Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-19
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LOCAL lEACONlCS:
,ounty Home Population

LOCAL EAcoNIcs: :.
County Home Population.
The population of the county home
totaled 'wenty-fi five up to last Friday
morning, when three additional pau
pers, two colored and one white. were
admitted: -
John Jackson in, :Jail.&i!s
John Jackson, negro, Of Bethel town
ship, is in the county jail. He was
committed by Magistrate fsJShn 4 tord OF
Bethel township. on a>Warrant' cnare-
ing him with assault and battery with
intent to kill. He Is alleged to have
beaten up another. negro in a row In
Bethel township last Saturday.
Rain in Kings Mountain.
Reports reaching Yorkville, yester-
day from the Western part Of Kings
Mountain township were to the erect
that unusually heavy rains fell there
on Saturday and Sunday. Clark's Fork
was higher. than it had been known
for several years.; the waters covering
the bottoms, from hill to hill and
sweeping away large quantities of
corn. ai
Taking No Chances.
Sheriff Fred Quinn has a neat little
copper worm, captured some time
ago from some noonshiner, on display
in his office. The worm Is very bright
and very attractive. The sheriff is
taking no chances on some thirsty one
coppin gthe still with view to putting
it into active service again. He has it
securely chained to the radiator In his
office.
York's Automobiles. y
registered in South "Carolin.. during
the six months ending June 80, was
1893. In addition to automobiles the
registration included 6,572 trucks, "A
trailers 854 motorcycles, 698 transfers
and 649 dealers. The total number Of
automobiles registered in York county
was 2,25S, and also there-was register
ed in this county 174 trucks, "a motor
clcyes, % transfers and 20 dealers. .
MeconneIlsviIle Picnic.
A large number Of people Of the
community attended a picnico at the
residence of w. tE;, Ashe, Of McCon-
nellsville,:held last. Friday under the
auspices of the Christian Endeavor
Association and the Sunday school Of
Olivet Presbyterian church. There was
plenty to- eat and everybody had
good time Al baseball game played In
the afternoon between McConnellsVilIe
and Tirzah, was: won by McConnells-
vile. q :t''
Boil Weevil at LowryvilIe.
The genuine boil weevil has made it's
appearance at Lowryvlle and In that
vicinity, according to reports brought
30 "a rff1
ing in that section. Several farmers
from Texas and from Georgia, who are
quite familiar wit hthe boil weevil and
who could not possibly be mistaken In
their Identification Of him; say that the
insect found nthe crops at Lowry
vile is the genuine article. Z.
Road Bed Washed Away.
Travellers returning to .Yorkville on
Sunday night from Charlotte and Cas-
tonia, report that the Southern railway
track between Kings Mountain and
Grover, y. c., was washed away in
three places last Sunday by reason or
heavy rains that visited that section
Saturday and Sunday. The damage
was repaired however, without great
deal of trouble and while traffic was
delayed to some extent there was no
great dealy.
ALLEGED Car Thieves Arrested.
Seven young men of Rock Hill were
arrested by police officers in that city
last week charged with entering freight
cars of the Southern railway and with
attempting to dispose Of goods alleged
to have been stolen from the cars. The
seven have given bond in the sum OF
$500 each, but. several others believed
to be associated with the gang, are still
at large although the officers are after
them. According to officers the gang
had started up a store en- the outskirts
of the city and the supplies were large
ly secured from freight cars, hence the
sales were virtually all profits as they
sold the stolen goods for practically
nothing. A goodly amount Of tobaccos,
chewing. smoking, cigarettes. ETC., Wers