Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-05

great Palmetto State Festival IN COL
umbia, was today declared Queen, the
count of the vote at noon today, Mr..
H. F. Eldridge, chairman of publicity
notified The Reporter, having shown
her to have a comfortable lead over
the nearest young LADY.
Cleveland Star (SheIby), April 4:
Mrs. Gamewell Crawley, who with her
husband lived at the old Biggerstaff
mill place, died Tuesday following an
illness Of several years with dropsy.
Mrs. Crawley was about 65 years Of age
and had been a sufferer for a number
of years. although she bore her suffer-
ing with Christian fortitude. She was
a devout Christian with a host of
friends and her death caused deep sor-
row in the entire community. The fu-
neral was conducted by Rev. l. D. Har-
rill and the interment was at Sandy
Run Baptist church. She is survived
by her husband, who has the sympathy
Of Mrs. Lloyd Metcaf were brought to
Shelby last night over the Southern
from Cornelia, Ga, where she died and
will be taken today to Lands Chapel in
CASTOR county for .interment. Mrs.
Metcalf before her marriage was Miss
Amanda Kiser Of Castor county and
was married to Mr.. Lloyd Metcalf, a
brother Of MeSsrs. Will and Q. Fl. Met
calf Of this county. Mr.. Lloyd Metcalf
lived in this county at one time and was
road master of the Marion-Rock Hill
division of the Southern.....-..Mr. Ra-
mon Warlick and Miss Myrtle Hartman
were united in marriage last Saturday
afternoon at the home Of the brides
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Q. Hartman.
near Belwood, N. C............Chief B. Q.
Hamrick says there are more white
people on the chaingang and in jail
than there are negroes. This is exact
ly the reverse of the situation several
years ago when the Jail and gang had
ma jority Of negroes. There are sixteen
whites in Jail and only two colored and
on the chaingang Of No. the majority
are whites. Chief Hamrick says he
cannot understand this situation, but 1t
is a fact that he arrests more whites
than colored for the various violations
Of the law There is one striking thing
to be noticed and that is that you sell
dom catch a negro manufacturing whis-
ky. The whites seem 10 have monop-
oily of this business. A negro will sell
whisky now and then, but the whites
traffic in it more than negroes.
Gastonia Gazette, April I: In munic-
ipal court this morning Frank Short.
the 17-year-old white boy held on n
charge of attempted criminal assault on
a 5-year- old girl, was given preliml-
nary hearing and was bound over to
superior court in the sum of $500. In
default of bond Short was committed to
the county Jail to await trial at the next
term of court which convenes April IL,
No testimony was introduced by the
defense. .Gastonia will express her
pride in at last having representative
in the halls Of congress Wednesday
night when an ovation will be rendered
Congressman A. L. Bulwinkle immedi-
ately prior to his leaving on the 8.O5
train for Washington. In response to
urging from many members the Gasto-
MIA Chamber of Commerce has named a
committee consisting Of Mayor r. G.
Cherry, chairman; J. w. Watson, Fred
D. Barkley and E. G. McLurd.........Lin-
colnton in the county next above us
voted school bonds Tuesday to the
amount of 100000. York to the south
of us voted s125,O0O for similar pur-
poses. People may talk hard times, but
when it comes to educating their chill
dren, they are generally ready to shell
out......R. H. Jacobs, proprietor of the
Jacobs Furniture Co., and Ralph john
son, an employe Of the concern, were
found guilty in municipal court Wed
nesday on charges of forcible trespass
and are under bond to appear before
Judge Jones Monday morning for SEN
tence. Two other warrants against
them, one for larceny and the other for
housebreaking, issued in connection
with the same case, were dismissed by
Judge Jones. Complaint was made
against Jacobs and Johnson by a Mrs,
Gisher, who lives at the Nlodena mill.
She testified that Johnson, Jacobs's
agent, went to her house in her absence
and took therefrom not only furniture
on which Jacobs held n lien, but cloth
ing, trunks, electric light globes, gro
ceries and other things belonging to
her. In this case both were found gull
ty and sentence will be passed on them
Monday. When the city officers found
shortly after the trial, that Jacobs had
stopped payment on q check for $l00
which he had given rs bond for him.
self and Johnson, both men were imme-
diately rearrested and placed in the city
Jail where they remained. short while
until satisfactory bond was furnished.
Jacobs was required by the court TO. re-
turn all the property on which he did
not have lien.