Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-12-11
LOCAL LAcoNlcs
Mr.. Boyd Re-eIected.


Mr.. I. P. Boyd has been reelected
superintendent Of the county home fol
another year. There are now 25 pau
pers at the institution under his care.
Two Weeks at Christmas.
The Clover Manufacturing Co. has
posted notice to the effect that the
mill will close for the holidays on
December 10, and resume work jan
uary /.
Collections Slow.
Up to today County Treasurer H. E
Neil has collected taxes for all pur-
poses aggregating nearly $4,000. This
amount, however, Is equal to abou,
one-half the amount collected to the
same date last year.
Homo Two Days Before Christmas.
York county boys attending the
Citadel at Charleston, will reach theil
homes for the holidays on Wednesday
December %. The authorities have
announced that the cadets will be
granted leave Of absence from Tues
morning Of January s.
Roads in Bad Shape.
AS a result of the heavy rainfall OF
last week, a number Of roads in the
county are in very bad shape. Mr.. B.
R. T. Bowen. carrier on No. Z, said
yesterday, that the roads he had to
travel were in worse condition now
than they had been at any time dur
ing the past five years.
Court House Furnishings.
Supervisor Boyd estimates that II
will cost about s11 600 to furnish the
new court house in keeping with the
building and the county delegation will
be asked to appropriate approximately
that amount for the purpose. Little II
any Of the old furniture will be utilized
in furnishing the building.
To be Sold at Auction.
The horse and buggy captured by
officers when they raided an Illicit
d. .lilery near the battle ground a
few weeks ago, will be sold at auction
on December %. The authorities
have discovered the identity Of the
owner who lives near Grover, n. c..
and II Is expected that he will buy his
own property at the auction sale.
May Become State Warehouse.
Messrs. Patrick Bros. & Smith are
considering the idea of placing their
big warehouse at Bowling Green under
the state system. This warehouse for
merly, the Bowling Green Knitting
mill, Is provided with automatic
sprinklers which give 1t low rate OF
insurance, and 1t Is capable Of taking
care Of $500 bales Of cotton.
Not Nearly Completed.
About two months work will be re-
quired to complete the new county
home building. The new building Will
have between 35 and 40 rooms for use
Of the paupers and rs persons can be
easily taken care of, whereas 1t Is a
hard matter now to properly house and
protect the present twenty-five in
mates.
Commissioners Met.
The county commissioners held their
regular monthly meeting wednesday.
No business out Of the regular routine
Of acting upon claims, came up. The
present county board will probably
hold two more regular meetings, since
the new commissioners, Messrs. j. c.
Kirkpatrick and ]. E. Latham will
hardly receive their appointments from
Governor-elect Manning before the
latter part Of February.
Must Display License
A deputy revenue collector for the
district which includes York county,
has called attention to the fact that
severe penalties are imposed for neg
lect or refusal to place and keep reve-
nue. license conspicuously displayed
in places Of business. This applies to
tobacco dealers, bowling alleys, pool
and billiard rooms, theatres, moving
picture shows. pawn brokers, COM
mercial bankers and commission mer-
chants.
York Will HeIp.
York county people will be and are
being asked for contributions OF FOOD
and clothes and money for relief Of
the Belgian refugees, the county's Of
fering to make up part Of the cargo
of the South Carolina ship" to Bel
gium, which will sail from Charleston
the latter part Of January. Mr.. w. j.
Roddey Of Rock Hall, was appoint
ed York county member Of the South
Carolina committee for Belgian relief
some time ago. Numbers Of people
have already sent contributions to the
distressed people.
II Depends.
Citizens living along the Armstrong
Ford road are anxious to have the
chaingang do some work on that road
before leaving Bethel township. The
gang still has considerable work to do
in the Point section where 1t now Is.
Supervisor Boyd stated to citizens liv-
ing along the Armstrong road that If