Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-22
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News From Within and Without
g the County.
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Some Items Of Fast, Some Of Comment
and All Helping TO Give an Idea OF
What Our Neishbors Are Saying and
Doing.
Fort Mill Times, Nov. II: After
months of more or less vexatious
delay, there is now the prospect that
the congregational st. Johns Metho-
dist church will be able to worship for
the first time in their new and COM
modious church edifice on Sunday
November q. For some time the
building has been practically ,compiet-
ed except for the installation OF the
heating plant and the window lights
Work on the heating plant has been
rushed for the last ten days, however,
and there now remains to finish this
part OF the contract only the installa-
tion of the boiler, which is expected 10
arrive and be placed in position within
the next three or four days. The
window lights have been shipped from
Atlanta, according to letter received
the early part Of the week by an OFF,
Ger Of the church, and the work OF
putting them in will consume only
day or two. Apparently all Will be IN
readiness for the morning service at
the church on the last Sunday in the
month...........Joe NJ. Belk is patient at
a Chester hospital. Mr.. Belk is
world war casualty, who was severely
wounded in the attack of the S0th di-
vision on the Hindenburg line, and
from time to time finds it necessary 70
enter a hospital for treatment Of his
wounds. Acting under instructions
of Sheriff Fred Quinn, Magistrate j. K.
Halle OF Fort Mill, few days ago
bound over Mrs. Rosa Purnell of Char
lotte, N. c., as a material witness In
the case Of the state against her hus-
band Frank Purnell, charged with big
amy. The case against Purnell Is ex-
pected to be called next week.....-.-.-..An
interesting relic Of the days when the
automobile industry was in its infancy
may be seen in the rear Of Starnes gar
age on Confederate St., in the shape OF
a Brush runabout. The car was built
about II years ago and was the second
automobile to be brought to Fort Mill
for use locally. Fifteen years ago II
was familiar sight in Fort Mill chug-
gifig along over the streets Of the town
and nearby country roads as best 1t
could with it's single cylinder and
other mechanism now considered ante
ouated. The car was owned by w. F.
Harris, who operated it in connection
with livery stable he was then run
ming here. Mr.. Harris got the car
from a Lancaster man, 10 whom he
traded six horses for 1t. A popularity
OF the car was that sometimes it re-
fused to climb hill in the ordinary
way, but having greater motive power
going backward than forward could
always be depended upon to back up
the steepest hill in this section.~.....-...
The condition of w. NJ. Crook, son OF
c. +. Crook, of the Gold Hill COM
muhity, who was seriously injured in
an automobile accident in Tennessee
two weeks ago. was considerably i'm
proved the early part of the week, ac-
cording to message Mr.. Crook re-
ceived day or two ago from the bed
side of his son, whose injuries are be-
ing treated at a hospital in Knoxville,
Wild ducks are said to be
more plentiful on the streams near
Fort Mill this year than for several
years in the immediate past. One Fort
Milf youth is reported to have killed II
Of the ducks on lower Sugar creek
during. the past week and several
other hunters have had almost equally
good luck in bagging the fowl. A
number OF the ducks were sod to Fort
Mill householders at so cents each.
Chester Reporter, Nov. II: Beautiful
in it's simplicity, and quiet dignity was
the wedding of Miss Martha Brown!ee
Bigham and the Rev. d. Alvin Miller
at the A. r. p. church on Wednesday
afternoon. Graceful ferns and gay
colored autumn leaves lent their
beauty to make the church a place of
loveliness for this occasion. Married
Monday, November ii, 1921, at Shiloh
cottage, Mr.. c. D. Ninson, from near
Mt. Pleasant church, Chester county,
s. c., to Miss Emmit Price, from near
Armenia church, Chester county.
Mr.. Perry-T. Carter left for Columbia
this week TO take a position with
Miot's pharmacy ............TO Mr.. John n.
Colvin, of the Woodward church
neighborhood, so far as County Farm
Agent H. X. Sanders has been advised
goes the honor of being the first farm
er in Chester county TO plow all of his
cotton stalks under. On Mr.. Colvin's
plantation every stalk has been plowed
under, with the exception Of one renter,
who by now may have, and no doubt
has, initiated Mr. Colvin's enterprising
and praisewort by example.,....,....," Bon
clarken," the beautiful and expressive