Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-14

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LOCAL LAcoNlcs.
All Day Singing.
interested people in large numbers
|attended an all day singing at Hope
iweH church near Hickory Grove last
ISunday, which was under the direction
| OF Prof. Humphries of Hickory Grove,
| and other noted singers. Dinner was
served on the grounds.
Deputy c'.~' assigned.
F. E. Clinton, deputy clerk Of court
since the administration Of Clerk Jno'
(Rs Logan, began, has resigned his po-
Psition. His successor has not yet been
[named.
/ No Bids Received.
Pursuant to published announce
5ment the county board OF commission
ers at a meeting held Saturday were
ready to receive bids for the top soil
| ing of three miles of the Yorkville-
Rock Hill road, beginning at the cor
porate limits of Yorkville. There were
/ no bids received.
Stephenson Resigned.
Floyd Stephenson, for several years
past constable to Magistrate r. L. A,
Smith has resigned his position In order
that he might devote his whole time
to his farming interests. Mr.. Stephen
son has been succeeded by Moffatt M.
Mcknight. Aa.ts
ITO Do Jail Practice.
The county commissioners have ac-
cepted bid of $3.50 submitted by Drs.
John I. Barron. j. j. Glenn and p. w.
Hunter to do the medical practice at
the county Jail for one year. DR.. M. j.
Walker, bidding for himself alone Of
.fered to do the work for $500 n year.
his bid including all practice of both
general and special nature.
For the Epworth orphanase.
The Orphanage Work Day collection
of Mount Vernon Methodist Sunday
school collected last Sunday for the
benefit of the Epworth orphanage In
Columbia totaled sS3.32.
Supervisor Shealy Here.
w. A. Shealy of Columbia. state su-
pervisor of mill schools, was a visitor
in York county last week in the in
terests of his work. He inspected the
several mill schools in the county.
York County Ginninse.
!, Joe NJ. Taylor of Newport, special
agent for the Federal census bureau
in the collection of York county cot
ton statistics reports ,4,12S bales ginned
in the county up to September 25, 1919
rs against 1855 bales ginned in York
Up to September 25, 1918.
CASTOR County Fair.
What was characterized by officers
and people generally as the most sue
ccssful and interesting exhibition OF its
kind in CASTOR county, came TO close
Saturday night when the CASTOR coun-
ty fair closed its doors. The fair was
in progress from Tuesday until Satur-
day and was attended by many thou
sands of people from not only CASTOR
county, bnt other counties around, in
Guiding hundreds of visitors from York
county. The number of exhibits of
was the largest ever held at fair In
that citv the free attractions and the
Midway" the best ever known and the
fair generally complete success.
Cotton Fire in Rock Hill.
Several hundred bales of cotton, the
property of the Victoria Cotton Mills
and stored in John #. Roddeys ware
house in Rock Hill, were destroyed by
,-t& .Alr
about 10 o'clock. There were more
than 500 bales of cotton stored in the
central section of the warehouse to
which the fire was confined but con-
siderable portion will be salvaged.
Heroic work on the part of ROCK
Hills fire department resulted in get
ting the fire under control after
fight of about two hours. The ware
house is located only a short distance
from the Southern railway passenger
station ard the railway trestle at
north end of the station caught fire
several times but the blaze was easily
distinguished each time. The cotton
was valued at a large sum but was
covered by insurance.
Advocated Thompson Site.
C. l.. Knox. c. B. Knox, S. Knox. Z.
u. Price. L. ID. Thompson, L. II Grier
and J. c. Porter of Mecklenburg coun-
ty. y. c., and r. s. Riddle of Bethel
township were in Yorkville Wednesday
for the purpose of comforting with the
county board of commissioners advo-
eating the location Of proposed
bridge across Catawba river 1T what
is known as the Thompson site. The
commissioners, however, were not in
session. The matter was discussed
with several people of the town OF
Yorkvi!e with a view to getting tho
towns endorsement for the Thompson
site bu. no action beyond a discussion
was taken 1t is estimated that COM
pleted fridge will cost about $4,000.
After Blind Tigers.
Chief of Police Lynn captured
quantity of contraband liquor and two
white men Saturday, following raid
in Fort Mill. Acting on information
that one Marshall Turner and John
Mccullough, the former having recent