Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-05-07
FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1915.

ton held several weeks ago, when
Kings Mountain voted to become q
part Of Cleveland county, the regis
tration was nearly 100 greater than
that Of two years ago, total OF 32S
votes being cast.
Whole County Should Speak.
Fort Mill Times: Judging from
Yorkville are considerably agitated
over the proposition to change the
name of the town to York" an cleo
ton to determine the matter having
been ordered by the town council for
the latter part Of the month. AS was
pointed out in the Times several
weeks ago, this Is a matter in which
the entire county is interested and,
! as we see 1t, Is one which should be
settled by the voters Of the county,
| rather than the relatively few who
will in the end say whether the old
name Of the town Is to be discarded.
From the expression Of opinion we
have heard on the subject in this sec
ton, 1t is doubtful II twenty per cent
of the voters would favor the change.
Many Tax Executions.
Treasurer Nell and his assistant,
Of writing tax executions against
those taxpayers who failed to pay
| their taxes before April 1. The total
number issued Is 1882, the largest
number Of delinquents to appear on
the books in several years. It Is pos
sible however, that in a number of
cases two executions or more may
have been issued against the same
persons. For instance, the name John
II I'll. L.
ord, ]. ]. Doe in another and J. John
son Doe in third, although the three
be one and the same person. The
number Of tax executions against per-
sons living In the various nine town
ships are as follows: Bethel, SO; Be-
thesda, 172; Bullock's Creek, S2; Ca
tawba, 71S; Ebenezer, 240; Fort Mill.
142; Kings Mountain, 175; York, 222.
Like Road Machines.
| County Supervisor Thos w. Boyd
and Messrs. r. M. Robinson and r.
8. Riddle, supervisors Of Kings Noun
tain and Bethel townships, respective
ly, returned from Greenville Tuesday
night, where they had gone to inspect
road machines being used In road con-
struction in that county. The ma
gasoline and are supported by only
three wheels. It Is said they have
the pulling power Of ten or twelve
mules and can be operated on about
| fifteen gallons Of gasoline per day.
Their total cost is about $1,000. The
York county road experts expressed
themselves as being we'll pleased with
their trip and are rather Of the opin-
ion that such machines could be used
| at a profit in York county road build
ing.
Tightening Hold on Liquor.
| A Rock Hill officer who was in
Yorkville the other day. said that
never before had liquor been So hard
ent. There Is still a quantity Of IL
legal liquor for sale there but where
the supply was formerly measured in
gallons, 1t is now limited to quarts.
The officers are arresting every person
Of unsavory reputation who Is caught
with more than one pint In his pocket.
Several persons caught with more
than this quantity have been subject
ed to fine Of $50 or a road sentence
Of thirty days and the tigers have
| become so afraid that they no longer
transport their wares In their pockets
but hide 1t around the outskirts Of
town. According to this informant,
the price Of the stuff has gone up.
It formerly was rs cents or 81 per
pint. Now 1t Is $1.25 or $150 for the
same amount.
viii Have City Gang.
The city council Of Rock Hill, has
decided to establish a city gang, the
duties Of which shall be to clean up
and repair the streets Of the town Of
Rock Hill. The gang Is to be made
up Of defendants who are convicted
in the Rock Hill recorders court and
i who are obliged to serve their days
In lieu Of a fine. These defendants
are at present sent to the county
chaingang-in fact there are a number
Of them serving sentences at present.
The county chaingang will be glad to
gang there is no doubt, because for
some time past, these thirty and sixty
day prisoners have been a source Of
worry. Speaking of the establish
ment of the Rock Hill gang yesterday,
an official said: Believe me, we are
glad Of it. These thirty day prison.
ers sent in from Rock Hill are Of lit
tie value to us. Many Of them are
white men sent up for beating q train
or something Of that kind. They
won't work and we can get but little
work. ! believe this Rock Hill city
gang will be a good thing for Rock
Hill and a good thing for York coun-
ty."
Will Hardly Be Re-Grouped.
| Rev. E. E. Gillespie. D. D., of York
vile, recently met with representatives
Of the Glover Presbyterian church
with a view to ascertaining the prac-
ticability Of the Glover church becom-
ing associated with the Beersheba
church in the employment Of pastor
for all his time. Tn" Glover people
declined to enter such arrangement,
owing to the fact that they expect to
soon be able to employ a pastor for
his whole time. The circuit composed
of Beth Shiloh, Allison Creek, Ramah
and Beersheba churches Is considered
too large by many Of the members
and the question of arriving at some
way by which the churches might be
re-grouped has been under consider
alton for some time, but the problem
has not been solved. Rev. w. ]. Roach
Of Glenn Springs, expects to preach
before the Beth-Shiloh congregation
at an early date and will likely occupy
the pulpits Of the other churches on
| the same occasion. 1t Is understood
that memberes Of the various congre-
cations have several pastors in mind
with view to extending a call, but as
yet no action has been taken.
Baptist s. s. Convention.
The seventh annual session Of the
York Baptist Sunday School conven-
tion ended Wednesday afternoon, after
two days meeting at Enon church,
near Smyrna. Fifteen of the twenty
two Baptist Sunday schools Of the
county were represented by forty-two
delegates. Reports from the various
schools as read to the convention,
showed steady growth in number Of
pupils and interest in Sunday school
study during the past year, the in
creased attendance at individual
schools in some instances being as
as much as 25 per cent. The total
enrolment Of the twenty-five schools
Is now approximately 1000. The two
days programme included many sub
jects for discussion that are Of especial
interest to Sunday school workers
and these matters generally were dis
cussed in such way as to be help
full to those interested In the prob
lens Of the Sunday school. The fea-
ture on Wednesday was the presence
Of Rev n Il Watts fhe Sunday sch0Ol