Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-23
Tuesday, December %, 1919.

and will not reach it's height until to-
morrow Postoffice employees, includ-
ing clerks and the city and rural
carriers will get no holiday on Chrlst-
mas because of the fact that Uncle
Sam does not recognize this annlVer-
sary as a legal holiday.
Many Pistol Cartridges Sold.
According to York county officers
whose business it is to keep a watch
on such sales more pistol cartridges
have been sold by York county haru.
ware and other merchants who keel
such ammunition for sale within the
past three months than ever before !
the history of the county in a similar
period. While it is against the law
to sell pistols in South Carolina a
we'll as to carry them there are more
pistols in the county than ever before
known Where they come from L
officers are not exactly able TO Sa'
Pistol cartridges cost from three
four cents each; but the price has haC
no tendency to reduce sales.
Organized Labor Active.
Indications that organized labor
wants q hand in Rock Hill municipal
affairs became apparent Friday n:s
when at a meeting of union working
men of Rock Hill, Walter l.. Tallev
was nominated as a candidate for city
commissioner and L. NJ. Pursley and
A. =. Lineberger were nominated "a
candidates for members Of the board
of trustees of Rock Hill school dis
trict. 1t is understood that scme
twenty-f five or more voters attended
the meeting in Labor Hall Friday
night. Walter L. Talley is an en-
ploye of the Southern Railway shops
and is we'll known in Rock Hill, haV-
ing twice before been an unsuccess-
full candidate for city commissioner
u NJ. Lineberger served the city tof
several years as sanitary inspector.
Friends Of r. L. Sturgis, well known
citizen of Rock Hill and city council
man whose term is about to expire
have announced him as candidate
for reelection.
Clever Rogue Caught.
Andrew Dunlap. colored, of Fort
Mill, on Saturday, was sent 10 the
chain gang to serve sentence OF 81
days for theft, having been detected In
rifling the cash drawer of the Cash
store to the extent of $50. Denying
the theft, he was searched but the
money was not found until he was
stripped These thefts have been go
ing on for some time past, and, us the
negro has been very good customer
of the firm, they feel now that they
have been supplying the funds with
which the negro made his purchases.
He bought canned fish and meats
which he persisted in eating at one
particular place, the counter under
which the cash drawer was placed
1t happened that the drawer has no
lock or combination, so when the
clerks were busy elsewhere, he would
reach over the counter, open the draw
er and provide funds 10 pay his bllls
1t is hardly necessary to say that the
firm has made Improvements for the
safer care of its funds.
Rock Hill Expanding.
Rock Hill Herald, Saturday: Dur
ing the past few days a number OF
pieces OF property on East White street
have changed hands, indicating, in
connection with the business acti-
yities in this section, that White and
Caldwell streets are to soon be includ-
ed in the city's business district. In
these two blocks buildings valued at
more than $4,000 are now in progress
OF construction and the prospects are
that additional business houses VIII
: soon be started on these two streets.
To begin with the 3. &. NJ. Motor
Co., Wilson Barron and Robt. Mobley,
have under construction garage
building on the MObley property on
East White street, opposite Fried
heims hall, and the cost of this will
be between $4,000 and $4,000. This
will be occupied by the b. & NJ. Motor
company when completed. Spencer
Sturgis and Cobb have let n contract
to. J. E. Healan for the construction
OF two garage buildings on their prop
erty on Caldwell street, the buildings
going up on the property adjoining the
lot of the Hotel Building company.
These garages will cost about $4,000,
1T is estimated, each being 40 by 100
feet. w. B. Jenkins, of st. Charles a
brother-in-law of Rev. +. W. Gregg,
will remove his family to Rock Hill
and has already leased one of the
garages 1t is expected that the other
will be leased before completion. In
building these two business houses
the future widening of Caldwell street
was contemplated and the new StruC-
lures are being set back so the widen
ing process can come. The owners of
this property also own the corner lot
on White and Caldwell, this lot having
about 100 feet frontage on each of the
streets. The Peoples Trust company
has just closed a deal, whereby it pur-
chased for the Peoples Warehouse
company, the property known as the
Robbins property on White street, also
the property of the First Baptist
church adjoining. This with Sc feet
frontage already owned by the ware
house company, gives a total frontage
on White street of 226 feet ard eX-
n saa.rds back to the railroad. The lO'
Chased from the First Baptist
kch, also has a frontage Of &C feet
oakland avenue. The land was
sed with the view of adding to
Arehouse facilities of the COM
Y also with a view to the crcc-
business houses on White