Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-09-02
LOCAL LAcoNlcS
RethanY Defeated.

LOCAL LaCONICS
Bethany Defeated.
Sharon defeated Bethany yesterday
afternoon in a game Of baseball played
at Bethany, the score being to 5.
Sherer was the pitcher for Sharon and
cothran for Bethany. Gh IS.
Clemson Scholarships.
Clemson scholarships for York coun-
ty have been awarded as follows: Four
year scholarships; William Gordon,
William Barron. One year scholarship,
Henry s. Glenn. w. H. Grier of Fort
Mill gets an appointment from the
state at large.
Clover's First Bale.
The first bale of new crop cotton
was sold on the Glover market yester-
day morning by w. G. Jenkins. The
bale weighed AS pounds, and was pur-
chased by w. P. Smith for Is IA cents.
The bale was ginned by the Clover
Cotton Oil & Ginning Co., free Of
charge and the bagging and ties fur
nished. Seed was sold for 10 cents.
Mr.. Jenkins also received the $500 In
gold offered by the Bank Of Glover.
New Crop Cotton Sold.
John A. Black Of the East View sec
ton sold the first bale Of the 1921 cot
ton crop on the Rock Hill market
Tuesday. The cotton which was of
strict middling, one inch staple
brought II cents pound. The bale
weighed $50 pounds. The seed brought
35 cents a bushel. Just about one-haif
hour after Mr.. Black sold his cotton
Horace Brown of Catawba township
brought in a bale which weighed AS
pounds and was bought by the High
land Park company at II cents
pound, the seed bringing 35 cents a
bushel.
Legion Defeats MeekIenburg County.
The American Legion Larrupers OF
Yorkville, defeated the Mecklenburg
County All Stars on Warren Field In
Charlotte. yesterday afternoon, to o.
The feature Of the game was the
mastery pitching of Jimmie Helton for
the Legionaires,- the lad allowing only
two hits and having the Mecklenburg
semi professionals at his mercy dur
ing the contest. The crowd that at
tended the ball game, is said to have
been disappointing to the Legionaires.
Several Yorkville people went over Tor
the game.
Yorkville- Chester Road.
That the Yorkville- Chester road Is
getting pretty bumpy again and Is In
need Of dragging was the opinion ex-
pressed by several Yorkville men who
travelled the road from Yorkyflle to
Chester. There are several bumpy
places in the road both on the York
county end and the Chester county
end and IL some attention Is not given
il in the near future 1t Is going TO
pieces However II Is said to still be
in the best shape that 1t has known In
years and the party Of Yorkville men
who travelled 1t yesterday said that the
trip to Chester was made In DO
minutes.
The Horse is Cheaper.
Old Dobbin can't travel as fast as
the Pride of Henry Fort but 1t don't
cost as much to keep him going ac-
cording to James A. Carroll rural let,
ter carrier on Filben No. / who said
Yesterday that after the first of the
new year he expected 10 go back to
the horse and buggy way of carrying
Uncle Sans mail unless change my
mind. / have tried both," said Mr..
Carroll. 'It is much more pleasant
driving a Ford than it is driving
horse but my experience Is that one
can keep up two horses and two bug
gies for what 1t takes to keep one Ford
going on q mail carriers job"
As to Telephone Rates.
In its report Of hearings before the
railroad commission on Wednesday,
the Columbia State OF yesterday prints
the following paragraph with reference
to telephone conditions in Yorkville:
The complainants in the petition for
definition of the telephone toll rates
between Rock Hill and York failed 10
make their appearance before the
commission yesterday and the COM
mission was forced to conduct It's IN
auiry without the assistance OF the
men who had brought charges against
the companies. The toll lines between
Rock Hill and York, it developed at
the hearing, are owned Jointly py the
Piedmont Telephone company and the
Rock Hill Telephone company. The
rate prior to the era of government
control was is cents. This, however,
was raised to 20 cents during the war,
the increased rates being still in ef-
feet. The two telephone companies
were represented by r. B. Babhington,
president and general manager or the
Piedmont Telephone. company and 4.
L. Barnes, general manager or the
Rock Hill Telephone company.
Singers Met at County Home.
People OF the surrounding commun-
ity to the number of more than 1O0
including those of all ages, gathered
at the York county home Of which Mr..
/. p. Boyd is superintendent, Wednes-
day evening TO take part in an OLD
time singing convention. For more
than three hours the audience VINO
were gathered on the lawn and around
the entrance to the county home
buildings enjoyed singing the old time
songs. The several paupers, inmates
of the county home enjoyed the AFFAIR
as much as anybody else and accord
ing to Supt. Boyd, everybody present
seemed to have q good time while
Sheriff Fred Quinn who was among
those present described it as being
"the singingest crowd | have been In
in a long time" A feature Of the
evenings entertainment was the ap-
pearance of feminine quartette, the
Misses Gettys, daughters OF Mr.. w.
E. Gettys of Tirzah furnishing the
personnel. E. NJ Dickson, well known
singing master of York No. directed
the singing. Other singers present in
cluded the entire choir of TtrZah Pres
byterian church and number or the
members of the choir of Sharon A. X.
p. church. 1t was late in the even
Iofo,a tho convention nd iOnrnP1