Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-02-18

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payers have BEEN in the auditors Of
.ice this week for the purpose of max
ing return and. morroW:-Saturday,
is expected to be-; busiest day OK
the week. -, H.. - ~ .. 80
York Officials Appointed.
Governor Cooper on Thursday re-
appointed B. NJ. Love. auditor and II:
E. Neil, treasurer Of York county.
Bethany School. ;'::! ~
Enrolment of the Bethany rural
school has reached 130, the largest
reached since it has been a rural
school; -Four. +; teachsrs tee are employed:
Pneumonia Among Negroes. q; ~.i,J
Mr.IJ."B. Ford OF Bethel township
who was among''thet Visitors in" York
VILE, yesterday said that there were
!: a number of cases of 'pneumonitI
among negroes in ms section. ~ . -. =, =.
Verdict for Plaintiff =. s,..,.:..: =
In the case of. Ned Miller, Admr., VS.
the Gallivai Building Companytln the
court Of. common, pleas last Monday,
return a verdict -tor the e.pfaintiff in the;
sum of s1,500;::: :! .'r, -; ~
FcnnelI Elected President. s..;
DR.. w. W,sFenpell of Rock Hill,
was elected president Of the Tri- State
Medical association. at :. it's annual
meeting in Spartanburg yesterday.
Norfolk, Va, was selected as the place
of next meeting. s7S,-s--,
Several Convicts Sick. -.
Supervisor ,.Hugh-Ga, Brown said
yesterday that several convicts on the
York county chaingang at the stock
ade near Roddey's had been sick re-
Gently but that all Of them were now
considered out Of danger. The. super.
visor said that every effort is being
made to give them thetproper care.
Road Was PassabIe. 49,. i, =.
Rock Hill people in Yorkville yester-,
day said that the Yorkyille- e-Rock Hill
road by-way Of Newport and Tirzah,
was now passable by automobile, the
worst stretch on the road being at the
Mile branch just on. the outskirts OF
Yorkville.' .'''.' ''''.':s
Allen Special Marshal.
Frank C. Allen; constable to''Magis-
trate Wingate Of Cata%ba township
has also been appointed 'special
Federal Western District Of South
Carolina. Mr.. Allen WILL handle his
new duties in connection with his Oh
fee as township constable. =. =
Convict Died on chajndbans.
Milus Reed, Catawba township ne.
gro, known to officers, as "Bullshoe,
died of pneumonia at the York: county
chaingang stockade near Roddeys, laSt
, Tuesday. Reed was convicted Of en-
: tering the store Of Iesslle &: Glasscock
, at Lesslie There We're several other
charges pending against him.
catawba Presbytery.lo ;'
At a meeting Of Catawba presbytery,
held in the Yorkvilie A. r. P. church
this morning, with Rev.-J. L. Oates as
moderator, Rev. r. L. Byrd the new
pastor of Tirzah, was received into the
Catawba, presbytery from. the Virginia
presbytery. Revs. E. 3. Hunter, OF
Sharon, and B. G.: PRESLEY, Of Hickory
, Grove. and Elder j. "A. McFadden. Of
Tirzah, together with representatives
, of the YorkvilIe church constituted the
i catawba presbyterry at, at its $ meeting TO-
; day.
Additional Families Served.
; Twelve additional families will be
served by j. "A. Carroll, carrier on
, l:Filbert No. L. as.the-- result OF
, change ordered blythe pqstoffice de-
!. partment few days, ago. The addl. J..
, ton was made through the otnccs OF
Congressman Stevenson on petition OF
MIR. j. 3. McCarter and other citizens
, who were to be benefited by the
change. The length Of the route Will
be increased about two miles as
result of the additional twelve
families being served:
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: The orthopaedic Hospital. -.
Gastonia Gazette: While in Raleigh
recently, Mr., r B.; ;Ba bbington ran into
Mr.. J. B. Duke, the Southern Power
magnatc, and in the course OF a FEW
minutes conversation with him, men
toned the North Carolina Orthopaedic
hospital He told Mr. Darlington that ne
would remember him some time. wed
nesday Mr.. Darlington received check
for. 81 900 from Mr-Duke, las a contri-
button to the North Carolina Orthopae-
die hospital" Mr.. Darlington is very
happy to receive this substantial gIft
} and believes that Mr.. Duke will prove
great benefactor to the hospital.
Senator Hart Opposed to Measure.
The larger part ,of the night session
of the state senate "Wednesday evening
was occupied by debate on the bill OF
Representatives Hamblin and Gerald to
prohibit any textile corporation in
. South Carolina from working employees
more than 4S hours In any one week or
nine hours in any one'day. During the
debate the senate" gallery and lower
horo were crowded by mill operatives
who were interested in" the bill. Sena-'
tor John r. Hart Of York county. OPP
: posed the bill on the ground that 1t
would not be wise to pass it at TINS
i time. Senators Pearcc, Bonham, La
-riey, Duncan, Rogers and Williams
}. made pleas for the bill. ::
Win for Bethany.
Bethany defeated the strong Kings
Mountain, n. c., team in game OF
basketball on the latters ground last
Wednesday by 4 scoreiof 20 to 8. The
g;llne was rough but was interesting
from start to finish. Jam-up team
work, the ability. of. the forwards to
cage the ball, together with the air.
tight guarding are Responsible for
Eethanys victory, Bethany scored
eight fouls out Of nine chances. The
score at the end Of the first half was
IS 10 . in favor Of Bethany; but the
Kings Mountain lads came back
strong in the last half and did some
fine passing. About ninety people OF
Bethany and Glover accompanied the
Bethany team to Kings Mountain and
! cbcercd Justify for their favOritcS.