Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-21
Watch Glover!

Yes, the pcoplc VI io'"
+, alizing that they are at war.
Don't forget that York county must
,,uv n,arly 4 million dollars worth OF
var savings stamps. and do not forget
that the sooner the stamps are bought
IN. better. 1t is entirely possible 10
get around the purchase of these
s,amps. All that we have to 90 IS 10
law down and decline 10 do our duty.
CONGRESSMAN Stevenson says that
this talk OF fixing the price OF cotton
at 20 cents Il pound is all buncompe.
"wr have Il hundred congressman
from the SOUTH" he says. and we 90
moi prupusc tu let them fix the price
uf cotton al all if we can help it, and
we will certainly not let them fix II al
any such ridiculous figure as 70 cents
Il pound
The public should understand that
This Red Cross drive now In progress
has nothing to do with membership III
,h,. organization. Membership is en-
Iir,Iy Il scparatc matter, and workers
in the drive have nothing to do with
the matter. Persons desiring memper-
shin should communicate with the OIL
ticcrs of the different local chapters OF
of the auXiliarirs thereof.
"Yes, you were right in telling the
pIblic to watch Glover in this Red
Cross drive" said a gentleman from
that place. Indeed it will be worth
your while to watch Glover and all
of Kings Mountain and Bethel town
ships. | am looking for the Glover
cotton mills alone to subscribe not less
than $500. and | am looking for the
whole Red Cross jurisdiction OF Go
yer to 20 well over the quota that
has been assigned"
The trustees Of the C;affney Graded
school district have increased the sala-
nv of Prof. j. II. Withcrspoon. the su-
pcrintendent. to $4,000 a year. Prof.
Withcrspoon had been elected some
time previously and had accepted. He
had no other idea of doing anything
else than to fill his contract, either.
But Lancaster offered him an advance
of about 5000 over what Gaffney was
paying. The offer, of course, was de.
clincd. Gaffney trustees heard ABOUT
the incident, and decided that they
l'woLild not -slund for the rdeer
or bid hanging over their teacher.
Hon. w. r. Stevenson. who came to
Yorkyillc last Friday to deliver an
address in connection with the presen-
tation of the flag and Bible to the
Church Home Orphanage, was looking
we'll and happy and seemed to be en-
loving life, notwithstanding the hard
work he is doing on the banking and
currency committee and other commit
tees of the house. Mr.. Stevenson had
no definite idea when congress would
adjourn, but said he hoped to have the
opportunity to get down among the
people of the district this summer
whether he has opposition for congress
or not. 1t is pretty generally recognize
cd that Mr. Stevenson is quite an i'm
portant parsonage in the house theSe
days, Immediately after delivering
his address, he left for Washington py
way of Gastonia.
Yorkville has the distinction OF be-
ing the first York county town 10
raise her Red Cross apportionment,
and that distinction cannot he taken
away from her. We are proud Of 1t.
more than proud. But the drive Is only
fairly on. Although Yorkville has al
ready more than doubled her appor-
tionment, other York county towns
still have n clear field to lead in the
aggregate subscriptions. They are
welcome and If any OF them do 1t. we
are going TO extend sincere congratu-
la,ions. II is proper to remark, how
ever, that Yorkville is not through
vet There are still hundreds and
hundreds of citizens to he heard from
and other and large figures are TO he
brought forward in the final show
down.
York county must buy million dol
lars worth of war savings stamps be-
fore January 1. 1919. During the week
ending May II. she purchased only
s2.5S4 worth Of these stamps, and
during the year up to that date she
had purchased only s37.S40.25 worth.
For the week York stood 10th in the
list Of As counties in amount Of pur-
chases and 9th in the list in amount
of purchases up to date. Marion coun-
ty headed the list for the week end
ing May II. with purchases amount
ing to s46.675.75. But none of the
counties are measuring up to expecta-
tions. York needs to multiply her
purchases many times over to reach
her total quota by the end Of the year.
II is evident that we've got to bestir
ourselves.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Mabel Ashe of Yorkville. visit