Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-17


Local Board No. Of York county Will
furnish 80. and Local Board No. Will
furnish so.
Higher Prices for Sugar
The food administration has author
lied the charge OF higher prices Tor
sugar after the expiration OF stocks
now on hand. The new rate will prob
ably be something like IL cents n
pound.
The Black Leg Epidemic
The blackleg epidemic recently men
toned as having developed in the pas
lures OF Messrs. lrby Mctiill. JeH ~.
and j. \. Whitesides. is belired TO have
hetn checked by vaccination. Mr.. SIC
Gill lost seven head Of cattle during
the epidemic and Mr.. jeff ID. White
sides lost one head.
York Baptist Association.
The York Baptist association held
its annual meeting in Rock Hill last
week. adjourning on Thursday AFTER
noon. Officers for next year were
selected as follows: A. Z. Wills OF
Rock Hill. moderator: W. \. Roach OF
Fort Mill. clerk: and z. B. Johnson OF
Rock Hill. treasurer Union church
four miles north OF Yorkville. was Sc
lected as the next place of meeting.
War Savings Sales.
York county. which has been stand
ing so well in the purchase OF savings
stamps all along since last June. teii
away behind for the week ending Sep
tembcr 7. standing 34th in the list OF
counties, with only $979.25 worth OF
stamps purchased. This represents
only , cents per capita. On the score
of aggregate purchases to date YORK
still stood fourth with per capita pur-
ches of s5.S4. aggregating s3Oi.222.
Convicted Of DisIoyalty.
]. X Hall Of Greenville, was con-
victcd in the United States court NJ
Rock Hill last Saturday on three oi
the four counts Of an indictment
charging violation of the espionage
act. He was sentenced TO serve Il yeas
and a day in the Federal pcnitcntiar!
al Atlanta. He was charged with talk
ing in opposition to the draft act. call!
| ing President Wilson II traitor ana
other disloyal acts.
Tirzah School.
The TirZah school CLOSED highl!
successful two months session iasl
Friday. with an ice cream supper on
| Thursday night. The ice cream sup
per was attended by a large NUMBER
of friends of the school and was quite
an ENJOYABLE affair. The proceeds ag-
grcgated SIS. to be used for school I'M
provement. The teachers during the
mast session were Miss Elliott Quinn.
principal assisted by Misses Kat"
Brandon and Bessie Garrison. Th'
next term is TO begin in November.
Killed In Saw Mill Accident.
Kendrick Ware. the l6-year-old son
of Mr and Mrs. julius Ware oil King
Mountain, n. G., lost his life as TN"
result of horrible accident last We'd
nesday. 1t was at George w. HowelI
saw mill, about seven miles west oil
lGastonia. 1t was just about quitting
time, and the hands were getting ready
TO leave. Young Ware was sitting with
his feet on the carriage against "a piece
of timber that was to be edged. when
| In some unaccountablc way, the lever
was thrown and the carriage sent to-
ward the saw. Bystandcrs tried to
pull him free; but he had been caught
in such way that his foot was cut
off and also u leg before he could b"
extricated. He was taken to the hos
pltaI ut Gastonia; but died next day.
The Killing At Antioch.
The killing Of Wylie Fulton by Will
Hardin, at Antioch, last Wednesday,
was on account of an old quarrel be-
tween the two about boundary line.
At least that Is the best that Is to bc
had in regard to the matter up TO this
time, as nobody saw the killing but
Hardin. and he will not talk. Fulton
was killed with a pistol. Hardin re-
NAMED by the body until the arrival
of the sheriff and the coroner and
would not allow anybody to touch II in
tn" meantime. II Is a matter OF COM
mon knowledge in the ncighborhood
that there had been bad blood between
Hardin and Fulton for quite Il while
on account Of boundary dispute.
Sending Money to France.
The thirty dollars recently collected
by Mrs. Rich OF Glover, for the bcne-
fit Of Artilleryman George l.. Wallace
of Yorkville. severely wounded in the
second battle OF the Marne, on July
Is, was forwarded through the First
National bank of Yorkville. II was
necessary for the editor of The En-
quirer to conform to the formality OF
certifying that the money was not to
he used for the aid and comfort of the
enemy or anything like that. The bank
sent the money through its New
York correspondent. which effected the
change OF the dollars to francs. The
| New York bank, in the regular course
OF business charged the First National
hank of Yorkville. / per cent for the
exchange: but the first National bank
Of Yorkvillc. assumed this expense
without charging II against the fund.
There has not yet elapsed sufficient
time to hear whether Artilleryman
| Eallocp has received the money