Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-16
WITHIN THE TOWN.

Why cannot something be done
toward the opening of new streets? Is
the town to remain village forever?
= East Madison street from the AS
sociate Reformed church to the York
VILE Cotton Oil mill, which had been
closed for more than two weeks, is
now open with the wagons going to
and from the cotton gin in stream.
At q congregational meeting held
after the morning service last Sunday
morning the congregation of the AS
sociate Reforsaed church unanimously
resolved to raise the salary of
Rev. j. L. Oates, the pastor $500, that
is from $1,000 to $4,000 year.
- The auditorium Of the Yorkville
Graded school has been converted
into two class rooms in order to i'm
prove the crowded condition Of the
school. Religious exercises are held
in the respective class rooms, instead
of the Main auditorium as heretofore.
Representatives Of the Redpath
Chautauqua are in town seeking guar
antors of the expenses Of that organ
ization during weeks engagement
next summer. People were signing up
quite literally under n proposition that
becomes effective with so signatures
| - Robert Moore, for some time past
in the employ Of the York Wholesale
Grocery has resigned to take O posi-
ton with the Logan Lumber Yard.
| w. P. Petty of Bowling Green, has
taken the position made vacant by the
change of MI. Moore.
| - Mrs. Annie Thomasson and family
who have' been living in the Moore
residence on Main street expect to
move into the Witherspoon house on
Cleveland Avenue now occupied by
Mr.. w. D. Thomasson. Mr.. Thomasson
will move. his family into the j. P.
White house on East Liberty street
and Chief of Police ]. Cal Steele ex-
poets to occupy the house which has
been occupied by Mrs. Thomasson.
= Severe tests were made on the
surface of Main street yesterday by
trying to tear it up with streams of
water and the highest pressure that
could be developed by the big fire
engine The idea is that If the ma
cadam can stand a test like this, 1t Is
good enough foundation for the as
phalt The test was passed satisfac-
torily, and unless there is some change
of plans, Congress street from Madison
TO Liberty will be asphalted, as it is
after it has been engineered, into prop
er shape.
&C. C. McCelvey, secretary Of the
Hard Yarn Spinners' Association Is
acting superintendent of the Yor'svilie
Graded school during the absence OF
Superintendent T. j. Glenn, who is Ill
at his home in Chester. Prof. IL w.
Jenkins who has been acting suPerin-
tendcnt, found it necessary to leave
last week in order to take charge OF
his own school worl; in Spartanburg.
Mr.. McCelvey was formerly principal
of the school here. Mr.. Glenn'G condi-
tion is said to be somewhat improved
and he hopes to be able to take charge
hero within q few days.
- Church people generally, regard
less of determination, are making pre-
paration for an evangelical campaign
of unusual proportions to be COM
menced in the Presbyterian church
next Sunday, Rev. w. II. Miley, d. D.,
doing the preaching and Rev. +. II.
Wardlaw of Bethesda in charge OF the
singing. Rev. Mr. Miley is an evan
gelist Of note, who has been meeting
with tremendous success at all of his
meetings Rev. Mr.. Wardlaw is mas
ter of church music and will not fail
TO make this part of the campaign all
that it ought to be.
There was 4 story on the streets
few days ago that the engineer had
condemned the work of the Gulf Paw
ing company, and that the company
had thrown up it's contract. Investiga-
tion/develops that there is nothing to
the story except that in accordance
with the contract agreement the street
committee has been digging many
holes in the completed work to sec
whether 1t came up to specifications.
The result has disclosed that the con-
tractors are doing q little more rather
than n little less than they are rcquir-
ed to do. The only cause for dissatis-
faction so far as Chairman Hall of the
street committee is concerned Is the
delay, part of which he says, the
town is responsible and n, part o.
which the contractors are responsible |
for. The. contractors have been &C.
layed on account of putting in water
pipe and sewerage connections, and |
some Of the labor that was available
q few weeks ago is now back in the
crops