Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-15

purpose of organizing a high school
athletic and oratorical association for
this section Of the state. The purpose
Of the association, II formed, will be
to bring the schools in closer relation.
and control and purify athletics and
also to promote interest in oratory and
defamation.
Swanser Wants Release.
Petitions are being circulated for the
release Of Rastus Swanger, white
man, who Is serving a sentence OF six
years on the York county chaingang
on conviction Of forgery on three
counts. He was convicted in 1913,
having swindled the Cloud Cash Store
county. In case Swanger Is granted
executive clemency, he will be held On
warrants from North Carolina, charg-
ing him with similar offenses in that
state.
School Improvement Work.
While in Columbia next week at
tending the meeting Of county super
intendents Of education, Superintend-
ent Carroll will endeavor to make ar
rangements with Miss Mary Eva Hite,
president of the State School Improve
ment association, to spend some time
among the York county schools. It Is
Mr.. Carrolls intention to try to have
Miss Hite come to York county as
soon as the roads will permit travel
between the schools.
Sharon Bank Elects Officers.
The annual meeting Of the stock
holders Of the First National Bank OF
Sharon, was held in the banks offices
last Tuesday afternoon. A semi an
nual dividend Of three per cent was
declared and officers and directors
were reelected as follows: President
]. H. Saye; vice president, ]. L. Raj
ney; cashier, John s. Hartness; direct
ors-W. c. Thomson, Kelly Inman,
Jno. E. Plexico, w. B. Good. c. M. In
man, 8. v. Aycock, ]. H. Saye, ]. l..
Rainey, ]. s Rainey, ] s. Hartness.
Big Dance Near FiIbert.
The home Of Mr. A. ]. Parrot near
Filbert, was last Wednesday night the
scene Of one Of the largest break
down" dances held anywhere In York
county in many day. There were SO
young ladies and more than 100 boys
present, together with the best of
good music. Young people from all
parts of York, Kings Mountain and
Bethel townships were present and all
pronounced the social gathering as one
Of the most pleasant they ever at
tended.
For Rural Schools.
York county rural graded schools will
receive state aid amounting to about
$3,500 this year. The amount, how
ever, will have to be fixed by legisla-
York schools which will benefit by this
fund is not definitely known yet. To
receive such aid from the state q
school must have an average attend
ance Of fifty pupils. Several Of the
schools have not yet gotten their aver
age attendance up to the required
number.
What a Dime Did.
Il have heard people talking and
telling how many debts a dollar will
pay when 1t Is kept moving, but
never thought much about 1t until a
few days ago." said Yorkvllle man
yesterday. Last week man came
into our place and bought g. small ar
ticle and handed me a dime In pay
ment. 1t happened that owed a dime
to another party who was there at the
time. I passed 1t to him for my debt
and he in turn passed 1t to another
creditor. And right there the fourth
man paid that ten cents to fifth man
to cancel q debt. l don't know where
the dime went after that but 1t anus
ed me to see that one dime paying
forty cents worth Of debts just In q
few minutes"
A Homo For Bachelors.
Mr.. J. w. Cannon Of Concord, N. c.,
who Is the head Of the Cannon string
Of cotton mills, is soon to begin the
erection Of q building at Kannapolis
N. c., to be known as George Wash
ington Inn," the special purpose OF
which Is to be a home for young men
who go to that town to work in the
mills, and who do not have families or
homes in which to live. Some months
ago Mr.. Cannon built similar home,
the Martha Washington Inn," In
which about 40 or more young women
who work In the mills live. The home
for girls is in charge Of a matron and
is equipped with every possible con-
venience that makes for comfortable
living. The home for men will be
built and run along the same lines as
is the home for the girls.
Death of Mrs. J. L. Strain.
Mrs, ]. L. Strain died at her home
at Wilkinsville, in Cherokee county
Wednesday, following an illness Of a
week with pneumonia. Mrs. Strain
was 81 years Of age. The funeral and
interment was at Salem Presbyterian
church at noon, yesterday, funeral
services were conducted by Rev. w
B. Arrowood, assisted by Rev. Mr.
Boozer of Gaffney. The deceased is
survived by her husband, Mr.. James
L. Strain, three daughters, Mesdames
Leslie Blackwell, c. A. Blackwell and
H. D. Mcdaniel, and two sons, Messrs.
James and Samuel Strain Of wilkins
Vile. Two sisters, Mesdames Amanda
Leech and Ellen Osborne Of Texas;
and three brothers, Messrs. William
Estes, of Texas; Hayes Estes of
Washington, D. c., and Mr.. James Es-
tes Of Wilkinsville, also survive.
Nolan Bound Over.
Thomas Nolan, the alleged safe
cracker who has been in the York
county jail for the past ten days, was
taken to Fort Mill yesterday and given
preliminary hearing before Magis-
trate R. P. Harris, on the charge of
having blown open and robbed the
safe Of the Fort Mill bank in 1902. He
was remanded to Jail in default OF
$1,000 bail bond, to await trial at the
April term of court. There were three
witnesses who gave testimony against
the alleged yeggman, w. B. Meacham,
cashier Of the bank at the time Of the
robbery; Mr.. A. A. Young, whose shop
was broken into at the time of the
robbery, and with whose tools the bur-
glary is alleged to have been commit
ted and Walter Glover, a farmer OF
Fort Mill township, who testified that
Nolan was the same man who had
been at his house the day before the
robbery. Postofflce Inspector H. T.
Gregory was also presented, related
history of Nolan's movements for
some time leading UP to the time Of his
arrest in Columbia during the state
fair in 1902. When arrested he had
several hundred dollars in money on
his person, a pistol, fiashlight, pawn
tickets and other property. according
to the inspector. Following the pre-
liminary Nolan was returned to the
York county Jail last evening.
Columbia State, Thursday: House
bill No. l." in the general assembly
is a measure to compel the attendance
at school of all children between the