Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-02-25

no doubt deserted II after q JOY rlde..--..-
Rev, D.. c., Washburn had the ,misfor-
tune to have the house in which he for
mcrly' lived and in which he was born,
destroyed by fire last Friday afternoon
at O'Clock. The fire is supposed to
have originated from a spark on the
roof flying from a road engine passing
tho house in No. I township. The house
was worth about $500 with only $400
Insurance.. The handsome new brick
veneered church building at Double
Springs is nearing completion and when
country church in the While
in Charlotte a few days ago. Roy New
man of Shelby, was ,accosted by a
str;tnger-a travelling man stopping at
the Selwyn, driving a high priced car,
and wearing a .31-2 carat diamond stud.
The travelling man claimed the stud dis
appeared and after satisfying himself
at the time that Newman was innocent,
waited two days and sent a warrant for
his arrest here He was placed under
q $4,000 bond which he promptly gave
for his appearance Fridays but the tl'av-
cling man did not show up and the
Judge wanted to throw the case tut OF
court, but o. Max Gardner representing
Newman; asked for a continuance so
q hearing could be held for the COM
plcte exhonoration of Ncwman.---..Miss-
es Ella Cody and Saliie Wray. Of York.
S. G., were the charming weekend
guests of Mrs Henry Carroll.
Gastonia Gazette, Feb. p: Yester-
days canvass of the business section
of the city by 4 committee Of men
working under S. A. Robinson rs
chairman, netted sl.710.09 for the
Chinese -Near-East Relief Fund. The
work was not entirely completed and
Chairman Robinson stated this morn
ing that he expected that this sum
would easily be increased to $4,000
within the next day or so. No solicit
ing was done in the residence or mill
districts. 1t is probable that che sum
being raised by this committee VIII
be AUGMENTED to the extent OF several
hundred dollars by contributions from
the various mill communities in and
around Gastonia.........!At meeting or
the executive committee Of CommGn-
ity Service, Inc, held Monday, the re-
ports of the first three weeks were
heard. The committee was greatly
pleased with the report Of Miss Zach
man, the specialist in games and plays
who has been here the past three
weeks. This week will conclude her
stay here. Next week a director OF
community singing comes to train
leaders in group singing. Those pres
ent at the meeting Monday were the
officers: President w. D. Anderson,
vice president, J. Fl. kennedy, treas
urer r. \. Aycocli and the executive
committee: A. G. Myers. chairman; w.
l.. Balthis, Mrs. Geo. w. Ragan, W.
Grady. Rankin, Fred NJ. Allen and w.
+. Trout. T. G. Hope, senior
member Of the Hope Mercantile Co"
has returned from the northern mark
cts where he purchased spring and
summer goods. 1.-The wholesalers
stocks of goods, especially cotton
goods" said Mr. Hope. "are small.
considerably below the average. aEl
it looks to me like the replenishing OF
their depleted stocks to a point where
they can take care Of spring business
in any sort of n reasonable manner, is
going to create a considerable volume
of business for the manufacturers OF
cotton goods" ."........Senator Carpen-
ter has introduced bill in the upper
house of.the General Assembly amend
ing the charter of the town Of Cherry
vile and extending the corporate lim-
its Of the municipality: Representa-
tive CASTOR has introduced a bill in
the house authorizing the town Of Mt.
Holly to issue improvement bonds.