Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-29

les being operated 1t Is said are
strictly home made affairs Of small
proportions-100 pound lard cans being
popular for boilers.
Captured Three DistiIIeries.
Three homemade boilers alleged tc
be used for the purpose Of making IL
uuor, two worms" and a quantity OF
mash were captured by State Consta-
bles s. H. White and H. L. johnson
assisted by local officers on the premi-
ses of Charlie White, colored in Fort
Mill township Wednesday afternoon
White was lodged in jail in Yorkville
charged with operating distillery. He
protests his innocense and declares
that the mash found on his premises Is
nothing but hog feed.
Plenty Of Sand.
I'VE are going to do everything
possible to induce the county commits.
sioners to adopt the Adairs Ferry
road as the official western road OF
York county" said Mr.. A. L. Black Of
York No. /, Wednesday,. Mr.. Black Is
one of the most ardent advocates OF
the Adair's Ferry road. I'VE are now
asking all persons living along that
road who have sand to agree to give
the county all the sand that is needed
in case the road is adopted" said Mr.
Black, "and those who have no sand
will be asked to contribute cash sub
scriptions in lieu thereof
Big Crop of Snakes.
There seems to be an unusually
large number of snakes In York county
from various sections being to the ef-
Go PnnnQrhnQ6Q n
whips and other specie of reptiles have
been killed during the past month or
two. Mr.. Quinn Wallace Of Yorkville
says that tenants on his farm recently
killed seven large copperheads. A
story coming from Bullock's Creek
township is that citizen of that Sec
ton recently killed several large
copperheads who were living In his
house.
New Place for Miss Ashe.
The war emergency appropriation
for home demonstration work in York
county having been exhausted, Miss
Lillis Ashe of McConnellsville, who
for the past two years or more has
done most efficient work as home
demonstration agent in York county
has been forced to give up her posi-
ton. However, the services of Miss
Ashe will be retained in the home
demonstration work Of the state and
she is now attached to the office OF
Miss Edith Parrott, state agent with
headquarters at Winthrop College,
Rock Hill.
Mark For Hills Iron Works.
It is the purpose of the Kings
Mountain Chapter D. A. R., Of York
Vile, to erect monument to mark the
spot occupied by Hills Iron Works o1
Revolutionary fame. The iron works
stood on Allison Creek about eight
miles northeast Of Yorkvtlle, not fal
from Nannys Mountain. and here were
made small cannon, cannon balls anc
various articles Of iron for the use OF
the American patriots. The iron
works were largely owned by Col
William Hill, q brave Revolutionary
soldier of York county. The plant was
destroyed in June 1880 by a party ol
British and Tories, mainly Tories, sent
by the British commander at Rocky
Mount, under command OF Capt
Christian Houck, who was killed In the
battle at Williamston's on the 18th 'oi
July following. 1t was these Iron
works to which the old Bethel preacher
referred when just before the battle
of Kings Mountain he prayed: On
Lord. If Thou hadst not allowed the
wicked Tories to destroy Belly Helrs
iron works we would have had to ask
few more favors at Thy hands" The
unveiling of the proposed monument
will take place sometime In October
with apprOpriate ceremonies,