Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-21

Sunday, the nineteenth. Of January.
was the anniversary Of the birth OF
Gen. Robert E. Lee, and was a legal
holiday under the statutesv OF South
Carolina.
A recently received copy OF the RED
Triangle" published in France gives q
detailed account Of an, interesting
Thanksgiving celebration that was held
at Bagneres-de-L -Luchon, France. The
place of the celebration Is known as
the Queen of the Pyranees." The ar-
dience included 500 French wounded
w. Bedford Moore, Of .Yorkville, was
the secretary in charge. and delivered
the Introductory speech In French, tell
ing the audience of the origin and
meaning Of Thanksgiving, ETC., and ap-
plying the American Thanksgiving
sentiment to the conditions then ex-
isting, Immediately following the
signing of the armistice. The occasion
is described as both delightful and In
There has been more or less COM
plant over the state because of the al
legged failure of the oil mills to buy
cotton seed as freely as heretofore
While in Marlboro, not long ago, the
editor of The Enquirer wan told that
many farmers had been hampered In
their business because Of inability to
dispose Of their cotton seed. The rec
ords show that the Marlboro oil mills
have, purchased less seed than up to
this date last year. The same thine
is true of number Of mills through
out the state, The mills Of the state
as whole. however,, have bought
over 10000 tons more seed this year
than last year. and the figures OF the
'Yorkville Oil mill show an increase OF
about 1000 tons. Last year this mil
had bought only 1,500 tons Of seed up
to this date. and this year it has al
ready bought over 3,100 tons.
The death on Rev. w. B. Arrowood
marks the passage of genuine soldier
Of the cross, whose life was a record
of duty. Mr.. Arrowood was thor
oughgoing Christian. He knew nc
Master except the Savior, whom he
served. and be led as well as pointed
the way. No, he was not always pop
plar with the multitude. nor did he
desire to be. The worlds ways were
not his ways, NOR did he believe the
worlds way was Christ's way. He was
unwilling to conform to ways that be
did not believe to be Christ's way
merely for the sake Of agreeableness
But let 1t not be understood that he
was contrary or quarrelsome: Far fr9m
It, Whenever he could be Of service, Of
Christian seryice, there he delighted te
be; but he did not force himself Upon
those who wanted nohe Of him. Nr
Arrowood preached the word in SIM
plicity and truth and with confident
fearlessness. His life has been one
that has been worth while.
With reference to the location Of the
proposed bridge across Catawba river
until recently nothing had been said OF
any other crossing except at Wrights
ferry. That is nothing had been said
to the legislative delegation. Wrights
ferry is three and half miles due
south Of the CASTOR county line, and IT
is some distance due west Of the most
northerly point Of Fort Mill township
These three miles are across a bridge
Of Mecklenburg county. Recently
there has been, talk Of locating the
bridge at Prices or Boyd's ferry, two
miles north Of Wright's and one and a
half miles south Of the CASTOR line.
The principal reason given for the
higher location is the unsatisfactory
condition of the approachesto the riv-
er at Wright's. The road drops into
the .second bottoms" of the river here
several thousand feet from the stream,
and the approaches to the bridge from
the south country side w9uld necessa-
rily be over a long trestle. That this
would involve considerable extra ex-
pense in the construction of the
bridge is evident; but also 1t is evident
that the higher up the river the bridge
shall be located the more inconvenient
it would be as means of communica-
ton between upper Fort Mill and
Bethel townships Of York county. So
also will it mean increased distance
between upper Fort Mill and York
Vile. So far as The Enquirer has in
formation there is no sharp controver-
sy over the question of location; but it
is fact that when the York delega-
ton In the general assembly commit
ted itself to the proposition to provide
one-third' Of the expense Of building
the bridge IL Mecklenburg would pro-
vide the other two-thirds, it had in
mind only the Wrights ferry location.
It is not to be understood, however,
that the delegation has closed its mind
to further suggestions.