Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-27
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News and Comment About Things In
and Around the Country.
Fort Mill Times, September %: N

Fort Mill Times, September %: Nc
rain of consequence has fallen in this
section since the first of September
and as a result the cotton crop has
begun to deteriorate on many farms.
The recent abnormally cool nights
have had the effect of causing late
cotton to mature slowly and the hope
is general that there will be rainfall
before the end of the week. .... I'm
der the building act passed at the last
lsession of the legislature, South
Carolina has aided A. weak schools
lin the erection of new buildings. the
total expenditure for the purpose
lamounting to $11,S42.50. Two OF the
schools thus aided are in York coun-
ty, the Fort Mill and Glover schools
each of which received $500. me
value of the Fort Mill buildings is CIV
en- as $1,000, while that of clover IS
$4,000. ..... The attention OF the
trustees of the state is called to the
bill passed by the last legislature
which provides that every school in
the state shall display South Caro-
lima flag. These flags are to be made
by Clemson college. and are to be sold
to the schools and public institutions
at actual cost. 1t is understood that
some new machinery will have to be
installed in the textile building before
the cloth can be manufactured 1t Is
not definitely known when any OF
these flags will be available. An
educational publication is authority
for the statement that the commits
sion to revise the school laws OF
South Carolina is making commenda-
BILE progress" Let us hope so; there
| Is room for reviSion-of the right
sort-and the entire state will be un-
der lasting obligations to the COM
mission if it suggests changes in the
law to remove the defects which are
apparent to practically every patron
| of the public schools. One feature OF
| the present system which should de-
mand the attention of the commls-
sion is the method of teaching the
| little fellows in the primary grade.
| The fault in this grade, however. does
not lie with the teachers, but is due to
the action of the state board in adopt
| ing a senseless text book. The method
here in vogue of attempting to teach
| the child to read before it has learn
ed the alphabet is a rattle-brain inno-
vation that should be relegated to the
| limbo of things that were. 1t is hum
buggery and injustice to the child.
Gaffney Ledger, September %: We
learn by telephone communication
through our Ravenna correspondent
that there was a considerable frost in
the low ground about Ravenna last
Sunday morning, but no snow."....
Mayor j. Q. Little and Capt. ]. B. Bell
returned to the city Wednesday even
| ing from an extended trip west. dur
ing which time they visited Nevada,
Colorado and other states. Capt. Jim
| has collected a new store Of jokes. be-
sides originating number of good
stories concerning the trip, all OF
which he tells in his most charming
manner. -. Emily Pauline, little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. d. f. Lem
mons. died Tuesday after brief ILL
ness The interment was at the Petty
| graveyard Wednesday afternoon at
O'Clock Rev. w. T. Thompson con-
Quoted the burial service. Messrs.
Barney Clary and w. T. Williamson
spent Wednesday out in the country
| working up interest in the Cherokee
creamery. Already orders are coming
in for more butter than the creamery
| can supply with the amount OF milk
! they are now getting and it is neces-
| sary that more milk be furnished the
rlant in order that the demand may
be supplied. $50. The true solution OF
the marriage and divorce question lies
| with the homes more than with the
legislatures 1t is more a matter for
| education and training than of legis-
| lation. The girl whose early educa-
ton has been gained on the street.
whose selfishness has been gratified at
the expense Of her parents and whose
preparation for marriage has lacked
an acquaintance with the common
duties of the homekeeper is stand
ing candidate for the divorce court.
The young man who has grown up
without responsibility. who has vast
ed his youth and pawned his man
hood to idle and disSolute habits is
another. The ministers who are ask
ing the state to prevent divorce and
repress marriage have their response
hility i'm these cases, many of whom
have been of their flock and under
their spiritual supervision. The par
ents are mostly responsible for the
negligence and mistaken kindness
that unfits children for the duties OF
life. Good fathers usually train good
husbands and good mothers usually
produce good wives. Like prohibi-
ton. the question of marriage and
divorce seems to rest more upon the
early training of the individual than
with the law. Educate not legislate,
is the motto for the reformer
Chester Lantern, September %: DR..
Land has been confined to his room for
the past few days but his physician
stated this morning that he was not
sereiously i'll and would he out again
L., ~ about Mice Dottia
has returned home from Yorkvile
where she stopped with friends on her
way back from Blowing Rock. $500. The
young ladies who left here this week
for Winthrop college at Rock Hill are
Misses Louise Carpenter, Annie Walk
er. Mamie Colvin. Susie Lindsay, Mil
dred Ferguson, Virginia Carroll, Mary
Hamilton. Virgie Maytield. Margaret
Marion. Fanny Spratt. Maude PearcY
and Ella Cross. =. Messrs. S. NJ. Jones,
A. NJ. Aiken and A. l.. CASTOR have
been appointed delegates from the
Commercial club of this city to attend
the Southern Conservation congress in
Atlanta, Ga, on October 7th and Sth.
Gov Ansel has already appointed Mr..
r Fl. White as a delegate to this con-
grcss SO that it will he seen that Ches-
ter will have strong representation.
... United states senator nOllldS L.
Gore of Oklahoma, who is known as
the able blind member of the senate,
visited Chester yesterday for the pur-
pose of looking up his ancestry, his
grandfather being native of this
county. Last night Senator Gore was
entertained at a smoker at the Caro-
| lima Inn by about thirty of the repre-
sentative business and professional
men of the city. His short speech to-
those gathered around the festive board
was one of the most brilliant efforts
which it has been the pleasure of CheS-
| ter people to hear for some time. The
senator left on No. 80 over the South
ern for Washington, ID. c., carrying
with him the friendship of the entire
people of Chester. Invitations have
| been extended to GOVcrnOr-clcCt Cole
| l.. Bl"aSe and to United States Sena-
| ton T.. -. Smith to make speeches here
on the occasion of the county fair in
| October. Senator Smith has been ask
ed To speak on Thursday and Govern
or Blcasc on Wednesday, and it is hop
| ed that both will accept. The fact that
Senator Smith and Governor BlcaSe are
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