Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-12-20
Friday, December 16, 1921.
= in Bethesda township a short distance
away on Sunday afternoon.
Interest in Election.

= in Bethesda township short distance
away on Sunday afternoon.
Interest in Election.
Interest in the Rock Hill municipal
election, especially in the mayoralty
race is growing, according to Dave l..
Moss, we'll known citizen of Rock Hill,
who was in Yorkville today. Mr.. Moss
came over for the purpose of paying
the taxes of a number of Rock Hill
citizens who desire to vote in the cleo
ton. Mr. Moss believes that dark
horse" candidate for mayor will appear
before the election on January II ana
he, would not be surprised if one or
more women do not announce for
place on the city council.
Presbytery to Meet.
Qastonia Gazette: A called meeting
OF the First .Presbytery of the Assoct-
ate Reformed Presbyterian church will
be held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday after
noon in the First A. X. =. church OF
Gastonia. Rev. T.. S. Griffith, pastor
of Chalmers Memorial church, Char
lotte. who is moderator of the presby-
tery. will preside The object Of the
meeting will be to dissolve the pastoral
relation of Rev. G. L. Kerr for several
years pastor of the Kings Mountain A.
r. p. church and that congregation and
TO grant Mr.. Kerr transfer to the
Second Presbytery, where he has ac-
cepted the pastorate of the First A. X.
p. church of Spartanburg, S. C..
sutton's Spring Bridge.
The bridge gang from the county
chain gang completed the construction
o. the bridge over Turkey Creek at
Sutton's Spring last week and A. ID.
Neely, carrier on York No. 5 crossed
over il for the first time last Saturday.
In rainy weather it has always been
hard matter for the rural carrier to
ford the creek at SuttOn's Spring and
notice was given by the post office de-
partment some time ago that If
bridge was not built over the creek,
mail deliveries would be discontinued.
The bridge which is about twenty
five feet long is of strong construction
and is calculated to Withstand the
heaviest kind of freshet.
]. w. Cannon Dead.
James w. Cannon, owner Of the Can
non Mills, Of Yorkvillc, and one OF the
leading cotton manufacturers Of the
world, died at his home at Concord, \:
c., yesterday evening ut o'clock. aged
about 20 years. He had been i'll for
several weeks with complications
growing out of heart trouble. The
funeral service will be held IT Concord
tomorrow. Mr. Cannon was one OF the
pioneers in the Southern cotton manu-
featuring industry and was the owner
of quite a string of mills in North
Caroline, South Carolina, Georgia and
Alabama, aggregating in value many
millions Of dollars. He is survived by
his widow and nine children; Joseph
F., James w. Jr.; L. #. an@ G.. A. Cai;-
No lNn, cO1nfp. I n Cannon
Of Yorkville; Mrs d. II. Blair, Of Wash
ington, ID. c.; Mrs. Julian S. Carr, Jr.,
of Durham; Mrs. Charles Lambeth OF
Charlotte and Mrs Charles w. Hill Of
Winston Salem.
Sold Liquor to Officers.
The next customer who comes to
Louis Mitchell and Lowry Walker al
legged negro blind tigers of the Dinber
section of Chester county will probably
have TO give all sorts of credentials be-
cause of the fact that the negroes un-
Willingly sold n quart of liquor to
Constable Horace Johnson and Magis-
trate Fred Black last week. The two
officers were coming from Chester
where they had business. When the
vicinity of Dinber was reached they
were stopped by Il white man who ask
ed for a ride. A stop was made and
the passenger taken on. Asked if he
knew where they could get drink the
white man tod of a cOlored man who
lived just off the road and who had
q little stuff occasionally" Then they
met Lowry Walker who knew where
they could get quart for 81. He was
directed to bring the liquor which lie
did The officers learned that it came
from the house of Louis Mitchell. Sat
urday morning the officers in company
with Sheriff Anderson Of Chester coun-
ty visited Mitchelrs home where they
found a pint of liquor and a barrel of
mash Mitchell saw them coming and
beat il. Walker was arrested and
charged with transporting.