Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-26
ROCK HILL news BUDGET
Township Road Commission Has Pur.
chased New Road Machine.
HAMBRIGHT OUT FOR POSTMASTER

HhnUhiQul UUl lUn IUO !Wh1lLh
Mother and Daughter Banquet Enjoya-
BILE Affair-Southern Official Makes
Visit Relative to New Freight Depot
Other News and Notes Of the Me-
tropol:s of York County.
(By a Staff Correspondent.
Rock Hill, April 23.-Commissioners
for Catawba township have purchased
combined tractor and road machine
from Messrs. Wilkcrson Bros, of Flick
ory Grove, and the new machine is do
ing duty on Catawba township roads.
The purchase price was about $3.50
and the road authorities are we'll Peas
ed with it.
FIambrieht for Postmaster.
Petitions were. put in circulation to-
day soliciting signatures of citizens
asking the appointment Of V. @. Ham
bright as postmaster for Rock Hill. Mr..
Hambr;ght is an old Rock Hill resident,
who for the past year or more has been,
a resident Of Clover, where he has been
Il bank cashier. He recently moved
back to Rock Hill with his family ana
he has plans for the erection of res
idence on East Main street
iDcmand FOR Turkey Eggs.
People Of Rock Hill and the commu-
nifty surrounding are taking no chances
of buying their next Christmas turkeys
on the open market. There is quite-a
demand here now for turkey eggs on
the part of Rock Hill fowl raisers. Tur-
key cggs are selling readily at 80 cents
each and are very scarce at that price,
it is said.
Meeting of Women Held.
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Womans Home Demonstration clubs Of
York county, was held 1.-the Chamber
of Commerce hall here this morning.
While rhe attendance was fairly good 1t
was somewhat curtailed because OF the
hard rain that fell yesterday afternoon
The programme for the meeting in
cluded discussions of a number of mat
ters of interest to the members. Lun-
cheon was served.
To Attend New York Conference.
Dr.. +. B. Johnson, president of the
York county branch OF the American
Cotton association, has been appointed
by President ]. S. Wannamaker as a
delegate to the National Consultation
Conference of people interested IN the
cotton industry, which is to be held In
New ,. crk city on May 30-31. The con-
ference is to be held at the PennsylVa-
MIA hotel and addresses are to be de-
livcred by Hon. Henry Wallace, secre-,
tary of agriculture; the governors OF all
the cotton growing states and others.
we must unite and put into force and
effect every available effort to revive
the consumptive demand for American
cotton" saws the cal sent out for the
meeting. DR.. Johnson expects to at-
tend.
Parking Ordinance Pleases.
The new ordinance passed by the
city council relative to the parking OF
cars on Main street is proving quite
ulcnsiny TO Rock Hill people. Under
the new ordinance all Of the cars must
be parked along side in tie middle OF
the street, allowing Il passage way on
both sides. Thus far there have been
no accidents and the new ruling Is
working we'll all around.
The New Fre;gh. Depot.
Rock Hill is right after a new freight
depot. superintendent w. II. hudson
Of the Southern railway, was here on
Thursday afternoon and inspected the
present freight depot and got facts ana
figures and plenty of reasons why
new freight depot should he erected. IL
WAS pointed out to him that the present
freight facilities are less at present
than they were forty years ago when
there were two freight depots here. Su-
ucriutcndent Hudson gave Chairman
Poe Of the local freight committee. no
satisfaction as To what the railroad
company would do. However, there Is
to be no let up here until that new
freight depot is built.
Must Pay chauffeurs' License.
City council some time ago passed an
ordinance requiring all persons VINO
drove IN automobile regularly to pro-
vide themselves with chauffeurs IL
censc. There are scores OF automonite
owners wig have failed to obtain the
necessary license and the recorder mas
been busy at morning court of late I'M
unsing a fine Of 81 in every case report
cd where the license has not been oD'
tanned.
Military Company Busy.
Company III, the Frank Roach
Guards, of Rock Hill, have been called
upon quite frequently Of late toO pro-
vide firing squads for the funerals OF
overs aas men whose bodies have been
Skinned to their respective homes III
this section. 4 squad of seven men and
q non commissioned officer went 10
Great Fails today fn attend military
funeral and another squad goes TO