Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-06
LOCAL LAcONICS.
York Ranks Tenth.

York Ranks Tenth.
Official figures have recently been
made public as to the list Of counties
in the United States running cotton
mills with more than 10000 spindles.
According to the statistics, York coun-
ty ranks tenth in this state, with
total Of 17S,5S4 spindles.
Mr.. Halle Sells Drug Business.
Fort Mill, January 3: The stock Of
drugs and the good will Of the Fort
Mill Drug company, owned by j. X.
Halle, was today sold to s. w. Parks,
formerly druggist here. Mr.. Parks
will continue the business at its pres
ent stand. Mr.. Halle, whose health is
somewhat impaired, will, after at.
tending the next session Of the legis-
lature, probably give his personal at
tention to his farm near here.
Tax Collections.
Treasurer H. E. Neil and his assist
ant Mr.. ]. B. Parrott, were kept very
busy last week. The l per cent pen
atty took effect January l, and 1t
seemed that everybody was in hur-
ry to pay taxes at the last moment.
More than $4,000 was collected last
week alone, and the officers are still
very busy. Up to Friday morning
December 10, only $29,555.05 out Of a
total Of 26,377.93, had been collected.
UP to this morning the total coileG-
tions were STA 4,163.0S, leaving bal
ance of s51,747s5. I'VE are getting
along pretty well with collections"
said Treasurer Neil, this morning,
but the money Is going out as fast as
we get it in"
Fort Mill Municipal Politics.
Fort Mill special to Columbia State:
The books cf registration for the mu-
nicipal election to be held on the 18th
Of this month, closed today with to-
tai Of 131 voters registered. This Is
the largest registration ever recorded
in Fort Mill and indicates the interest
that is being taken in the selection OF
a mayor and aldermen to serve for the
next two years. Up to this time the
following candidates are announced:
For mayor, ]. ]. Bales. A. r. McElha-
ney, the incumbent, and w. L. Hall;
for alderman-Ward 1, W. L. Fergu-
son, w. ]. Steele, H. D. Harkey; Ward
2, J. T. Young, NJ. ]. Adcock; Ward 3,
A. A. Bradford, o. T. Culp; Ward 4, ].
Spratt, S. w. Parks, S. L. Meacham
The new council will have several
very important matters to pass upon
the most important probably being
the proposed issue Of bonds for the
purpose Of installing waterworks
system for fire protection and domes-
tic use.
Death Of w. c. Moore.
Rock Hill special Of January 6, to
Charlotte Observer: Mr.. w. c. Moore
Of the Bullock's Creek section Of the
county, died last Thursday at his
home Of tuberculosis, after long ILL
ness. Mr.. Moore was 26 years OF
age and leaves a wife. who was Miss
Ethel Wade of Wilkesburg, Chester
county He Is also survived by his
mother, Mrs. A. M. Moore OF this
city, and the following brothers and
sisters Messrs. s. r., ]. A., S. T. R. and
C. L. Moore; Mrs. T. G. Hope and
Misses Ina and Margaret Moore OF
this city. Mr.. Moore was member
of Walnut Camp No. 4, Woodmen of
the World. of this city. His remains
were buried at Bullock's Creek church
Friday, the funeral services being con-
Quoted by Rev. ]. B. Swami, with the
usual exercises by the Woodmen. The
following acted as pallbearers: Chas.
Curry, j. c.. kirkpatrick, ]. Jones, j.
A. McAlilly, c. Jones, A. Vincent.
Installation at Smyrna.
The installation OF rev. %. ". fresS-
ly, as pastor of Hickory Grove and
Smyrna A. r. P. churches took place
last Friday at the Smyrna church be-
fore the United congregations Of the
two churches Rev. E. B. Hunter Of
Sharon, WHO was to preside, was un-
able to be present on account Of sick
ness in his congregation. Rev. ]. L.
Oates moderated the meeting and ad-
dressed the people, while Rev: G. L.
Kerr Of Kings Mountain, n. c.
preached the sermon and addressed
the pastor. The new pastor Of the
Smyrna and Hickory Grove churches,
comes from Timber Ridge, Va, and
has already won for himself a warm
place in the hearts Of his congrega-
tions. Rev. Mr.. Pressly Is a son Of
Rev. DR.. N. E. Pressly who is engaged
in missionary work at Tampico. Mexi-
co. Quite a coincidence in connec-
ton with the installation Of the new
pastor is the fact that he was INSTALL
ed by his two predecessors, Rev. Kerr,
now Of Kings Mountain, being, the
late pastor, while Rev. ]. L. Oates,