Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-12-17
SUBSCRIPTION DISBURSEMENTS

/. lHe committee appointed by Govern
or Blease, by proclamation, last Au-
gust, to receive and disburse such VOL
untary contributions as should be made
for the benefit of the sufferers from
the terrific hail and wind storm that
swept the northern part Of the county
on Saturday afternoon Of August 3, has
made its first public report
The devastated territory included an
area approximately four miles wide and
eight miles long with the town of Clo-
yer very nearly in the centre. All the
crops In this territory were more or
less damaged, and most of them were
completely destroyed, and the total loss
including the damage to the Glover cot
ton mill was not less than a quarter Of
q million dollars, probably great deal
more.
Inasmuch as the aggregate amount
of subscriptions received, was but a
trifle compared with the total loss sus-
tanned, the committee has been con-
fronted with a perplexing problem as to
how to most equitably and justly dis
tribute the small amount that has come
to hand AS matter Of fact, no men,
Der of the committee has felt equal to
the problemi but after as thorough
consideration Of the subject as was
practicable under the circumstances, 1t
was finally decided to eliminate those
supposed to be best able to stand the
loss, and to divide the money as fairly
as might be, among those to whom It
seemed 1t might be of most help.
In behalf Of the committee It Is fair
to say that 1t Is not satisfied with it's
work. All the members recognize that
they may have overlooked sufferers
who are fully as deserving as any who
have been included In the division, and
also that there may be some cases
where losses have not been equitably
classified. But at the same time, 1t Is
also fair to say that the committee has
done the best it could, and that there
has been no intentional unjust discrim-
ination.
In order that all the subscribers
might know what has gone with their
subscriptions and in order that all the
beneficiaries from the fund might know
where the fund has come from, the
committee desires the publication Of a
complete. list of receipts and disburse-
rhents, which list is appended hereto.
The appended list, however 1t should
be understood, includes only the spe-
cific amounts previously acknowledged
through The Enquirer. After this
amount, a total of $619.S0 had been
duly apportioned, and some of it paid
out, MI. D. "A. rage, treasurer VI tic
fund, received from Mr.. G. l.. Cobb.
cashier Of the Peoples National Bank
of Rock Hill, a check for 1922, repre-
senting contributions from people Of
Rock Hill and vicinity. The list Of the
subscribers to this fund, together with
the amount subscribed by each, Is pub
lished elsewhere in today's paper, and
this additional fund will be made the
subject of another apportionment to be
disbursed as soon as practicable, and
duly announced in the same manner
that the present disbursement Is being
announced.
While several members of the COM
mittee have been at more or less eX-
pense for postage, transportation, ETC.,
in connection with the duties involved
in this work, the only expense paid is
SIS paid to Mr.. ]. L. Stacy, the we'll
known surveyor and real estate man
Of Glover. This was for services rem
dered in getting up information as to
the names Of individuals damaged, and
as far as possible the extent Of the
damages sustained by each. Mr.. Stacy
did as much work as any member OF
the committee, and made no charge.
The $5 paid to him was not nearly suf-
ficient to cover his actual expenses.
In order to avoid the expense of
mailing out the checks, and because all
of the beneficiaries are in compare
lively easy reach Of the Bank Of Clover
the people named below as being enti-
tied to shares Of the relief fund, are re-
uuested to call on Mr.. ]. A. Page at the
said hank and get the amounts appor-
toned to them.