Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-27

lips brother, Mr.. James w. Wideman.
DR.. Phillips preached the commence
ment sermon for the Manning High
School esterday.............The Lafayette
Strait Chapter U. D. c., will give a
picnic on June 3rd, at Pleasant Grove
Methodist church school house. All
Confederate veterans, their wives and
widows are invited and urged to come.
Two negroes are lying dangerous
| ly wounded-Huntzy Carter at the
Pryor Hospital and William Moore at
the Chester Sanatorium- the re-
suit Of q week END shooting among the
colored population. Carter, who re-
sides on Mr.. Adam S. Pressley's plan
tation. was shot by May Belle Carter,
his wife; and from statements made
by the two in regard to the occurrence
it seems to be their plan to call the af-
| fair an accident. The woman says
she didn't know the gun was loaded.
William Moore was shot in the ex-
tremc southern section Of the county.
so close to the county line. that the
affair may have occurred on Fairfield
territory. He was brought to the
| Chester Sanatorium at an early hour
yesterday morning. badly shot about
the head, and will lose both eyes. He
says he was shot from ambush. and
! has made 4 statement as to the iden-
| tity Of his assailant, though so far as
reported no warrant has yet been
sworn out...Final examinations are
in progress this week in the Chester
schools. The sermon to the gradual
ing class will be preached at Purity
Presbyterian church Sunday morning
at eleven o'clock by Rev. B. H. Frank
lin, and the closing exercises will be
held at the opera house Tuesday even
ing May 3lst the address TO be de-
li,vered by, Dr::">J. L. Mann, Of Green;7,
Vile Superintendent NJ E: Brockman
will give the complete program to the
| press the latter part Of the week.--
The Methodists and Presbyterians were
rafned. out Friday afternoon in the
second game of the Sunday School
League season, but are expecting TO
play this afternoon. The teams will
line up about as follows: Presbyter-
ians-F. Banks, G. f., J. Brice, r.
Whitener S. S., Bankhead, r., Net
ties, L. +, Douglas. r. f.. Lowry C.,
ID +,
r. Anderson. C..;Lynn, Wilkes Cat
ling, p, Nick. Anderson, e. GLADDEN.,
B., Hardin, B., Rawl, S. s., Melton
8 B., VIM. Brice. Jackson, Robbins,
Wall, Glenn, Outfeld:' The Baptists
and the Presbyterians are scheduled
to play tomorrow afternoon."........We we
have been asked to take as a subject
for mention in this column (and we
thank our friend for the suggestion
and rwould welcome others like it the
duty of reporting cases-of serious ILL
ness. to the papers, so that mention
may be made Of the same. Chester
has grown to be q town or considerable
size-both territorially and numeri-
cally-and il is impossible, as in days
gone by when the community was
smaller, to keep that close and 1nti:-
mate touch with ones friends that was
possible formerly. And thus it hap
| pens that many little act Of kindness
it may be only telephone inquiry, a
post card or something like that
goes unDerformed 1t won't hurt in
some instances at least to let the pub
| lie know of cases Of this kind, and the
papers will be only too willing to do
their part...-Mr. Geo. B. Minters
Ford car which was stolen Thursday
evening while Mr.. Minter's family
were attending the play at the opera
house was found yesterday on Dry
Fork, a mile or such matter from the
Baldwin Mills, where it had been taken
and literally stripped Of every part
and appliance that could be- carried
off, including the top, all Of the wheels
but one, the radiator ETC. Mr.. M!nter
offers a reward of twenty-five dollars
| LOT the uEItSl vi IiC Ptt4SS ~
parties, with proof TO convict...........At
the Diocesan Council of the Episcopal
church in Sumter last week, st.
Marks church, Chester. was made q
parish church. The significance OF
this step lies in the fact that the local
congregation has reached the point IN
it's development were 1t is able to as
sumo greater responsibilities, has a
greater degree of self-direction, and
elects it's wardens and vestrymen.
Those who have been elected for the
ensuing year are: Senior Warden f.
x. Lucas; junior warden. Alex Frazer:
vestrymen, w. X. Kearsley, II. NJ.
Douglas. II. V. knight. r. l.. Eber-
heart, w. B. Cox, NJ. D.. and +. r.
Eisenman.