Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-04-04

Mill-Elmore Alexander DECORATION
Day Speech; Winthrop Training
School, Bruce Fewell, Belshazzars $
Feast; Yorkville, Grady Mcfarland,
pupils from each school are expected
to go to Chester for the contest.
"Nine-M Bridge" About Completed.
Rock Hill Record: The new bridge
to take the place Of the condemned
"Nine-Mile bridge" on the Rock Hill
Chester road, Is nearing completion
and when finished will be one of the
handsomest bridges in York county, II
not in the state. 1t Is entirely OF rein
forced concrete, of splendid lines and
has an elevation sufficient to take out
all the road grade at this point. 1t
should last for centuries.
Mrs. Higgins in County Home.
Being without friends and money
and unable to work, Mrs. Pink Huggins
who is charged jointly with Albert
Zimmerman with the Staying OF her
husband last November, near his little
store on the Charlotte road near York
Vile, has found shelter at the county
home. Mrs. Higgins was released
from jail several weeks ago on bond
of $500 furnished by two citizens Oh
Yorkville.
No Pension Cor Fourteen.
]. L. Houston. clerk of the pension
board of York county, said yesterday
that there were fourteen Confederate
veterans in York county who have
net annual income Of 1000 or more
year and who therefore would not
draw n pension this year. The recent
~, .la1
sion law so that any veteran having
a net income of $1,000 or more would
not receive a pension.
Sharon Policeman Resigns.
People of Sharon are so orderly and
w-abiding that there Is no need for
the services of q policeman there.
Consequently ]. p. Hope, who has been
employed as policeman there for sew
eral months past has rendered his
resignation. At mass meeting OF
Sharon citizens held last week it was
suggested that the policeman should
resign for the very simple reason that
no policeman was needed. Hopes res
ignation FOLLOWED.
Sheriff's Sale.
Two parcels of property were sold
at auction by the sheriff before the
court house door yesterday morning
in the case Of Thos. i. Mellow, Ad-
ministrator of the will of Corrie T..
Mobley, deceased against q. ID.
Greene, defendant. One tract of AZ ga
acres known as the Gordon tract was
bought by Wilson e. Wilson, Attorneys
for 81 900 and the other known as the
Darby tract and containing 81 IL
acres was bought by the same attof-
neys at $500.
York County Federal Jurors.
The following York county men have
been chosen to serve as grand and
petit jurors at the April term of the
Federal court for the western district
Of South Carolina to be held in Green
vile beginning today: Petit jurors
]. M. Russell, Rock Hill; F. c. Nc
Cain, Yorkville; T. c. Dunlap, York
No. 3; w. H. Hope, Rock Hill; ]. B.
Benfield, York No. 3; Grand jurors
C.. J. Henry, Rock Hill; r. H. G. Cald-
well, Sharon; A. E. Willis, Rock Hill;
J. A. Williford, Rock Hill; w. L. Hill,
Sharon.
Not Candidates.
T. NJ. Ferguson of the Loan and
| Savings Bank has been talked as a
possible candidate for county treasur-
er; but he has no idea of running, re-
gardless of the assurance of frineds
that he could beat anything In the
race Not me-" said G. W. MCGEE,
cashier OF the Peoples Bank and Trust
Company mo 1 thank you. have a
hard enough job as it is IL you please"
Mr.. MCGEE was once treasurer of An
derson county, and he gave up the
place voluntarily just as Harry Neil is
doing.
Fort Mill Road.
Representatives Of the Fort Mill
township road authorities were in Co.
lumbia on Thursday and after a con-
ference with state highway depart
ment officials an agreement was reach
ed to proceed with the construction OF
two and one half miles of the Char
lotte highway through Fort Mill. The
! section, it Is estimated, will cost about
SIS, 200. 1t will be hard surfaced. Fol-
lowing the conference an engineer was
directed to begin the surveys mme-
diately and the actual construction
work is expected to start within a
short time.
York County Live Stock.
Il. b. Hare, OF Sdluud, aSTlCulluid Ill
statistician for South Carolina has
issued statistics on the number and
value of live stock in South Carolina
by counties. He gives York county
5, 500 head Of cattle valued at $75,9OO;
$50 sheep valued at $3.50 and 1S,SOO
hogs valued at S172,960. Horny county
leads the state with $4,000 hogs valued
at $3.50, and Colleton county leads
the state with 10000 head Of cattle
valued at $220,000. Chester county has
4, 900 head Of cattle, worth S67,62O ana
13, 1000 hogs, worth S19,600. Lancaster
county has 3400 cattle worth $46,92O
and 10000 hogs worth $1lO,4OO.
Additional Federal Jurors.
The following is a list of York coun-
ty citizens who have been summoned
to serve as jurors in Federal court in
GreenVilc for the third week OF the
criminal division Of the April term or
court and also the Jurymcn who are
summoned to appear May l for the
civil division: First week civil court
John A. Kell. Fort Mill No. 3; I. f.
Leslie, Leslie; j. p. Allison, Hick-
ory Grove. Second week civil court
w. B. McGill, York No. 1; n. M. Nc
Dill, Hickory Grove; w. l.. Pursley,
Filbert. Third week criminal court
w. Il. Byers, Rock Hill l. S. Kidd,
Rock Hill; o. w. Potts, Fort Mill
No. 3.
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