Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-14
LOCAL LACONICS
Two More Reaistrants.

hcrSt. Va. and Joe Banks culp Of
GuthricSvillc. have been added 20 the
latest registration OF local board No. >
Wood's number is ia and Culp's is IFS
Red Cross Subscriptions.
Chairman Marion has handed in the
following Red Cross subscriptions of
IS and over not previously acknowl-
edged: J. B. Scott, $40: J. Il. Scott
and family. $40: }. X. Scott and fami-
ly. 81: W. r. Sanders. SIS: Mrs. W.
F.. Sanders, so: Mrs. n. Fl. White.
$25.
Compulsory Education.
At an election held in Rock Hill last
Tuesday on the question of adopting
compulsory education. there was only
one vote in opposition. The result was
a fOrcgone conclusion from the begin
ming and there were only 50 votes in
all. All children from 3 TO II years OF
age will be compelled TO attend school.
Fort Mill School to Close.
Commencement exercises Of the
Fort Mill school will begin Sunday
morning when tn" baccalaureatc ser
mon will be preached by Rev. T.. &.
Herbert, OF the Chester Methodist
church. The exercises will he con-
cluded Monday evening. Eight young
women and two young men will gradu
ate from the school this year.
Charged With Desertion.
Ernest Duncan. colorcd. OF Rock
Hill. is deserter from the 32lst labor
battalion at Camp Jackson. Columbia.
Duncan was sent to Camp Jackson by
the local board of the eastern district
Of iS nj
legged to have deserted the military ser
vice at the camp on May 81. At the
time Of induction he gave his residence
as 81 w. Main street, Rock HILL.
Senatorial Campaign.
The canvass Of the state by the cam
didates for the senate commences at
Winnsboro on next Tuesday. June Is,
and the senatorial party will reach
Yorkville on next Thursday. Mr..
Bleasc has stated. that h. docs not eX-
pect to be at either Winnsboro or
Chester. but he will be at Yorkville.
The understanding now is that he does
not expect to speak from the same
stand with Messrs. Lever and Dial.
unless Tillman is also present: but
If his friends desire to hear him he
will make an address TO them at
meeting or MS own.
Calls for Workmen.
Capt. Richard F.. Carwile, officer in
charge Of selecti,e service regulations
in South Carolina, has announced calls
for carpenters. railroad grade foremen
and laborers. These calls affect only
the following boards: Anderson No. /:
Chester. Edgefield. Greenville No. 2:
Kershaw. Lexington, Oconee. city of
Columbia, Spartanburg No. 3. and
York No. /. Men under these three
calls are to be forwarded to Vancouver
Barracks. Vancouver. Washington. to
report 10 the commanding officer Of the
aeronautic corps. The car
penters are to be entrained on June Is.
the railroad grade foremen on June
19 and the laborers on June 81. Each
Of the boards named above are called
upon to furnish two men under each
call.
Origin Of the Service Flag.
Rev. f. E. Gillespie has handed The
Enquirer the following az to the origin
Of the service flag: Captain r. l.
Queisser OF the Fifth Ohio machine
gun company. conceived the idea. Says
he. The thought came to me that both
Of my boys. who were officers In the
guard. would be called out, and l Won
dered II could not evolve some design
or symbol by which IT might be known
that they were away in their coun-
try's service, and which would be to
their mother a visible sign OF the sac
rifice her sons were making This
present Service flag was the result OF