Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-08-22
LOCAL LACONlCS
Witherspoon indicated.

Witherspoon indicated.
After listening to both sides In the
case involving the recall OF Prof. J. n.
Witherspoon as superintendent OF the
CARNEY public schools, the school
board on last Wednesday dismissed
the whole matter as not entitled to
have any weight with those who are
interested in the educational uplift OF
the youth of the community
Discharged From Service.
DISCHARGE of the following York
county men from military service mas
been reported by the Columbia War
Camp Community Service: Ernest
Cauthen, Edward S. Baskins, Bud In
gram, Frasier J. Allen, Ruby II. Long,
John B. Cordes, Walter L. Jenkins,
Arthur Roseborough, Layton Chester
Willie Clark.
Lodged in Jail.
Henry McCaw, colored who Is
alleged to have shot lola McCaw. a
negro woman in the leg last Sunday
causing a painful flesh wound has been
lodged in jail on charge OF assault
and battery with intent to kill. The
shooting occurred on the plantation or
Mr.. John B. Plaxco south Of Yorkville.
The McCaw woman is not considered
to be in any serious danger. Sam
Smarr who shot Henry Lowry IN
row on the same place the same day
left the country the day after the
shooting and has not been apprehend-
ed.
Real Estate Sales.
Sale of York county real estate con-
tinues to be brisk. The D. M. Parrott
place near Filbert, has been sold to I.
b. Parker. There are about 150 acres
in the tract and the land sold for $6O
an acre. Eighty-seven acres In the
McConnellsville section owned by MIR.
r. B. Hartness has been sold to
Messrs. j. NJ. Love and ]. T. Craw-
ford for S10O an acre. The residence
of Mr.. H. T. Williams near the graded
school building in Yorkville, has been
sold to Mr.. j. B. Parrott. Mr.. w. l..
Williams has purchased the lot be-
tween his residence on Kings Noun
tain street and that of Mrs. d. E. Fin
ley. These transactions were handled
through the real estate agency or Z.
+. Sherer.
CASTOR Votes Bonds.
At an election held in Castor county
Tuesday road bonds In the sum OF
$500 600 were voted by an overwhelm-
ing majority, every township in the
county showing a majority OF its
voters in favor Of the issue. The only
township in which there was any
marked opposition to the issue was
Dallas which gave a majority Of only
80 votes, the record being 154 for bonds
and 124 against. This bond issue OF
s500,00 will be supplemented by
like amount from Federal and state re-
sources, giving a total Of $1,O0O,OOO to
be used for road purposes In CASTOR
county, in securing hard surface sys-
tenn traversing the county in two d.
rections, from the Catawba river 10
the Cleveland county line and from
Lincoln county on the north to York
county on the south.
Bethel Sunday School Convention.
There was a large attendance upon
the annual meeting of the Bethel
Township Sunday school convention
which was held in st. Paul Methodist
church last Tuesday. the convention
lasting all day. A. C.. Harper, pres.
ident of the convention presided and
addresses were delivered by DR.. X. L.
Wylie of Clover; Rev. G. w. Nickel OF
Bethel and Prof. M. F. Montgomery OF
Spartanburg, representative or the
South Carolina Sunday school asso-
citation. 1t was decided before adjourn
mcrt that the next annual meeting OF
the association should be held at Bethel
Chapel. Officers to serve during the
ensuing year were elected as follows:
President, A. c. Harper Yorkville No.
s: vice president, DR.. T. N. Dulin,
Glover No. 2; secretary and treasurer,
Miss Hester Jackson, Glover No. 8.
Conference at Linwood.
Large numbers of York county men,
bers of the Associate Reformed Pres
byterian denomination are at Linwood
College, Gastonia, N. c., this week In
attendance upon the Fifth annual
Bible conference of the denomination
which is now In session there. The
program includes the ablest reli-
gious speakers and teachers in the
three Presbyterian assemblies. More
than $50 delegates are In attendance.
The conference was formally opened
Tuesday evening by Rev. S. w. Reid OF
atlanta, presiding officer, who ex-
planned that in former years 1t had
been q conference Of laymen but this
year by action of Synod, but this year
1t became a Synodical Conference for
the purpose of helping the church In
al off its departments. The meeting
will remain in session over Monday.
The program includes a visit Sat
urday afternoon to Kings Mountain
battle-ground. 1t is expected that un-
usually large congregations will at
tend the services to be held at Lin
wook on Sunday.
Arcade Employees on Strike.
Rock Hill Herald August 20: Strik-
i'm. It is stated, in sympathy with the
employees Of the Aragon mill who
walked out two weeks ago on the re-
fusal of the mill officials to grant them
increased wages, the operatives Of the
Arcade, sister mill to the Aragon have
left their jobs. Alexander Long, of
this city, is president of both mills.
Representatives of the employees of the
Arcade mill met with the mill officials
last night and demanded a leveling Of
the wage scale in all departments Of
the MILL which would amount to an in
crease Of 10 per cent. in wages in the
most of the departments, 1t is stated.
The employees also asked for the elimi-
nation of the noon hour run Of the
mill and recognition Of the local tex
tile union, recently organized. Upon
refusal of the company to grant these
demands the workers decided to strike
and refused to go to work this MORN