Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-05-31
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Death of Mrs. j. Patrick Palmer.
Charlotte Observer, Wednesday: AZ
ter an illness Of several years, MRS. j.
P. Palmer died last night at S.30 O'CLOCK
at her home on North Davidson street,
in her 56th year. She was native OIL
York county, s. c., but had lived In TINS
city most Of her life. She was a good
woman and q devoted member or the
Brevard Street Methodist church. sur
viving her are her husband and seven
children: Mrs. E. L. Gogbill, Mrs: Jonn
Davidson, Mrs. c. D. Purser, MISSES
Lula and LENA Palmer and Messrs'
Cleveland and Hendrix Palmer.
Rural Delivery In Western York.
Special Agent Howard, of the rural
free delivery service, has been IN wesl
ern York during the past week sur
veying routes from Sharon, HICKORY
Grove Smyrna and Grover. The Gro-
yer route runs down into York county;
but Mr.. Howard was unable TO reclls
from memory its general direction anu
the points reached. Mr.. Howard mas
been in Yorkville since THURSDAY pre-
pairing diagrams Of the routes just sur
veyed and doing other work necessary
for the completion of his work 10 the
department. He has not yet rouno
time to return to Bethel township, put
will complete his work in that section
as soon as he gets the opportunity.
Made an Assignment.
Messrs. S. S. Ordway & Sons, the con-
tracing firm that has been doing ma
sonry work on the big dam of the Ca
tawba Power company, have made an
assignment to Major James F. Hart,
for the benefit Of their creditors. AS
the result of differences that nave
arisen between Ordway & Sons ano
the Catawba Power company, the con
tractors have lost control of such prof.
its as they claim to have In work al
ready completed, and this Is given as
reason for their assignment. There
will be more or less litigation on ac-
count of the differences between the
contractors and the Power Company,
and 1t may be some time yet before
the dispute Is adjusted.
Work on the Road.
The chaingang has completed the
grading work on the Simrll hlll'
Just beyond the "Langham brancn, On
the eastern outskirts Of YorkVlile;
People who have passed over the roaa
within the past few days are entnusi-
astic in their praise Of the remarkable
Improvement that has been made. the
work has not been macadamized yet, and
will not be for probably several weeks.
It Is understood that the gang Will next
begin operations on the poor house nils
on either side of the branch two miles
east of Yorkville, and IL the entire work
on these various hills Is completed IN
accordance with the prof1les prepared
by Surveyor Miller, the whole piece OF
work will stand for many years as an
object lesson in road improvement.
The Summer School.
Superintendent of Education Carroll
has been working very persistently
during the past few weeks trying to
get his programme for the York County
Summer school in shape. It Is his GUS
tom to insist on having the summer
school in this county held during the
first half Of the season, rather than
have the teachers wait until the latter
half, and so far has been fortunate In
securing the cooperation Of Superin-
tendent of Education McMahan In the
matter. The state superintendent,
however, has been quite busy OF late
visiting schools in different parts Of the
state, and this fact has caused delay
in completing the programme for York
county. But with all the difficulties
that have been in the way, Superinten-
dent Carroll Is now in position to an
nounce the date Of opening, and does
so in another column. He expects to
be able to give the teachers such fur
ther information as may be desirable
within a short time.
State Summer School.
Columbia correspondence News and
Courier: The state summer school at
Winthrop this summer will commence
next month and the applications for
admission are pouring in. Superin-
tendent McMahan now thinks that the
school this year will be the most sue
cessful yet neld, which Is saying great
deal. The courses have been arranged
with care and the faculty is an excep-
tionally strong one. Asked about the
enrolment in the state summer school,
to open at Winthrop college June rs.
Superintendent McMahan said: Il have
sent to President Johnson the first list
Of names of those who wish rooms In
the dormitory, so that he may begin
the work of assignment. When they
receive from him notification of their
rooms they will know that their appli-
cation for admission into the state
school has been approved. Those who
do not wish rooms in the dormitory
will receive from this office card of
to the school. In looking |
over the applications thus far received
I am struck with the quality of the
material. All Of the colleges in the
state are represented by graduates. |
leads, as usual. Recent grad
yates Of Winthrop are attending in |
large numbers. There are three appli- |
cants who are to graduate in June. One
from Winthrop. one from the South
college and one from Erskine.
The leading superintendents and prin-
cipals who are not at the time employ
ed in teaching in the summer schools
will attend the summer school and take
regular courses"
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