Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-22
WITHIN THEToWN


school bonds in the sum. Of. SIZE, 900 for
improved school buildings. -. ,.,....g
- More .than-1 100 bales. Of cotton were
sold on the Yorkville market last Week,
according to: report Yesterday Of Robert
E. Mcclure, public ;Weigher for the
town. Mr.. Mcclure weighed 40 bales
of cotton Saturday.io ..,,:l
4 AM. Parrot has, been elected. chief
Of Police to succeed Cad Steele. who
resigned to become chief :.of police at
Great yahs, Chester: county. 4 Mr.. Par
'rott, has agreed TO- take, the place tenn
porarily. The salary =: of, WI. Nc
Carter, night Policeman, has been In
creased, from $99tto 500 per: month.
!. - II don't bother you much, so won't
you please say something in the paper
about chickens running at large on the
streets and folks. throwing waste paper
on the street," sail" a lady Of East Lib
:erty street, the other day.. 1T is hard
to keep from running: over, chickens
with. an. automo obile.When the chickens
are in the streets and I do wish people
generally wouldnhaYe enough pride in
the appearance of the streets to refrain
from throwing waste paper : carelessly
about. ~ .T:,:4A &r,,r 800, 9. - !, n,
A five passenger Buick automobile,
the property Of I, John ID. Stewart ,.Qf
;Gastonia, ! and drfyehsf fby Stewart, was
wrecked at the corherH or North Con
gress and Kings Mountain BtreetS Sum
day, evening about z O'clock. Ohs {0f
the front wheels and "a rear wheel of
the machine were smash ed dwhen the car
crashed into a.'tree ON the left hafif
sideSof the street: Neither: the driHer
or other occupants of the automobile
were injured Stewart forfeited o. bond
of $50, which was; required Of him for
reckless driving. -" -: 3:.yAs,.:s
!. ALI Is in: readiness FOR the staging
of ?the anless:;$ Wedding insthe
courthouse, here, Friday: evening :at:8
O'clock, for, the behef1t.: OF Mech
Stewart Post OF the American: Legion.
The entertainment. was postponed
from last Friday evening because sof
that cast gloom over; the entire COM
r1unity.@ It Is. announced that re-.
hearsal of the wedding party Is to- be
held Thursday evening after the :)yce-
um entertainment in the court ouse,
when all win be. gotten in READINESS
for. the entertainment the following
night. ;.tE..s 81, ..SS> =
Funeral "seryires for Miss Eleanor
Janette Neely, for twenty years -:sti
teacher in the Yorkpille, Graded school
who died about >3.40. Friday Afternoon
from injuries received Thursday morn
ing when an automobile, in which she
and Miss Mary williams. and, five
school children We're en- route to school
was struck by a Carolina & North
Western railway; train, were held f5om
the First Presbyterian church; SatuE-
day afternoon :; at; '3.3Q:i / Hpndreds:G4o OF
people, many: Of them: her former :Pn-
pills, crowded into rthesi chutch audi
torium. and went. to the icemeterytto
pay the last tribute Of respect to one
they loYed. The. funeral serVicea4Wsre
conducted by her pastor, Rev E. :E.
Gillespie, D. D., Of the First: Presby-
terian church; assisted :3bS the; other
pastors of the2 town. y he members fof
the Board Of Trustees were, Honorary
pallbearers and followed :the!. bier. to
the grave. Scores of !beAutfuII Ihpral
tributes were offered 4. and the. igEAFe
was lined with flowers, Miss MEleanQr
Janette Nicely, was tfls-daughter OF The
late H. A: D.: Neely,4 for!a many years
treasurer Of Y Yorks couiitS and: :Mrs.iM.
M. Nicely. She was born nears Rock
Hill, November q, 1875. The family
moved to Yorkville, january; i: 1881.
After attending school Here Miss Nicely
went d, CIre WlJSIoH-Gdlehl
Academy at Winston Salem: NJ c.; and
was graduated from that institution i'm
1893. The following two. years sfle
taught school In Bethel townshipl The
next two years she taught at New1lort,
Then for several years she was en-
gagged in teaching at Blackvifle-2:In
1901 she began her work: as a. teacher
in the Yorkville Graded school being
en- route to take, up her work for the
day when she met her, tragic end. She
is survived by her ! mother !; and two
brothers, Mr.. John A. NeelN Of Ander-
son and Mr.. Arthur D. Nicely of York
vile. ,~.t-,i" :S.i..
Giving her. name as Venie Brown,
a young white, woman apparently
about 20 yearse-bf age, was banished
from town yesterday morning after
she had pleaded guilty before Mayor
E. "A. Hail of a charge: of :immoral con-
duct. The. young woman, who, 1t rs
understood has been living part OF the
time in and near YorkYille and part
in Gastonia, was arrested at an early
hour Sunday morning at the home OF
Fl. T. Roddey, a public service driver
and committed to jail on charge Of
immoral conduct She remained I'm
iail until Monday morning when she
was brought before the mayor. Rod
dey and his brother Frank Roddey
also is chauffeur. :~ere required TO
put up S25 each. This they forfeited
rather than appear in police court
Yesterday morning. The; Brown wo:-.
man, accompanied by q female relative
told a straight story to the mayor yes
terday morning. She admitted that
she was prostitute and declared that
other women besides herself had been
in Roddey's house. from time to time
for immoral purposes. Roddey, she
said, carried her out in his automobile
Saturday with an understanding
whereby he was, to receive half the
proceeds of, her shame. The SS she
earned was kept by Roddey who did
not divide. "He took me out to make.
money out Of me, ''xshe told the mayor.
Tie twonnan dressed in: brown jsilk,
dress with brown silk stockings. told
her; story to the mayor WITHOUT the.
slightest blush Of shame OF concerni;i
the. hard, cruel; leefy expression of her
face never Changing. - Through the
thin, shabby silk stocking of her, right
limb showed two IS bills. She was
apparently unconcerned when the
mayor announced his intentio nto re-
lease her on condition that she leave
town for all time. +! After the hearing
she came up town and after making a
few purchases left for parts unknown.
The two Roddeys who were tried in
their ahsetce were sentenced to pay
fines of s100 each. Their automobile