Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-11-30
LOCAL lACONlCS
New Y. M. c. A. Secretary.

New Y. M. c. A. Secretary.
Frank D. Condor of Trenton. n. j..
has been elected community secretary
of the Y. NJ. c. A. work In Rock Hill,
to succeed H. r. Tucker, who resigned
some time ago.
York County Ginning Statistics.
According to statistics gathered by
j. M. Taylor, special agent OF the
census department, 2S,449 bales OF cot
ton were ginned in York county up 10
November IA, as compared with 29.5O3
up to the same date last year.
No Thanksgiving Fatalities.
Although scores of York county
sportsmen spent Thanksgiving in the
fields, no accidents occurred so far as
10 known. A number of hunters OF
Yorkville and other places in the coun-
ty. reported the killing OF many birds
and rabbits.
Fire Alarm at Glover.
There was an alarm Of fire at Clio.
yer last Thursday night on account OF
a smell of burning cotton in one OF
the houses of the Glover Manufactur-
ing company. The fire was eXtln-
suished, however, before II developed
into a blaze and there was no damage
County Schools Under way.
Superintendent of Education Car
roll said yesterday that practically all
of the county schools are now In ope.
ration and that while he has no list OF
all those which have not entered upon
their winter terms, he does not know
of single one which was yet TO open'
Rock Hill Bank Chartered.
The secretary of state on Friday is
sued a charter to the Citizens Bank
and Trust Co., Of Rock Hill, with
capital Of s60,000. officers OF the new
banking house are j. w. O'Neal, presi-
dent; D. c. Johnston, vice PRESIDENT
George A. Beach, cashier; John X.
Shurley, assistant cashier.
Fort Mill Had Chautauqua.
Fort Mill held a chautauqua last
week, the attraction beginning on
Thursday and closing Saturday night.
It is understood that the Redpath
chautauqua which appeared at both
Hickory Grove and Fort Mill last week,
has been booked to again appear in
both towns next fall.
Comer-Sullivan.
Miss Nellie Eugene Conner Of Rock
Hill. was married Wednesday evening
to Mr. Carl Sullivan Of the Friendship
section Of the county, the ceremony
being performed by Rev. j. /. Spinks,
in the presence of number Of rela-
tives and friends Of the contracting
parties. Mr.. and Mrs. Sullivan will
reside in the Friendship section where
Mr.. Sullivan is engaged in farming.
Would Have Eight Mill School Levy.
The county board of education has
received a petition from voters and
freeholders Of Point district No. 23'
asking the board to order an election
on the question of the district in
creasing it's special school tax levy
from to mills. Trustees OF the
Point school district are A. c. Harper
B. ]. Currence and ]. ]. Stewart. Only
one school district in York county,
Oak Ridge. has an eight-mill special
school tax in force at the present time.
Winthrop Wants New Dormtory.
At a meeting held in the college at
Rock Hill Tuesday night, the board or
trustees of Winthrop college. agreed
to ask the next legislature for an ap-
preparation of 100000 to erect new
dormitory. The proposed new build
ing would accommodate between 25C
and 800 new students. The trustees
will ask the legislature to appropriate
money for the new building in two in
stallments-S500 900 TO be paid next
year and $4,000 the year following.
Spoke at Winthrop.
Numbers of people from different
sections of the county as well as ma
iority of the student body heard the
address of Dr. David Starr Jordan,
president of Leland Stanford Universe
ty of California. who lectured in the
auditorium of Winthrop college last
Wednesday night. DR.. JordOn is one
Of the foremost educators in the
United States He is a former presi-
dent of the National Educational as
sociation. which is now held by Dr.
d. b. Johnson Of Winthrop college.
Changes of Schedule.
BY change of schedule on the
Marion and Kingville division of the
Southern, effective last Sunday, tram
No. Il. heretofore arriving in York
Vile at 1920 p. m, will now arrive
at 9l5 D. IN. This is the train from
Columbia Train No. SO, from Marion
to Rock HILL which passes Yorkvllle
at 90 p. m., heretofore connecting
at Rock Hill with No. 2S for Charlotte,
does not make this connection after
The date OF the change Of schedule. A
change Of schedule on the c. & NV,
effective last Sunday, makes the south
bound mixed freight leave Yorkville at
~ m. The northbound mixed freight
leaves Yurkville at 2.20 p. m. This
train. from Gastonia to LenOir, runs as
n passenger train.