Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-19


station that tho Scahoard has prom
ised Chester, and which is so, Sorcl"
needed, Mr.. ri. h. Branch, secretary of
the Chamber Of Commerce, has r.
ceived the following from President
S. Davies Warficld: "Refefring To your
telegram have matter up. Will ad-
wise early as practicablc........W Whatever
else the boil wccviL may bc accused Of,
he can't be charged with not giving
ample warming Of his intended and
! impending approach. II has been
known for. three or four years at least
that. the boil weevil would invade
Chester county one of these days. 1t
might not hayc been known that far
back just when the pest would reach
here; but that the wccvi would he
well intrenched in the cotton fields OF
Chester county some. day, dealing de-
struction TO the cotton growing in
dustry. was a well-known and very
obvious fact. Whether the people Of
Chester county have protited by the
| warning is open to- question. The
bumper price for cotton in the fall or
| 1919 and on up until the summer Of
1920 misled numbers into over-plant-
| ing. and thus part of the period OF
preparation was lost. But however
that may be- there's no use in. Spccu-
| latinG now on what should have been
~, 10 In iS. ~
realize that the pest is here in proba-
bly, full strength, and begin to take
such steps Us arc possible at this time
OF the year in tho direction OF crop di-
vcrSification....""...M w. f.. Belts, 'oi
tho CAROLINA Motor & Accessory Cor
poration, was painfully. hut it is
hoped, not seriously. injured ycStcr-
day ut the \. r. =. Sabbath School
picnic at NJ. L. NJ. WQotan's pasture.
when. in, diving in Rocky Creek he
struck a log. Mr.. Belts was hit a Sc
we're blow on tho side of the head and
also had some Of the liGamcnts torn at
the head of the spinal column. the lat
ter injury giving him the more trou-
bic. He was rushed to the Sanator-
ium, where N-ray photographs re-
vcaled the state of affairs Just de-
| scribed We understood this morn
ing that Mr. Belts was doing nicely,
and his injury is not regarded as Sc
rious......-.Among the marriage licenses
issued the past few days from the Of
fec of Judge Of Probate \. w. Wise
arc the following: Mr.. =. L. Crawford,
Of Chester, and Hiss Essie Hines of
Rock Hill; Mr.. J. w. Perkins. of Great
Falls, and Miss Nellie Godfrey, of
Waxhaw. n. c.; Mr.. Austin Dawkins
and Miss Carrie f. Orr. both of Lam
do; and Mr.. w Z. Mcdowell and Mrs.
Sarah Conick, both of Great Falls.
Lancaster News, July IS: r. b..
Macicy, wcll-known formcr; resident
Of Lancaster. who several months ago
moved to Charlotte, has returned TO
the city and become connected with
! the Lancaster Mercantile company as
I;rnanuger. rIejwill; slfl0vc. his. fainil%
here at an carly date.~~~....lt is with re-
grct that the many friends Of Mr.. ana
Mrs. S. A. Woods and Miss Mary
Woods learn that they arc To no longer
live in Lancaster. Mr.. and Mrs.
Woods leave in Il few days for Darl-
ington, where they expect TO bc during
i.. ~
next year in the Charlotte city school.
..Thc death Of Judge j. f.. Stew
man. popular probate judge Contcd-
crate veteran and esteemed citizen.
occurred yesterday morning at nine
o'clock at the home of his son, John ~.
Stewman, in the southern part Of the
city. Judge Slcwman was i'll Il liitl"
more than n week. and because of hiS
advanced age his coHhiliun rapidly
lrcamc worse. Judge StcwnIan rclr-
hratcd his S4th birthday on July ~.
1920. Ills long life. has been on" Of
usefulness TO the community in which
: he lived the greater part Of ii being
SFcnt in Lancaster. He has held
county offices for many years and WAS
ulc Of The best known and most Uni
vrrSalIy esteemed men in the county.
He WAS student and WIS well post
cd on current and historical events.
Funeral services were held from the
residence yesterday afternoon and in
terlnent was at the ElCin cemetery at
five Walter G.. Taylor. man
accr of the Lancaster cotton uil conf
pHny, underwent m operation for APP
pcndicitiS TncSday.......Thc death OF
Mrs. G. W. Remington. ST.. occurred
Tuesday morning at her home III
Pagcland. She had been in poor health
for several mont ihS...Thc pnStniflrr
department has definitely tabled the
proposition to lcgin ut once c"nStIllc-
lion Of postufficc lulding in Lam
caster The correspondence printed
below shows that Congressman St"v-
rnSnn has hrrn active in l.Hnc;ISt"T'$
behalf but results arc MI. No men
tion is made of the proposed removal
OF the post office 10 Il building near
the Southern Railway depot, and ii is
taken for granted this matter still
hangs in the balance. y numcrnnSly
signed IpI itiuip WAS forwarded recent