Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-19

year took place at Limestone Prespy-
terian church last Sunday morning.
s. c. Stribling, who has served in that
capacity for the past year, was re-
elected superintendent Of the school,
with Frank w. Sossamon as assistant
superintendent: D. NJ. Boozer was
| elected secretary and treasurer and Z.
d. Mazyck as assistant secretary ana
treasurer. and Mrs. Geo. w.
! Brown have returned to their nome
in Greenwille after spending a few
days in this city with Mr.. and Mrs.
l. II Brown. Miss Matte Mae Brown,
their daughter, has been i'll at the
home Of her grandparents here Tor
the past several weeks, but friends OF
the family viii learn with pleasure that
she is now we'll on the road to recov-
ery and that she was able to accom-
pany her parents to Greenville when
they returned. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Brown formerly made their home IN
Gaffney and have a host of friends
here. ...-..-..- More than so bales of new
Cherokee county cotton were sold en-
the Gaffney market Saturday, accord
ing TO G. E. Sparks. in the cotton
business here. the prevailing figure
being p cents...--Just after he Is
alleged to have given a friend OF MS
. drink Of whisky near one of the city
polling precincts Tuesday, Rufus Da-
Wis. we'll known Gaffney man engaged
in the timing business here, was ar
rested by Federal Prohibition officers,
charged with having whisky in his
possession. Under the South Caro-
lima state law, it is penitentlary
cffense to give any person a drink OF
intoxicating beverages within one mile
of a polling precinct on election day.
It is said that state charges may be
brought against Mr.. Davis.
Lancaster News, September Is: AS
tabulated statement in this paper Will
show, John A. McManus of Taxahaw,
was elected county superintendent OF
education over A. c. Rowell, present
incumbent. by vote of 1918 to 1851.
o. c. Hesler was reelected magistrate
for Flat Creek township over G. j.
Small by a vote of 292 to 241. John
A. Carnes was elected magistrate of
Buford township over A. T. Funder-
burk by a vote of 225 to 202. Mana
gers of Hale Mine box at which 56
votes were cast, failed to bring in the
box and it was thrown out. The off,
cial count shows that in the second
primary for Lancaster county Blease
received 1,434 votes, Mcleod 2,1S2,
Hope 1892. Swearingen 1,16S........~May-
bell Tate, colored woman, was serious
ly shot last night about $3.50, three
bullets from pistol entering her body
two penetrating the right lung and q
third near the lung. The Shooting is
laid to Bob Coleman and Will Good
ing both colored. Coleman has dis
appeared, but Gooding is in the city
lookup awaiting an investigation and
Coleman will no doubt be apprehcndeG
at any early date.......M Mrs. l.. j. Drcn-
nan, Mrs. j. c. Hayes and children, Of
Rock Hill, and Mrs. James Parks of
Columbia, have returned to their
homes after a visit to Mr.. and Mrs.
w. E. brennan in this city...........-M Mrs.
]. S. Glasscock Of Catawba, is visiting
her son, A. B. Glasscock on Catawba
street. Contractors for Lancasters
new $15S,O00 school building are in the
city looking over the grounds with n
view to commence building operations
in the near future.
Gastonia, Gazette, Sept. s.: Hav-
| ing been released from the state pris-
on at Raleigh several day. ago on a
$4,000 bond w. c. Krout, convicted
in Castor superior court in January
of forgery. was on the streets of Gas
tonia today. Following Krouts con-
viction in the Castor superior court
he WIS required to give a bond of $10,-
900 pending his appeal to the supreme
court of North Carolina. The su-
preme court remanded his case to the
lower court for a new trial, the new
trial being granted on a technical
point in regard to the refusal of Judge
Finley to admit certain documentary
evidence in the form of express COM
pany's records. Building permits
issued by City Building Inspector
Newton for the month of August to-
tailed S67,41S, according to his report to
City Manager w. j. Alexander Nine
permits were granted for new resi-
dences and three for new store rooms,
the value of the new residences being
given as $4,000 and the new store
rooms at According to
report prepared Thursday by Superin-
tendent w. y. Grier of the city schools,
the enrolment is now as follows:
Grammar grades, boys. 1900, girls,
1852, total 1882; high school, boys,
1884, girls, 163, total for high
school, BAT. Total for white schools,
2,729. Colored school, boys, 26S. girls,
296; total, 564. Grand total for white