Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-19
TUESDAY, JANUARY 1e, 1915.

general. According to the report taxes
were collected in the nine townships
during that period as follows: Bethel.
$3,4S2.71; Bethesda, $6,SS7.20; Broad
River, $7,041.0S; Bullock's Creek, 49,
523.47; Catawba, 45,174.80; Ebenezer,
$22,530.0S; Fort Mill, $10,340.31; Kings
Mountain, $S,769.4s; York, S21.342.Ss;
collected up to date Is about $146,000,
about half Of the total tax assessment
Of the county.
Would Have Trustees Elected.
Representative Cherry Is considering
the idea Of introducing bill authoriz-
ing that all school trustees be elected
by the people instead Of their being
appointed by county superintendents
Of education as Is now the case. II in
troduced the bill will very likely carry
a clause empowering the county boards
Of education to recall such trustees in
case Of their incompetency.
Growing Still Higher.
AS the result of the almost continu-
Gus rains Of the past week, Crowder's
creek Is out Of its banks again, and
the water has reached a higher mark
| than was the case at Christmas. men,
tion Of which was made in The En-
quirer. Roads in the Bethel section
| are again In an almost impossible
condition.
Glover Bank Officers Elected.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders Of the bank Of Glover was held
at that place last Tuesday. The an
nual ten per cent dividend was declar-
| ed and officers were reelected as fol-
lows: President, M. L. Smith; vice.
president, H. L. Wright; cashier, Jas.
A Page. Directors: T. M. Campbell,
Pressly, q. M. Neill, M. L. Smith, ]. A.
Page.
Hollis. Strait.
Mr.. Frank Strait and Miss Victoria
Hollis were united in marriage at the
A. R. P. parsonage at Richburg, Ches-
ter county, Rev. R. A. Lummus per-
forming the ceremony. The bride Is q
daughter Of Mr. Julian Hollis Of Rich
burg, and has been teaching school in
York county. Mr.. Strait was for sew
eral years q member Of the Rock Hill
police force, but Is now engaged in
farming near Ogden.
Want Flour Mill.
Farmers and business men Of Rock
Hill and the eastern section of the
county are engaged in the organiza-
| ton Of stock company for the pur-
pose Of building q flour and meal mill
| in Rock Hill, and 1t is quite likely that
| the mill will be secured. The COM
pany also proposes to have warehouse
facilities for the handling Of oats
Committees Of citizens in various COM
munities have been organized to So
licit subscriptions to the enterprise.
Mrs. Fannie Hoffman Dead.
Mrs. Fannie Hoffman, widow of the
late F. L. Hoffman, died at her home
near Tirzah. Sunday night, following
an illness Of several weeks with lung
trouble. The deceased was about so
years Of age and was a native Of Cas-
ton county, N. c. She Is survived by
several children. The funeral was ut
Adnah Methodist church yesterday
afternoon, and was conducted by Rev.
MIR. Attaway.
Athletic Association Organized.
The Catawba Oratorical and Ath-
letic association, composed Of high
schools in the upper section Of the
state, was organized in Rock Hill on
last Saturday, supertntendents Of sew
eral schools attending the organization
meeting. The association Is the first Of
| its kind to allow girls as well as boys
| to participate in defamation contests.
| The first defamation contest will be
| held in Rock Hill on Tuesday evening.
April 8, while the athletic contest will
be held the following day. A gold
medal will be given the winner Of the
defamation contest, and q trophy cup
will be presented the school whose
representa- wins. Officers of the
association elected Saturday, were as
follows: President, Prof. r. c. Burts;
vice president. Prof. W.. u. ,McGinnis:
secretary ry-treasurer, Prof. B. c. Riddle.
Glover Council Entertains.
Glover Leaf Council, Junior Order
United American Mechanics entertain
ed about 200 people at an oyster sup
per in the Glover opera house, last
Friday night. Following the serving
Of the course, Mr.. James A. Barrett
presided as toastmaster. and introduce
GU LII. w. TToSSly duQ tScV. w. y.
Nelson to the assembly. Both gentle
men delivered fine addresses The
Glover Leaf council is one Of the larg-
est in the state, having membership
Of 131. The officers Of the council are:
Councillor, F.. E. Whitener; vice coun-
cilor, M. A. Enloe; recording secretary,
James A. Barrett; assistant recording
secretary L. M. Barrett; financial Sec
retary, w. B. Hagans; treasurer 8. ].
Matthews; conductor, T. ]. Hopper;
warden, G. w. Adams; inner sentinel,
d. c. Turner; outer sentinel, H. B. En-
loe; Jr. P. c., w. H. Hagans; Trus-
Clyde Ford. The representatives to
the state council are Messrs. Jas. A.
Barrett and w. H. Hagans.
In Dire Circumstances.
Fort Mill Times: Mr.. w. M. Ca
rothers, overseer Of the Southern Pow
er companys lands a large portion Of
which lie in the hail stricken district
Of the county, requests the Times to
issue an appeal to the people Of Fort
Mill and vicinity for relief for the peo-
pie of that district. The negroes, Of
that section, Mr.. Carothers says, are In
dire need Of help, especially in the way
Of additional clothing. On the South
ern Power company's lands are forty
two negro children under ten years Of
age who are most scantily clad and
not a one Of these have shoes on their
feet. The case was cited Of one little
negro girl whose clothing consisted
only of an old quilt, with arm holes
cut out, and fastened around her body
with string. Besides these, there are
hundreds Of others in as destitute con-
dition. The people Of Fort Mill are
asked to help these poor people. Any
kind Of old cast off clothing or shoes
will relieve much suffering. Mr.. Ca
rothers asks that any Of our people
having articles Of clothing that can be
spared to wrap them in bundles and
leave them at the store of A. o. Jones,
and 1t will be pleasure Of his to see
that they are properly distributed. 1t
is hoped and believed that many will
respond at once to this appeal.
The County Homo.
1t will still be several weeks before
the new county home building Is COM
pleted, ready for occupancy; but when
1t is completed 1t will be the best in
the state. Supervisor Boyd claims as