Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-09-11
AS told BY EXCHANGES.
News Happenings In NelghbOrlng
Communities.
CONDENSED FOR QUICK READING.
Dealing Mainly With Local Affairs OF
Cherokee, Cleveland, CASTOR, Lam
caster and Chester.

ing June 3Utn, 1914 WHICH HAS poeh
completed, contains an abundance OF
interesting information. The total en-
rollment for the year was as follows:
White, 2,674; colored, 5,141. The av-
erage attendance was: White, 1901;
colored, 3,O35. The amount Of funds
on hand at the beginning Of last year
was $2S,141.13, while during the year
$55,7O6.69 came in as revenues from
various sources. Expenditures totalled
s55,819.4O, leaving balance on hand
Of s2S,02S.73. During the year three
new school districts were organized
Old Purity, Armenia and Bethlehem.
OF the thirty school districts in the
county sixteen levy special taxes rang
ing from one to five mills. New school
buildings were erected during the year
at Armenia and Cornwell, and Bas-
comville, Richburg, and Mount Pleas
ant made substantial additions to
their buildings and equipment. Fort
Lawn, Bethlehem and possibly other
schools have plans for improvements
that will be carried out in the near fu-
ture. The total number Of white
schools in the county Is fifty-six, which
happens also to be the number Of COL
ored schools. The average length of
term of the white schools is 1888 days,
while the average length Of term OF the
colored school is S1.S2 days. There Is
an abundance Of other information In
the report going to show the intense
interest that exists in educational mat
ters in Chester county, though some
portions Of the county are outStripping
the remainder in tangible results.
The hearing before Special Judge Efird
at Yorkville, Thursday, in connection
with the injunction secured by citizens
of Rossville township restraining Su-
pervisor Cunningham from moving
the chaingang, has been postponed a
week. Miss Bernice Barr, OF Wealth
erly, Pa, was elected organist of the
First Baptist church yesterday to sue
ceed Miss Maggie Edwards, resigned,
and will take up her new duties on the
second Sunday in October. The
white graded schools Of the city open
next Monday, Sept. 14th, and Superin-
tendent w. H. McNairy will be in his
office at the College street building
Thursday and Friday for the purpose
of enrolling new pupils. The exercises
next Monday morning will be very
brief and simple, the object being TO
get down to business with just as 1eW
preliminaries as possible, and all pu-
pills are urged to be in their places on
opening day. The assignment Of teach
ers for the coming session will be as
follows: College Street-Grade l,
Miss Lille Brown; grade 2, Miss Lucille
Melton; grade 3, Miss Mary Hamilton;
grade 6, Miss Elizabeth Coleman;
grade 7, Miss Rosamond Burdine;
High School, Miss nellie Summersett,
Miss Emma Thomson, Messrs. d. L.
Rambo and j. L. Mclean, and Supt
w. H. McNairy. Foote Street-Grade
l, Miss Katherine Macaulay; grade z,
Miss Mary Lindsay; grade 3, Miss AZ
mes Douglas; grade 4, Miss Julia Phil
lips: grade 5, Miss Cary Calhoun;
grade 7, Miss Gertrude Davis. Dora
Jones-Grade /, Miss Margaret Evans;
grade 8, Miss Lillian Jaegar; grade A.,
Miss Clarabel Williams; grade 8, MISS
Orene McIlwaine; grade 6, Miss Lila
Connor. Mr.. Jno. M. Jones, the en-
terprising proprietor Of the Chester
Coca Cola Bottling Co., is anxious to
launch the Buy Bale Movement In
Chester, and this morning purchased
a bale from Mr.. ]. Foster Carter Tor
ten cents a pound. The cotton has been
delivered at Mr.. Jones residence, and
will remain there until the situation
clears up, and the entire crop can be
marketed at what the staple is worth.
Gaffney Ledger, Sept 8: More than
five hundred farmers, merchants ana
business men met at the court mouse
Saturday, and large majority of them
subscribed their names as members or
the Cherokee county cotton congress.
Every man present showed intense IN
terest in the proceedings and the work
Of the organization was carried Tor
ward with gratifying rapidity to all
concerned The most important action
taken by the congress was the appoint
ment of two committees, one consist
ing of the school trustees throughout
the county to solicit membership for
the association, and the other consist
ing of the representative farmers to
consult with the merchants, bankers,
and other business men with the IDEA
Of securing thorough cooperation in
any plans that may be decided upon.
Judging by cheers and expressions OF
approval the assembly was overwhelm-
ingly in favor Of holding the present
cotton crop for better prices, and or
reducing the acreage given to this
staple another year by at least one
half in case the present European
trouble continues until that time. A
slight opposition to the plan Of having
farmers pledge themselves to reduce
the acreage developed, but amounted
to practically nothing. The meeting
was called to order shortly after ten
o'clock with Mr.. R. G. Sarratt, presi-
dent Of the Cherokee Cotton Congress,
presiding, and Mr. Richmond Stacy,
the secretary in his place. go. There
were no legal sales yesterday, which
was salesday. This makes the second
successive month that Cherokee coun-
ty has passed without a legal sale OF
any kind. .....A committee consisting
Of S. ]. Lipscomb and r. B. Beatty, in
consultation with Rev. Richard Carroll
met at the Cherokee Normal Institute
in the southern suburbs Of the city yes
terday morning and decided to hold the
colored county fair at that institution
on November 25th, 26th and 9th. .....
Professor r. o. Sans has gone to
JoneSyille where he will be Superinten-
dent of the public schools of that place
during the present year. The schoois
opened yesterday. Miss Cleo Dobson
of this city, a graduate at Limestone
college, Will De a VI lllS
ty of the Jonesville school. ...... I'm
provement of the local fire department
was discussed by the city council at its
regular meeting held in the city hall
Friday night, but no action was taken.
1t was decided to devote the old library
room in the city hall to sleeping apart
ments for the firemen. The Buy
a Bale of Cotton" movement is arous-
ing considerable interest among the
business men Of Gaffney and is being
discussed on every hand. The plan Is
for each business man who can possibly
buy a bale of cotton at 10 cents per
pound to do so and hold 1t for higher
prices. 1t is probable that an agree
ment will be made between the busi-
ness men either today or tomorrow and
the plan put into operation. .... Pro-
fessor l.. b. Haynes, who is in charge
of the movement for a Cherokee coun-
" Sunday school field day, has an
nounced that this event will take place
on Saturday, October 3rd. 1t was orig
inally scheduled to be held on Septem-
Der 3rd, but was later postponed. An
interesting programme has been ar
ranged for the event. 1t is probable
that n part Of the exercises will be
held at the court house, while the re-
mainder will be held at Limestone col
lege. Col T. 3. Butler, acting as
special agent of the United States gov
ernment, made the first cotton gin in