Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-12-08
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1914.

probability of the foot and mouth dis
ease among cattle reaching this sec
ton. The state veterinarian has is
sued a statement in which he says
that he has no fear Of the dreaded
disease spreading over South Caro-
lima.
Aid to the chainsana.
| Deputy Sheriff Quinn took three
white men to the chaingang yesterday.
They were sent to Yorkville Saturday
from Rock Hill where they had been
arrested as hoboes. The men were
journeying southwark when they were
stopped in Rock Hill and made to as
sist in York county road building for
a short time. There are now between
fifty and sixty convicts on the York
county chaingang.
Clerks Sales.
Two tracts Of land were sold before
the court house door by the clerk of
the court yesterday morning. The g.
r. Turner land in Bethel township,
containing 106 AS acres was first ex-
posed to sale. It was bought by 0. A.
Nell, the purchase price being $4,000.
In the action brought by Samuel Fried
helm ct al, VS.. Dora c. Jackson, ct al,
tract Of land containing So acres,
bringing $1,000.
Prof. carberry to Leave.
Prof. J. L. Carberry, who for several
years past has been engaged in mill
| improvement work in cooperation
with Winthrop college. leaves this week
for Beaufort, where he has accepted a
position as farm demonstration for
Beaufort county. Prof. Carberry Is
well known in York county, every sec
| tion Of which he has visited and his
| work has been Of much value to the
county.
Conference Ended.
The thirty fifth annual session Of
the North Carolina Wesleyan confer
ence, held in Rock Hill last week. came
to close Sunday night. The confer
ence will be held in Asheville,, N. c.,
next year. Rev. E. w. Black. who has
had charge Of the Wesleyan pastorate
In Rock HILL the past year has been
transferred to Gastonia. Rev. 8. p.
| Chapman Is the new pastor Of the only
York county Wesleyan church.
Federal Prisoner Free.
| T. E. Lindsay placed his \, ct upon
the ground for the first time In seven
and one half months, this morning.
Lindsay has been confined in the York
county Jail, having been convicted in
the Tilted States court Of operating an
Illicit distillery. He was given a sem
tence Of nine months, but six weeks Of
the sentence was taken of on account
Of his very good behavior. Lindsay
lives near Greer. 8. c., and returned
home today.
Andrew jackson Chapter.
One Of the four chapters o. the South
Carolina division, U. D. c., to be organ
lied within the last year. and report Of
which was made at the state conven-
tion in Yorkville last week, was the An
drew Jackson chapter, Of Glover. The
officers Of the new chapter are: Mrs. e.
w. Pressly, president; Mrs. M. L. Moul-
ton, vice president; Mrs. r. A. Jack
son, recording secretary; Mrs. 2. II.
Jackson, corresponding secretary; Miss
Neil, historian; Mrs. ]. D. Duff, regis
| trar.
Death Of York County Man.
Mr. Valdora Garrison, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. A. Garrison Of the Ogden Sec
tion, died in the Rocky Creek section Of
Chester county, Saturday. following a
three weeks illness with typhoid fever.
The deceased was born near Ogden,
about thirty years ago. He had been
| living in Chester county for some time
as manager Of q farm belonging to Mr..
John Fraser Of Chester. He had been
married about year, and Is survived
| by his widow, who was Miss Elaine
| Simpson. The funeral and interment
was at Capers Chapel, Chester county,
Sunday afternoon.
Inscriptions Tabooed.
York county people who propose to
send packages Of clothing and food for
the relief of the distressed Belgians,
have been warned that one feature Of
the plan must be abandoned. It was
proposed that Made in South Caroli-
| na," or From South Carolina" be in
some way inscribed on each package Of
clothing or food sent from any part Of
the state. The Belgian relief commit
tee has stated that no such legend, or
even so apparently an unobjectionable
carried by these packages, either inside
| or outside. The warning nations will
| not permit Of the passage through
| their territory Of any parcel bearing
| anything which could possibly be used
| as military cipher.
Look for Certificate.
AS York county people we'll know,
most Of the Irish potatoes used in this
section are shipped here from the
north and west. The department Of
agriculture on Saturday. issued a
warning to farmers Of the southern
states against buying seed potatoes
from Maine. unless they bear the de-
partment's certificate showing the po-
tatoes to be free from powdry scab.
They are also warned against the use
of table potatoes for planting purpos-
es, as these, according to the depart
ment, even though they do not show
the disease, may have been exposed
to 1t.
Death Of Mrs. M. s. MeEIwee.
Following an illness Of a little more
than a week with pneumonia, Mrs.
Mary Sadler McElwee died at her home
in Rock Hill shortly after six o'clock
Friday afternoon. Mrs. McElwee.
who was about 75 years of age, was
born near Guthriesville, and was a
daughter Of the late Newton Sadler.
She was twice married-first to W. H.
Poag. and secondly to the late Lewis
McElwee. OF the first union, two
children, w. H. Poag and Miss Esther
Poag, survive. Two children Of her
second marriage, Mr.. ]. N. McElwee
and Mrs. S. T. Frew. also survive. The
deceased also leaves a brother, Mr..
Samuel Sadler Of Rock Hill. The
funeral and interment was held n
Rock Hill, Saturday afternoon.
At Rock Hill Again.
Winthrop college will again be the
scene of the South Carolina Inter-
collegiate Oratorical contest on FRI
day, April 20, 1915. The executive
committee, composed Of one student
Of each Of the South Carolina college%
met at Winthrop, Saturday, and in a
oh boy-f firoo 6opided that the contest