Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-01-28

Sam Massey, negro boy about sew.
enteen years Of age, was killed las
Thursday as the result Of foolhardy
act Of climbing one of the steel tower.
Of the power line near LESLIE. It ap.
pears that the boy had no business OF
the tower.
Commissioners Appointed. s
Messrs. Joseph w. Smith and White
w. Jackson, who were recently com.
missioned as county commissioners OF
the assumption that they had beer
duly elected in the general election
have been regularly appointed by the
governor on the recommendation oi
the York delegation and will have theil
commissions before the next regular
monthly meeting Of the board.
The Schools at Tirzah.
Tirzah. special Of January 25 to the
Columbia State: The TirZah high
school opened January with Prof
John A. Bovd. of Fort Mill, as princi-
pal, assisted by Miss Leila Oates Of this
pace. The attendance has already
| nassed all previous marks, being now
close to 100. Eastview school two
miles south Of town, in charge Of Miss
| Nattie Leslie of Lesslies, Is In high.
| ly prosperous condition. When visited
recently by Miss Russell, superinten-
dent of rural schools it was highly
complimented on the work being done
No Jury Cases Next Week.
Upon motion Of majority Of the
members Of the York bar, Judge Franh
B. Gary, who has been appointed tc
hold the spring terms of the courts ir
the Sixth circuit, has issued an order
in which the clerk Of the court Of York
county has been instructed to notify
| the jurors drawn for the. first week that
their services will not be needed. The
first week of court beginning next
Monday, will be devoted to the sound.
ing Of calendars, the hearing Of equity
causes and the disposition Of all bust.
ness that can be transacted without
juries. The second week jurors will
give their attendance on Thursday, the
10th of February, and the week will be
devoted to the trial Of such jury cases
as may be ready.
Indians to Corn Show.
Rock Hill Herald, Saturday: The
Catawba Indians who will be part OF
| the government exhibit at the Nation
al Corn exposition In Columbia during
the next two weeks, will leave Rock
Hill Monday morning on the 7.SC
train. It was the intention Of carry
ing them down Sunday morning but
the rain yesterday delayed the prepar-
ations. The Indians were induced to
go to Columbia and become part OF
the exhibit by the Chamber Of Com
merce and the government has agreed
to give the local commercial organiza-
| f1, rfyi1
be six men, including the Big Chief OF
the Catawbas, two women and six
small children In the government exhi-
bit. In addition the chamber will have
two men to parade the streets and stay
in the local office In the Arcade build
| ing. The members Of the tribe are
preparing to make pottery during theil
stay in the exposition building and
this will doubtless find ready sale as
real handmade Indian pottery Is a rar-
ity now. Bows and arrows are also ir
readiness to be carried down, as well
as number Of other Indian relics.
General Assembly at Winthrop.
Rock Hill special of Jan. "a to ths
News and Courier: Even with incle-
ment weather the visit Of the legtsla-
ture to Winthrop today was an ex.
ceedingly pleasant one. The special
arrived on time, and the visitors were
taken In charge and shown the beau
tiful new buildings and made at home
In the college. A magnificent dinner
was served at o'clock, and toast
not on the programme was the rising
one to Mrs. Bell, the accomplished
housekeeper. The keynote of all the
speeches was that for every appropria-
tion President Johnson had asked OF
the state, he had something worth
while to show for it," in fact. many
times worth while. The members OF
the general assembly were met by DR.
Johnson, DR.. Kinard and the members
Of the student body, who are members
Of the U. D. c., and were escorted to
the auditorium. DR.. johnson In brief
talk, welcomed the visitors to the Win
throp campus. He then outlined the
programme of the day, which consist
ed Of the inspection Of the buildings and
grounds dinner, a musicale and q re-
ception. The entire forenoon was spent
in inspecting the buildings. The stu
dents acted as guides. First the guests
were shown over the main building,
which contains the library, society
halls, class rooms, the gymnasium and
the dining room; they were next taken
to the library, and from there they
were taken over the Tillman Hall, the
new science building. The building Is
three stories high and contains the
physics and chemistry laboratories, the
domestic science rooms and the sewing
rooms; 1t Is fitted out in the best OF
style for work. The next building visit
ed was the new 1000 training school.
This building will not be ready for oc-
cupancy before next September. At 2
o'clock a sumptuous dinner was served
by Mrs Bell the dining hall matron.
Music was furnished by Johnson's or
chestra of Rock Hill. The following
after dinner programme was carried
out: A special toast to the State OF
South Carolina" by Senator E. e. Yer
ner, of Oconee; Robert E. Lee" by the
Lieutenant Governor. c. A. Smith;
song, Loyal to the End" college glee
club; Education" by Mr.. w. ]. Rod
dey, Of Rock Hill; song, Hail Evening
Bright" college glee club; The Gen
eral Assembly" by DR.. G. w. Dick, of
the house Of representatives. Immedi-
ately after dinner a concert was given
in the auditorium by the Choral socie-
ty. Following that, reception was
held in the parlors. Sandwiches and
coffee were served the visitors before
they left for Columbia at o'clock.