Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-08-09
LOCAL lACONlCS.
VII cand The Ennuirer


1908 for 76 cents.
Clemson Scholarships.
Messrs. Ebenezer Gettys Of Rock
Hill, and John Newton Carothers of
Ebenezer township, are the winners of
the two vacant scholarships to which
York county Is entitled at Clemson
college. g.
Mr.. Joseph Black Dead.
The Charlotte Observer Of this
morning announces the death Of Mr..
Joseph Black, which occurred at
Blacksburg yesterday. The deceased
was brother OF DR.. John G. Black
of Blacksburg; Mr.. T. L. Black, Mrs,
w. A. Jackins and Mrs. T. H. Porter
Of Charlotte. He was about so years
of age.
The Picnic at Tirzah.
A telephone message from Tirzah
at IL o'clock said that there Is large
crowd at the picnic. Hon. Cole L.
Blease spoke this morning. Hon. E.
D. Smith and Hon. John Gary Evans
were unable to make connection this
morning on account Of delayed trains,
and are expected to arrive this after
noon.
The County Commissioners.
The county board Of commissioners
held their regular monthly meeting last
Wednesday. The only business Of i'm
portance that was up for the day was
the question Of moving the chaingang
The chaingang Is now in the Olive Sec
tion of Bullocks Greek township. II
is wanted in Fort Mill township to dc
some work in connection with the
abutments for the steel bridge that Is
being built across Sugar creek. There
was considerable discussion over the
question Of removing the gang at once
It was finally decided that 1t would re-
main where it Is until August "a.
The Call for Rev. C.. e. Mcdonald.
Chester Reporter: At a meeting OF
the congregation Of the A. r. p
church Tuesday morning a call tc
the pastorate of the church was
placed in the hands of Rev. C. E. Nc.
Donald and was accepted by him. Nc
definite date was fixed for the ser.
vices of installation, although the ex'
ercises will probably be held some
time in September. DR.. ]. 8. Moffat,
will preside at these services; Rev. A
s. Rogers will address the pastor, and
Rev. w. C. Ewart will address the
people. Rev. Mr.. Mcdonald will en-
ter upon his new duties September 1st
High School for Fort Mill.
School districts No. 4, 26 and %, in
Fort Mill township, are moving FOL
the erection of a high school district
under the new law. The necessary
petitions have already been signed In
each of the districts, and the elec-
tions are to be held as soon as they
can be called in accordance with law,
which requires that they be adver-
tised once a week for two weeks. The
necessary notice will appear in The
Times Of next Thursday. The under
standing is that there Is very little
opposition to the erection Of the pro-
posed district.
Miller Re- Union.
Charlotte Observer, Thursday: Yes
terday at the home Of Mr.. ]. r. Miller
in York county, South Carolina, four
miles west Of Pineville, a pleasant
home coming Of the Miller family was
held. There were present Mr.. John
Miller's family, of Pineville; Rev. r.
A. Miller Of CASTOR county; Miss Ka-
tie Miller and Mrs. Mary Campbell OF
Glover, 8. c., and "Uncle George" the
only remaining servant Of the family.
Also there were present the sons-in-
law Of Mr.. ]. R. Miller and their fami-
lies: ]. C. McNeely, DR.. c. M. Strong,
of Charlotte, and Eugene Henderson of
Hopewell. About thirty were there In
all. Dinner was served on the lawn.
The day was spent in pleasant commu-
Mon. The senior members OF the fam
ily are most Of them, in the scar and
yellow leaf but death has not yet
broken the circle.
Petition for Relief.
There Is in circulation a petition
asking for the repeal Of the act where
by the limits Of Yorkville school dis
trict were extended to a radius Of q
miles from the intersection OF Congress
and Liberty streets. The petition,
which Is addressed to the York repre-
sentatives in the general assembly, is
being circulated among the people liv-
ing within the strip added by the act.
It represents that the signers were In
cluded in the Yorkville school district
without their previous knowledge or
consent; that they do not feel that
they can be benefited by the change,
and they want the old status quo re-
stored. They also ask that the mill
tax voted upon them at the recent
election and to be collected next fall
and winter be refunded. So far as the
reporter has been able to get informa-
tion the sentiment Of the people within
the strip affected is quite unanimous
In behalf or the petition.
The High School Petition.
About seventy-five signatures have
been secured to a petition looking to
the erection Of a high-school district
to include Yorkville district and one OF
the adjoining districts. These include
probably a third Of the qualified voters
or free holders, enough to order an
election on the question Of levying a
one mill tax for the support or the
high school. The Enquirer has not
seen the petition; but understands that
practically all Of these signatures are
in the town of Yorkville. The people
of the school districts adjoining are
not very enthusiastic over the propo-
sition and but few Of them have sign
ed the petition. From such intorma-
ton as can be gathered a special et-
fort will be made to induce school dis
trict No. 33 to the south Of Yorkville.
to come into the district. A part or
this district Is probably included In the
Yorkville district as the result OF the
recent mile and half extension OF the
limits Of the latter district.
Districts Overlap.
The act extending the limits of
school district No. IL to two and a
half miles from the court house. car
ries the extended limits about mile