Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-12-31
LOCAL LAcoNICS.
CHARGED With Stealing Cotton.


LOCAL LAcoNIcs.
Charged With Stealing Cotton.
Robert Ellis was committed to jail
Christmas day by Magistrate T. B.
Glenn Of Ebenezer, charged with steal
ing cotton. He is now serving thirty
days on the county chaingang for the
offense.
Page-Love.
Mr.. Saye Love of Bullock's Creek
township, and Miss Bessie Page Of
Chester county, were married at the
Bullocks Creek manse last week, Rev.
]. B. Swami officiating.
York 6inninss to December IS.
Mr.. Joseph NJ. Taylor, special agent
for the census department, reports
that the cotton ginned in York coun-
ty to December IS, 1915, was 36,4
bales, as compared with 36,126 bales
up to the same date In 1914.
Woodmen Hold Oyster Supper.
Black Jack camp w. o. W. Of Bethel.
held an oyster supper In the camps
Ildil d. odh IhAu6O OShSoA ASNsO S>-
Christmas evening. Owing to the bad
weather but few members were pres
ent.
Range House Sold.
The cottage Of former Co. L. 1st In
fantry, N. g. 8. c., Of Yorkville, which
was located at Sutton Spring, and
used in connection with the rife range
at that place, has been sold to Mr..
N 80 vnrlxxyilIa A Mr.
Gettys has removed the building.
Inman- Wii<erson.
Miss Ora Kendrick Inman, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. c. +. Inman of Wilkins
Vile, was married at her home Thurs
day afternoon, December 23, to Mr..
Beattie Wilkerson Of Hickory Grove,
large number of relatives and
friends attending the ceremony. MI.
Wilkerson section near Hickory Grove.
To Have Two Teachers.
Owing to the increased enrolment,
1t has been found necessary by the
trustees Of the Miller school to en-
ploy an assistant teacher to Miss Eta
Zemp Of Camden, who has been In
charge since the school opened In the.
early fall. Miss Nancy Castles OF
Winnsboro, has been employed. She
will enter upon her duties on Monday.
Called to Nswberry.
Rev. ]. Meek White, until recently
pastor Of group Of Associate Re
formed churches in North Carolina,
has accepted a call to the Associate
Reformed churches Of Prosperity and
Cannon's Creek, in Newberry. Mr.
White, who has been making his
home at Sharon for some time past,
will move with his family to take
Want Special Levy.
Votes of Shady Grove school dis
trict No. 10, have filed petition with
the county board Of education asking
for an election In that school district
on the question Of voting q two-mii
special levy for school purposes.
Should the election carry only one
school district in the county, Bethel
No. 8. would be without a special tax
levy.
Band at Meconnellsville.
The Tirzah cornet band Is advertis-
ed to present an entertainment in the
school house at McConnellsville to-
night, under the direction Of Mr..
Springs Moore. The entertainment
which will consist Of popular and
classical music, will be the first OF Its
kind ever held in this neighborhood.
It Is expected that q large number OF
people will attend.
Ducks on tho River.
A number Of Clover sportsmen, in
cluding Messrs. H L. Wright and ].
Meek Smith and DR.. Marshall Neil, as
well as several from the surrounding
country, have been having some good
sport shooting ducks on the Catawba
river during the past several weeks.
By the use Of power boat and decoys
the Glover hunters have managed to
secure more than one good bag OF the
water birds.
Black Jack w. o. w. Officers.
Black Jack camp, No. 247, W. o. w.
of Bethel, has elected officers for the
ensuing year as follows: Past consul
commander ]. ]. Stewart; consul COM
mander, r. c. Ratchford; clerk, R 8.
Riddle; banker, G.. L. Brandon; ad-
visor lieutenant, ]. c. Harper; escort,
G. C. Stewart; sentry, II. o. Millen;
watchman, w. p. Pryor; managers,
C. H. Glenn, C. T. Brandon, ]. G. Mil
len; physician, DR.. T. N. Dulin.
York County Income Tax Payers.
The report Of the comptroller gen.
eral Of South Carolina shows that
twenty York county persons paid in
come tax Of $529.19 on incomes to-
falling $48,383 during the past fiscal
year. All persons having an income
of more than $4,000 year are re-
uuired to pay income tax. The total
amount returned to the comptroller
general this year for the state in
come tax law was $31,126.87 COM
pared with $15,126.S7 the previous
fiscal year.
Great Windstorm Wednesday. \
What was said by some Of the odd
est inhabitants to be the fiercest
windstorm to visit this section in
many years, occurred early Wednesday
morning, continuing in force for sew
eral hours. The storm was the tall
of heavy gale which swept the At
lantic coast this week, doing more or
less damage to shipping along the
coast. The powerful gale was accom-
panied by a heavy rain which liter
ally flooded the whole community for
a while but which was finally almost
dried up by the wind. So far as Is
known but little damage was done by
the wind.
S'tC W."
Mr. T. F. Jackson who lives on the
southern outskirts Of Glover, has sold
"a and a fraction acres Of land to a
syndicate Of northern capitalists who
will probably use the land for site
for a new mill to be erected at Clo
yer. It will be remembered that some
time ago northern capitalists pur-
chased a tract Of land from Smith
Bros, and G. w. Knox on the north
ern outskirts Of Clover upon which
they propose to erect mill and since
the purchase Of the land from Mr..
Jackson 1t Is presumed that two mills
will be erected. The purchase price
Of the land obtained from Mr.. Jack
son was about $4,000. It lies along
the public highway between the resi-
dence Of Mr.. Jackson and Mr.. E. B.
Price.
Death of Mrs. Wood.
Rock Hill Record, Dec. 90: Mrs.
Pauline Wood, one Of the oldest resi-
dents of this city, died Monday night