Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-05-18

some length on the causes Of the war
between the sections and his address
was listened to with much interest. 1t
was intended to decorate the graves
Of the Confederate dead and have 9TH
er exercises at the church Saturday;
but owing to the threatening attitude
Of the weather the programme was cut
short.
Ridge Has Fine School House.
That the recently constructed Ridge
school house near the home Of DR.. T.
N. Dulin in Bethel township, is one Of
the finest and most modern rural
school buildings in York county, is
the opinion Of Superintendent Carroll,
who inspected the building Friday,
and formally accepted it. The building
Is built on the latest Clemson plan
and Is an improvement over even
some Of the buildings which have been
completed during the last two years
The school house has not been paint
ed yet; but will be in short while.
1t will also be fitted with furniture in
keeping with the house.
Rev. Nabors Leetured.
Rev. Chas H. Nabors, former pastor
Of the A. R. P. church at Prosperity,
preached at the Sharon A. R P.
church Sunday morning and in the
evening presented an illustrated
lecture on the subject, John Barley
corn" Both services were attended
by large audiences. Rev. and Mrs.
Nabors left yesterday morning for
Tuscaloosa, Ala, where Rev. Nabors
has accepted a charge. They are
making the trip to their new home by
automobile and expect to be on the
road about five days. They are ac-
companied by Miss Lois Whitesides Of
Hickory Grove No. 2.
Hall. .sarnette.
York county people will doubtless
be pleased to receive the intelligence
Of the marriage Of Mr.. R. F. Barn
ette to Miss Besse Hall, which occur
red May 6. at Knoxville, Tenn. Mr..
Barnette is a son Of Mrs. W. E. Barn.
ette Of the India Hook section and
was formerly employed by the South
ern Power company at Rock Hill. He
Is at present in the employ Of the
Tennessee Power compsny at Emf,
Tenn, and there he and his bride will
reside. Mrs. Barnette is a daughter
Of the late D. L Hall Of Clinton,
Tenn, and for several years past has
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the Tennessee Power company at
Cleveland, Tenn.
Special Course for GirIa
A special course for girls in home
demonstration work, will be held at
Winthrop college under auspices of
the Federal government from June 81
to July 8, inclusive, and "a young
ladies from twenty-four counties in
this state which are organized in
home demonstration work, will re-
ceive the benefits Of the course. Sew
eral York county girls will take the
course Of instruction. Miss Edith
Parrot, state agent for home demon
stration work; Mrs. Dora Dee Walker,
assistant state agent; Miss Minnie
Lee Garrison, York county agent; Miss
10 Marlborough, who Is in charge Of the
work in Chester county, and c. G.
Cleveland, state agent for the Poultry
club work, are now at Winthrop, maxi
ing plans for the course.
Whom Insurance Was Profitable.
Mr.. w. E. Gettys of the Tirzah Sec
tion, struck II lucky on hail insurance
Saturday. 1t will be remembered that
Mr.. Gettys suffered severely in the
hailstorm Of last Wednesday. Satur-
day morning he took out some hail in
surance on the balance Of his crop
and Saturday afternoon his farm was
again visited by hail. While discuss
ing the incident above mentioned, a
gentleman Of the Bullock's Creek Sec
ton remarked yesterday: Yes, Mr..
Gettys was rather lucky-much more
lucky than I was with insurance. For
five consecutive years took out heavy
hail insurance on my crops. There
was no hail. The sixth year ! decid-
ed to discontinue the insurance and
that year my crop was almost totally
destroyed"
HaiIstones at Ebenezer.
Mr.. ]. j. Matthews Of Ebenzer, was
in Yorkville this morning and report
ed heavy hailstorm throughout his
neighborhood yesterday afternoon.
There was considerable damage to
oats, an average of something like
two to three bushels to the acre being
knocked out Of the fields of F. R..
Black and w. H. Matthews. There
was also damage down toward the
Blackjacks; but detailed information
had not been received. Mr.. Matthews
said he saw signs Of the hail along
the road toward Yorkville, but not a
great deal of damage was reported.
IF had not been in the storm Of last
July" he said, "I would have consid-
cred this storm as pretty heavy. AS
1t is will have to describe 1t ais rath-
er moderate"
Only One Date for Election.
AS to whether any Of the York coun-
ty school districts with the exception
Of Hickory Grove, expect to enforce
compulsory school attendance during
the coming year, is not known; but 1t
Is a fact that the question Is being
agitated in several districts. Where
a petition signed by majority Of the
registered voters Is presented, the coun-
ty board Of education can order the
compulsory act enforced; but where a
petition Is signed by only one-fourth
of the voters, an election must be
held on the matter, and under the act,
the only time such an election can be
held Is the second Tuesday in June.
The board of education has received
no such petition and 1t Is hardly like
ly that any Of the school districts
save Hickory Grove, will operate under
the law during the next school year
which begins July 1.
Tho Hail Was Hard.
Mr. George r. Wallace Of Yorkville
No. 2, came near losing promising
colt on account Of the hail Saturday.
Mr. Wallace's son, Mr.. James r. Wal
lace and colored man were return
ing home from Yorkville, when the
hailstorm came up. They were driv-
ing q mare whose nine-day-old colt
was running alongside its mother. The
colt tried to run under its mother to
obtain shelter from the hail-the mare
becoming frightened and bruising the
colt considerably. In the meantime.
Mr.. Wallace and the negro got out Of
the buggy in an effort to extricate the
colt, and both were pretty severely
pelted with hailstones. According to
Mr.. Wallace, there were number Of
bumps on the negroes head where
the hailstones had struck him Satur-
day afternoon.
Gang Making Great Change.
York county's chaingang is making
wonderful change in the Yorkville-
Rock Hill road-in fact, new road al
together. The steep hill between the
Langham branch and the residence of
Mrs. M. j. Simril has been reduced
to such an extent that 1t requires little
effort on the part of machine or beast
to pull it. The road is being made
standard width Of thirty feet and