Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-08-01
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Some Items Of Fact, Some Of comment
and All Helping to Give an Idea OF
& What Our Nsishbors Are Saying and
81 Being. ."Vt''@ ''
Fort Mill Times, July 27. A. d.
Withers Of Jacksonville, Fla, Is spend
ing some time at the home OF ms
"a bepnew. IT. w Massey, in Fort Mil.
saar. Withers is a machinist who was
sempleyed at the seaboard shops IN
JacksonSilie prior to the strike which
fWas called by the imaehinists' union
lsssverai weeks ago. He is wen inform
ed on conditions leading up TO the
strike and says he is confident the men
'WAn win 1t, though their victory may
.ibt come fer some time. He also says
that the rolling stock of many ran
roads Is rapidly deteriorating ana tna'
iuhiess the fedral laws requiring tne
sTAsfroads to- keep their engines ana
,;4snasbes up to a certain standard are
. strictly enforced that before long II
wlll be dangerous to ride on the pas
Isenger trains Of these raiiroads--..----'--
MA Mamie Lee Merritt, wife or Chas.
n Merritt. died at her home In the
.fsarbepviile section of 'Lancaste' coun-
~ Yesterday morning, following a long
Illness. Mrs. Merritt was as years olo
and was the mother Of several chlareh''
o.. ..;av, 8, a member OF Harrison Metho-
: dfst church, where the funeral was
shs,dh this morning at 10 o'clock. The
lfnternent was in Harrison chureh-
iSard -. Arthur c. Lytle, mayor Oh
Fort Mill, left yesterday morning ior
Columbia to spend two or three DAYS
with the Fort Mil military CT mpames'
which are now at Camp jackson taK
.,,,,syA n,aay.t IN the annual encamprnent OF
fhg ilsth infantry, National Guard
> J5ai A. Epps, OF Tampa, Fla, arrived
III Fort Mill few days ago Tor
tS,ast at the home; of his father, Hon"
SH. Epps, in the Gold Hill commu-
fty Another guest Of Mr.. Epps Is ms
brother John Newt Epps. who moved
. from this section to Florida about 80
i,sSaars q eo The Rev. ]. H. Dyches
i}sft a Few days ago for Barnweli coun-
tv3tto conduct an evangelistic meeting
AZ Ashleigh Baptist church. He is ex-
ynscted to return home in time to NIL
hts anpointments Sunday morning al
,gthe Fort Mil Baptist church.,
rrrastees Of the Fort Mill public school,
zape somewhat uncertain how they Will
meet In full the payment OF teacnefs
5salaries during the 1922-23 session or
this school. At q meeting OF the board
of trustees several weeks ago agree
ayi,ant was reached to pay the teachers
stbe same salaries for the coming ses-
;;;sion. that they were paid during the
last session; but 1t is now stated that
cord recently was received from the
education department in Columbia that
the fund appropriated by the iegisla /
lure to supplement the salaries paid
teachers from local funds has been ex-
ha0sted and that the trustees Oh the
Fort Mill school need not expect any
aid from that source this year
p;sianeaster News, July 20: Jesse
, rBiackmon, young farmer living three
miles east Of Lancaster on tire New
ccut road, reports having found an
5beri boil Of cotton on his farm Wea-
5nesday morning. Mrs. r. ]. Black
mon of Texas, who with her children
arrived in Lancaster about ten uays
ago on a visit to kinfolk, is spending
few days with her brother, l.. N. Mont
teomery, in West End. Rev. Mr. Black
g,no, came with the family as far as
yCprdele, Ca, where he stopped over
TO conduct a few weeks meeting IN
that state. The trip from Texas was
made in a five passenger REQ touring
oar, aad from Cordele to Lancaster a
distance of 343 miles, the drive was
made in 16 hours, the family leaving
the Georgia city at o'clock IN the
morning and reaching Lancaster at
7 o'clock in the evening OF the same
day. Mr.. Blackmon Is expected IN
lancaster before the return OF the
family to Texas.-...-..R. 8. Beckham'
expressman on the Lancaster & Ches-
ter Railway, met with painful acci-
dent at Chester about 10 o'clock this
morning. Mr.. Beckham was standing
near the L. & C. track when an engine
passed, the step of which struck one
of his legs, breaking it and otherwise
bruising him slightly. He was taken
toia Chester hospital and Is dong as
well as could be expected at the pres
ent.
Chester Reporter, July 27: This
morning not quite one-half OF the
precinct enrolment books had been
returned to the office Of County Chair
man John NJ Wise, so that it Is dit-
ficiilt as yet to get anything IKE
correct idea of the number enrolled In
the county The rules of the party re-
ouire that all books must be in not
later than three days after enrolment
ceases, which will make 1t necessary
for all books to be in by to morrow
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