Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-12-24

West to spend few days with the
parents Of the groom, Mr.. and Mrs. p.
L. Grier.
School Improvement Prizes.
The committee Of the Rural School
Improvement association met in Co
lumbia last Friday night, and awarded
the names Of the prize winning schools
In the various counties. In York coun-
ty India Hook school comes first with
prize Of $25, Hickory Grove school
second with a prize of SIS and Hope
we'll school third with prize Of SO.
Death of Mrs. James FeweiI.
Mrs. James Fewell, died at the home
Of her daughter, Mrs. ]. B. Wood at
Glover last Tuesday, In the seth year
Of her age. She was buried at Union
on Wednesday. Mrs. Fewell Is surviv-
ed by the following brothers and sis
ters: Rev. D. w. Thomasson, Of Ebe-
nezer. Mrs. Martha Thomasson Of
Hot Springs, Ark. and Mr.. M. L. Thom-
asson and Miss M. c. Thomasson Of
No. Yorkville. Her surviving chill
dren are Mrs. Andy Sturgis Of No. 6
Yorkville; Mrs. James Sturgis of Rock
Hill and Mrs. j. B. Wood, Glover.
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Judge Sease came back to Yorkville
last Friday and listened to argument
on motions for new trials In number
Of cases. He granted new trial In
the case of Steele & Sons vs.. the Ca
tawba Brick company and signed an
order for a new trial nisi in the case Of
Whitesides vs.. Witherspoon. In this
case the jury found for the plaintiff in
the sum of 5000, and the order provides
l. new trial unle the plaintiff
agrees that the Judgment be reduced to
$50.
Cost of Education.
Superintendent Of Education Swear
ingen has issued statement showing
the per capita averages paid out by the
various counties for each child for edu-
cational purposes this year as compar-
ed with last year. The average paid
out per each white child was $13.02 and
for each negro child s1.98 for both
races $7.18. York county paid out for
her white children an average Of SLIPS,
gain Of 40 cents as compared with
$1.90, gain of IS cents as compared
with last year. The average for both
races was $5.88 loss Of IS cents as
compared with last year. Richland
leads the state In the average amount
per capita paid out for both races, with
$12.56. Charleston paid out the largest
average per capita for negro children,
the amount being $696. Richland paid
out the largest average per capita for
white children, the amount being
$24.46.
National Unions Prize Awards.
Rock Hill, December 21: That York
county farmers can raise big money
crops other than cotton was illustrated
here today In the report made public
by the committee appointed by the far
mer contestants In the National Union
bank farming contest for the $3.50 in
prizes offered in four separate acres
contest on which were planted corn,
potatoes, pinders and cotton. The
prizes were awarded as follows: To w.
D. Dunlap, SIS, first prize for the great
est yield on four acres; gross value Of
crops amounted to $k75.22. s. w. Bar
ron, SIS, first prize for the greatest net
profit on four acres; value Of crops af-
acres; gross value Of crops amounted
to $470.53. A. B. Fewell, $50, second
prize for the greatest net profit on four
acres: value of crops after deducting
all expenses, $296.58. In arriving at
the value of the crops the committee
based their valuations on the following
market prices: Cotton, 13 cents per
pound; corn, 80 cents per bushel; po-
tatoes, rs cents per bushel; pinders
$3.50 per bushel; fodder, 50 per 100
bundles; cotton seed, SO cents per
bushel. The prizes were paid this MORN
ing in gold.
clover's Splendid Cotton Mill.
! Yorkville special Of December % to
the News and Courier: 1t will be re-
called that Mill No. I, Of the Clover
Cotton Manufacturing company, at
Glover, ten miles north of Yorkville
was destroyed by the tornado which
visited that section on the afternoon Of
August 3, and that the. hail storm
which accompanied the tornado, de-
stroyed practically all the crops on an
area about ten miles long and about
four wide which embraced the town.
ing had been demolished, along with
part. Of Mill No. 2, the management
commenced the work Of clearing up the
debris, having No. 2 repaired and re-
building No. l and repairing or re-
building the forty or fifty dwellings Of
operatives that either were wrecked or
damaged, and the work has been going
steadily forward and is now about
completed. Mill No. resumed oper-
ations within ten days after the storm,
and by operating it and No. day and
night, employment was given to all the
operatives. No. Is expected to be
ready for business within two weeks
and when 1t starts will be practically
brand new mill, both as to building
and machinery and one Of the best In
the state. 1t Is generally conceded that
no cotton mill in the south has had a
more uniformly successful business ca
reer than this one, and 1t Is possible
that, Notwithstanding the fact that all
the damage inflicted by the storm was
repaired without calling on the stock
holders for one cent, that the usual an
nual dividend Of ten per cent will be
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