Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-06
WITHIN THE TOWN

The thermometer at the postofnce
went to 112 degrees in the sun, at ABOUT
o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Rev. DR.. T. NJ. Lowry of Memphis,
Tennessee, preached to a large congre-
CATION in the Associate Reformed
church last Sunday night.
The ginnery of the Yorkville Cot
ton Oil company has the record OF nav
ing ginned cotton each and every
month during the year. Along with the
first bale of new cotton last Saturday
several bales of old cotton were ginned-
If Yorkville telephone subscribers
have a grievance as to rates, and they
have, it has not helped their case to
take it up to the railroad commission
and abandon it without any attempt 10
present the grounds Of grievance. II
would have been much better to nave
left the case where 1t was.
-Yorkville's first bale Of cotton was
ginned by the Yorkville Cotton OIL
company for Ed L. Patterson, colored,
of Bullock's Creek township last Sat
urday and was bought by ]. A. Latta
for Is cents The bale weighed Az
pounds and was classed as middling.
The Yorkvile Cotton Oil company
bought the seed for 40 cents bushel.
The S125,OOO worth of Yorkville
School district bond issue voted several
months ago, was sold last Saturday by
the board of trustees to Spitzer- Rorick
e, Co. of Toledo, Ohio, for par and ac-
crued interest, less commissions ana
expenses, which reduced the issue TO
"a cents on the dollar actually realized
by the school district. Three bids Tor
the bonds were offered. bid or sea-
songood e. Mayer of Cincinnati, ONO,
was made through the Peoples Bank &
Trust Co., and bid Of Prudden q Co.,
through the Loan & Savings bank. The
two latter bids, it is said, were consld:
erably under the offer of the successfui
bidder.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made for
a game here Wednesday between Hick-
ory Grove and the American Legion.
On Friday afternoon the Legionaires
will play Cotton Belt here and on Sat-
urday the final game of the series Will
be played with Clover The games
have been arranged for the purpose
of assisting in making up the deficit
of the Baseball ASSOCIATION which lack
ed about 5000 of making expenses and
also for the benefit Of the American
Legion club. The management OF the
Baseball association and American
Legion men are hopeful that there will
be q good turn out Of local fans for
each of the games and it is expected
that each of the visiting teams Will
bring a goodly delegation.
CHARGED with abandonment of his
family, Thos. =. McGrady, white, was
arrested in Camden yesterday and the
understanding is that he will be
brought back to Yorkville for trial,
the warrant having been sworn out
before Magistrate Fred c. Black by
his wife, Mrs. Thos. p. McGrady VINO
with her three children has been MAX
ing her home at the residence of Miss
Sallie Adickes on East liberty Street.
Yorkville. for a number of months:
McGrady worked for the Yorkvillt
Cotton Oil Company and it is alleged
that he abandoned his family here in
July last. Being without funds and
Mrs. McGrady becoming sick 1t was
necessary for the family to appeal to
the local Red Cross Chapter and pri-
yate citizens for assistance; and the
facts ir the case becoming known ar
ter assistance was given, hunt was
started for the husband. He was final-
ly located in Camden, and 1t is said
that he telephoned his wife last week
trying to get her to drop the prosecu-
ton which she refused to do. 1t Is