Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-30
Biq Raid Near Battle-Ground.

Big Raid Near battle-ground.
Policeman w. w. Bindeman Of
Glover, Constable Hedricks and Dep
uty Sheriff Quinn captured six gal
Ions Of whisky and about 1900 GAL
Ions of beer at still located some
thing like two miles east of Kings
Mountain battle-ground on Tuesday
morning. Three white men who
were operating the Illicit distillery,
made their escape and though the
officers have no evidence as to their
identity, they have a good idea as to
who they were. The officers having
obtained information Of a still in the
vicinity OF the battle-ground, spent
the entire morning in search Of it.
\bOut eleven o'clock they gave up all
hope of locating it, when suddenly
they came upon a man in the woods
gathering dry wood for fuel. The
man burnt the wind" Immediately,
and with him ran two other men,
who were operating the dstillery
nearby. Pursuit of the blockaders
was useless and the officers had to
content themselves with destroying
the outfit which was intact The
worm and still were brought to
Yorkville, the whisky and beer were
poured out on the spot. When the
they left their horses, they came up
in search Of the plant which had just
been destroyed.
Fort Mill Flower Show
Fort Mill special Of October 30, to
the Columbia State: An event Of con-
siderable interest and deserving spe-
cial mention. was the annual flower
show of Pleasant Valley, which was
held Tuesday afternoon at the home
Of D. o. Potts near Fort Mill, and
which was largely attended by the
people of the community. The show
Is held under the combined auspices
of the School Improvement associa-
tion and the Homemakers' club, Mrs.
d: o. Potts being president Of the
former and Mrs. M. L. Davidson Of
the latter The rooms were banked
in profusion with specimens of the
products Of the contestants. The af-
fair was formally opened by an ad-
dress Of welcome by Mrs. o. w. Potts,
which was followed by a speech by n.
d. Duncan. who has charge Of the
Pleasant Valley school. A feature Of
the programme was the recitation In
appropriate costume Of "The Gypsy
Maid" by Miss Lillian Fickling. A
partial list Of the prize winners gives
Mrs. 0. w. Potts first prize on gerani
ums: Mrs. Louise Culp on chrysanthe-
NUNS, while the latter and Miss Ber-
tina Wolfe tied for first prize on ferns.
prize offered for the greatest i'm
provement in home premises was
awarded to Mrs. ]. o. Hall. An added
feature of the show was the better ba-
bies contest in which there were three
entries. DR.. ]. Lee Spratt, as judge,
after considerable deliberation, finally
awarded the prize to the little son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert M. Bryant. Cof-
fee, sandwiches and cakes were served
to all who attended.
Big Enrolment for Clemson.
There has been a report in York
Vile and other sections Of the county
feet that the enrolment at Clemson
college has been greatly decreased
this year on account Of the low price
Of cotton, and that the college Is in
greatly Strengthened circumstances.
The following dispatch of Tuesday,
to the News and Courier, shows the
report to be without foundation:
Complete enrolment figures issued
by President w. NJ. Riggs at the end
Of the first month Of work at Glenn
son college develop the remarkable
fact that, despite hard times the
college has already enrolled 81
more full-year college students than
in all Of last session and that the en-
rollment Is so large as to strain the
limits Of the institutions capacity.
DR.. Riggs makes the following state
ment: The session opened with the
80 IL H. g. -
possible $50 in attendance at the close
Of last session, after deducting for
those who graduated and finished the
one-year courses, and 13 not eligt-
BILE to return. The new students
numbering 322, making total Of
S14. This total represents men in the
full-year courses. Last session the
total enrolment was SIS, this num-
ber including Al preparatory stu
dents, and IS one-month agricultural
men. 1t will be seen from this state
ment that we have already enrolled
81 more full-year college students
than during all of last session. We
have an attendance at this date, 80
more men than were in attendance
last session at this date. Even with
the one-month agricultural course
transferred to the summer and no
preparatory class the total enroll
ment for the session will exceed that
of last session. This is a remarkable
showing considering the abolition of
the preparatory class and financial
depression and uncertainty existing
IN the state this fall The total stu
dent body is divided as follows: In
agricultural courses 52l per cent; in
all other courses, 47a per cent.