Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17

| WAS ilciu lol' 'lile pulpOSC VI Wv dusAii5
good roads in this section of North
Carolina. The board Of cnuhty thm-
missioners were present as Invited
guests. Mr.. Wilkinson made the prln-
clpal speech of tho evening. In view
Of the strategic position he holds in
connection with the road-building
forces Of the state. his words were lis
tened to with cdre. The sum and sub
stance of what he said was that any
county in the state could get eXnctly
the roads wanted by displaying the
proper cooperation with the state nu-
thorities. :":There are four types Of
reads, warrenite, sheet asphalt cement
slab arid :bitulIthic" said Mr. Wllkln-
E:son .."and the CASTOR -Clevelnnd' high
way and the road from GhEtohlaSB
Lincolnton will be two of:the. best
roads to be found anywhere In the
United States. So will also the road
from Charlotte to Statcsvile. a
goodly share of the states money is.
coming to Western North Carolina,
and think the sixth district will get
it's proportionate part" ..Gastunia
ministers representing twelve church.
es and several denominations In the
city and county responded to the spc-
cial call Of the president of the Gas
tonia Ministers Association and met ~
! the Sunday school room Of the First
Presbyterian: church Monday morn!
ing, June 13, at $3.50 o'clock, to dis:
cuss legislation recently enacted by
the Gastonia City Council concerning
pool rooms and public dances. Besides
| acting upon their own personal con-
victions these ministers voiced the
sentiments of several throusand church
people in CASTOR county when with
very little ID iscussion they unanimous
ly and heartily endorsed the follow
ing resolutions looking to the recall
of the ordinance as passed by the City
Council and the Establishment Of the
public dance: hall:' ""Resolved, by the
Gastonia Ministers Association, in
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plore the recent action of the City
Council in reducing the" tax: on pool
rooms and creating longer hours for
their time of operating, and that, we,
the representative ministers Of war
ious religious denominations Of the
city, most respectfully request the
members of the City Council to res
cind said action, and place such re-
| strictions around the licensing of the
public pool rooms that they can not
operate in Gastonia; and further. that
We heartily endorse the course pur-
sued by the Gazette. which has our
full support. We take' this action for
the following reasons::T1. That pool
rooms meet no Legitimate need. 2
Because Of questionable, management
land immoral tendencies they exert
an evil influence in the community.
8. Because they have been heretofore
debarred with general satisfaction.
4 Because there is no popular. &C.
mand for. them,' but PUBLIC sentiment
is overwhelmingly opposedf to their
operation" Be 1T further resolved by
this body that we request the revoca-
ton of all licenses for public dances in
Gastonia (Signed) w. S. Hamiter.
Cleveland Star, (Shelby) June IA:
Mr.. Ralph Gold and Miss Alma Bran
ton were married last Wednesday af-
ternoon at 6 o'clock at Kings Noun
tain, by the Baptist pastor. Rev. j. O.
Fulbright.. Miss Thera Francis and
Mr.. Fitzlugh, Wilkins, both Of whom
! are popular clerks at Efird's Depart
ment store were happily married late
Friday night ut the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Mac Wilkins on West Marion
street. Mr.. John w. Suttlc performing
the ceremony in the presence OF only
2. few witncsscS.....Ja Hamrick,
a. negro living on Mr.. Roy Lavcndars
plantation in lower Cleveland caught
an old 'possum- and u baby 'possums
one day last week. While working in
the field he saw the old mother pos
sum crossing a corn patch and got in
hot pursuit to find and catch all ot
them. The babies were riding on the
mothers back with their tails coiled
around hers to keep from falling OIL.
.Mr. David 4. Beam has pur-
chased for $4,000 the Thos. S. Elliott
boarding house and store rooms at The
Southern Depot. The boarding house
contains about - rooms, while therg
are three store rooms on the propertyi
facing the passenger station. This Is
one Of the largest real estate deals
that has been consummated this year
in. Shelby.Mrs w. r. HARNESS
| left yesterday for Baltimore to be at
the bedside OF Mr.. Hartness who will
be operated on at Johns Hopkins Hos
Dital today........Six hoardcrS at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rippy on
$. Lafayette street became dcathly
sick Friday night from Ptomaine
poison. 1t was thought for while
that some of the patients could not
recover but physicians were called in
and they pulled through all right.
They had eaten ice cream. peaches and