Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-04
WITHIN THE TOWN.

DIR. w. S. Currell, president of the
University of South Carolina was the
principal speaker at a meeting held in
the court house Friday evening with
view to stimulating interest in prop
osition to secure 800 members to the
Red Cross and its auxiliaries. DR.. Cur
rell in the course of his address refer
red to the splendid service Of the Red
Cross in the late war and referred to
the opportunity for service in the fu-
ture w. w. Lewis, Esq, presided over
the meeting.
- Every reasonable effort is being
made to secure prompt and reliable
delivery of The Enquirer to town
subscribers. Although the number OF
subscribers in town Is not more than
s per cent. of the total number OF
subscribers to the paper, the cost OF
delivering the papers in town is al
most as great as delivering all the
balance of the circulation. The carrier
boys are expected to deliver all papers
In porches or under doors whenever
practicable and subscribers failing to
get the papers pomptly are requested
/ to notify the business office.
Quite a unique affair was the
carnival" held by the Young Peoples
Christian Union Of the Associate Re-
formed church last Friday night. The
undertaking had it's inception in a
spirit of frolic on the part or the
young people and while there was no
pronounced departure from the original
purpose there was pretty close lml-
tation of the genuine carnival, with
tents, booths, stalls, In which there
was music, fortune telling, "weenie"
and candy selling. On basis of 10
cents admission at the gate and cents
admission to each attraction the total
receipts were something more than
s65. The money of course, Is to go
for the purposes of the Y. =. G. U.
A variety of flowers and potted
plants featured the annual flower show
OF the Presbyterian church held In the
reception hall of the church here today.
No prizes were awarded although the
number Of exhibitors were almost as
large as usual and the quality or the
exhibits from the standpoint or beauty
was about up to that standard Whlcn
has made the flower show an event OF
considerable interest each year for a
number of years past. Dinner was serv-
ed today to all who came and supper ls
to be served tonight, the menu includ-
ling a salad course, turkey, oysters and
other good things. Flowers were sold
to all who cared to buy. Mrs. S. c. Ashe,
president Of the flower show, announc-
ed the following list Of exhibitors OF
flowers and potted plants: Mrs. ): >.
Mackorell, Mrs. j. f. Gardner, Mrs.
will Dickson. Mrs. w. II. Herndon,
Miss Fannie Wardlaw, Misses Annie
and Molie Bludworth, Mrs. 5. NJ. NC
, Necl, Mrs. G.. w. Blanton, Mrs. b.; II.
Waugh, Mrs. G. N. Smelling, Mrs. w. r..
Ferpuson. Mrs. John z. Carroll, Mrs
Kate Black, Mrs. B. N. Moore. Miss
, Ressie Mason. Mrs. z. f. Gillespie,
!. Misses Rosa and Minnie Snyder, Miss
I,essie Witherspoon, Mrs. j. c. Wilborn,
!, Mics Rose Hunter, Miss Annie Wallace,
Mrs. S. C. Ashe, Miss Maggie Gist.
- The town was visited yesterday at
ternoon by the first aeroplane which
ever flew over, the plane OF the curtis
, tvpe driven by Aviator Ironmonger,
, causing a craning of necks by its conf
ing shortly aftery2 o'clock. The ma
chine flew over the town rev times
and then made bee line for Charlotte
from whence II came. No attempt at
a landing here was made because Oh
the fact that there was no nelo Oh SUI
, ficient proportions available Tor lana-
, ing. The big plane which did not ny
low enough for most Of those Watching
its movements to identify its driver,
! came with the intention of dropping
, comics of a Charlotte newspaper under
! whose direction it was sent out, on the
public square here. However, they
didn't fall on the public square II they
fell any where at all. The plane proved
quite a novelty to most or the people
who were lined along the streets and
who poured out of the stores ana OH
| ces when the whir Of the mighty
motors driving tn, machine were hearu
long before ii hove in sight or the to"n'
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Yesterday marked the Inauguration OF
aerial freight service in York county, as
the plane carried consignment OF NOV
ing picture films to Rock Hill NOV
ling picture house, while en- route mere,
, the plane stopping in Rock Hill long
enough 10 deliver its freight and then
taking the air again in the vicinity Oh
; Rock Hill for the purpose or doing
few trick stunts in flying for the bene-
AT of those natives who probably mad
never seen an aeroplane before. Lieut..
Ironmonger who drove the plane over
. the town yesterday served IN the lale
war with the British royal fylng CORPS
and won the title of Ace through his
brilliant work in bringing to earth
number of Hun aeroplanes and palloonS
and other fighting craft which sought
70 make the air safe for autocracy.
THE machine started back for Charlotte
at 2.23 d. m. and hundreds or keen
ewes watched it's course eastward until
the last glimmer had been obliberated
by the duncing rays Of November sun
and the dull whir Of it's motors was
Iaudible no longer. The big plane hop
ped off from the flying field In Charlotte
en- route to Yorkville about 2 O'CLOCK.
The aviator expected to reach this town
about l O'Clock: but missed his calcu-
lations by considerably over one hour.
Horse traders had day Of 1t yes
terday. There were quite number OF
them in town, gathered from every
where attracted here by the fact that
il was First Monday and therefore a
considerable crowd in town. They did
business, tCo-that is some OF them
did, and those who didn't tried to as
best they could. One fellow bought a
mule for Il dollar, and got cheated at
that because ii wasn't much mule, since
the animal had seen his best days in
the long ago. Even at that there came
near being a fight over the purchase.
Fellow who came to town from some
where up in North Carolina riding In a
delivery wagon upon the sides or
which were painted Star Grocery
Company, Phone ALL" had represen-
tative 10 buy the mule from another
man. He led his purchase out Of the
crowd and tied him to the grocery
wagon, having visions Of the time may
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