Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-05-28
FRIDAY, MAY 2S, 1915.

Keel and Matte Mapheeney Of Win
throp college, were elected assistant
teachers. 1t is understood that there
were more than fifteen applicants
for the position Of superintendent OF
the school. The newly elected su-
perintendent was principal Of the Bull
locks Creek school during the past
school year. The three assistant
teachers will graduate at Winthrop
college this year.
Will Work for Compulsory Education.
Although only one school district
Hickory Grove-will operate under
the compulsory education law during
the next school year, it is quite likely
that the matter will be agitated great
ly in other school districts during the
next year by members Of the various
School Improvement ASSOCIATIONS
throughout the county. Miss mary
Eva Hite, who is president OF the
South Carolina School Improvement
association, has addressed a letter 10
the county superintendent OF educa-
ton, advising that a number or as
sociations in this and other count1es
have been advised to lend their efforts
to the matter, and it is expected that
the members, most OF whom are
ladies, will push the proposition with
their usual energy.
To Insure County Property.
A committee consisting Of Messrs.
D. T. Woods, S. M. Grist and j. X
Lindsay, made an appraisal or the
the Jail yesterday, with a view TO
making a report Of it's insurance value
to the state sinking fund commission
which will write the insurance on the
property. According to the estimate
Of the committee, based on an est,
mate of three-fourths the actual
cost of the three buildings, insur-
ance in the sum of $53,9SS.75 will be
carried on the new Courthouse $Io'-
656.73 will be carried on the county
home and $4,000 on the county jail.
The annual premium will amount 10
a little more than $500. The Iurnl-
ture of the new courthouse and the
county home will likely be insured
with private companies.
Work Begun on Road.
Mr.. Robert Whitesides Of the Hero
section. who was in Yorkville yester-
day. said that the Cleveland county
road commissioners had begun WORK
on the road between the town OF
Kings Mountain and the South caro-
lima line, which road leads into the
Bethany section Of York county. II
will he remembered that q first class
highway between Kings Mountain
and the South Carolina line was one
of the promises made by Cleveland
county citizens in case the town OF
Kings Mountain elected to wholly
become a part Of Cleveland county al
the election held in that town several
weeks ago. According to Mr. Whlte-
sides. the present roadbed will pc
used with very few changes and the
improved road will be all that couid
be desired. AS to whether there VIII
be any improvement made on the ROAD
between Bethany and the North caro-
lima line is not known.
Kings Mountain On Fire.
Citizens living in the vicinity OF
Kings Mountain, who have been In
Yorkyille during the past few days,
report that the mountain section was
on fire again recently and that the
fire was one Of the most destructive
ever known, hundreds or hne treeS
being burned or so badly charreo
that they are rendered unit TOT any
service. The cause Of the confiagra-
tion is not known, although many
think it originated with some person
or persons engaged in operating an
illicit distillery, the idea being to set
the whole region on fire and by tnat
means destroy attention from any
smoke which might be attached 10
the distillery. One man who Is en-
gagged in cutting timber in the bat.
tleground section said recently that
a piece Of woodland containing about
lao acres in which he was working
was burned almost clean in less than
two hours, so fierce was the fire. II
is estimated that a strip Of territory
about ten miles long was covered py
the fire.