Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-05

to Roy Rippy, white youth of South
Carolina, convicted of stealing a bale
Of cotton from Mr. Hayne Pattersons
gin at Patterson Springs. Rippy lives
in South Carolina and was convicted
in Cleveland superior court where ne
received a sentence of three years..
The host of friends of Mrs. Sarah Lou
Bostick Putnam, wife of Mr.. ]. NJ
Putnam of the Mt. Sinai section will
lean with keen sorrow of her sad
death which occurred at her country
home south Of Shelby at midnight
Tuesday, and the funeral services
were held Thursday afternoon at
o'clock at Mt. Sinai Baptist church,
conducted by her pastor Rev. j. c. Gill
lcspie of Boiling Springs, assisted by
ReYs. J. NJ. Kester and A. c. Irwin OF
this place. Fire destroyed the gar
age. cafe, store, postoffice and home
of S. S. Hunsinger at Chimney Rock
Tuesday morning. The flames were
beyond control when discovered, about
four o'clock The garage was owned
by William Cunningham. Three au-
tomobiles, two owned by John NJ.
Flack, Ford and Dodge, and a stripped
down Cadillac owned by Cunningham
were destroyed. Williamson & Bowen,
of the Carolina Motor company, Forest
City, who had it leased this summer,
lost $500 worth of automobile acces-
sories and supplies. The cafe, store,
souvenir shop, and home of 5. 5.
Hunsinger, valued at about $4,000,
were all destroyed. The postoffice
alsc went up in the angry flames. A
large supply of stamps, envelopes, etc,
had recently been secured. The drug
store opposite Mountain View hotei
will be used as Il postoffice for the
present. There was no insurance
The cause is unknown. The total loss
is estimated at from $1,000 to $4,000.
.......-....A strong effort is being made by
the local Junior Order to secure the
large Junior Order Orphanage FOR
Shelby, which will be located some
where in the south. At an opossum
supper held by the Junior Order OF
United American Mechanics in their
lodge hall Tuesday night, H. L. Toms,
secretary of the local lodge who has
had some correspondence relative to
the building of new orphanage,
brought the matter to the attention OF
the lodge and q number of speeches
were made, all tending to encourage
the location of the orphanage in Shell
by. Mr.. Peyton McSwain is council
lcr and H. L. Toms secretary of the
local lodge and the following commit
tee was appointed to draft suitable
resolutions asking that the orphanage
be established here and secure funds
for a site which will be rendered to the
national and state councils when the
proper time comes; B. T. Falls, chair
man; j. Frank Jenkins. j. w. Suttle,
Max Gardner, c. R. Hoey, and II. l..
Toms. Frank Queen, q year old
son of Hub Queen who lives near
Casar was instantly killed Sunday af-
ternoon about 4 o'clock when the car
he was driving overturned on an en-
bankment, breaking his neck and also
his legs. Young Queen, it is reported
was driving the car for which his
father had recently traded. Gordon
Newton was a passenger with him in
the car at the time, but Newton was
unhurt, except a cut in the forehead,
Queen met another car on a curve and
an embankment and swerved too close
to the edge when his car overturned
several times, breaking his neck and
inllicting other injuries.