Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-03
GARNERED With SCISSORS
News From Within and Without
the County.
Condensed FOR QUICK READING

: somsltsms Of Fact, Some Of Comment
and All Helping to Give an Idea OF
flWRat Our Nsishbors Are Saying and
~ Doing. So.
Rock Hill Record, Sept. 2s: j. T..
Hoke, son of j. ]. Hoke of the River
Bend section. was brought to the city
.Safl,rday very seriously shot. 1t seems
fhdtshe and two other young fellows
were In a boat and had crossed to the
Opposite side of, the river, when young
Hoke Jumped out to fasten the boat,
T6nd:6s he did so he threw something
into the boat'that struck the hammer
Of gun lying on the seat in the boat
.saad rpointed toward him, and the gun
being discharged. the load taking eff
feet in the lower part Of his body and
weunding him very seriously. He was
rushed to the Summer Hospital in this
city and while he is very seriously shot
II is thought he will recover----.--.---At a
+ meeting Of the board Of trustees of the
, Rock Hill schoof district, held Friday
-evening, the site for the colored school
Was decided upon and practically four
acres Of land purchased for this pur-
pose. The land was bought from Sid
ney Friedheim at a. cost of 300. The
site is on Crawford highway, just this
side Of Carroll Park, the lot adjoining
Tobe Pride's home. and Baxter Hart's.
......-..-The tattered and torn and storm
battered flags which had been on top
OF. the Victory Arch have been remov-
ed. IA Service Banner, with four gold
stars; now hangs from the center of
! the arch. and on each of the two end
columns are displayed punches OF Con-
sfederate flags. The old flags We're
certainly in disgraceful condition.
Miss .Paulina Kerr Greed, a
dahghter of Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Creed
OF this city and a Winthrop graduate,
left Saturday morning for Spartanburg
to take a position On the faculty of the
graded schools of that city.
II - IdnCdotoF tNeWoy SSPe w. fiASaiNS
throughout the country will learn with
regret Of the death of James r. Black
mon OF the Fort Hill section Of the
county, which occurred Saturday. Mr..
Blackmon was about 60 years of age
and member of the Fort Hill church
whaee his remains were Inferred Sun
dsyss. &C C. Merrill, of Bloomsbury,
PAhsnd Miss Mana Perry. daughter of
MRS. Rebecca Perry of this city, were
nisrsied Saturday morning at the home
OF the brides mother, Rev. w. 8.
Patfstson officiating. The groom is
traystek sslsS9la WITH she fs dgpartsrss 81
who Tor a number of years was con-
nected with the Springs Banking and
Mercantile Company at Heath Springs,
and recently went to Rlaney to be
manager of new store, has pur-
chased an interest in the firm of
Edwards & Horton in this city and has
moved here. L
Chester Reporter, Sept. %: Marriage
licenses as follows were issued Friday.
September 2sth, from the office of
Judge Of Probate "A. w. Wise: Mr.. T.
G. Patterson, of Fort Mil, and Miss
Mary E. Mobley Of Fort Lawn; and
Mr.. Samuel Ghent and Miss Bonnie
McMurray, both of Chester---!!----..Mr.
James II. Thomas of Edgemoor, and
Miss Roberta n. Stephenson, Of Ca
tawba, were married Tuesday evening,
September 2Srd, at the Methodist
parsonage at Fort Lawn, In the
presence of few friends and relatives.
by the groom's pastor, Rev. w. A.
Ducwortf1. Mrs. P. D. White, Of
Marion Is spending a few days here
with her sister, Mrs. "A. G. Thornton
,.......-.... . Mr.rJ. L. Black has purchased
the Jabez Sexton house on the corner
of Hinton and Branch Streets.
The IS 100000 of thirty-year serial
bonds bearing interest at FIVE per cent |
voted on September End by the city of
Chester, for street Improvements under |
the abutting property plan, were sold
today to the Trust Company of
Georgia, with headquarters at Atlanta,
whose bid was par, accrued interest and
a premium of s3611, and who further
obligate themselves to furnish blank
bonds at their expense for the sigma
lures of the city officials.....--..---The
Gypsy" Smith, Jr, meeting entered
its third week yesterday, and judging !
by the crowds that hear Mr.. Smith at |
the three services and the display of |
interest the campaign has reached
most impressive There are
two cases of "iu" in colored family Il
on the plantation of Messrs. ]. E. and |
w. b. Trussell in the Woodward
Baptist church neighborhood. DR.. r.
II. McFadden, who is treating the /
patients, is making every effort to keep
the cases isolated.
Gaffney Ledger, Sept. 30: Turstees OF
school district No. 10 are preparing to
ask the citizens of the district to vote !
a 100000 bond issue for the purpose
of improving and moderniziag the