Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-11-10

Commissioners Hold Session.
Payment of claims totaling several
thousand dollars was the principal
business to come before the monthly
meeting of the York county board of
commissioners which meeting was held
at their Office in the courthouse last
Wednesday.
First Cooperative Sale.
A lot of. three hundred bales. bought
last Wednesday by Paul y. Moore, of
Yorkville for the Cannon people con-
stituted the first cotton sale by the
South Carolina Cooperative Marketing
association. The exact price paid was
not made public; but it was something
over 26 cents delivered at the mills.
Officers Get Big Still.
Three men were arrested when pro-
hibition officers working in Broad Riv-
er township yesterday afternoon seiZ-
cd big distillery made of galvanized
iron, about three miles south of Hick-
ory Grove. About 400 gallons of beer
were found at the place and poured on
the ground. The raiding party includ-
ed Magistrate r. L. A. Smith, NJ. NJ
Mcknight and Policeman Dick Lanier.
Boy Went Crazy.
]. B. Byers, negro boy Of Bullock's
Creek township, was lodged in jail in
Yorkville yesterday because Of insan-
ity. The boy is said to have been act
ing strangely for several days and had
annoyed a number of families in the
community in which he lived. He will
probably be sent to the state hospital
for the insane this week.
Fred Spears Robbed.
Fred Spears who runs a store near
the fair grounds on the western out
skirts of Rock Hill reported TO the
police of that town that he was held
up in his store Saturday night and
robbed of $780, According to Spears
story n bandit who was masked so as
to conceal his identity entered the
door shortly before closing time and
demanded that what money was on
hand be turned over to him.
Jail Population Light.
With the November term of the
court Of general sessions less than
two weeks away, the population of the
York county Jail just now is very
small, according to Deputy Sheriff Tom
Quinn. There are nine prisoners in
Jail, all colored. Five of these are to
be tried for various alleged crimes at
the November term. Three are United
States prisoners and one is serving a
sentence in Jail Following conviction
in the city court in Rock Hill.
The General Election.
There was but little interest in the
general election throughout York
county last Tuesday until after the
discovery Of the incompleteness of the
county ticket as furnished to the
voters and then there was more or less
excitement at some of the precincts.
The total vote at the Yorkville pre-
cinct was SS for state offices, SO for
county offices and rs for congress.
The total vote over the county was
very light; but the exact figures can
not be stated for the reason that no
effort was made to collect the returns.
Stocking Cherokee Ponds.
Gaffney Ledger, Wednesday: About
twelve dozen fish, of the Bream va
riety, were received this morning from
the United States government hatch
cry by Messrs. j. w. Waters, Z.
Wright Jolly, ]. u. Blanton and w. L.
Self, with which they will stock up
their private ponds and waters. The
Bream fish is y finely shaped one md
is excellent eating, also he furnishes
fine fishing sport rs he is of the carp
family. The above named gentlemen
announced that there would be strict
ly no fishing yet awhile for the little
finger length, will have to
grow.
Medicos Hold Meeting.
Several York county physicians
were in Lancaster Wednesday in at
tendance upon the semi-annual meet
ing of the Fifth District Medical So