Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-14

goods mysteriously on Saturday nights
and on instituting a careful watch he
finally caught Smith in the store help
ing himself. Smith has built store
rooms for several negroes and they
suspect that he used the foresight to
reserve for himself keys to the front
door locks. The negro waived his pre-
liminary, and of course there was no
sworn evidence.
Matters in Fort Mill.
Fort Mill special Of January II to
Columbia State: White Oak camp,
No. Al, Woodmen Of the World, enter
tainad a large throng Of guests at q
banquet in the armory Thursday night
Capt. J. w. Ardrey, the Rev. w. A
Hafner and the Rev. F. l. Glennan,
, were the speakers Of the occasion. The
officers recently elected by this camp
are: s. w. Parks, C. c.; E. H. Philips,
A. l.; L. ]. Massey, banker; A. r.
McElhaney, clerk; w. A. Morse, es-
cort; r. L. Bennett, sentry; g. r.
Wingate watchman; D. G. Kimbrell,
manager for three years. At a meet
ing Of the city council recently B. ].
White, of Rock Hill was elected city
attorney; s. w. Parks, city clerk, and
]. ]. Coltharp was elected chief OF
police to succeed v. D. Potts, who has
been at the head of the police force
here for many years.
Killed in Automobile Accident.
Mr.. H. T. Williams, the known
cotton buyer Of Yorkville, received a
telegram Sunday, bringing the news
that Mr. Harry Bornemann, Of the big
exporting house for which Mr.. Will
liams Is working, was killed in an su-
tomobile accident in Savannah, Ca,
on Saturday. The Associated Press re-
port printed in the Sunday morning
papers gave fuller details Of the trag-
edy. It appears that Mr.. Harry Borne
mann and his cousin. Mr.. Ernest
Bornemann, of New Orleans, were en-
tertaining Baron Knoop and M. Jacob
from Russia, In Harry Bornemann's
car. While the negro chauffeur was
driving at q pretty rapid rate, tire
burst and before the car could be
slowed down It overturned. The two
Bornemans were caught underneath
and were instantly killed. Willie Ma
nigault, the chauffeur, was so serious
die, and the two Russian gentlemen
escaped, M. Jacob with a broken
wrist. Mr.. Harry Bornemann was IN
Yorkville some months ago to see Mr..
H. T. Williams.
The York County Teachers.
The York County Teachers associa-
ton held its regular periodical meet
ing at Winthrop college In Rock Hill
last Saturday. There were about sew
enty five teachers in attendance. Su-
perintendent of Education Carroll was
there and with him were quite num-
Der Of trustees, representing some OF
the more progressive districts. Among
the topics discussed were, when and
How the Teaching Of Spelling Should
Begin" by w. Y. Boyd, Of Sharon and
Miss Godfrey, Of Rock Hill; Teaching
Of Spelling in the Textbook Stage" by
Misses Helen Ardrey and Mary Clark;
Discipline" by ]. II. Witherspoon, OF
Yorkville and R II. Holiday, OF Hick-
ory Grove. There was also a discus
sion Of compulsory education and the
following resolution was adopted with
practical unanimity: THE York Coun-
ty Teachers association hereby places
itself on record as favoring compul-
sorry attendance law that will prevent
the inexcusable absence from school OF
children between the ages Of six and
fourteen, and 1t hereby requests the
York county delegation in the general
assembly to use its influence for the
enactment of a compulsory education
law for South Carolina" The only
opposing vote was that Of Mr.. ]. A.
Boyd, Of Tirzah.