Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-01-29
LOCAL lACoNiCS
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At the annual meeting Of the Rock
Hill Chamber Of Commerce, held
few DAYS ago, ]. Claud Cauthen was
elected president. vice c. l.. CoDD
who has been serving most accept
ably for the past two years
Cotton Ginning to Date.
Joseph VI. Taylor. special agent OF
the census department. reports tna'
there Was ginned In York county
prior TO January l6, 1915, 26,6OI bales
Of cotton, against 23.i2S bales UP 10
the same date last year.
The Town Wins.
In the case of W. Il. Carroll. APP
RELIANT. w. the Town of York, re-
spondent, involving the question oi
the right OF the town to tax cotton
BUYERS and cotton seed buyers. when
the statute sought 10 exempt. the su-
preme court has affirmed the judg-
mcnt Of the court below.
Buys New Eot.
The congregation Of the First i5ap-
tist church Of Rock Hill. has become
the owner Of two lots on East Main
street of that place. next TO the posi-
office. IL is proposed TO erect 500,
and as the lot Is deep enough to per-
nit II. a parsonage will be erected at
the rear OF the church. The lot on
East Main street was purchased at "a
cost of $4,000. part of the amount
being represented by church site
that had previously been purchased
on White street. Work on the new
church building is to be started at an
early date, and IL In expected that the
edifice will be completed before the
end Of the year
Fuel Order for Mills.
The following order has been Is
sued by Il. f. Greer. deputy fuel COM
missioner for South Carolina: No
mill will be permitted to run more
hours than usual OH the days. Tues
days to Saturdays. inclusive. TINS
means that a mill that has been run
ming heretofore so hours In the day
time will be permitted during the pc
riod covered by the order to run on
ly 30 hours. Mills running at night
will he allowed to run the usual
hours for four nights only. Mills
that observed the Garfield order and
were closed down on Monday and
Tuesday of this week. will be permit
ted to run during This week In the
day time a total of 80 hours: mills
running at night for three nights
only usual hours"
o. and A. A.
A meeting Of the officers and ex-
ecutive committee Of the catawba
Oratorical and Athletic association
was held in Rock Hill on Saturday
and plans were made for the annual
meet. The dates for the meet this
year were fixed for April 1920. TO be
held at Rock Hill. The association Is
OF the high schools in the
counties Of York. Lancaster. Chester
and Fairfield. The programme for
the readings and oratiOns In April
will be as follows: Boys. Winnsboro.
Chester, Fort Mill. Lancaster. girls.
Training school. Yorkville, Fort Mill.
Rock Hill. Lancaster. Chester. Winns-
boro. One boy and one girl from
each school will compete in the con-
test. w. H. NcNairy vas elected
president OF the association: w. ID.
Magginis, vice president. and K. ..
Burts. secretary-treasurer.
Theodore sysrs's House Burned.
The Theodore Byers old home, sit
uated on the Howell's Ferry road.
about eight miles west Of Yorkville.
and occupied BY Mr.. II. F. Stevenson
and family. was destroyed by fire last
night between 10 and IL
o'clock. When discovered. the fire
was burning up about the second
story between the chimney and
at one end Off the
building. Seighbors from the sur
rounding country to the number OF
100 or more gathered in response to
the alarm, and did what they could
in helping to save the household fur
niture. For lack Of fire fighting ia
cilities the efforts Of the fighters were
very much hampered; but they sue
,eeded in saving some outbuildings
that would have otherwise been de-
,troyed. The Byers house was a well
known old landmark and was once
regarded as a fine building The re-
Of II now would cost between
Jour and FIVE thousand dollars. There
vas no insurance.
fork County Teacher Association.
There was quite a satisfactory at