Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-17
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!: Fort Mill Times. May t2: DR.. and
Mrs. John Ir Barron, Miss Louise Bar
ron and Ben Barron of York were
E1essts Sunday p14MrvaId Mrs. W. I.
Barron at their home on Hall street.
mfrs. OF. culp was called to her
old, home at santuci Union county, one
day last week by the serious illness OF
her father, j. P. Jeter, whose condition
. has as since materially improved~:-.,lra Ira
G. Snythe, Confederate veteran was
stricken with. a; serious attack of acute
indigestionak his home ind Fort Mill a
few days ago, and for several days
alarm waslfeitbs hisl family over his
condition: yesterday his condition was
reported. copsiderably, improved how
ever. .5W,;A ;hapquet which was great
ly enj5sed Sshe 2e1odd guests was
given Monday evening at Cranes hotei
BY Capt. Fred Minis and Lieut. A. T.
Lytle of the Tom Hall Guards to the
fon-commissiopsd officers of the com
uany. Short talks by numerous mem-
bers of the company followed the ban
ouet. Thunderstorm which came
up about 7.SO o'clock "Wednesday
morning prevented the delegates from
St. Johns and: Pleasant Hill Methodist
Z ;$$chrrches frohf esseadiSs> the Quarter
, ly%tcionference of the Rock Hill district
in Blacksburg. yesterday The dele
gates had planned to make the trip
through the country by motor.........
Or. j: W.: H. Dyches, pastor OF the
Fort Mill Baptist. church, and the Rev
J.'R. Smith, pastor of Flint Hill church
left Wednesday morning for Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, to attend the G6th an
nual session of the Southern Baptist
convention which meets in that city
today. DR.. Dyches and Mr.. Smith go
under Orders" Of. their respective
churches, with all expenses incident to
the trip paid. The Rev. G. c. Epps IS
another attendant upon the conven-
ton from this section.....-...Mrs. Nancy
Dunn Downs, mother of Mrs. {. W.
Eason of Fort Mill, died Monday at
the home of her son, Robert J. Downs
id Pineville. About ten days before
her death, Mrs. Downs sustained
= fail in which she received injuries that
, proved fatal. She was 7s years old
. and was the widow of John T. Down"
and the last surviving child OF the
late Col. James A. Dunn, who repre-
sented Mecklenburg county i'll the
state legislature when Union county
was set apart from Mecklenburg and
, yeho continued as Union county's rep
! resentative until his death in 1850,
Mrs: Downs is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. c. w. Eason Of Fort
Mil, Mrs. J. L. Carothers and Mrs. NJ.
: G. Hair Of PTnevfYfe isi1r and two sons.
Robert J. Downs and L. L. Downs
e" also of Pineville.
Chester Reporter, May II: At the
close of business Saturday, April 30lh.
County Treasurer Albert T. Henry,
had collected taxes to the amount OF
E sS78, ,s62 .0s leaving on that date an I'M
collected balance of $17,267.76 out OF 4
total'of s3s6,229.S5. OF this sum
s3s6,22e.S5-the total of taxes to be
collected in Chester county for the
past year-the following is a state
ment of how the money is distributed:
state, s11S,2S2.30: county. s4s,2S4.29;
special county (interest on Bonds and
sinking fund, s13,799.57; roads Qnclud-
ing state highway bonds, etc), $685.
42T.42: Chester county highway bonds
and int, S32,527.62; three mill school,
s2s,570.57; special and local school
tax, 06,eS0.5S; poll, $4,349; dog, ST.
30S 5o.At a meeting Of the city
council yesterday afternoon, at which
were present Mayor George w. Byars
and Aldermen White, Hamilton, Whit
lock. Lee, Peden, and Nichols an or
dinance was enacted, which should
put a curb to the illegal sale of cx-
tracts and other compounds, contain
ing more than ten per cent. Of alcohol.
The law provides n penalty for both
the seller and the buyer, and contains
clause or section which requires a
strict checking up and accounting for
compounds of this nature received.
Mayor Byars was very earnest in his
appeal to council to epdeavor to tight
enAup in1eSsryF way possible the law
regulating, ,.the sale of this stuff which
is being used in q great many cases
for beverage purposes; and council
was with hinl...........-Rev j. r. Moore
of Fort Lawn and Rev. G. NJ. Rogers.
of Lowryville. left yesterday for Chat
tanooga, Tenn, to attend the meeting
of the Southern Baptist Convention.
- Mrs. Lola Belle Lewis, wife Of
Mr.. Dewey, Lewis, :;,of Chester, r. f.
d. 3, and dnughter of. Mr.. and Mrs. y.
@. Allen. Sr., died Monday at the
home of her sister, Mrs. L. f. Grant,
on East Lacy street, and was buried
Tuesday at New Hope, Rev. NJ. Boul-
ware, pastor of Chester circuit, con-