Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-16

0. F. Hart Of Columbia. Grand chap
lain, Rev. w. P. Smith Of Spartanburg.
After electing the above officers and
disposing Of much business Of import
ance at a session extending from $50
o'clock this morning until o'clock this
afternoon, the grand lodge of Masons
Of South Carolina closed its 134th an
nual communication this afternoon. A
resolution was passed that the next
communication be held in Charleston.
- Plans are definitely on foot for
the organization Of a company to be
known as the South Carolina Toma-
to Exposition company, for the pur-
pose Of holding in this state next
August the worlds first tomato expo
sition. A stock company will be or
ganized and about $4,000, or more
will be given in premiums. Every
known product Of the tomato will be
exploited at this exposition, which
will be an outgrowth of the Girls
Tomato club, Of Aiken county, which
was the first Of its kind ever organ
lied. Miss Marie Cromer, organizer
for the government in South Carolina,
Is at the head Of the exposition.
which. in point Of uniqueness will be
unsurpassed by anything ever held
in the state. The first exposition will
probably be held in Aiken.
Eugene C. Massie Of Richmond,
Va, addressed the real estate board in
Spartanburg last Wednesday afternoon
upon the Torrens system Of register
ing land titles. He was heard by the
real estate men Of the city, members
Of the county's delegation to the legis-
lature, lawyers and many business
inf 1,ty
Senator Carlisle, who Is himself study
Ing the Torrens system with view to
presenting the matter to the general
assembly at the approaching session.
Mr.. Massie explained the operation of
the system, saying 1t had been adopted
In eight states of the Union with sat-
isfactory results, and he expected to see
1t supplant in time the present land
laws Of the country. He was asked
many questions by his hearers and an
swered their queries going into de-
tails.
- Clemson College, December 10:
DR.. j. L. B. Ward of Columbia, has
been here for the last few days at
work on the hook worm disease. DR..
Ward Is under the employ Of the
Rockefeller con- mission for the eradi-
cation Of the disease In South Caro-
lima; he is also working in conjunc-
tion with DR.. Williams Of the state
board Of health. On last Wednesday
evening, DR.. Ward gave an interest
ing lecture on this disease before the
entire student body. DR.. Ward was
college surgeon, who made few in
troductory remarks explaining the ma
ture Of the disease. In his dis
cussion Of the hook worm disease, Dr.
Ward spoke of the life history of the
parasite and told of the places the
disease was most prevalent. He
stated in the course of his lecture
that he had found over sixty per cent
Of the country people infected with
this disease On Thursday evening
DR.. Ward gave an illustrated lecture
in the college chapel showing the
life history Of the hookworm from
the egg up to the adult stage, also
other slides illustrated the effects Of
the parasites upon the human body.
Both Of these lectures were very in
teresting and instructive. During DR..
Wards stay here. he Is at work In
one Of the laboratories in the agricul-
tural building examining those stu
dents who desire to be examined. A
great many Of the students have avail
ed themselves of the opportunity to
be examined; and DR.. Ward states
that about thirty-five per cent Of those
examined have been found to be In
fected with the disease.
- Mr. Lewis w. Parker of Colum-
bia, was In Charleston Monday, and
while there announced a scheme to
form the largest cotton mill merger
ever attempted in the south. Mr..
Parker is at the head Of or Is inter-
ested in nine big cotton mills in this
state and his visit to Charleston was
made for the purpose of presenting
to the Charleston stockholders Of these
mills a proposition to merge them all
into one company under one executive
management. The proposition was
made and the plan explained at a
meeting Of the local stockholders held
at the Commercial club. Mr.. Parker
contemplates the combination Of the
nine mills in which he is interested
into a single company, believing that
such a scheme would benefit all par
ties concerned, the farmer, as well as
the holder Of cotton mill stock. The
mills to be included in the merger
are the following: Olympia mills.
Columbia, 100000 spindles; CRANKY
mills. Columbia. $1,000 spindles;
Capital City mills, Columbia, $4,000
spindles; Richland mills, Columbia,
$4,000 spindles: Beaver Dam mills,
Edgefield. 10000 spindles; Victor
Manufacturing company, Greers,
$4,000 spindles: Appalache mills,
Greers, 10000 spindles: Monaghan
mills, Greenville, $4,000 spindles;
Greers Manufacturing company,
Greers, 10000 spindles. The total
Of spindles in the mills to be
included in the proposed merger Is
approximately 100000. Mr.. Parker
stated that the proposed merger will
not result in the formation of any
which could be called a
trust. The merger Of the nine mills
that have been mentioned Will not
result in a monopoly, since only one
tenth of the total number Of spindles
now in operation in this state Will be
included. The capitalization Of the
big corporation to include all the
mills named above Is to be approx
mately $10,000,00O. The following Is
the proposed executive management
Of the corporation: President,
Thomas F. Parker president of the
mills; vice presidents, M.
L. Marchant of Greers. j. II. M.
Beatty OF Columbia, David Jennings
of Greenville: Treasurer, Lewis w.
Parker of Columbia: secretary, F. j.
Of the Appalache mills at
Greers. The duties Of all these oih-
l.