Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-19
ROCK HILL news budget
Business Soft Pedals While The
Farmers PIox. e. -"
ROSA PoNsELLE TO BE AT WINTHROP
Negro Tried to Pass Bad Check
Williams Back from spartanbura-:
Personal and Other Notes. 80:

negro Tried TO Pas3 bad Cheek-Ir.
Williams Back from spartanbura-:
Personal and Other Notes. =. -,
=: Il; (By Staff Correspondent.)
Rock Hill, April 16.-Rock Hill bank
ers take no chances. A negro claiming
to be an employe Of local garage,
came up to the cashiers window. OF a
bank this afternoon. He had a. check
for $3.50, signed by a man living out OF
town. He said he had cashed the
check, paying the man. the money. The
assistant cashier didn't like the looks
of the negro and began questioning
him. The negro made a break fol-. the
door. Other employees Of the bank. who
have standing instructions. to watch
out for such things, caught the negro
as he went out Of the door. The me-
gro explained at length.
"Boss," he explained: "the rigger who
gimme this check and said as how It
was all right. I give that Niger. the
money an he gimme de check; When
started to git it cashed I-canght de
dchil. rs gwine ter look ferIde Niger"
PonseIIe Concert. ,:s. (;
Rock Hill and. Winthrop: college are
expecting hundreds of people from all
sections Of upper South Carolina to at
tend the Rosa Ponselle concert Tues-
day evening. In the past Winthrop has
brought to Rock Hill many famous
musicians, artists and singers. Be-
ceipts from the sale Of tickets, how
ever, have not paid the bills In the past
and the college has determined that Il
the sale of tickets for the. Pohselle
concert next Tuesday evening does not
pay expenses, hereafter less expensive
artist will be employed. :%.,
Chamber Of Commerce Building. ::
Miss Marie Fewell. secretary. Of the
Rock Hill Chamber. Of Commerce: has
preliminary plans for the building here
Of a chamber of commerce STRUCTURE.
Miss Fewell has not advanced as yet
the proposition to the people fof Rock
Hill generally. However,a proposed
building would cost about. s25,00o, and
would include not, only Offices .for the
chamber OF commerce. but on the sec:
ond floor there would be located ~
chamber Of commerce hall This hall
would be, large. enough not only J: !, f9r q
tho. needs of-erdinary .dL9eSt A.siiH9sff
ings, but for such gathertnEa' andt Eete
together, meetings. Of alt sldea
cations that may be staged i1 the. ~
ture. -. 60,
Small Crowd In .ToWn.r-y,: -,
The crowd in town Is small: today.
The day was ideal to work on the! farm
and as result the ordinary crowd of.
visitors in Rock Hill on Saturday aft
ernoon was reduced to nil. Business
people generally were pleased rather
than otherwise, IF the people are busy.
on the FARMS" they argued, ttthat
means more business later" ':si
New Eating Place. j - .%," r.
There's new eating place in town
It's run by a couple Of local ladies': The
proprietors of the place are wellknowIl'.
therefore there is no introduction ffoI :
them needed here Their place of BUS
mess is on Main street over one OF: the:
drug stores and the furntshingsr
Of the place are up to now. Atreal'
sure enough meal Is furnished for sew
enty-five cents and already the enter
prislng ladies are getting as much pat
ronage as they are able to take care OF
Chicken Fight Called on.
Another big chicken fight was sched-
uled for this afternoon. But 1t didn't
come off. The challenger, who IS ares
ident Of Gastonia, N. c., notified the To-
cal fanciers this morning that because
of the fact that his wife's mother mao
died suddenly, he would be unable to
be present. The fight for this AFTER
noon had been widely advertised, SUD
rosa, and as a result there are a great
many disappointed chicken chasefs III
Rock Hill this afternoon.
Returns from Convention. -
DR.. G. NJ. williams of Rock Hill, re-
turned this week from the convention
of opticians held in Spartanburg.H Al
this meeting DR.. williams was re-
elected president of the association.
which now includes more than 65 netn-
bers. According TO DR.. williams there
were a number Of interesting and IN
structive addresses made during the
convention, and the convention gener-
ally, from a professional standpoint,
was we'll worth while. =:
People Are Pleased.
Rock Hill people are very much
pleased over the reelection of Prof. X
C. Eurts as superintendent Of the ROCK
Hill schools. Prof. Burts during nis
several years service here has done
more perhaps than any former super
intendent to increase interest In the
public schools. Since his coming mere
the enrolment has increased very ma
.erially. He has taken great inter-
est in matter not strictly scholastic.