Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-08
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Chester Reporter, July q. The Fort
LaRnlI cotton. WAREHOUSES. was. struck by
lightning Saturday night. during the
storm and. totally. destroyed the 1872
bales Of cotton that .sYYer were stored in the
building at the time being wholly!zcon-
sumed The rain was falling in tor
rents when the fire broke out, but this
did. not. deter: citizens from repairing
to the scene to, DO. what. they could 70
extinguish. the, hlazeaIt4 was absolute
ly impossible. however, to check the
flames and the building. was. quickly
destroyed. Some Of, those who witness
ed the: fire said the cotton for some
reason was .;,consumed much. more
quickly than asual---that instead =. OF
smoulderinE, along for, hours, or, days.
as is generally the case the staple was
burned to nothingness in a very short
time The Fort Lawn warehouse was! was
a. part Of the state system......:.....Baxter
Crenshaw, the only defendant to come
before the court, plead guilty this
morning: 4Whens !. 3 traigned in the court ~! !;
ofs generar sessions and Judge: Ernest
Moore OF, Lancaster. the presiding
5udge, inylsaasidsratibn ;Gt the lads
yaah. the faM thst he had made: rep
aston taMr. George Bs:MinteEs whose
aakbmobise; heAtole .andSother iEnitigat-
ihR facts, imposed the light sentence OF
dixie months: Thomas crenshaw,; the
lads father. who was charged with with
receiving stolenrSo9ds,i had his case
NOS pressed. 4ftet:s crenshaw had
plead guilty; the petit jury was dis
CHARGED, as there, were no other cases
to come Ups sAtA jaaiaaf'AaIs. Andrew
Slower announce the marriage of their
daughter, Bessie .Msertya Mr. BENJAMIN
], ,Frink on Thursday evening, June
aoth, 1921. CharlQttf, y; e. At home
after July 9Th, soS North. College ST.,
Charlotte, N. C........-...A pleasant AFFAIR
of yesterday was the. luncheon or In
door picnic rendered. Congressman W.
F.: Stevenson by Postmaster. ThosS.. NJ.
Douglas and the other members of the
local postoffces force, including assist
ants and clerks and r. D; carriers:
Among those present. were one or Two
poatmasters and r. r. D: men from
other points in the -fppptyf. 4 most
elegant picnic dinner was served. m
c,ndine all of the Tiands 4ncidept. TO-
such an occasion. served In the most
nlenteous abundance. At the close or
the feast Postmaster Douglas present
ed: Congressman Stevenson with
bsHt few words, referring 70 the dis
,ihshishea d visitor as repressntattjEeee jee
wlI6 has put not only his own district,
but all South Carolina on the map, MT.
Stevenson responded, with aifinei tax
ofa few minutes in which me discuss
d,postal conditions agt praised the
CHESTER postoffice for ihe very gratl1S--;
,nksrsports that he had had of the
sesyyice rendered in all of the various
St;tiartments. Short talks were also
made by Messrs. C: n: Culp; ALEX Mac
bShald, Robt. H. clowney and others.
- A negro boy, John Cousar, OF
thst Bascomville neighborheod and the
child of Jim Henry. Young, ?colored' OF
thes Baton Rouge neighborhood,, were
brought to DR.. J.,P: Youngi yesterday
suffering from bad eye injuries the
former was htrt when. a ::'soft drink
bottle" exploded and the latter by fail-
inc. with a glass turnbler. In its hand.
- Another barn and stable strucA
by kHehtnlng in Saturday evenings
fieSce storm was that Of MIR. T. H.
Melton, OF the Richburg neighborhooo'
one mule being killed and consider
abie quantity of oats and other reed
stIYfs being destroyed..........-Chester
celebrated the Glorious Fourth yester-
day I'm great style, With program SO
varied as to include something to suit
everybody. opening az gov O" 49, -.
a band concert. by the springs.eih
Concert Band. the track meet between
Chester and Rock Hill track teams
was the first number on the program
In these events Chester evnced a de-
cided superiority and won by score
OILS to 9. TO the winning team was
pt,seSsSenteda a loving cup. while each In
diyidual winner was given bronze
medal. Next on the program was the
speech of Hon. w. F. Stevenson Con-
sresssman from the Fifth South caro-
lima. District. NJ. Stevenson was m
troduced by Col. ]. H. Marion VINO
referred very eloquently to the great
record that Mr.. Stevenson has maze
at?Washington and declared that the
Fifth district representative is always
onEthe job. Mr.. Stevensons speech
wats:a a departure from the usual Fourth
off'jhly grafton. Realizing the serious
ness Of the times that are upon U.s. Mr..
staIenson elected to discuss those con
ditioons, to point out some OF causes
.hIsSa,or and 70 suggest the remedles