Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-09
LOCAL LACoNIcS
Aued Neqro Drops Dead.

LOCAL LACONICS
AGED Negro Drops Dead.
Bob Dunlap, aged negro in the en-
| ploy Of the Rock Hill health depart
ment for the past twenty years, drop
ped dead while at his work last Mon
day morning.
County Commissioners.
All Of the members Of the county
board Of commissioners were present
at the regular monthly meeting Wed.
nesday; but there was no business oul
Of the usual routine. The board spent
the day auditing and paying accounts
Fodder Prematurely Ripe.
"I am close to 76 years Of age" said
Mr.. w. S. Wilkerson Of Hickory Grove
Wednesday; but this is the first time
in my life that / have seen fodder cur
ing on the stalk before 1t was ready 70
pull. With the corn still unmatured
the fodder has cured as nicely as you
could want it,
Winthrop Scholarships.
Vacant Winthrop scholarships have
been awarded in York county as the
result of the recent examination az
follows: Margaret Creitzberg and jean
nette Carter. The scholarship boarc
has recommended the extension OF tne
scholarships Of Annie Saye Parish anc
Margaret Brown.
York County S. S. Convention.
The annual convention Of York
county Sunday school workers, was
held at Neely's Creek last Tuesday
Mr.. w. T. Beamguard, the president, IN
the chair. There were a number Oh
carefully considered addresses, includ.
ring one by Leon c. Palmer, general
of the state association
The Sunday schools Of the county were
pretty we'll represented, and the DAY
was both profitable and enjoyable.
Knows His Business.
Senator Hart and Treasurer Neil
have received letter from State Su-
perintendent of Education Swearingen
in which the state superintendent en-
closes a. report from the state super
visor of rural schools, the following
paraeraph in which report should be OF
especial interest in York county: In
checking the annual report OF the
county superintendent of education OF
York county, J. E. Carroll, superintend-
emf. il is refreshing and encouraging
to find that at least one county super"
intendent of education can make
complete and correct report OF the
county board fund"
Baptist Missionary Union.
Rock Hill, September Z: The an
nual meeting of the Woman's MISSION
airy union of the York Baptist associa-
ton was held today in the First Bap-
tist church. A large attendance OF
women from all parts of the county
was present, practically every church
and society in the county having one
or more delegates in attendance. AL
noon the delegates enjoyed dinner at
the church, as guests of the local mis-
sionary society At the session TO-
night so young people, in costume,
presented n pageant, Darkness and
Light" which was enjoyed by a large
audience of townspeople in addition
to the delegates to the union sessions.
The work of the performers was hign-
ly crcditable. The pageant forclply
depicted scenes in the mission heids
throughout the world.
Fire in Fort Mill.
Fort Mill Times: A prosperous
grocery business that was started IN
Fort Mill only few months ago went
up in smoke at 1.30 o'clock Monday
morning when fire of unknown origin
destroyed the stock of goods and new
building occupied by B. NJ. BRADFORD
ON Tom Hall street. Insurance on the
goods and building is said to have
been sufficient to cover about half the
loss. Two young men passing the
store discovered the blaze and quickly
gave the alarm, but before the fire de-
partment got into action, in an In
credibly short time considering the
length Of the run and the fact that the
members live in various sections or
the town, the building was enveloped
in flames and few minutes later had
burned to the ground. Practically
nothing was saved from the stock, nut
Mr.. Bradford succeeded in getting his
books out Of the building. The fire de-
partment did good work in saving two
nearby residences which caught fire a
number Of times.
Price of cordwood Stumpase.
1t will probably take a petit jury to
settle a question between Mr.. j. w.
Roddey of Roddey and the county COM
missioners, as to what is a fair stump
age price for about 80 cords of fire
wood that the chaingang cut on Mr..
Roddeys place last winter. 1t appears
that the wood was cut by the convicts
during wet weather when they could
not otherwise have been profitably en-
ployed. There was no contract as to
the price of the stumpage, except that
Mr.. Roddey said he would do what was
right. He presented bill for the wood
at $4.25 cord, the bill having been
o. KID. by Mr.. Ben Cook, the then su-
perintendent. The commissioners de-
clined to pay the bill on the ground
that it was too high; that the common
rule for stumpage, is e-half for the
other, and that the price on the ground
should not be more than about $l.25 a