Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-11
Tuesday, November IL, 1919.
Rock Hill Red Cross.

Rock Hill Red Cross.
Up to yesterday Rock Hill has con-
tributed $1,000 in subscriptions to the
third Red Cross Roll Call canvass
The report does not include the sub
scriptions of Winthrop College or the
schools of Rock Hill.
Rockefeller Makes Gift.
According to announcement OF
President D. B. Johnson, John ID
rockefeller, Jr.. has recently given
$4,000 toward the Students building at
Winthrop College now in course OF
erection. The gift is conditioned on o
like sum being secured from other
sources.
Convicted of Altering Check.
Allen Cloud, colored of the Ede
moor section was convicted in Federal
count in Greenwood last week of al.
tering a postoffice money order in
that he raised it from S1.39 to $74.S9.
He was sentenced to serve one veal
and one day in Federal prison in -
lanta.
Districts Increase levies.
Elections were held last Saturday
in Beersheba school district No. 10
and Tirzah District No. IS, on the
question of increasing the special le-
vies for school purposes. Beersheba
voted to increase it's levy from two to
eight mills and Tirzah voted to in
crease its levy from four to eight mills
Sharon Red Cross Disbands.
The Sharon branch of the Americ"
Red Cross has been disbanded because
it was impossible to secure the scr
vices of leader who would be willin'
to carry on the work there. Funds In
the hands of the Sharon branch total
ing more than $780, have been turned
over to the local chapter.
Friedhein Provides Scholarships.
Announcement was made yesterday
that julius Freideim of Rock Hill had
provided a $4,000 scholarship fund fo'
Winthrop College. The fund will he
invested and the earnings will be
utilized in assisting young ladies o!
slender financial means in securing al
the educational advantages given by
Winthrop.
Still in Jail.
w. A. Painter, white. who was ar
rested last week on q warrant charging
assault with intent to ravish, the
prosectriN in the case being a young
woman of Yorkville, was given pre-
liminary hearing before Magistrate }.
G. Conner last Saturday. 1t was de-
cided to submit the testimony In the
case to Solicitor J. X. Henry of Ches-
ter, with the request that he should
advise the local authorities as to what
future action they should take in the
case. Up to this morning no reply
had been received from the solicitor.
T. +. McDow, ESQ., representing the
defendant and Jno. r. Hart, Esq, the
prosecutor.
York's Liberty Loan Subscriptions.
The government failed to keep
detailed record of the first Liberty Loan
campaign but in the four succeeding
campaigns, according to government
figures just issued, the maximum ap-
portionment of York county was $2,-
979,300, and the total subscriptions
from 1888 subscribers was S3,265,55
Only six other counties in the state
showed a larger number Of subscribers
than York These were: Anderson,
Char lesion, Florence, G"eenville, Rich
land and Spartanburg, all of them eX-
cept Anderson, and Florence being
helped out by the large number of
soldier subscriptions for which they got
credit.
Convicted of Interference.
Charged with interfering with the
night school at the Highland Park Mill
in Rock Hill by cutting the school
telephone wire and otherwise abusing
and damaging school property, Muir
dock Faile and Leon Mangrum, white
boys were convicted in recorders court
last Saturday and sentenced to pay a
fine Of SIS each. For some time the
depreciation had occurred at the High
land Park school and the authorities
were determined that they should stop.
Last August similar depredations oc-
Cured at the Aragon- Manchester
school in Rock Hill and number OF
boys were taken into custody In this
case the prosecutions were dropped
when parents of the Offenders maze
good the damage done to school prop
erty.