Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-20
LOCAL LAcoNics
Bcthesda Vital Statistics.


Bethesda Vital Statistics.
Bethesda township like the other
townships Of York county showed more
births than deaths during 1921. Ac-
cording to the report Of Registrar s. II.
Love there were 108 births and Il
deaths in the township during the year
Residence Burned.
Fire in Rock Hill Wednesday, dam
aged the residence occupied by j. Har-
ry Foster, Esq, of Rock Hill. There
was considerable damage to the ftirni-
ture, as well as the house and the un-
derstanding is that some insurance
was carried on both the furniture and
THE house.
Sunday Coming to Rock Hill.
Billy Sunday, famous evangelist, is
to speak twice at Winthrop college in
Rock Hill next Monday, according to
made this morning. Mr.
Sunday is to speak to the college girls
Monday morning at 1880 and to the
general public Monday afternoon at
$50 o'clock. The evangelist will come
from Spartanburg Monday morning liz
u special car and will return Monday
afternoon . ...-.Ej
Rumor of Hold Up.
There was a rumor on the streets
this; morning that an unknown motor
list had been held up on the highway
between Yerkville and Rock Hill, at
about the John f. Williams place, on
Wednesday night and had exchanged
several pistol shots with the road ban
dit. Inquiry at the sheriff's office de-
velopcd the inforL Llation that the rumor
had reached there but that the officials
were without additional information.
South Carolina Corn.
r. E. Hare, official agricultural sta
tistician for South Carolina for the bu-
reau of markets and crop estimates,
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, places South Carolina's corn acre
age for 1921 at 2,022,000, and the total
production at 32,955,000 bushels valued
at $24,326, 900. according to the average
price prevailing December l. The 1920
production was approximately 34,OOO,-
900 valued at $4O,000,000. York county is
estimated as having planted $4,000
acres Of corn last year, and the average
yield is given ut 16 bushels per acre,
giving total of S32, 900 bushels, valued
on December l at $615,6S0.
Lad Suffers Broken Leg.
Ira Boyd Street, young son Of Sec
ton Master Street Of the Southern
Railway had his left leg broken last
Wednesday when struck by an auto
mobile driven by r. w. Hope Of Sha-
ron. The accident occurred in the road
near Sharon school house. The little
boy with other sclfoolmates was en-
gagged in play and had run into the
oil hxy1 1riu n
an automobile. The machine which
was said to have been going at low
rate of speed struck the lad and broke
it TO n stop.
To Hold Conferences.
Conferences of Sunday school work
ers of Bethel Presbytery arc to be held
in Yorkville, Rock Hill, Lancaster and
Chester during the month of March.
according to plans at Il meeting OF the
Sunday School Committee of the Pres
bytery in Rock Hill yesterday. a num-
ber of matters relating to the Sunday
school work of the Presbytery were
discussed. Attending the meeting yes
terday was the chairman, Rev. r. c.
WI son, of McCOnnellsville; a. M.
Aiken Of Chester, Alexander MacDon-
aid of Blackstock, Rev. j. c. Bailey of
Ebenezer, E. NJ. Williams of Beth
Shiloh. Rev D. Alvin Miller Of Liberty
Hill, John X. Poag and }. I. Fain OF
Rock HILL
ku. KIux and Poker Players.
Chester News: \ young man who is
n position to know all about poker
and poker playing In Chester. is au-
hority for the statement that it is now
Utmost impossible to have game OF
poker in This city without being inter- |
cred with by the officers of the law |
This young man states that in times |
vast one could get into n poker game |
my Saturday Eight or Sunday in |
Chester. but now if there is Il. game Of
IoliCr played more than once in the |
amc place the cops" arc sure 10 walk |
Ip. The young man states that all of
his has been brought about since the
" rEanizatiOn of the Ku- -l[luX in Chcs-
or and according to his opinion, and
he opinioE of others the Ku-kluX is
ouching the officers of the law off as
u the games, with the view of stop
ing gambling in Chester.
:ort Mil Wants Tight Sunday.
At a special meeting OF the town
ounci of Fort Mill held Tuesday the
resolution adopted at con-
regational meetings held last Sunday
lOrning was presented by Rev. J. w.
|. Dyche3. -. d.. pastor of Fort Mill
aptist church: I'VE, the members ol
le Baptist. Methodist. and Presbyter-
IN churches. in congregational. meet
,g assembled on the 18th day of Jaflu-
lv, 1922. with grateful acknowledge
rent to Almighty God for his long