Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-22
LOCAL LACONlCS


LOCAL LAcoNlcs
Negro to County Jail.
Jim McMurray,I negro Of the Leslie
section, was committed to the county
| Jail Wednesday in default of $500 bond
charged. with the theft of a suit of
clothes, the property Of resident Of
the Iessle community.
Boil Weevi in the Point.
D. D. Johnson, Of the Point section
has sent The Yorkville Enquirer SOME
cotton squares that he says have been
punctured by boil wecvih and in a
bottle a specimen of full grown
weevil. He says that he does NOT
think that; he. is mistaken because he
worked with the boil Weevil in
Arkansas from 1911 to 1917.
White Men to Jail.
Charged with, stealing goods from
Southern Railway freight cars Jack
Gregory andi He'll Ncisler, young white
men OF Rock HiH, were committed to
Jail here Wednesday. Five other men
| alleged to be :. members OF the. saH1e
gang have been released on bond. Or
ticers who have worked up the case
say that the gang has been systemat-
ically robbing freight cars for months
and that they had opened store In
Rock Hill for the sale of the stolen
| swag. ''...-' -
Win for Hickory Grove. T..
Hickory Grove defeated Sharon in
hard fought game of baseball Tuesday
evening. to 4. Sharon had the best
| Of the game until the sixth inning
when Cricr Shcrcr allowed four hits
that nettcd four runs. Batteries:
Hickory Grove-Smith and Good; Sha-
ron-Sherer and Sherer Hickory
Grove defeated Smyrna Thursday, to
3. They again. came from behind IN
tho sixth inning, running in four
scores. Batteries: Hickory ! Grove
Good. Smith and Good: Smyrna
Humphries, Roach:nnd Roach.
May Have New School House. ,,a
Patrons of Gold Hlll~school district
in Fort Mill township may build a new
| school. house this summer and fall, it
was learned yesterday. Information
coming to the. county superintendent
of education is that there has been
considerable agitation in the school
district for new school building
within the past few days and that most
Of the patrons are OF the opinion that
4 new school building would be cheap
er than an attempt to repair the pres
ent structure. Superintendent Carroll
said yesterday THAT 4 school house OF
| the type that. Gold Hill district needed
would cost about $4,000 To build. The
state and county school funds would
contribute $1,000 Of this amount If
Gold Hill school district could raise
the remaining $1,400.
Chester Races Tomorrow.
Because OF a heavy rain in Chester
Wednesday afternoon it was nee
,essary to postpone until tomorrow the
horse racing which had been adver-
tised for the Chester track Wednesday.
Representatives Of the Chester racing
association who were in Yorkville
Yesterday, said that there was a large
crowd OF people from many towns and
counties around in Chester Wednesday
on account of the races, but the rain
made the track toe heavy for use. 1t
was anticipated that an even larger
crowd would be in Chester tomorrow
afternoon The game of baseball
scheduled between. ,the Chester Amer
ican Legion team and the American
Legion I.arrllpers OF Yorkville also had
to be called off. The game will be
played in the near future, 1t was an
1ounccd.
Bridge Contract August 6.
Charlotte Observer, yesterday: The
bids for the new 1900 foot bridge over
which the CharlotteIork road Will
cross the Catawba river, will be open
cd on August 4 in Charlotte, according
to announcement at the office of the
Mccklenburg highway commission yes
tcrday. There will be bids asked for
two types Of floor, one the ordinary
wooden floor and the other slightly
improved type Of floor with boards
soaked in mineral and other improve
nents. \ conference was held yester-
day in this city between W. w. Miller,
representing the bridge building for
the York commissioners and the Neck-
lcnburg engineer, Lloyd Ross. Follow
ing this conference it was decided 10
open the bids on August and 10 call
for bids on the Two types mentioned.
rhe bridge will be constructed at what
is known as the Buster Boyd site on
the river and will give an almost
! str:light line from Charlotte TO YORK.
The commissioners Of York and the
highway commissioners of this county
will open the bids. Advertising VIII pe
nut ont us soon as possible. calling Tor
l.
York and MccklenburS county COM
missioners took up the proposal OF d
bridge at the site named, but reached
no conclusion. pending n division or
ihc supreme court. which has now
been So settled that tho building OF the
bridge jointly can be proceeded with.
Judges of Live Stock.~
An opportunity 10 attend the Royal
JivcSinck Show, 10 he held in London,
! f.n:land. during the summer Of 1922,
will hc given II number OF young men
Of This county who arc now ut Glenn
son college engaged in the study or
raising livcstncl; and Judging prize
cattle. according To John K. Blair,
county farm agent. Teams OF ANA
;cTr Judges from almost every agri-
c1lliiral college IN tho United States
| ?!'il participate in The Judging OF cat
| lie and Other livestock nt the South
eastern Fair, in Atlanta. this Fall:
when the winning team Of Judges will
he: determined and given Il free trip
io the Royal Livestock Show of Eng
lan; Last year. according to Mr.
! Blair, tho SoiIth Carolina team, from
Clemson, won third place in the judg-
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