Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-26

-he small grain harvest is now on,
and those who have crops Of wheat,
oats and the like have their hands
pretty well filed
II is probable that the new primary
rules will result in the establishment Of
voting precincts at Filbert and other
points in the county.
There was quite a large turnout Of
people at Bethel, Sunday afternoon to
hear a sermon by Rev. A. A. Mclean.
Bethel has had no regular preacher for
some weeks, and that big church going
congregation is always glad to get a
good sermon such as Mr.. Mclean gives
them.
Mr.. John r. Logan who is associated
with Mr.. c. K. Chreitzberg Of Rock
Hill, on Saturday secured the contract
to build an addition Of fifteen rooms to
Johnson Hall at Winthrop college. The
building is to be ready for occupancy
by September l.
The northbound c. & NV. train
was six hours late last Sunday by rea-
son of delay caused by wreck on the
Southern at Chester. The c. & NV.
and Southern cross each other short
distance north Of their common sta
ton. The switch had been set for the
passage Of the Southern train first; but
was not locked, and when the train
came along the engine jumped the
track together with the tender and an
empty coach. The wreck was the cause
of the delay Of the c. & NV. train.
Dr.. Robert Adams, formerly Of Beth
el; but for some months pastor Of the
Presbyterian church at Pendleton. had
the misfortune last Friday to loose his
household goods, including his library
in a fire that destroyed the manse. DR..
Adams was absent at Anderson when
the fire broke out, and Mrs. Adams was
visiting a neighbor. The building was
insured for $1,500; but DR.. Adams had
only 5000 insurance on his personal ef-
fects.
"WhiIe ! wouldn't mind seeing a
heavy rain, I'm not worrying much
versation with an Enquirer represen-
tative, recently There is a good deal
in the old saying, "A wet May for
poor crop and dry May for good
one l am believer in that saying
myself We have never before or since
made such a great cotton crop as we
did in 1911, and May was certainly dry
that year Why, we didn't get any rain
at all until June II, and-well, you
know what great cotton crop the
country made
The Enquirer is in receipt Of copy
of the South Carolina section Of the
Genealogical report of the depart
ment of agriculture. The records for
York county were kept at Winthrop
college, with an elevation Of $50 feet.
The highest temperature for the year
1913 was 105 degrees OIL July 19. and
the lowest was 90 degrees on December
8. The mean temperature for the year
was 619 degrees. The total precipita-
ton for the year was 52.43 inches. The
greatest monthly rainfall was 6.65
inches in May and the smallest was
lS0 inches in August. There were 81
rainey days during the year, 102 clear
days, 17S partly clear and partly cloudy
days and S5 cloudy days.
The Enquirer is not inclined to allow
itself to become over much interestef
in that controversy as to whether the
upper or lower Rock Hill road shall be
worked first after the chaingang is
moved from Bethel township. The
principal concern in the matter we
dividual at interest standing for that
which seems best calculated to benefit
his own particular case. In view Of the
fact that a large amount Of work has
already been done between Yorkville
and Rock Hill, it strikes us that the
right thing now would be to give the
road from Yorkville to the western
side of the county show. This, Of
course in pursuance Of the north and
SOUTH east and west plan. If careful
calculation were made, 1t would prob
ably be found that the chaingang has
already done as much work between
Yorkville and Rock Hill as on any 9TH
er fifteen miles Of road in the county.
From such inquiry as The Enquirer
has been able to make, there is very
little objection in the county to the
changes that have been made in the
rules for club enrolment and voting.
1t is a fact that in some county pre-
cincts the old rules have not been
strictly adhered to, and there have
been cases where people who had not
enrolled, but who were entitled to en-
roll were allowed to vote. But it is
being generally recognized that the
new rules put larger responsibility and
more tedious work upon the club sec
retaries. The requirement that brings
every individual voter to the secretary
entails stronger probability Of less
thorough enrolment This is especi-
ally true because of the difficulty OF
getting everybody interested. But this
is not urged as an objection to the
change in the rules. The feeling that
the club rolls should be so accurate as
to make double entries impossible and
as to ensure that no voter shall be al
lowed to vote more than once even il
| he so desires, is very general.
While knocking about the country
not long ago, a representative of The