Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-12
Representative Bradford has agar

epreSentdtIVe o'do'oe "o@ "So
been appointed n member Of the house
committee on printing.
The fuel administration. decided Sun
day that yesterday would be the last
of the heatless Mondays.
York county is expected to buy ST.
O42.i4O worth Of war savings GER
tificates. The apportionment for the
state is sS2.932,sOO.
County Food Administrator J. +.
McElwce has turned over the food
administration OF the eastern part "f
the county TO DR.. J. Il. Johnson of
Rock Hill.
A GOOD horse, belonging to Mr.. Bob
Smith of the Cotton Belt section
dropped dead in the road last sun =
day. The cause of the animals death
was not definitely ascertained.
Winthrop college has established a
quarantine because of measles and IL
preyent against the possible introduc-
ton of spinal meningitis. No one Is
allowed 10 come and go except In ar-
cordance with strict regulations.
Mr.. M. S. Carroll of Filbert No. /. a
breeder of fine Plymouth Rock chick
ems. saws the demand for pullcts is
greater than he has ever known. His
supply has already been exhausted
and he SAYS he could have sold
hundreds If he had only had them.
The heatIess Monday programme
was on last Thursday suspended III
the states of North and South Caro-
lima. Georgia. Florida. Tennessee, Ala :
bama, Mississippi. and the outlook Is
that there will be a general suspen-
sion of it throughout the country by
next week.
r, M. Anderson of the East View
neighborhood, was in Yorkville yes
terday. He said that he sowed .twti ~
acres af oats in September ama
acres more in November. His 10
vember oats were killed out complete
" and he is going to resow as soon
as he can. His September oats are
doing fine. He said also that h mas
a fine prospect for Il wheat crop.
The pleasant weather Of last week,
especially from Wednesday on per-
mitted the picking of more or less
cotton in different parts OF the 'oun-
IL. The fields were still too wet un-
derfoot for satisfactory work along
this line; but this was overcome IN
part by taking bolls from the stalk
CARRYING them to II dry place and sep
arating the lint there. 1t is estimat-
ed that such cotton is worth about 20
cents Il pound.
Mr.. r. E. Milhollen OF the Mt. Holly
section, was in Yorkville yesterday
Mt. Holly is not town or even Il
village; but 1t Is wonderfully me
neighborhood and the people OF the
neighborhood ar very proud OF 1t. Mr.,
Milhollen says that Mt. Holly is the
greatest neighborhood in York coun-
ty. and while The Enquirer lacks the
nerve to 20 quite that far, 1t does not
hesitate to admit that it does not
know of a better neighborhood any
where.
The idea Of requiring the farmer who
already has corn meal to buy some
more in order to get his share Oh
flour has been abandoned. The food
administration at Washington has re-
vised its ruling 80 as to provide that
the farmer may obtain from the mil
Ter d certificate showing that he has
had ground a quantity Of meal with
in a specified period, and on the
strength OF this certificate, the grocer
may sell the farmer an equal amount
Of flour.
An inquiry from thc president OF
War Relief society in New York.
brings evidence that the letters of
James d. Grist to The Yorkville En-
auirer are attracting attention abroad
as well as locally. The object OF the
letter is to obtain Mr.. CRISIS exact ad-
dress. The writer, who is lady, cx-
plains: "All OF our members were so
delighted with the reading Of letter
in The Enquirer signed James D. Grist'
that I have been instructed to ascertain
this soldiers address In order that we
might show especial attention to the
company to which he belongs. There
are about sixty members of our society.
We are knitting and sewing under an
ARRANGEMENT whereby we are at liberty
to place most OF our output where q
majority Of the members prefer and
we have decided that We would like
some Of 1t to go to those boys from
the mountains"