Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-12-02

Mr.. ChaS. l.. Queen, son of Mr. Bense
Queen and Miss Annie Wright, daugh-
ter of Mr.. Thomas Wright were hap
PLY married Wednesday November 23
at the home of the brides father by
Rev. A. c. Irwin. Quite a number of
young people were present to witness
the ceremony and shower thei. good
wishes upon the happy couple. Both
are prominent young people of their
community and have the best wishes
of host of friends~......,...Mr j. H..
Clark, of Lenoir county, enjoys dis
tinction as the first woman to serve on
jury in this state, says the Charlotte
Observer Judge Daniels was holding
court at Kinston and Mrs. Clark was
present in the court as litigant, and as
that case was concluded there came a
case to be heard for divorce. There
was "a scarcity of men" in the court
room and it was suggested that Mrs.
Clark be drafted. Mr.. Clark did not
object and she was formally sworn in
with the other eleven good men and
true" Lawyer Moore Of the local BAR
had seat next to her in the jury box
and her side remarks as the evidence
was being brought out, was that she
"belicvcd whisky was at the bottom OF
it, The contention was that the man
had, lived apart from his wife for five
years, and Mrs. Clark decided with
"the law and the facts in the case"
The interesting point about this first
experience with the woman juror was
the opinion which appeared mutual
with lawyers, judge and courthouse
spectators, that women are not all un-
fitted for jury duty" "...-...Mr. r. V.
Toms has been elected by the alder
men as water and light superintendent,
succeeding Mr.. Girard Lipscomb who
resigned a week ago to take position
with the water and light plants at
Blacksburg, S. c. Mr.. Toms will enter
upon his duties the first of December.
In the meantime, Mayor Gardner has
been reading the meters for this month
to get the water and light bills out on
time. Mr.. Toms has had experience in
this line and will no doubt fill the
position creditably. He has been con-
nected with the Continental Gin Com
pany, but more recently with the East
side Manufacturing Company............lt
has been learned that the town OF
Shelby has purchased for $4,000 the fiat
rock property consisting Of nearly
seven acres and belonging to Mr.. II. NJ
10y. A man has been located with
whom q contract can be made TO
crush the stone to be used in street
paving at S220 per cubic yard. A fur
ther agreement can be made with this
party to continue operating the quarry
from which he will sell stone to other
customers and pay the town ten cents
per ton royalty, and should he get the
contract to furnish stone for the hard
surface road which the state highway
commission proposes to build to Cleve-
land Springs and for the two concrete
bridges, the city officials feel that this
will reimburse the town considerably
for the initial outlay for the property.
The contractor agrees TO crush the
stone and deliver it at the quarry at
$2.2O per cubic yard. The cheapest
quotation the aldermen could get on
shipped stone was s2.16 per cubic yard.
Other prices ran as high as S2.4O per
cubic yard The freight on stone from
the nearest quarry is approximately
s1.25 per ton, so the city officials feel
that they have saved several thousand
dollars on the stone that will be used
in street paving which Will be done
next spring.......If cotton in the entire