Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-28

in that church since last Tuesday
Rev. w. Fl. Stevenson of Clinton, do
ing the preaching. Rev. Mr.. Steven
son is preaching purely gospel SER
mons and those who are going out TO
hear him are agreed that he is preach
ing with much clearness and power.
The drinking fountain at the
courthouse has been out of commits
| sion for several days, to the great in
! convenience of many people who have
a habit or stopping there everytime
they pass.
A total of go bales OF cotton have
! been sold on the local market since
| Monday morning, according To r. f..
Mcclure, public weigher. G.. NJ. In
man, well known farmer Of York No.
1, sold $50 bales sof this number. -
j. r. Kelly has moved his family
into the Paul n. Moore house on
! Wright Avenue. Mr.. Moore has moved
I hts family into the w. L. Williams
house at the corner Of Kings Mountain
and North Congress street..
= Lark McAlister, white who lives
on G.. VI. Inman's place on York NO. l
| had his right arm broken'and his back
! badly bruised and spraiTed this morn
! ing at the public cotton platform when
! Il D1le Oh tOtlOu zen upOl iIllii' iiS
was given prompt surgical attention
and was reported at noon as getting
along nicely. 1t seems that bale of
cotton slipped off a wagon and on to
the ground striking McAlister
The fringe of the long heralded
! tropical storm burst in Yorkville about
2 o'clock Wednesday morning. From
III o'clock Tuesday night on the
temperature fell rapidly and q. high
wind began to play. Clouds at 2
O'Clock obscured the sky which at
midnight was perfectly, clear. BY
o'clock Wednesday morning furious
gale was blowing and the temperature
had dropped lower.
Considerable local interest was
manifested in the Clemson Carolina
fcotbalh game which was played II
Columbia yesterday afternoon at the
state fair in Columbia in the presence
of several thousand people, Carolina
winning by a score Of q to 0. Loca
| football fans stood around bulletin
boards yesterday afternoon and waited
with much interest the arrival or tele'
gscphic reports f'orn the game. Par
/ ti&ns Of the two teams were about d.
vidcd. IT. is said that {, numb.r oi
small bets were made.
- MAJOR f. 4. Hall does not believe
that the asphalt paving was severely
damaged by reason Of the u. =. Coas
Artillery train passing over it while
on route from Camp Jackson, >. Z
10 CampN Eustis, Va, several weeks
/ ago. Capt. Q. +. Smith o. the firm ol
KIutZ & Smith, engineers for the towr
was here Wednesday for the purpose
of inspecting the asphalt and IT wa'
Capt. Smiths opinion that 1t had pee'
damaged TO some extent although M
made no estimate OF the damage
While Mayor Hall did not say so M
left the impression with the reporter
that the town would put in clam
against the Federal government toI
alleged damages to paving by reason
of the passage of the heaVy trool
train.
Offer of their services in any. ca
pacity from firing the jacks to guard
ing the tracks" in the event or gen
eral railroad strike October 80 wa
made by members of Mech Stewar
Post No. &C, American Legion IN
signed letter TO Governor X. A. cooper
Fadopted at the regular monthly meet
ing OF the post at the American LIE
gion club Thursday night. The lette
; was transferred to the governors Oh
flee today after many other member
of the post who were unable to atten'
the meeting last night We're given op
u portunity 10 sign. Leglonaires took VI
numbep OF matters of interest las
night. Il was decided to hold mem
bership campaign during the month
! November, beginning November l AM
ending December /. a feature OF TN
membership drive is to be FEED 10
eX-seryice men to be held in the leSlol
hall some time during the month I
which all eX-service men Of the com
munity will be invited. High offclai
of the South Carolina Department o
the American Legion will be lnvlte'
10 be present for the occasion ana de
liver addresses. A committee to nav
charge Of the feed" in co-operatlo
with, the post officials was named
follows: William Benfield, II. II. Bar
ron. H. r. GIackorell, w. S. Moore
Baxter b. Robinson, j. Albert Riddle
=, c. Brandon. An invitation was eX
tended the members Of the post am
thr. h them to all eX-soldiers TO AT
7 tend the Armistice Day celebration Y
he held in Rock Hill, November IL
the county fair. The post voted u
increase the annual membership due
j from SO to So with the understanding
that in view of the coming member
shin drive dues would date from time
of Joining to January 1923. collec'
ton OF several dollars was taken To-
the benefit of an eX-soldier, not
member Of the post who is a patien
in the United States Public Hospital II
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