Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-03-23
LOCAL lACONICS
Will Have New City Offices.

Will Have New City Offices.
The Rock Hill city council has let
the contract for the erection Of offices
for the city officials. The contract
price is $2.0S0 which includes the in
stallation of the fixtures. The work Is
to be begun within a few days
Getting Ready for Field Day.
Blanks have been sem out to the
teachers of all the York county
schools with the request that they
fill in the names of their pupils who
expect to enter the various contests
to be held on County Field Day In
Yorkville, on Saturday, April 8. All
have been requested to return the
blanks to the proper committees by
next Saturday.
Rock Hill Man Dead.
Mr.. E. S. Campbell, well known In
Rock Hill and the eastern section OF
the county, died in Charlotte Satur-
day afternoon following a long period
Of Ill health. He was more h a 10
years of age. The deceased was for
many years employed as book-keeper
for A. T. Jewell & Co., Of Rock Hill.
The funeral and interment was In
Rock Hill Sunday. The deceased Is
survived by one son and two daugh-
tiers.
He May be Valuable.
Began Cash, colored, Is still held
in the York county Jail on the &C
cusation Of John Gordon, colored, that
Cash Is wanted in Columbia for the
theft of a coat. The authorities have
an idea that Cash Is wanted In another
H.. d. --.,-la. a-I chat q raUQrn
a~ggregating several hundred dollars Is
offered for him. A photograph was
made Of Cash yesterday, and will be
sent to the city in which the reward Is
offered, for Identification.
Tirzah School Closes Tonight.
Tirzah's school will close an eight
months session tonight and quite an
elaborate programme has been arrang-
ed for the occasion. The school q an
enrolment Of about ninety pupils n
during the past term has employed
three teachers. Included in tonights
programme will be a play, q NUMBER
of Rotations and musical selections.
The Tirzah school Is the first Of the
eight month schools OF York county
to close the 1914-15 term.
Proud Of Road.
Mr.. E. N. Miller Of the Bethel sec
ton, who was in Yorkville yesterday,
said that people living along the ex-
cellent ~thoroughfare recently COM
pleted by the county changing, were
doing their best to keep h road In
good shape and expect to continue TO
do 80. The road in front Of the prem
ises Of property owners Is being
dragged by such owners after each
rain, Mr.. Miller said, and II the prac-
tice Is continued, the road will be
kept in good condition for many years
to come.
As to Fertilizers.
Asked whether the use Of fertilizers
among farmers in his section was
going to be extensively reduced this
year, a gentleman Of Bethel township
said the other day that he could not
say whether such was going to be the
case or not. You really can't tell
he said. Some folks are talking X
they are going to cut their fertilizer
and others say they r going to do on
twenty-five per cent less. 1t Is hard
to estimate just what the decrease Is
going to be-"
EIk's Lodge Instituted.
More than one hundred Elks from
various towns in North and South
Carolina enjoyed the ceremonies IN
connection with the initiating OF
forty-seven citizens Of Rock Hill as
charter members of Rock Hill Lodge
No. 1913 Benevolent Protective order
of Elks last Friday night. The baby
lodge" started off with a membership
Of fifty. officers were elected and In
stalled Friday night as members:
Exalted Ruler s. ]. Poag; Esteemed
leading Knight, T. w. Huey; Esteem
ed Loyal knight, B. N. Craig, Jr.,
Esteemed Lecturing Knight, George
Jenkins; Secretary, I. B. Cauthen;
Treasurer, ]. P. Poag; Tfler, F. E.
Gross; Trustees, ]. L. Phillips, Julian
Johnson, H. E. Ruff. The Elks have
engaged the quarters formerly oc-
cupied by the Palmetto club In Rock
Hill, which will be known as the Elk's
Club.
Women Workers Hold Meeting.
Delegates from nearly all the church.
es composing the York Baptist asso.
ciation, attended the semi-annual
meeting Of the Woman's Missionary
union Of hat organization, which was
held in the Northside Baptist church
at Rock Hill, last Friday, presided yer
by Miss Emma ]. Dowell. Among the
speakers at the meeting were Mrs.
George Davis Of ~Orangeburg, supertn-
tendent of the state Y. w. A, who de-
livered an address on the subject OF
Efficiency" and Miss Macia Steven
son Of Leslie, a returned missionary
from Mexico, who told Of the conditions
in that troubled country. A little
Mexican girl who accompanied the
missionary, sang several songs In
Spanish during the meeting. A meet
ing Of the associational conference OF
the York Young Woman's auxiliary
was held in the First Baptist church
Of Rock Hill, a day previous to the
meeting last Friday, the meeting be-
ing presided over by Mrs. B. A.
Scruggs, superintendent. Among the
speakers were Mrs. H. E. Ruff, Rock
Hill; Miss Ruth M~oorehead, York
Vile; Miss Lila Davis, Flint Hill;
Miss Francis Smith, Fort Mill, and
Miss Lyndal Bass, Rock Hill.