Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-17
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.
Death of Mrs. Jane kerr-?ublie
Meeting on the School Question
Millions of Mosquitoes.
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mllllOnS OF mosquitoes
Correspondence The Yorkville Enquirer
Rock Hill, September 17.-Mrs. Jane
Kerr, widow Of the late r. M. Kerr,
died Wednesday night about 11.30
o'clock at the home Of her son, Mr.. w.
B. Kerr, on East Moore street. Mrs.
Kerr had been i'll about two weeks
with a stomach trouble. The immedl-
ate cause Of her death was peritonitis.
The funeral was held at the home
Thursday afternoon at o'clock, Rev.
Alexander Martin, Of the First Pres
byterian church, pastor Of the deceas-
ed, conducting the services. The in
terment was in Laurelwood cemetery.
The deceased was in her 6Sth year.
She was a Miss Roach before mar
riage, and was born and raised In this
community. She leaves two sons,
Messrs r. Lee and Walter B. Kerr,
both of this city.
The citizens meeting held In the city
hall Tuesday afternoon for the pur-
pose of trying to straighten out the
High school muddle, was attended by
about 125 citizens, business and pro-
fessional men Of the city, and the
gathering was very business like
meeting. Those in sympathy with the
controversy, (and these also seem to
be very much in the majority are
highly pleased with the results Of the
meeting and 1t Is believed that 1t will
prove the beginning Of the end OF this
troublesome matter. DR.. j. Roddey
Miller was made chairman Of the
meeting and Mr.. ]. A. Jenkins acted
as secretary. After general discus
sion of the matter, in which quite a
number participated, resolution was
offered to the effect that 1t was the
sense Of the meeting that the stand
taken by the minority members Of the
school board was not approved by q
majority Of the citizens and was con-
trary to the best interests Of the
schools in the district. This was
adopted by a vote Of 81 to l. Another
resolution was introduced asking that
a committee Of three be appointed by
the chairman to circulate a petition
for signatures, asking the York dele.
CATION Of the general assembly to sc
amend the present school charter al
the next session as that the trustees
can be elected by the people and thai
any vacancies that might occur In the
board may be filled in the same way
and to make such other amendments
as may be deemed necessary to the
growing needs of the school district
This was adopted by a vote Of ia tc
10, a number OF other citizens having
come in after the first resolution was
offered. Chairman Miller, later ap'
pointed the following committee tc
circulate the petition: Messrs. T. L
Johnston, ]. B. Creighton and w. M
Dunlap, Esq. A third resolution ex-
onerating the citizens from any atti.
tude of antagonism toward winthrop
college, and putting them on record
as being in full sympathy and accord
with the plans for the enlargement OF
the college, etc., was offered and
adopted by unanimous vote. The re-
suits Of the meeting seem to show
clearly how the people stand in this
matter, and 1t Is hoped that the end
Of this long and vexatious controversy
Is near
Mr.. L. ]. Kirby, who has been re-
siding in the Newport community fol
the past fifteen years, has purchased
one hundred acres Of land near Sum-
merfield, Fla, and will move his fam
lily to that place as soon as he finishes
gathering. his crop, and will engage
in truck farming. Mr.. Kirby has just
returned from a two weeks trip to
Florida, having made all arrange
ments for engaging in the truck bus
mess.
For the past week or two, Rock Hill
has been infested with millions OF
mosquitoes, and the local dealers have
not been able to supply the demand
for mosquito nets for beds. If all
mosquitoes carry typhoid germic. there
certainly will be an epidemic Of this
malady in Rock Hill this fall.
Mr.. w G. Duncan, who was taken
seriously Ill Monday afternoon, wai
reported some better yesterday after
noon.