Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-07-29

John Z. Carroll, superintendent Of
education Is now working on his an
nual report to the state superintendent
of education. The report is now near
ing completion. 1t will show marked
improvement in all lines Of school
work in the county during the past
twelve months.
County Treasurer Harry E. Neil and
Auditor Broadus NJ. Love have checked
up the records Of their respective Of
fees and are ready for settlement with
the comptroller general for the past
fiscal year. Comptroller General Rut
l.. Osborne Is now engaged In making
his annual settlement with the treasur-
ers OF the various counties in the
state and is expected to come to York
county within the next few weeks.
Yorh county rural mail carriers as
Gell as those throughout the country
have recently been granted five per
cent. increase in wages, based on the
salary prevailing in 1916 which was
$1,000 per annum. The salary Of the
average mail carrier in this county
now lis $1,500 per annum. While the
wage is shHil the carriers are only
duly apprec.ative Of the increase since
il helps just that much toward meet
ing the increased cost of living and
Fords and gasoline.
Rock Hills new hotel, which Is to
be erected in that city at an estimated
cost of more than 100000 is to be built
on Caldwell street. A. lot seventy feet
wide was recently purchased from
Messrs. Spencer, Cobb and Sturgis for
the purpose at a cost of $4,000. N. q.
Walker an architect Of Rock Hill, is
now drawing the plans for the hotel
which will be five story building, the
fifth floor to be left unfinished for the
present at least The hotel will have
forty-fve rooms.
A negro walked into a Yorkville
clothing store Saturday evening and
said he wanted a shirt. What sizeT'
asked the clerk. 'Ah reckon hit III
take about er forty TO me suh," he
said. why there isn't any such thing
as a No. 20 shirt that ever heard Of"
replied the clerk From the looks or
you | should say that you would re-
uuire about Number 15." And the
negro replied: "Ah reckon yo' all Is
right. Uncle Sam he am been furnish
in NAH close fer quite er little while
back an ah amt had no 'casion to
keep track O. numbers. All wuz jest
er little mixed. Jest gimme er fifteen,
suh."
Representatives of various York
county mercantile establishments who
have recently visited New York
and other markets for the purpose
of buyiue; fall goods for their respective
firms say that the common impression
there is that clothing prices are to go
still higher. 1t is predicted thai the
better grades Of shoes will retail for
fifteen and twenty dollars and possibly
more while the cheapest grades Will be
advanced several dollars over present
prices. Cotton goods Of all descrip-
tions, it is predicted, will retail at
much higher prices than now prevail
and so will goods of every description.
Representatives of York county firms
have bought just as heavily this year
as usual and possibly heavier confident
of the continuation Of the heavy busl-
ness they have been enjoying all
along.
The body Of an unknown negro man
lies on a raft at Waterree trestle on
the Southern railway between Camden
and Columbia. At least 1t was there
Saturday and railroad men coming 10
Yorkville Sunday said that 1t had not
been moved. The body was discovered
last Thursday and since it was on that
side of the river which Is in Richland
county the coroner of Richland was
notified of the fact. He sent a CONN
up to the trestle and directed the rail-
road section foreman to get nold oi
the body and prepare 1t for purlal.
The body lay in a rather dangerous
place and the foreman told the coroner
he did not have time to fool with H.
and the coroner told the foreman tnat
he didn't have time to bother ABOUT II
either The body is still In the river
exposed to view at the trestle and Will
likely remain there until more high
waters carry it further down the
stream or other disposition Is MADE OF
II According to railroad men the ne
gro was in all probability drowned up
stream somewhere and the BODY noat.
ed down to Waterree trestle Where II
became lodged.
Miss Belva Saunders, one or the
two county school attendance offlcers
for York county is steadily pusnlng
her work in obtaining census or the
children of school age in the various
districts despite adverse weather
conditions. She is making good mead
way and is having little or no trouble
in securing the desired information.
Occa sionally she comes upon parents
who give her to understand that tney
do not care whether their children go
TO school or not and would just
little rather that they would not; put
there is not a great deal OF tnal.
There are some parents VINO tell Ing
attendance officer that they are unaDie
to- control their children and MAKE
them go to school; but the suggestioh
that all incorrigible children under the
COMPULSORY attendance law are sent 10
the state reformatory brings the parent
to the conclusion that the children are
not so incorrigible and unmanageaple
after all. Miss Alice Garrison, the
other school attendance officer Tor the
county has not entered upon her snare
of the census canvass as yet due 10
the fact that she is awaiting the ar
rival of an automobile which she mas
purchased. In the meantime she Is de-
voting her time to office work IN the
office of the superintendent OF educa-
ton.
An old man sat in front of YORK
vile business place Saturday AFTER
noon. He nodded and dozed and Slept.
unmindful of the passing or scores OIL
people along the streets who gazed at
him. His face twitched at Intervals,
the muscles of his body did queer
stunts every once in a while. occas-
jonally he would open his eyes IN a
dreamy way, seeing nothing. A couple
of negro women passed and stared at
him. "Law'se" said one. Dat Is ae
fust drunk man | have seen since ae
prohibishun business come, over de
country" The other one showed the
whites of her eyes in an indication OF
her astonishment But the man wasn't
drink, He was a dope tiend and ne
was awaiting the coming OF DOCTOR
in the hope that he would get SHOT
Poor devil is in pretty bad shape,
said a man who saw him sitting there
and who knows him we'll. "Pitiful case
that, He is one of the few dopers left
around these parts that know OF.
Guess he will pass out some or these
days pretty soon. The stun Is harder
and harder to get now that Uncle sam
has taken a hand in it. This doper
travels from one town to another IN
this section trying to get little OF
his medicine as he calls 1t. There
was a time not so many years PACK
when he could get all he wanted. But
NOT so ANYMORE They say he VIII
mass ont in the next few months.
Strange the effect habit has on man