The Yorkville Enquirer reported on Jan. 14, 1913 – “John W. Smith, a colored contractor, was charged with house breaking at the home of J. H. Ramseur’s home, where said Smith had recently been working and supposedly kept a set of keys. The paper later reported that Smith had been found guilt and sentenced to one year on the York County chain gang.”
City Directories and History: Annie Barber, 701 Taylor St., (1917); 701 Pond St.; and teacher (1925), Thomas Barber (Mary), 121 W. Black St. (1925), Bailes Barber (Maggie), 625 Pond St. (1920), Mattie Barnes, 630 Crawford Rd. (1908), Venus Barnes, 338 W. Black St. (1917), Nancy Beckham, 472 Elm Ave. (1908), Paul Bigger (Jeanette), 471 S. Trade (1925), Frank A. Carrigan (Mary), 221 S Railroad Ave. (1913); Crawford Rd (1908, 1917-20), Mary Castle, Boyd Hill (1925), Lee Cauthen (Sarah), 480 Elm Ave., (1913); 490 Elm Ave. (1917); 490 S. Trade St. (1920), Anderson D. Chisholm (Fannie), Crawford Rd., Extd (1908-25), Gussie Clinton, 255 W. Black St. (1925), George H. Davis (Mattie), 255 W. Black St. (1908); 225 W. Black St. (1920) also see from RH City Directory in 1913 – George Barnes and Mattie Barnes – laborer @this address.
Harris & Greer (William Harris & William Greer), Flint Hill, (1925), Robert Hart (Nora), 811 Crawford Rd. (1925); and carpenter, Annie Hemphill, 154 W. Black St. (1925), Jerry Holley/Holly (Maggie), Boyd Hill (1925), and carpenter, George Irving, Crawford Extd . (1908), John J. Jordon (Rachel), 120 Pond St. (1913)
John Knighton (Cora), Crawford Rd. Ext. (1920), Frank Ramseur (Carrie), 604 Pond St. (1917), James H. Ramseur, 113 Railroad Ave. (1908); 435 W. Main St. (1917); 604 Pond St. (1920-25), William Roach (Carrie), 409 West Main St. (1925), Hampton Sims (Alice), 145 W. Black (1908); 143 W. Black, (1913), Hampton S. Sims (Eugenia), 496 S. Trade St. (1925), J. Henry Toole (Ella M.), 101 E. Main St. (1913); Saluda Ave. near Flint St. (1917), W. R. Vaughn, 424 W. Main St. (1908), Eliza C. White, 315 Hagins (1917-25), Hunter Williamson (Celia), Crawford Extd (1925), Wesley Woods (Martha), Crawford Rd. (1920), John W. Woods (Martha), Crawford Rd. Extd (1925)
Information written and submitted to R&R by George R. Garrison, Ph.D. – Kent State University
BLUE FRONT MAN GETS A FRIGHT
During the electric storm last Saturday evening, a bolt of lightning was conducted into G. W. Jordan’s store, near the Victoria Mills by the telephone wires. The ‘phone’s in the office and while the blue blazes and fiery balls were playing over and all around the cash drawer where the day’s sales and collections were deposited, Mr. Jordan sat in another comer of the store dazed and pale with fright, not daring to undertake to secure the cash until the storm was over.
A negro boy in the store was struck by a fall of the fiery liquid that was hurled from the receiver of the telephone and knocked about three feet upwards. He was badly stunned but revived in a short time. He may never fully recover from the fright and shock, however. – Rock Hill Record, June 24, 1904.
(Information courtesy of and from: YCGHS – The Quarterly Magazine)
Visit the More Information link found under the primary image, to see additional data on African American businesses, in Rock Hill from 1908 – 1972. This list was researched and submitted to R&R by P.M. Gettys – 2015 There is also an informative article on local African American business leader, Mr. Henry Toole who was not only a barber but also a grocer and landlord.
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