual meet
ing were also extended by Columpla
and Anderson. Before adjournment
"A. b. Jordan, editor OF the Dliion her
aid was elected president of the asso-
citation for the ensuing year; II. U. U.s.
| teen, Sumter Item, first vice presl-
dent; Col. j. Rion McKissick, Green
| willie Piedmont, second vice president;
Mason c.. Brunson, Florence Times
secretary; August Kohn, Columbia
treasurer; members executive COM
mittee: S. J. Leaphart, Lexington
Dispatch; o. X. Williams, ROCK Hill
Record; b. H. Peace, GreenVllle News
Wilson Barron of Rock Hill, the only
York county man actively engaged IN
diving overseas during the world war;
was a visitor in Yorkville,' yesterday.
Mr. Barron returned to his nome IN
Rock Hill some time ago, having peen
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spending more than fifteen months
overseas in the aerial service. He he!d
the rank Of first lieutenant and Wnne
a good part of his time overseas was
spent as an instructor to other ava
tors at various fields in different Sec
tions of France, he had many en-
counters with Bosche airmen and IN
each contest came off victor. TWO otn-
er York county men, Messrs. Church
Whitner and Latta Law were In the
3ving service but were not SO fortu-
nate as to get into actual aerial war
fare.
York county exemption board re-
cords show that more boys white and
colored by the name Of Smith" served
in the late war from this county than
any other lame, although the exact
number is not available. The bureau
of war risk insurance in Washington
has announced that $1,000 Smiths
served in the fighting forces of the
nation during the war. The Johnsons
were next strongest with $4,000 tight
ers. The Jones boys were third with
500 of their name and the Green
lads came fourth with almost an equal
number. There were 5000 Browns and
$500 Cohens. There was only one
Woodrow Wilson in the ranks; but
there were "A George Washingtons, two
Abraham Lincolns, two Ulysses S.
Grants and five Ulysses Grants with
out the initial S. There were 79
Robert E. Lees, four Bismarcks and
two Caesars in the war.
AS q rule more marriage licenses are
issued by the judge of probate Of York
county during the months of June and
December than in any other months of
the year and this year the record Is
holding good as usual large number
having been issued during the month
just passed. A goodly per centage OF
these licenses are issued to non-resi-
dents of the county and state, many
being issued to persons living In Gas
tonia and Castor county According