Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-07-15
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News From Within and Without
the County.
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Some Items Of Fact, Some of Comment
and All Helping to Give an Idea of
What Our Neishbors Are Saying and
Doing.
Fort Mill Times, July 10: While
The Times has no record Of the pur-
chases, 1t is believed that few less than
one dozen new automobiles have been
bought by Fort Mill people during the
last two weeks. Officers of the town
Sunday morning placed the proprietors
of several Of the soda fountains under
bond for dispensing cold drinks, ice
that the cases against the fountain
men have not yet been called for trial.
............Mr. John B. Erwin, Confederate
veteran and one Of the towns oldest
and most highly esteemed citizens, Is
critically Ill at his home on White
street. Mr.. Erwin has been in poor
health for some time and little hope
Is entertained at present for his re-
covery...........The times Is informed that
the building committee of the board of
trustees of the Fort Mill school on
Tuesday awarded to Jesse L. Howie
the contract for the erection Of the new
SIS 900 addition to the school building.
Work on the building Is to begin as
soon as the necessary material can be
gotten on the ground............The Times
man, along with hundreds Of other
citizens of this city and community,
would like to see the township super
vicor get his force together and put in
q day or two days work on the road
leading from the incorporate limits to
TIE Catawba bridge. The road is in
bad shape, and especially so at a point
just beyond the home Of Mr.. w. B.
Hoke. There are holes there over
which one can hardly pass with an
auto. But the road, as whole, Is in
| urgent need of work. This road Is of
sand clay construction and was built
by the county changing. 1t stood up
we'll for year or more, but the heavy
traffic over it and the washing rains
have caused ruts in many places and
it is no longer a desirable place to ne
gotiate either for business or pleasure.
proper treatment with a road machine
for couple Of days now would save
the road and again put it in the good
Shape in which the chaingang left it.
Please do something for it Mr.. Super
visor.
Rock Hill, July 10: Capt. Robert
Crawford, who has been in service in
France, landed in New York Saturday,
and reached his home here on We'd
nesday. Capt. Crawford did service
with the Red Cross for several months
in Greeee.-..-.--Berry McCleeve Of York
has position with Williams and Com
pany, cotton puyers.---------The friends
of Mrs. R. "A. Wilson will be glad to
know that she is recuperating nicely,
after an operation at the Fennell In
firmary..... William E. Gaskin and
Miss Cora Rollings of this city were
married last evening by Magistrate ].
F. Wingate at his residence on Saluda
street.
Chester Reporter, July 10: Mr.. A.
E. Legare, Of Columbia, Is the new
county engineer, succeeding Mr.. P. F.
Patton, resigned. Mr.. Legare is just
out of the army, after two years SER
vice. He comes to Chester splendidly
recommended for the position, and en-
.ers at once upon the active discharge
of his duties. Mr.. Legare was former
ly city engineer at Columbia, and was
also connected with the Columbia
Street Railway Co.........The following
marriage licenses have been issued
this week from the office Of Judge Of
Probate A. w. Wise: Mr. Charles A.
Brock, of Cornelia, Ca, and Miss Mary
Jennie McFadden, Of Richburg; Mr..
Raymond ]. Green and Miss Katie
Belle Mobley, both of Chester; and Mr..
w. C. GLADDEN. and Miss Viola Fergu-
son, both of Bascomville. Will
liam w. Stokes, who was for many
years prominent In county politics and
was in the race for the states senate
last summer, died last night between
the hours of eleven and twelve at his
home a short distance above the juno
tion. Mr.. Stokes contracted blood
poisoning four or five months ago from
wearing tight shoe; and kidney COM
plications made 1t impossible for his
system to throw off the poison, with
the result that he gradually grew
worse....... Mrs. ]. T. Bigham is spend
ing a week with her daughter, Mrs.
W. P. Grier, at Glover.
eaffney Ledger, July 10: Cherokee
county's s125,0O0 road bonds bearing s
per cent interest were sold Tuesday
for par, plus accrued interest and
premium of s1,439.25. The purchaser
was the Continental Trust company,
of Macon, Ga. Seven bids were sub
mitted, the lowest, by a Cincinnati
firm, being par and accrued interest
less $1,212.50 for expenses. The High
way Commission has decided to estab-
lish maintenance quarters on the Nat
lonal Highway just outside the north
ern section of the city. Quarters will
be built to accommodate two crews,
of four men each, barn for the mules
assigned to this department, and sheds
for the road working machinery. No
contracts have been let yet, but rough
meeting Tuesday the commission or
dered the survey of a road to connect
the National Highway and Cherokee
Falls. This will be stretch Of about
mile and a half. The commission
has decided to put up a steel bridge