Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-21
LOCAL LAcoNIcs
Mill School CLOSES,

LOCAL LAcoNIcs
Mill School Closes.
The school at Bowling Green cotton
mill closed its term last Friday. Miss
la Petty was the teacher.
Communion at Tirzah.
Services are being held at Tirzah to-
day in connection with communion on
Sunday. Rev. J. A. McKeown is as
sisting the pastor Rev. r. D. Byrd.
Schools Close Today.
Several rural schools Of the county
close their sessions today for the
school year. Among them are New
Zion, Fairview, Tirzah and Santiago.
Accepts Kings Mountain Pastorats.
Rev. ]. NJ. Gagriscn.. pastor Of the
A. r. p. church at Anderson has ac-
cepted a call to the pastorate of the
A. r. p. church at Kings Mountain,
n. c. 49,.
$3.50 In Fines.
Few of the defendants convicted at
the April term of the court of general
sessions which closed yesterday were
able to pay fines and in liquor cases
few were given the privilege of pay
ing fines even IL they could have paid.
The result was that Clerk OF Court
McMackii collected only $3.50 in fines.
Yorkville- Chester Road.
That, the Yorkville- Chester road is in
the best condition that it has known
in a long while is the testimony Of
motorists who have recently made the
trip between the two towns. The
Chester county end OF the road Is bet
ter than the York county end; but with
little dragging and shaping the York
county, side can be made just as
good. However as the road is now, 1t
Is no trouble to travel the distance be-
tween the two towns in an hour.
Parole for Cherokee Man.
Ben j. Haney, convicted of house,
breaking and larceny in Cherokee
county in July of 1921 before Judge
Bowman and sentenced to serve 16
months, was yesterday paroled by the
governor during good behavior. The
parole was granted on the condition
that Haney support his mother and
furnish proof of this to the clerk of
court of Cherokee county every 60
days for n period of II months.
Rock fiil won 6otn SideS-
Rock Hill High School won decis-
ions in debates last night with Ches-
ter at both Rock Hill and Chester on
the question: Resolved, that the pro-
gramme of the joint special committee
on revenue and taxation offers the
best solution Of South Carolinas tax
problem" Rock Hills representa-
tives, Anderson Bass and Miss Cath
H., l,a1I hn fityn
side of the question in Rock Hill.
Chesters affirmative debaters at
Rock Hill were Paul Carson and Miss
Catherine Mckeown: The judges for
the debate in Rock Hill were c. w.
+. Spencer OF Rock Hill and Prof. E.
A. Montgomery and Rev. j. K. Walk
er of Yorkville. Debating the same
subject in Chester last evening in the
affirmative, Rock Hills representa-
tives, Julian Starr and Miss Catherine
Massey won the decision over Charles
Black and Miss Marion Boyd of Ches-
ter. The judges at Chester were Jas.
d. Grist.. of Yorkville and Capt. j.
Lyles Glenn and Major Malcolm l..
Marion of Chester. Because of the
two victories last night, Rock Hill
will participate in the state contest in
Columbia the latter part OF next week.
York County Negro in Trouble.
Gastonia Gazette, Wednesday, Some
time was consumed at Wednesday
session hearing evidence in
the case Of Pressly Adams, colored,
who was arrested some weeks ago on
the charge of having entered a num-
Der of dwelling houses in various
parts Of the city. Through his attor-
nev. John G. Carpenter, the defendant
entered q plea of guilty, hence there
was no jury trial. Evidence was
heard to enable the court to decide
upon the degree Of guilty and deter
mine the punishment to be inflicted.
Testimony consisted entirely Of con-
fessions made by the defendant to po-
lice officers and the relation of what
took place when he was taken by the
officers to houses which he confessed
10 having entered. The only Witness
Ps placed on the stand beside the Of
ficers were Mrs. Moore and her
daughter, Miss Sallie Moore, whose
home was entered some time in
March. They testified as to the de-
.ails Of the occurrence and also veri-
fed the testimony of officers as to the