Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-24

The Miller school in Bethel. Miss
Kate brandon teacher closes its SEES
sion today.
Miss Lille Roberts in the list OF con-
trilmtorS to the Red Cross as published
TUESDAY should hav,. been Miss Mamie
I;uir.rlS.
A tenant house on W. j. F'ewell's
place on the outskirts of Yorkvillc, was
struck by lightning last Monday after
noon. Nobody was hurt.
information Wednesday was that
Hickory Grove had raised $500 for the
Fed Cross fund and was still raising.
The list OF subscribers was not avail
able.
Latta school, on the eastern out
skirts of Yorkvillc. raised $50 for the
Red tross fund ut an entertainment
last Tuesday night. Also about half
Il dozen new members were secured.
By an error in the makeup Of the
advertising page last Tuesday, the sig
nature OF the First National bank of
York. was placed under the advertise
mcnt of the Loan and Savings bank.
The error was ours.
OF the nearly 1000 automobiles Ill
York county. SIS are Fords, Overlands
&C. Bucks 81, MaXwclls 33, Chevrolets
- AndrrsonS Is. The others are dis
tributcd among the various other
makes.
Il was $1,000 worth of thrift stamps
that the Rock Hill school children sold
under the plan of the Peoples Nation
al bank. instead Of only $1,000 worth
aS stated. The children took great in
tcrrst in the campaign and did lot OF
fine work.
The enforcement of the vagrancy
laws is important these times. Able
bodied people who cannot find useful
employment elsewhere can be uulizf4
e very good -adra fttsstte,t.-ea
gang The matter is up to the magis-
tratcs.
Two hundred and scventy-three
shirts shipped hy the Red Cross yes
tcr,iay represents n great deal more
work than the average man who does
not know has any idea of. Good
Judges Of work say that 1t would take
an unusually skilful scamstrcss to
make more than three or four Of these
shirts in n day, and most of those ship
ped Yesterday were unusually well
made.
ARRANGEMENTS are being perfected for
u hig war savings stamp drive from
June II to June 2S, during which
time South Carolina will be expected
to buy 20 per cent Of her quota Of
stamps. Il total of s6.S37.472. York
county's proportion Of this sum Is
$2US.4NS. This. it is to be understood,
is only 20 per cent OF fork's total
quota. which is little over $1,000
900. Everybody will be expected to
assist in this drive Just rs they assist
ed in the sale CT the third Liberty loan
anu us lIl'N uIt iSSlSlillS III lilf
ing OF the Red Cross fund.
A Washington dispatch from appar-
entity authentic sources says that ar
rangcncnts have about been perfected
for the sending of flying machines di-
rcctly across the Atlantic to the great
saving of cargo space. The dispatch
declares that all stories to the contrary
notwithstanding. the Liberty motor is
the greatest motor in the world. and 1t
will do what no other motor will do rs
TO speed, power and endurance. 1t is
not claimed that the big war planes
now about ready for service, will be-
able to fly directly across the Atlantic,
but it will make the trip by means of
relay stations. two or three OF which
will be improvised by means of steam
ships waiting At points previously
fixed and ready TO supply oil and gas.
II il said that the Wright Airplane
factory at Dayton, Ohio. will alone be
able to deliver more than 1000 air.
planes by August.