Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-28
WITHIN THE TOWN

The DOarQ, OF lruSteeS VI -lhe 1oih
vile Graded school was re-organized
this morning by the reelection OF
Thos. F. McDow as chairman and Geo
W. Williams as secretary. The other
members are: J. NJ. Stroup, j. A.
Marion: C. w. MCGEE, P. w: Patrick,
DR.. r. A. Bratton and DR.. w. NJ. Ken
nedy.
/. THE oldest thermometer In the
town of Yorkville, perhaps, Is now the
property of Mr.. B. N. Moore and hangs
on the, porch Of. his residence, on North
Congress. street. Discussing the oid
thermometer yesterday Mr.. moore
said that 1T was bought by his father-
I'm Jaw; the late: Col. W. e! McSorHe.
ttorty years ago, and had been handed
down to him. -.
Jack King the showman,ii who re-
Gently stated that :he had :purchased
the o. E. Wilkins home on the corner
of Madison street and Cleveland Aye
nue. and who. told people here that ne
was coming back the next week 10
close the trade, has. not since SHOWN
mn. Some people think Kings state
,ment was made in good faith and
others think it was not. Nobody, how
ever, disputes the assertion that YORK
vile is fine town. -.
"A. T.. Hart, Howard McMaGkin'
Clayborn Stroup and G. e. Sanalter,
American Legion committee, chargea
with the work of requesting business
hoi,ses to decorate their places for
July 4. and to request all automobile
owners to decorate their cars in ma
tional colors and appear ip. the auto
mobile. parade, are busy this week. III
Is hoped that every automobile owner
in Yorkyille will be in the parade WIN
his or her machine.
Several new members were adaeo
to the personnel at theA recent meeGns
Of the Yorkyille Fire Department. Tne
dena rtment is now composed as. fol-
iows. Dr. K. Y. Cartwright, chief: c. j.
Youngblood, 8, assistant chief; j.. +.
Faulkner: driver; r. IT. Beamguard, O.
R:.Caldwell, B.::F. Smith, S. L. Court
new. L.: G. Baber,'-A. A Barron, M. =.
PIexlco, A.. t. Hart, C. II. Hart, j. x:
Cannon, Landrum Louthian, Lewis NJ.
Grist w. G. White, H; R. Mackorelli >.
E. Grist, Ed, Gettys, Paul N. MOORE
w. L. williams, G. G. Cartwright -,
Chief!of Police. Ed, Steele, told "a
GOOD story on himself as how he. miss.
ed catching one Of the. town aldermen
speeding a few. days ago. y noticeo
the alderman going at q pretty gooo
elm" he said, land had him dead 20
rights between two posts for use IN
measuring the speed Of his car:
snapped my stop watch. But Just
then another speedster came aions a.
q liyelier clip and unthlnking!y -
snapped my watch to. get MIN. Inat
released the time marker on the alder
man: and the result was that missed
'em both"
At a meeting Of the. executive COM
mittee of the recently organized BUS
mess Mems League in. the office OF }.
4. Marion, ESQ, last evening plans
were completed for putting on mem
bership campaign for the league to
wind up Saturday night of this week
when the canvasserS are expected 10
report to the executive committee at
the office of Mr.. Marion. Two can
yassing teams of five members eacn
were appointed as. follows: Team NO.
1. Paul N. Moore captain-C. r. Gill
lam, L. G. Tompson. William Moore,
w. C. White. Team No. 2. G. H. Hart,
captain-F. E. Moore, T. M. Ferguson,
H. r. Mackorell, Andral Sherer. 1t IS
hoped to enroll every business man
and worker in the town ASA member
of the: league.
- Mr.. R. e. Montgomery expects to
have his swimming, hole" ready TOR
the public Thursday afternoon. q The
heavy rain of Sunday of1ast week dis.
arranged his plans. The embankme9t
which impounds the. .wateE was broken
and the impounded water escaped The
damage has been ,yepadrfds during ,tne
past week, however and yesterday the
pond lacked abput:hfteen inches OF be,
ing full, 1t fills. at the rate of about
six inches each 'twenty-four hours.
When. full the: pond will have depth
of about, seven feet at the deepest
place, graduating back to about IL
inches for the children. A guard fence
separates the shallower from the deep
er water. There, are two dressing
houses for the bathers. one for men ana
one for women, each with accommoda-
tions for eight people. There Is
platform for high diving. The surface
Of the pond is exposed to the sun dur
ing the day until o'clock In the after
noon, after which hour, the entire pond
is in the shade. The small boys gen.
orally and some Of the larger ones are
exhibiting much impatience ABOUT
getting into the pond and the outlook
is that there will be a large crowd az
the opening Thursday.
UP BETHEL WAY. '', -
;Fliyyer along up in Bethel township