Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-12-18
LOCAL LACONICS
Long Holiday.

] IOCAI L-ASONICS
Long Holiday.
Practically all the cotton mills Of
the county will close down at noon
tomorrow for the Christmas holidays,
and will remain closed until January
4. 1t Is understood that the majority
Of the rural schools of the county will
take a two weeks holiday.
Bridge Completed.
The bridge force Of the county
chaingang has completed the Fishing
| Creek bridge on the Saluda road be-
tween Rock Hill and Chester, and the
force will very likely return to the
main body Of the chaingang in Bethel
township, the first Of next week.
Elks Lodge for Rock Hill.
South Carolina Elks' lodges are to
swell their number to an even dozen
by the addition of a new baby" lodge.
| There are now eleven lodges in this
state. The new lodge will be located
at Rock Hill, and officers will probab-
ly be installed shortly after the first
Of the year.
Feennster- Carson.
Mr.. Baxter Carson and Miss Maggie
Feemster were married at the home Of
the brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
James Feemster, on Yorkville No. 4.
last Wednesday, Rev. DR.. w. B. Ar
rowood performing the ceremony. The
young couple have many friends in
this section. They will reside in the
Delphos community.
Special Levy Voted.
Piedmont School District No. II, on
last Thursday voted q special levy OF
three mills for school purposes. With
the coming Of Piedmont into the COL
umn Of school districts carrying spe-
cial levies only five York county dis
tricts are without such levy. They are:
Bethel, No. 8; Shady Grove, No. 10;
Clark's Fork, No. 26; Turkey Creek,
No. "a; New Zion, No. 81.
Fort Mill w. O. w. Officers.
| Oficers elected by White Oak Camp
Woodmen Of the World, Of Fort Mill,
last Tuesday night, were as follows:
Consul commander, c. w. Eason; ad-
visory lieutenant, b c. Ferguson;
Elhaney: escort, w. S. Moss; watch
man, R P. Harris: sentinel, T. F.
Lytle; manager two years, ]. M. Epps.
carberry Leaves.
| Prof. James L. Carberry and his
family left Rock Hill last Tuesday for
/
by the Federal government as truck
ing demonstration. On Saturday night
Prof. Carberry was the guest Of honor
at a banquet given in the settlement
house at the Arcade mill in Rock Hill,
in appreciation of the work he has
done in mill village Improvement.
Given to Library Fund.
The state board of education has
donated SO to the Library Of the Will
son school In district number 6. SUIT
/ tons Spring, Rock Hill and Belmont
school districts have made application
to the board for library assistance,
and the applications will very likely
be rewarded with sums similar to
that awarded the Wilson school, Very
nearly all the York county schools
have libraries.
Condemned for Road Purposes.
Supervisor Boyd, Engineer w. w.
Miller and other county officials went
to Bethel township Tuesday, for the
purpose Of condemning lands belong
ing to Mr.. B. w. brennan. for road
purposes. The land in question, more
than an acre, Is in direct line Of the
road being built into the Point sec
ton. Mr. brennan declined to sell,
hence the condemnation proceedings.
He was offered $3S for his property.
Leslie. .MeWaters.
Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Leslie, Of
Leslie No. /. and Mr.. Preston Nc
Waters Of Catawba junction, were
married at the home Of the brides
parents, Wednesday afternoon, Rev.
w. H. Stevenson, pastor Of Neely's
Creek A. r. P. church performing the
ceremony in the presence Of relatives
and friends. Mr.. and Mrs. McWaters
will reside at Catawba. where Mr.. Nc
Waters Is engaged In the mercantile
| business.
Missionary Leaves.
| Rev. w. E. Entzminger, Baptist
missionary to Brazil, who has made
his headquarters in Chester during
| the past three months and who Il
more or less we'll known in various
lectured, left Chester Wednesday for
| New York, from whence he will soon
sail for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to re-
| sumo his work. Rev. and Mrs. Entz-
| minger were the first to represent
Southern Baptists in mission work in
| South America
| York Corn at Exposition.
Some Of the corn grown by James
w. Draffin Of Leslie No. l, winner Of
the first prize in the York county
Boys Corn Club contest this year, will
| be displayed at the Panama Pacific
| exposition in San Francisco, next year.
Six stalks Of young Draffln's corn will
have place among the agricultural
products Of the United States, which
will be exhibited by the Federal gov
ernment. Young Draffln also has the
honor Of being the first York county
farmer to have his produce displayed
at show Of such great magnitude.
Water Works System Completed.
The laying of the pipe lines for Fort
Mills water works system has been
| completed. the pipes having been
remains to be done Is the connection
Of various residences, etc., with the
pipes. In a few more days the system
will be complete and Fort Mill will be
the third York county town to have a
complete water works system. 1t Is
estimated that the reduction in insur-
ance rates in Fort Mill on account OF
the water works system will more
than pay the interest and sinking
fund charges on the issue Of bonds
which paid for the new system.
Large Number Of Prisoners.
There were 130 prisoners confined in
the York county Jail from January 1.
to December 8, Of this year. OF course
all these prisoners were not confined
at the same time; but only while
awaiting trial at court. Some were in
Jail only a day, and one sojourned
there longer than six months. Sheriff
Brown charges the county 40 cents
per day for boarding and lodging eaci.
prisoner, and the aggregate cost for
the 130 prisoners is quite large sum.
This number does not include any Of
tenders against the town Of Yorkville,
none Of whom are kept in Jail longer
than 4S hours.
Measles in York.
Dr. James A. Hayne. secretary of
the state board of health, has issued
statement in which he undertakes
to impress the desirability Of sup
pressing the spread Of measles and
whooping cough During the period
from January to November OF this
year, he says there were 4,230 cases OF
measles in the state, and of these SO7
were in York county. The total mum
ber of whOODing cough in the state