Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-01

this week when all arrangements for
the event will be made. ...' ,..
LOCAL LAcoNicS ne
Report of the Ginners. ."''-
According to Joseph M. Taylor, spe-
cial agent, the cotton ginned In York
county up to October Is, amounted to
21,746 bales, against only $3.50 bales up
to the same date last year. t-.F.
Protraeted Meeting at Smyrna. =
Rev. d. G. Phillips, d. D., pastor of
! the Chester A. r. p. church, assisted
the pastor, Rev. b. G. Pressly, in
protracted meeting at Smyrna A. r. p.
| church. Services began Friday and
were continued through Sunday morn
ing, when the sacrament of the Lords
supper was observed.
N. Car. D. A. RS In Gastonia.
William CASTOR Chapter, D. A. r. of
Gastonia. is, hostess to the North Caro-
i lima state convention of the d. A. r.
bin Gastonia this week, the convention
/ having been called to order today.
/ The convention will be in session
through Thursday. Business meetings
are being held in the Sunday School
rooms of the First Presbyterian
. ~ ltdluIt VI PiO-
gramme will be a visit to Kings
Mountain Battle ground.
Chester Court.
The fall term of the Chester court
convened yesterday with Judge Hayne
F. Rice, of Aiken, presiding. The most
interestings cases to be tried in the
court Of general sessions win be that
Of Rev. Ely Sullivan, negro, who Is
charged with the murder Of Rev. John
Colvin and Samuel Sanders six years
ago, and who was captured about two
months ago at Gastonia, N. G. An
other murder case to be tried is that
4 of John Taliford, charged with. killing
another negro at Lando month ago.
Captured Strange Bird.
Mr. w. E. Gettys of Tirzah and
several of his sons were in Yorkville
this morning bringing with them in a
box strange sea bird which a color
ed woman found in Mr.. Gettyss field
yesterday afternoon. The bird which
was speckled gray in color with q
long bill and webbed feet was identf-
fed as species of gull and the theory
is that it had been blown inland from
, the coast during the recent storm.
The gull appeared to be quite vicious,
striking repeatedly at persons who
came in close proximity to 1t.
York Merchants on Committees.
Mason L. Carroll, well known mer-
chant Of Yorkville, has been elected
chairman of the committee on trans
pcrtation of the recently organized
: South Carolina Retail Merchants as
> sociation. Sidney. Friedheim- of Rock
Hill, was elected a member Of the COM
mittee on legislation, and Thos. A..
Moore of Rock Hill, as member of the
board of directors. j. w. Kirkpatrick
( of Greenville, formerly of Yorkville, is
l president of the association, and l.. II.
, Wannamaker, a well known former
. newspaper man of Charleston, is secre-
: tary.,
= YorkviIle Man in Storm Section. -
aRaymond Barnwell, well known
young man of Yorkville who has been
spending some time in Florida, was in
Tampa, last week during the severe
: storm which almost completely inun-
dated parts of that city .as well as
: other sections of Florida. Mr.. Barn
well sends a copy of the Tampa Morn
ing Tribune describing the damage
: wrought by the storm. The office Of
the newspaper was flooded and it was
{ necessary to print several editions OF
{ the newspaper in a town forty miles,
away.
Story Was False.
Rock Hill Herald, Monday: Con-
siderable excitement was created Sat
urday night by a rumor that a white
man had beenfattacked by negroes and
thrown from an auto, the negroes then
seizing a woman who was in the ma
chine. The rumor was first circulated
in the Aragon village and the men
there turned out to help hunt the Of
Tending ones, while the report came
into the city. It is understood an in
vestigation showed no foundation to
the rumor, and why and how it started
has not been explained.
Caught in Gambling Raid.
Six frightened negroes and two big
pistols was tie total secured in
gambling raid on the home Of Fred
Garnett, colored who lives on Quinn
Wallace's place n short distance west
of Yorkville Saturday night by Magis-
trate Fred G.. Black, Sheriff !. E.
Quinn AID Deputy Sheriff Tom Quinn.
The three officers stationed themselves
at the two doors and one widow Of
the house where the six negroes were
turning Skin" and there vas no.
chance for the negroes TO get out.
Two pistols, ono . .3S calibre, the
other q 80 calibre were found in the
house. Magistrate Black hecrd Eph
Leech, colored skinner say, you mig
gahs come up wifi yo' money: dat am
my so cents on de bod" Just then
Sheriff Quinn started through n VIM
dow. Negroes made a break for the
front door but Deputy Sheriff Quinn
was there. They ran to the back door
but Magistrate Black was there ind
the sheriff commanded the window.
! There was nothing for them to do but
surrender. Five CT the negroes paid a
fine of $40 each as follows: Eph Leech,
Fred Barne.tc Bud Ba-uctte, Will
Archie, oscar Jennings. Frank Wylie,
the sixth member OF the party claims
he wasn't gambling and wants trial
by jury which he will get the magis-
trate said yesterday.
- Marshal Ferdinand F'och, leader Of