Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-31
HERE AND THERE

A number of York county people
went to Columbia this week for the
purpose Of attending the state, fai
held in that city, The fair was up te
the usual standard they said upon re-
turn and Columbia hotels and restau-
rants gouged them about as much az
usual. Still they enjoyed it, they say
ond will probably go again next year
if fair is held.
The Rhoda Royal Shows which
played in Yorkyille last Tesday
turned out to be about the kind of a
circus that people thought 1t would
be. There was O large crowd In at
tendance upon both performances and
they enjoyed the show more. or less
as show crowds always enjoy the at
fractions that they go to see. The
Rhoda Royal outfit was small affair:
but quite creditable considering. The
two elephants which the show carried
were we'll trained, q man and q woman
rider with the outfit were above the
average and there We're other .attrac-
tions Of some interest. Hawkers with
the outfit did a good business. Local
merchants did considerable business
with the crowd. Several extra police
men were put into service for the day:
but their services were not needed. II
was q well behaved crowd and accord
ing to Chief of Police Steele, not q
single arrest was made during the da.
Came story out of the Ogden
country Tuesday that the son Of q
well known farmer had been held up
by negro who looked just exactl!
like Joe Turner, wanted for the mur-
der of Policemen Joe Kitchen and Al
fred Blair of Greenyille, which oc-
Cured several weeks ago and robbed
of about $50, the proceeds of the sale
of the seed of a bale of cotton. The
story had it that the negro appeared
on the roadside with a gun and tol
the boy to come across prontp, which
the boy did and then gave the
alarm. A posse appeared and began
search for Turner; but there was nc
negro answering the description to be
found Now comes a story from the
1t was all a fake and that the story
was invented by the boy who wanted
to devote the $50 seed money to his
own use and sprung the story to foe
his folks.
Have you notced the Wonder1ul
improvement in evidence along the
Yorkville- Rock Hill road during the
past few years ?" This question was
asked by former York county mar
in conversation with Here and There
a few days ago. The man who asked
the question had been away for quit
while. and he had been over the
road on Monday for the first time In
more than two years. There seems
to be more building over the Rock Hi'l
way," he continued but you can
notice improvement all along the lin
including few scattering houses and
better crops everywhere. This road
has never. been noted for progressive
ness, you know. I have often been
impressed In times past by the poor
ness of the crops, even when crops
elsewhere were good; but it dawned
on me as I was passing along thot
there is marked improvement, and
could not help letting my imagination
run into the future when someday
this road will be like one long street"
Here and There agreed with the
gentlemen that he was right for mind
full OF the fact that much of the
property along this road is steadily
drifting into more progressive hands,
he is willing to believe that from now
on Improvement will be steady and
and rapid.